I appreciate I am late to the party.... but this was a really interesting read. We have a similar centralised biotech space in the UK (between Oxford, Cambridge and London)
In terms of scaling enough for global production and bringing down the unit cost of a fermentation produced product is an issue that can be debated until the cows come home! It very much depends on your plan but now there is more calls for materials to be integrated into a circular economy so could you work this in. Would you take back waste products and offcuts etc.
But very cool stuff happening in the space and its great to find another like minded individual !
Thank you for reading Ariyana. Something I've lately changed my mind about is sustainability as a value proposition -- it's not enough. I think these new food or biotech products need to be "funky first" or interesting to a particular niche before trying to scale up to satisfy billions as mere commodities.
It'd be great to learn more about your work in the UK over zoom!
From the Indigenous complexity, greetings, sibling!
Since we chatted a couple of months ago, I have been reading some of your writings and ideas. They are pretty insightful and informative, which makes me glad that you are staying in your home to understand its capacity and relation from a within-analysis (inside-the-box instead of outside-the-box)perspective.
Apya Yala (LaTam/SA) has an unorthodox talent that one tends to underestimate ther capacity and relation to the environment where they have created kinship and practice Indigenous Biotechnology, science, and technology; classically trained “experts” are exploring climate adaptation and mitigation.
Apya Yala’s talent will undergo a resiliency bio-capacity development from their/our motivations. Still, we need to get away from the way, meaning approaching talent not from the “ego” to solve “the” problem but rather from an “eco” bioculture design that creates the conditions for talent to emerge.
Thank you for your ideas, and I look forward to the unexpected outcomes of your influence on many! I hope our Apya crosses to kollab:)
I'm pretty sure shipping the cotton to where the clothes are being made wouldn't be a problem. I might be wrong, but I remember hearing that you can get really cheap shipping to China because the ships that carry goods from China have to go back to China to get more stuff anyways.
My point is that in this case there's no environmental impact because the boats are heading back anyways. Totally get that centralization aspect, though
I appreciate I am late to the party.... but this was a really interesting read. We have a similar centralised biotech space in the UK (between Oxford, Cambridge and London)
In terms of scaling enough for global production and bringing down the unit cost of a fermentation produced product is an issue that can be debated until the cows come home! It very much depends on your plan but now there is more calls for materials to be integrated into a circular economy so could you work this in. Would you take back waste products and offcuts etc.
But very cool stuff happening in the space and its great to find another like minded individual !
Thank you for reading Ariyana. Something I've lately changed my mind about is sustainability as a value proposition -- it's not enough. I think these new food or biotech products need to be "funky first" or interesting to a particular niche before trying to scale up to satisfy billions as mere commodities.
It'd be great to learn more about your work in the UK over zoom!
From the Indigenous complexity, greetings, sibling!
Since we chatted a couple of months ago, I have been reading some of your writings and ideas. They are pretty insightful and informative, which makes me glad that you are staying in your home to understand its capacity and relation from a within-analysis (inside-the-box instead of outside-the-box)perspective.
Apya Yala (LaTam/SA) has an unorthodox talent that one tends to underestimate ther capacity and relation to the environment where they have created kinship and practice Indigenous Biotechnology, science, and technology; classically trained “experts” are exploring climate adaptation and mitigation.
Apya Yala’s talent will undergo a resiliency bio-capacity development from their/our motivations. Still, we need to get away from the way, meaning approaching talent not from the “ego” to solve “the” problem but rather from an “eco” bioculture design that creates the conditions for talent to emerge.
Thank you for your ideas, and I look forward to the unexpected outcomes of your influence on many! I hope our Apya crosses to kollab:)
Loved this Sofia! You’re into such cool stuff, really happy to have found you & will keep reading your posts!
I'm pretty sure shipping the cotton to where the clothes are being made wouldn't be a problem. I might be wrong, but I remember hearing that you can get really cheap shipping to China because the ships that carry goods from China have to go back to China to get more stuff anyways.
But environmental impact of that 😬😬 + do we want to keep that centralized too?
It's the most realistic option though...
My point is that in this case there's no environmental impact because the boats are heading back anyways. Totally get that centralization aspect, though