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Future foods for risk-resilient diets

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Future foods, such as microalgae, mycoprotein and mealworm, have been suggested as nutritious and sustainable dietary options. Here we consider one of the most profound, yet neglected, benefits of future foods farming systems—their potential to provide essential nutrition in the face of systemic disturbances—and discuss major barriers to realizing this prospect.

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Fig. 1: Current risk landscape of ASF, PSF and future foods farming systems.

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C.E.R. was supported by a grant from Templeton World Charity Foundation, Inc. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Templeton World Charity Foundation, Inc. We thank K. Atanasova for the graphic design of Fig. 1.

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  1. Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    Asaf Tzachor, Catherine E. Richards & Lauren Holt

  2. School of Sustainability, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Herzliya, Israel

    Asaf Tzachor

  3. Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    Catherine E. Richards

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Tzachor, A., Richards, C.E. & Holt, L. Future foods for risk-resilient diets. Nat Food 2, 326–329 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00269-x

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