#008 - Resilient foods to feed humanity in disasters with Juan García Martínez
Juan B. García Martínez
Juan is a chemical engineer and the Research Manager at the Alliance to Feed Earth in Disasters (ALLFED).
In this episode we discuss
Resilient foods — what are they and why might we need them?
Single-cell proteins
Short-term uses for resilient foods
Government catastrophic risk preparedness
Translating engineering research into policy communications
Engineering technologies that ALLFED works on
Challenges of running a volunteering program
Top resources
Juan B. García Martínez
Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Juan_B._Garcia_Martinez
Timestamps
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:16 Juan's intro
00:02:19 Juan's journey
00:07:11 Resilient foods
00:15:40 Technologies for creating resilient foods
00:18:58 Single-cell proteins
00:27:31 Short-term vs long-term uses of resilient foods
00:30:21 Paper mills for sugar production
00:36:37 Government preparedness
00:44:04 Difference between English and Spanish speaking countries
00:45:38 Gold standard for government preparedness
00:46:25 Engineering work at ALLFED
00:51:26 ALLFED's volunteering program
00:59:20 Advice for engineers
01:04:07 Hope for the future
01:08:27 PhD research with ALLFED
01:09:58 Resources to learn more
01:11:40 What do you wish you had invented?
01:13:23 Learn more about Juan
01:14:07 Outro
Learn more
Civilisation resilience
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Career conversations
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