Super interesting, and hats off to Xavi and Mitti Labs! Very important that Mitti's work involves making sure farmers can benefit from a more sustainable model - which will hopefully speed adoption. I was hoping wild rice could also play a role in this movement as well, but according to this paper I found, it seems the methane problem is even more severe (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969721052062)
This is a fascinating article, but I have a hard time worrying about rice when numbers are given in totals. Is it possible that the outsize impact of rice is due to the sheer quantity being grown, and if its emissions were looked at on an emissions per kilo or per calorie basis it would look a lot better, especially compared to other staple foods?
Super interesting, and hats off to Xavi and Mitti Labs! Very important that Mitti's work involves making sure farmers can benefit from a more sustainable model - which will hopefully speed adoption. I was hoping wild rice could also play a role in this movement as well, but according to this paper I found, it seems the methane problem is even more severe (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969721052062)
This is a fascinating article, but I have a hard time worrying about rice when numbers are given in totals. Is it possible that the outsize impact of rice is due to the sheer quantity being grown, and if its emissions were looked at on an emissions per kilo or per calorie basis it would look a lot better, especially compared to other staple foods?