Each week, BIV staff will share with you some of the interesting stories we have found from around the web.
Timothy Renshaw, managing editor:
Food for thought or maybe thought for food; either way you look at it the way food is produced today is not sustainable when there are eight billion people at the global supper table. Also, a huge portion of the acreage allocated to crops is used to feed livestock for meat and dairy production. According to estimates in this story in The Conversation, that acreage adds up to an area the size of India, South Africa, France and Spain. So, that is not going to work in the long run. New food technologies are needed. Here are a few with marketplace potential.
Also on this week’s menu of the necessities of life under duress: water. It is in short supply in a growing number of countries and regions, all of which are not going to remain habitable without it. Here is news about a U.S. Marine Corps invention that could bring water to places that have too little or none at all. – Slash Gear
https://www.slashgear.com/1122318/the-u-s-marine-corps-new-water-invention-could-change-everything/
Emma Crawford, online editor:
What did Canadians google the most this year? What is Canuckle? The top search trends for 2022. –Toronto Star
Looking for a unique Christmas gift? This probably won’t help. A rare look at the world’s most expensive sheep. – National Geographic
https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/animals/2022/12/a-rare-look-at-the-worlds-most-expensive-sheep
