Farming in the Sky Options

[Wesley Street]

Krill is also mentioned as a food stuff in Shadowrun. Krill has been harvested as a food source for humans (called okiami in Japan) and domesticated animals since the 19th century. The little buggers can be pressed into big blocks for cooking or bait.

[nezumi]

There are almost no foods currently on most store shelves which meet what you're asking for. However, there are several foods developed for that purpose; cheap food meeting all your nutritional needs.

The most obvious one is monkey chow. Monkey chow is formulated for large primates (which includes us - well, most of us anyway). They make it for zoos, but you can order large bags. They come in briquettes (not aware of any wet foods, sorry). Some guy made it a challenge to live on it for a week. He kept a video blog, the monkey chow diaries, if you want to see how he did.

Another food recently developed is called plumpy nut. It's made for starving kids, basically, so it may be a little high in carbs for most adults. It's a super cheap ($35/week), high-vitamin paste you eat with an enriched porridge. Between the two of them, it covers all of your necessary nutrients. However, it is not currently available in America (or, from what I can tell, anywhere other than starving African nations).

[paws2sky]

Heh. Somehow krill seems less appealing to me. (Doesn't mean I wouldn't try it though.)

What about seaweed (nori)? I seem to recall from high school botany that all forms of seaweed are edible and fairly nutritious. Does anyone know what modern seaweed farming is like and if its economical to mass produce it?

-paws

[PBTHHHHT]

Heh. Somehow krill seems less appealing to me. (Doesn't mean I wouldn't try it though.)

What about seaweed (nori)? I seem to recall from high school botany that all forms of seaweed are edible and fairly nutritious. Does anyone know what modern seaweed farming is like and if its economical to mass produce it?

-paws

Seaweed, yeah they do produce the stuff on a mass scale, have you been to an asian grocery store with all the dried seaweed you can buy? I've eaten the stuff since I was a kid. Mass produce, definitely, they need it to match the sushi craze also. it's more that they probably have lots areas along the coast with something that allows for the seaweed to be grown/collected.

[FlashbackJon]

It's incredibly healthy for [everyone, but specifically] growing children. You'll often see Japanese babies gumming a sheet of nori instead of a pacifier.