AMYBO
amybo.org
Open source protein fermentation

Amybo is a non-profit open source community project working on protein fermentation in an effort to reduce the carbon intensity of food production, as well as improve climate resilience as things like crop failures become more common.

The project is currently focussed on the low-cost distributed science aspect, but their website says they want biotechnologists, chefs, coders, creatives, engineers, enthusiasts, environmentalists, makers, medics, microbiologists, and nutritionists. So basically… Just lots of people.

They’re still in the early stages but looks like a fun project to get involved in.

  • Flumpkin@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I’ve looked into algae a while back, something like a solar panel for algae sounds like it should be ideal. I skimmed a few papers, but apparently pumping it around is a major energy cost, and cleaning problematic. And you need to pump in air / CO2. And then the amount of light needs to be right, for example too much light or constant light is bad. But theoretically algae should be the ideal protein source.

    It would be cool if you could genetically engineer different and better tastes though. Something like “pancake mix” coming directly from your roof through a pipe into your kitchen :D