Yessssss. Mission accomplished! After trying almost every query I could think of to find this story, I finally got it.
The name of the story is 'Manna" and it's by Marshall Brain (founder of HowStuffWorks). Here's the link.
You should read the story. It's worth your time.
Hey everyone. Thanks in advance for any ideas you have that might help me.
I'm trying to find a short sci fi story I read sometime in the last year. I read it online and as far as I remember it was only published online. Here's the plot in short:
Sometime in the future man invents an...