The future of food: Meals from microbes | Ep 56

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• Molly Jahn, program manager, Defense Sciences Office; Blake Bextine, program manager, Biological Technologies Office; Stephen Techtmann, Michigan Technological University
• Host: Stacey Wierzba, Public Affairs

Did you know that there’s more energy in the packaging of an MRE than what’s in the food?

We hear from Molly Jahn, DSO program manager for the Cornucopia program, which seeks to enable food production on-demand and on-site.

We then speak with Blake Bextine, who manages the ReSource program, and Stephen Techtmann from Michigan Technological University, who serves as a program performer on their unique approaches to this daunting problem. That program aims to turn military waste – including plastics – into oils, lubricants, and food.