Food out of thin air: A more climate and nature-friendly way to feed the world?

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Increasing numbers of biotech start-ups are developing air fermentation-based methods of producing protein as a lower carbon, more nature-friendly means of providing food for a growing world population, writes Reddie & Grose's Lucy Harvey

With the global population growing by around 73 million people, and already much of the world unable to access sufficient food, it seems an impossible task to provide adequate nutrition to future generations....

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