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In 1968, New Scientist identified an unusual solution to the world’s supposed protein shortage
IN THE 1960s, nutritional scientists were on a mission. People’s diets, especially in developing countries, were dangerously low in protein, they said. Ways to address the issue were anxiously being sought.
New Scientist took the problem seriously, and with an international conference to discuss it in The Hague, in the Netherlands, we dedicated five pages of the 21 November 1968 magazine to the subject. We focused on an as-yet-untapped source of protein: “trees and bushes”.
After listing many existing benefits of trees, we suggested “it…
