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Ep 9A: Trust your gut – food, farming and the microbiome
How many litres of water would you need to produce 1kg of chocolate? The answer is 17 196 litres of water.
And do you know, zeoponics, a type of agriculture once practised by NASA in space, might hold the answer to the future of farming?
In part I of this episode, our guest Dr Sam Morris shares more interesting nuggets of info, and breaks down how zeolites take on challenges from indoor farming and urban agriculture from a different perspective through science.
A Research Fellow from the Nanyang Technological University, Dr Morris speaks with Amit Midha, President of Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ) and Global Digital Cities, and Danny Elmarji, APJ Vice President of Presales, Dell Technologies, on how we are only scratching the surface with microbiomes and the potential it has in promoting a circular agriculture.
Listen to part II of the episode here.
If you’re curious and want to learn more on the challenges of urban farming today, here are some resources to supplement your reading. Alternatively, feel free to reach out to Sam on his LinkedIn or via email at [email protected]. He is more than happy to connect for scientific consulting, grant writing or just for a friendly chat:
- Environmental Impact of Key Food Items in Singapore: https://www.ecosperity.sg/content/dam/ecosperity-aem/en/reports/Environmental-Impact-of-Key-Food-Items-in-Singapore_Oct2019.pdf
- Singapore’s Current Food Intake: https://www.sfa.gov.sg/docs/default-source/tools-and-resources/yearly-statistics/per-capita-consumption.pdf
- Learn About How Much Water is Used to Produce Your Food: https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/jan/10/how-much-water-food-production-waste
- The gut microbiome: Relationships with disease and opportunities for therapy: doi: 10.1084/jem.20180448
- Hydroponic water savings for tomatoes: https://www.rockwool.com/group/about-us/our-thinking/sustainability-and-circularity/water-management/
- CO2 emissions for various farming sources: https://gallery.mailchimp.com/5ab9f633207d13d38f431dfcf/files/de58fece-2e71-40cb-bf56-22684276a800/OneFarm_CO2_Report_20181102.pdf
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By Dell Technologies APJHow many litres of water would you need to produce 1kg of chocolate? The answer is 17 196 litres of water.
And do you know, zeoponics, a type of agriculture once practised by NASA in space, might hold the answer to the future of farming?
In part I of this episode, our guest Dr Sam Morris shares more interesting nuggets of info, and breaks down how zeolites take on challenges from indoor farming and urban agriculture from a different perspective through science.
A Research Fellow from the Nanyang Technological University, Dr Morris speaks with Amit Midha, President of Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ) and Global Digital Cities, and Danny Elmarji, APJ Vice President of Presales, Dell Technologies, on how we are only scratching the surface with microbiomes and the potential it has in promoting a circular agriculture.
Listen to part II of the episode here.
If you’re curious and want to learn more on the challenges of urban farming today, here are some resources to supplement your reading. Alternatively, feel free to reach out to Sam on his LinkedIn or via email at [email protected]. He is more than happy to connect for scientific consulting, grant writing or just for a friendly chat:
- Environmental Impact of Key Food Items in Singapore: https://www.ecosperity.sg/content/dam/ecosperity-aem/en/reports/Environmental-Impact-of-Key-Food-Items-in-Singapore_Oct2019.pdf
- Singapore’s Current Food Intake: https://www.sfa.gov.sg/docs/default-source/tools-and-resources/yearly-statistics/per-capita-consumption.pdf
- Learn About How Much Water is Used to Produce Your Food: https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/jan/10/how-much-water-food-production-waste
- The gut microbiome: Relationships with disease and opportunities for therapy: doi: 10.1084/jem.20180448
- Hydroponic water savings for tomatoes: https://www.rockwool.com/group/about-us/our-thinking/sustainability-and-circularity/water-management/
- CO2 emissions for various farming sources: https://gallery.mailchimp.com/5ab9f633207d13d38f431dfcf/files/de58fece-2e71-40cb-bf56-22684276a800/OneFarm_CO2_Report_20181102.pdf