{"product_id":"dinner-on-mars-the-technologies-that-will-feed-the-red-planet-and-transform-agriculture-on-earth-9781770416628","title":"Dinner on Mars: The Technologies That Will Feed the Red Planet and Transform Agriculture on Earth","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"This culinary cosmic outing is as creative as it is informative.\" -- STARRED review, \u003ci\u003e Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Impossible Burgers to lab-made sushi, two witty, plugged-in food scientists explore leading-edge AgTech for the answer to feeding a settlement on Mars -- and 9 billion Earthlings too\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeeding a Martian is one of the greatest challenges in the history of agriculture. Will a Red Planet menu involve cheese and ice cream made from vats of fermented yeast? Will medicine cabinets overflow with pharmaceuticals created from engineered barley grown using geothermal energy? Will the protein of choice feature a chicken breast grown in a lab? Weird, wonderful, and sometimes disgusting, figuring out \"what's for dinner on Mars\" is far from trivial. If we can figure out how to sustain ourselves on Mars, we will know how to do it on Earth too. In \u003ci\u003eDinner on Mars\u003c\/i\u003e, authors Fraser and Newman show how setting the table off-planet will supercharge efforts to produce food sustainably here at home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor futurists, sci-fi geeks, tech nuts, business leaders, and anyone interested in the future of food, \u003ci\u003eDinner on Mars\u003c\/i\u003e puts sustainability and adaptability on the menu in the face of our climate crisis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eLenore Newman\u003c\/b\u003e is the Canada Research Chair in Food Security and the Environment at the University of the Fraser Valley. She is the author of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eSpeaking in Cod Tongues: A Canadian Culinary Journey\u003c\/i\u003e and the award-winning \u003ci\u003eLost Feast: Culinary Extinction and the Future of Food\u003c\/i\u003e. She divides her time between Vancouver and Roberts Creek, BC.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eEvan D.G. Fraser\u003c\/b\u003e is the Director of the Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBeef: The Untold Story of How Milk, Meat, and Muscle Shaped the World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEmpires of Food: Feast, Famine, and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Guelph, ON, with his wife and three children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"ECW Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50568174010642,"sku":"9781770416628","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9f4b0020-b882-4a55-9860-f38333d4c1e1.jpg?v=1731939547","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dinner-on-mars-the-technologies-that-will-feed-the-red-planet-and-transform-agriculture-on-earth-9781770416628","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}