Making ‘Food Out Of Thin Air’
Summary
Noema's 'Making Food Out Of Thin Air' profiles Solar Foods' Solein, a hydrogenotroph-based protein produced via fermentation in Finland. The piece traces the idea of producing food in closed environments from NASA-era concepts to modern bioprocessing, explains the economics of protein production tied to the income stream rather than land, and discusses regulatory debates around cultivated meat in the US and EU along with funding and scaling challenges.