How hacking photosynthesis could fight deforestation and famine
(World News Science)

How to grow microalgae to perfection. Pétur Már Gunnarsson , Author provided You might not be able to stomach soybeans for breakfast, lunch and dinner, but the animals you eat do. Cultivation of the staple crop takes up an area five times the size of the UK , and 85% of that area is used for animal feed. Thanks to projected rapid growth in both world population and in the meat-eating global middle class , demand for soybean is set to grow 80% by 2050 - more than any other staple crop. With arable land at a premium, our desire for animal products is already responsible for the deforestation of vast swathes of the Amazon and other rainforests. This massive increase in demand is likely to lead...