I am a scientific writer, independent researcher, and mom of three. My scientific background includes laboratory work in infectious disease and plant breeding and field work in agricultural science.
Currently, I am working on a metascience project inspired by my own and colleagues’ experiences in life science research and by my reading in ancient/historical science (Humble Science Project)
PhD Chemical Biology, Harvard University, April 2015.
Dissertation research on malaria transmission at the Harvard School of Public Health (where I first encountered EA ideas)
BS Plant Science, Cornell University, January 2008.
These food ideas definitely have potential, but it seems like field testing would play an important role in improving their practicality and ways to deploy them.
The world is now facing one of the worst food crises in memory, with famine-like conditions in multiple countries, and conditions have worsened significantly over the past few years. If we’re not moving toward feeding everyone today, it seems like it would take several miracles for us to be able to feed everyone in a much larger crisis.
https://www.wfp.org/global-hunger-crisis
Is ALLFED working with organizations that have experience with launching innovative nutritional products and launching them in real crisis situations (such as Action Against Hunger)? I realize that ALLFED is mainly focused on research. I’m just remembering my teachers in agricultural science who told me how their plans and what they thought they knew went out the window when they came into contact with real-life situations. And I’ve experienced the gap between how researchers see their research results and how farmers can see the same results.