Here in the United States, where people are eating themselves to death, it’s easy to forget that starvation and malnourishment are major scourges in some places abroad. While I’m busy working on a series on Real Food, I thought I’d give you some links to some technological developments that may help nourish people in impoverished parts of the world.

• Researchers at Cornell University have identified the genetic mutation that resulted in orange cauliflower. They hope to take advantage of it to develop more-nutritious staple crops (such as potatoes and rice).
• English researchers are developing a way to use something called thermoacoustics to create energy from biofuels to power a combination stove-refrigerator-electricity generator.
• In Spain, they’ve developed an inexpensive way to detect atrazine and antibiotics in foods.

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