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Water fern gains more evidence as safe potential global food insecurity solution
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Ducks love to eat this climate-friendly food. Now you might, too.
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American diets got briefly healthier, more diverse during COVID-19 pandemic – Penn State News
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Get Ready to Eat Pond Plants – Wired
Image Credit: Paul Starosta/Getty Images Work from the Jacobson Lab made the Wired homepage. The article has generated a lot of scientific interest and possible applications. Exciting stuff! https://www.wired.com/story/get-ready-to-eat-pond-plants/
Common plant could help reduce food insecurity, researchers find
Image Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons Native to the eastern U.S., Carolina azolla holds excellent potential for use as a fast-growing, short-season crop that requires minimal inputs, upkeep and processing, according to Penn State researchers. The plant — sometimes referred to as mosquito fern, fairy moss and water fern — could be used to increase […]
How would a nuclear winter impact food production?
Image Credit: Daniel Winstead/Penn State. All Rights Reserved. Amaranth, shown here in a Penn State greenhouse, is an annual tropical edible plant that is sometimes cultivated as a leafy vegetable. It is one of the species mentioned in the study, “Food Resilience in a Dark Catastrophe,” authored by Daniel Winstead and Michael Jacobson in the […]
Research team to study food resilience in the face of catastrophic global events
Image Credit: Francesco Di Gioia, Penn State. All Rights Reserved. A collection of microgreens that are being tested for robust growth and nutritional properties in one of Penn State’s greenhouses. https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/research-team-study-food-resilience-face-catastrophic-global-events