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Dinner on Mars

The Technologies That Will Feed the Red Planet and Transform Agriculture on Earth
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Dinner on Mars by Lenore Newman and Evan D. G. Fraser explores the fascinating concepts of food production and sustainability, imagining how we might cultivate and consume food in the extreme environment of Mars. The book blends science fiction with practicality, posing real-world questions about Earth's future food challenges while drawing parallels with potential off-world innovations. Packed with insights from agricultural science, it offers a visionary look at how humanity might adapt to sustain itself beyond our planet.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by the intersection of food, technology, and sustainability, as it explores how we might feed humanity on Mars using cutting-edge ideas applicable right here on Earth. This engaging read combines science, visionary innovation, and thought-provoking insights about the future of food in an accessible and intriguing way.

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Dinner on Mars

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“This culinary cosmic outing is as creative as it is informative.” — STARRED review, Publishers Weekly

From Impossible Burgers to lab-made sushi, two witty, plugged-in food scientists explore leading-edge AgTech for the answer to feeding a settlement on Mars — and 9 billion Earthlings too

Feeding a Martian is one of the greatest challenges in the history of agriculture. Will a Red Planet menu involve cheese and ice cream made from vats of fermented yeast? Will medicine cabinets overflow with pharmaceuticals created from engineered barley grown using geothermal energy? Will the protein of choice feature a chicken breast grown in a lab? Weird, wonderful, and sometimes disgusting, figuring out “what’s for dinner on Mars” is far from trivial. If we can figure out how to sustain ourselves on Mars, we will know how to do it on Earth too. In Dinner on Mars, authors Fraser and Newman show how setting the table off-planet will supercharge efforts to produce food sustainably here at home.

For futurists, sci-fi geeks, tech nuts, business leaders, and anyone interested in the future of food, Dinner on Mars puts sustainability and adaptability on the menu in the face of our climate crisis.

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Dinner on Mars has been praised for its engaging and thought-provoking narrative, exploring the potential of Martian agriculture as a lens to reconsider Earth's food systems. The authors are commended for their creative and non-preachy approach, offering imaginative solutions to food sustainability both on Mars and Earth. The book is seen as informative and entertaining, filled with valuable insights and a hopeful perspective on global food challenges.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781770416628

Publisher: ECW Press,Canada

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 November 2022

Country: Canada

Imprint: ECW Press,Canada

Edition: No Edition

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 256

About the Author

Lenore Newman is the Canada Research Chair in Food Security and the Environment at the University of the Fraser Valley. She is the author of the acclaimed Speaking in Cod Tongues: A Canadian Culinary Journey and the award-winning Lost Feast: Culinary Extinction and the Future of Food. She divides her time between Vancouver and Roberts Creek, BC.

Evan D.G. Fraser is the Director of the Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph. He is the author of Beef: The Untold Story of How Milk, Meat, and Muscle Shaped the World and Empires of Food: Feast, Famine, and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations. He lives in Guelph, ON, with his wife and three children.

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