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Saline Agriculture As the Future of Food

Posted by timothy on from the rice-goes-with-shrimp-and-mango dept.

Damien1972 writes "To confront rising salinization, authors writing in the journal Science recommend increased spending on saline agriculture, which proposes growing salt-water crops to feed the world. Jelte Rozema and Timothy Flowers believe that salt-loving plants known as halophytes could become important crops, especially in areas where the salt content of the water is about half that of ocean water."

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  1. Re:Parent is disinformative by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    As opposed to the completely made-up data and completely erroneous and overly-simplistic models by the "global warming" crowd. The debate has moved squarely into the realm of competing religions and completely away from the scientific method.