Salicornia: Welcome to the Future

Posted on 14. Jul, 2008 by Daniel Taylor in Apocalypse, Science

In the Mexican desert just a few miles from the Sea of Cortez, Carl Hodges is, at least according to some, figuring out how to save the world:
The crop is salicornia. It is nourished by seawater flowing from a man-made canal. And if you believe the American who is farming it, this incongruous swath of green has the potential to feed the world, fuel our vehicles and slow global warming.
He is Carl Hodges, a Tucson-based atmospheric physicist who has spent most of his 71 years figuring out how humans can [...]