TMF

Tom-makes-fibres

PhD Material Science @ Start-up
4 karmaJoined Working (6-15 years)

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Interesting insight on how you reached your decisions. 

I think there could be a debate on pre-filtering from Manifund for these kind of initiatives. I think sometimes less is more - it might even make sense to roll some projects together as they were very similar at first look.

One thing that I think is missing from the AP discussion is the potential application for the waste/seconds of EA food in making materials. 

The milk and nut fibres of the 1940s and 1950s struggled with feedstock consistency. This was one of the main things the makers of Ardil struggled with. With synthetic methods of protein production this issue would largely solved. No more bad harvests stopping production. 

I see altenative proteins as a feedstock for food and our materials industry. Two birds, one stone.