Making food for the famine stricken.

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  1. Brett Nortje

    Brett Nortje Well-Known Member

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    Previously i found that cooking sand would release much silicone fat that people could eat, and quartz that people could use. that seems to not be enough, of course, as the famine factor is still a problem.

    Now i want to make food literally out of nothing. well, not nothing, but containers and gases. if we were to observe that biomass will grow in the right conditions, and all biomass is edible, except for the toxic sort, we could maybe make food through digging until we find clay. of course, clay is a sort of biomass, as it is edible, and, if we were to have a container that keeps the clay separate from the floor, and then we leave it in the sun, something will grow on it that is edible, although i do not know what.
     
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    Or you could just do something less bizarre and process the wasted food that has blemishes and stuff, but there is no profit incentive to do so, so we don't.
     
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    I used to raise pigs on stuff my local fruit stand used to throw away. But alas, they made it illegal to do so. Those pigs tasted good too.
     
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    Why did they outlaw that?
     
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    It is supposed to be a food safety issue but... The only safety issue is feeding hogs meat. I can eat vegetables out of my garden but if i throw it over the fence to the hogs it has to be boiled for 20 minutes. Thank goodness senate bill 510 is dead for now.
     
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    Famine ebbs in So. Sudan...
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    South Sudan no longer in famine
    Wed, 21 Jun 2017 : More than a million people are still facing emergency levels of hunger, one step below famine.
     
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    20 million people risk dying of hunger...
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    Fighting famine: 'Unprecedented crisis' putting 20 million people at risk, warns UN agency
    Tuesday 15th August, 2017 -- Twenty million people risk dying of hunger in South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and the north-east of Nigeria, including 1.4 million children suffering from severe malnutrition, the United Nations food relief agency said, spotlighting today its worldwide campaign to fight famine.
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    Amid soaring food insecurity in DR Congo, UN agencies call for food aid, supplies
    Tuesday 15th August, 2017 -- More than one in ten people living in rural areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are hungry due to escalating and prolonged conflict and displacement, United Nations agencies today reported, warning that the situation will worsen unless urgent support comes in time.
     
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    Like dat worm dat ate the rubber tree plant...
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    Simple Concoction Found to Halt Fall Armyworm
    August 17, 2017 — A farmers' group in South Sudan's Imotong state says it has found a way to combat the dreaded fall armyworm, which has devastated crops across the state.
     
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    Famine averted but millions still at risk of malnutrition & hunger...
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    Nigeria: Famine averted but millions still at risk, stresses top UN relief official
    Thursday 14th September, 2017 -- Noting important progress in delivering life-saving aid to millions in north-east Nigeria, the top United Nations humanitarian official underscored that international assistance to people suffering amid the crisis must not dwindle.
     
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