Microgravity Refrigerator Could Store Food for Astronauts in the Future

Medicine & Technology May 28, 2021

One of the main challenges of space travel has been food storage. While mankind has been sending people to space as early as 1961, there has never been any refrigerator to keep food cold and fresh during long missions.

New Microbiome Cryobank to Open in the UK, Looks to Tackle Food Crop Security

Oct 12, 2020

U.K. scientists will be collaborating for a new crop microbiome cryobank to preserve the nation's major food crops' DNA. The platform will include data for sustainability, crop types, soil types, and necessary microbiomes to tackle the Sustainable Development Goal of eradicating hunger.

First Nations Compete with Sea Otters for Food Security

Aug 20, 2020

Sea otters had once disappeared in British Columbia until they were reintroduced after the fur trade era. However, was the return of thousands of sea otters truly a success story?

Treating Fish as a Public Health Asset, Not a Commodity, Is Key to Food Security

Aug 05, 2020

One of the answers for food security depends on the attitude towards fish--treating them as a domestic public health asset instead of a commodity--according to a new study.

Global Farming Trends Threaten Food Security, Study Says

Jul 13, 2019

The team advocate for a trend reversal, that is, care should be taken to diversify agriculture worldwide and make it more ecological

Edible Insects Could Be The Answer For Global Food Security

Jun 12, 2017

Shifting food consumption habit by consuming edible insects is the answer to food security problem on the global scale, according to a researcher from University of Adelaide, Australia.

Keystone Species Dying Off—Why Losing Beehives and Honey May Be More Concerning Than You'd Think

May 14, 2015

Honeybees are dying en masse all over the globe, and it's not just lovers of honey that should be concerned. These mass deaths will change our dinner plates forever, not to mention raise the cost of eating generally. In a world where food security and hunger are crucially important, this is bad news for everyone.

How Can Soil Erosion Cause Our Doom? Loss of Nutrients Poised to Cause Massive Famine

May 07, 2015

It's not as colorful in an action movie as invaders from other galaxies, for example, but it seems that soil erosion might be just as deadly to humans. Scientists from the University of California, Berkeley warn that human food security is at risk from the accelerating rate of soil depletion.