linkedin post 2014-01-10 08:08:29

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POSTSCRIPT ABOUT CIRCULAR NONSENSE. We eat salmon because of good omega oils? The salmon cannot make it and get it from its food. When farmed, this is ground bait fish containing the good oil. Anecdotally, 1 pound of salmon needs 1.5 of oily bait fish to produce it. " " http://lnkd.in/dT5q2ub View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2014-01-07 05:10:54

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ANTIBIOTICS AND FISH FARMS. "Because of parasite problems, some aquaculture operators frequently use strong antibiotic drugs to keep the fish alive (but many fish still die prematurely at rates of up to 30 percent. In some cases, these drugs have entered the environment. Additionally, the residual presence of these drugs in human food products has become controversial."" " http://lnkd.in/d-UTaTT View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2014-01-10 06:42:03

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FOUNDER'S PROFILE. "Koert Van Mensvoort PhD (TEDx speaker) is the head of the 'Next Nature Lab' at the Industrial Design Department of the Eindhoven University of Technology, a position he has held since 2003. Van Mensvoort is the founder and director of the Next Nature Foundation, a design-and-think tank based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands."" " http://lnkd.in/dEHaRp8 View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2014-01-07 05:09:29

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FISH FARMS NEGATIVE IMPACT. "A 2008 meta-analysis of available data shows that salmon farming reduces the survival of associated wild salmon populations. This relationship has been shown to hold for Atlantic, steelhead, pink, chum, and coho salmon. The decrease in survival or abundance often exceeds 50 percent."" " http://lnkd.in/d-UTaTT View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2014-01-10 06:39:46

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OUR WESTERN NATURE-CULTURE DIVIDE is rooted in old ideas from aeons bygone, and is in need of a grand update. Just as our concepts on other related topics organically evolves, so our ideas about nature need to catch up with the fusion of technology and nature that is unfolding before our eyes. " " http://lnkd.in/dWm8A93 View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2014-01-10 06:36:20

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THE 'NEXT NATURE' SERIES of blogs highlights some of the extraordinary work of Koert Van Mensvoort, who proposes that nature and culture (aka technology) are actually co-evolving and are interchangeable, rather than in opposition. This series of concepts is very useful to reconcile modernity as we experience it today, and nature. Settle in an enjoy the ride. It's not all WuWu. " " http://www.tedxamsterdam.com/human-nature-forecast-koert-van-mensvoort/ View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2014-01-10 06:32:48

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FOOD FUTUROLOGISTS generally agree that current factory methods are unsustainable, environmentally, and ethically, and that the planet needs greater food making capacity. And that food manufacturers have been squeamism about innovation. It appears inevitable that small technology companies will be the ones that open the door to the future of food. View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2014-01-10 06:29:22

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INNOVATION IN FOOD requires doing something different. "It's the default thing to do, to try and replicate what you know. It's not how you innovate. We started with horseless carriages, but in the end what we got was cars. 'Natural' is the biggest marketing scam, and the most successful, of all."" " http://lnkd.in/dgJVnpH View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2014-01-09 05:17:30

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FLAVR SAVR TOMATO. "Notoriously – it was the subject of a Greenpeace campaign – there is a tomato made to last longer by using Arctic flounder genes, while in Israel a lemon basil plant crossed with a tomato has tested well with consumers."" " http://lnkd.in/dgJVnpHhttp://lnkd.in/dzs9UUp View in LinkedIn
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