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Last year, on a dairy farm at Point Reyes, north of San Francisco, the startup, Fyto, temporarily installed a greenhouse that could automatically grow and harvest bright green aquatic plants, such as ...

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The world’s population is growing, and so is the challenge of feeding everyone. Current ...

The world’s population is growing, and so is the challenge of feeding everyone. Current projections indicate that by 2050, global food demand could increase by 59% to 98% above current levels. In ...