Duckweed is an incredible, radiation-fighting astronaut food – and by changing how it is grown, we made it better
- Written by Barbara Demmig-Adams, Professor of Plant Ecology and Molecular Biology, University of Colorado Boulder
Dr. Jared J. Stewart, CC BY-ND
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
What’s the big idea?
Current industrialized food systems were optimized for a single goal – growing the maximum amount of food for the least...