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Dr. Steve Savage
Agricultural Scientist
San Diego, CA
TAGS: Savage, organic, crop, yield, brand, sustainability, policy, local, certification, Perishable Pundit, Jim Prevor, Mira Slott
Organics, Crop Yields And Feeding The World observes how media and public-policy types often get caught up in the buzz over organics, and the produce industry is mostly willing to oblige. It is, however, worthwhile to realize that organic food is really a comparably tiny industry. Steve Savage is a consultant who writes frequently on issues related to sustainability. He recently completed a deep dive into the data available on organic crops. We asked Pundit Investigator and Special Projects Editor Mira Slott to find out more. 2/15/2012
Michele Perchonok, PhD
Advanced Food Technology Project Scientist
NASA/Johnson Space Center
Houston, TX
TAGS: Perchonok, NASA, space, space station, Kloeris, packaging, Perishable Pundit, Jim Prevor, Mira Slott
Mars Space Mission Has Many Opportunities For Produce And Packaging Innovation finds the organization doing most of the basic research needed to develop a food system that can take humans to Mars, keep them there for an extended mission and then bring them home is NASA. Recently, we learned that plans for Mars include the idea of growing food within the habitat that will be established on Mars and allowing astronauts to cook in a way they could not on other missions. We thought we would find out how NASA thinks this would all work. We asked Pundit Investigator and Special Projects Editor Mira Slott to find out more from Michele Perchonok, PhD of the Advanced Food Technology Project Scientist at NASA. 2/9/2012
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