The Future Of Food: Algae and DIY Bio

Elliot Roth | Spira Inc When you think of the future of food, you probably picture tall vertical farms in every square inch of urban cities, lab grown meat and genetically modified seeds. But what if I told you that the thing that could fix our broken agricultural system isn’t vertical farming, cellular agriculture or gene editing? It’s algae. And biology. In this episode we talk with Elliot Roth, founder of Spira Inc, a company which engineers algae for sustainable, healthy and cost effective industry applications. We talk with Elliot about the why behind algae, and the incredible effect algae and spirulina could have on the world from not only an environmental perspective, but also from a food production and availability perspective. We go deep into the science of growing and genetically modifying algae, and how anyone can get start with DIY Bio.