I’ve always viewed ALLFED as one of the most underfunded charities in existence, and highly encourage donating.
Any opinions on lanternfish as a food source? They make up a significant proportion of the world’s biomass and are edible (but only barely) for humans. Is there any easy way to remove the oils that make them toxic to eat in large quantities?
Thanks for the encouragement. I agree there is a huge amount of potential food in mesopelagic fish (200-600 m deep). They are expensive to catch at this point, but we are interested in analyzing the practicality of scale up. I don’t know about the feasibility of processing to reduce toxicity.
In a similar vein how does Spirulina look? I hear it is very efficient in terms of protein per sq meter per year compared to using the same space to raise grazing animals.
While it’s true that artificial light growth doesn’t take much land directly, the solar panels might take up more land than a regular farm. Furthermore, it is very expensive. However, we are investigating microalgae growth in open ponds.
I’ve always viewed ALLFED as one of the most underfunded charities in existence, and highly encourage donating.
Any opinions on lanternfish as a food source? They make up a significant proportion of the world’s biomass and are edible (but only barely) for humans. Is there any easy way to remove the oils that make them toxic to eat in large quantities?
Thanks for the encouragement. I agree there is a huge amount of potential food in mesopelagic fish (200-600 m deep). They are expensive to catch at this point, but we are interested in analyzing the practicality of scale up. I don’t know about the feasibility of processing to reduce toxicity.
In a similar vein how does Spirulina look? I hear it is very efficient in terms of protein per sq meter per year compared to using the same space to raise grazing animals.
While it’s true that artificial light growth doesn’t take much land directly, the solar panels might take up more land than a regular farm. Furthermore, it is very expensive. However, we are investigating microalgae growth in open ponds.
This reminds me that I recently learned about azolla—https://theazollafoundation.org/azollas-uses/for-food/. Individuals who want to do hands-on experimentation could grow some and explore culinary uses.
Azolla sounds promising. There has been some work on duckweed.
We actually did mention Azolla here.