Aug 9, 2022
This lab-grown cooking oil could replace vegetable oil
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: food, sustainability
https://youtube.com/watch?v=6zLUHueIkF8
The challenge: Just 100 years ago, vegetable oils were practically nonexistent in the human diet. Today, they’re a major part of it: 740 million acres — an area that would cover 90% of India — are dedicated to growing soybeans, palm trees, and other oilseed crops.
While these cooking oils can make food extra tasty, oilseed crop production releases greenhouse gasses, contributes to biodiversity loss, and consumes freshwater that could otherwise be used for drinking or to grow other food.
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