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An Interview with The Food Futurist: 100 Answers about the Future of Agriculture
Following up on the recent publication of the report “100 Questions of Importance for the Future of Global Agriculture” by a group of experts from all over the world under the lead of Jules Pretty of...
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The fertilizer of the future?
Among the many challenges that the agriculture of the future faces, soil fertility ranks high on the list of priorities. Originally, most farms were mixed. They had land to grow crops and they had...
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The math and the myth
No, this is not one of those “are in a boat” riddles. Those who have read my articles or my book know that I like to bring some perspective by crunching numbers and double checking statements that seem...
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Food security in Paradise
Many Hawaiian residents express their concern about their dependence on food that comes from far away. Actually, there are more and more conferences and workshops about the topic of food security for...
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No shortage of action points for the future
The path to feeding the growing world population and to preserve agriculture’s ability to provide adequate volumes is paved with many challenges. Leaders will have to show how to resolve the many...
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Just for fun, a bit of science fiction
One of the issues that I regularly raise during my presentations is the one of the farmers of the future. As about everywhere in the world, the average age of farmers is increasing, this brings the...
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When externalities cannot be externalized anymore
Externalities are costs, or benefits, that are not included in the price charged for a product. If a cost is not included in the price, it represents a negative externality. If a benefit is not...
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Thinking of a better agriculture in a better world
Recently, I joined a group on LinkedIn called “Future of Agriculture”. One of the discussion topics, which caught my attention, was “What’s your dream for the world with agriculture as a theme?” Of...
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Dealing with complexity
Looking at the future of food and farming goes far beyond agriculture. It comes down to looking at the future of humankind. Balancing future supply and demand of food is an exercise that includes many...
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My futurism
The future has had the same intriguing appeal since the dawn of time. The reason is simple. Trying to predict the future is simply about reducing uncertainty. Looking into the future is about...
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Adapting our thinking to the future – part 1
Everybody will agree that the coming decades are presenting many new challenges. Never before have we faced such a population growth and demand for about everything, food and water being the most...
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Food prices, one year later – Some lessons
According to the data gathered by the FAO, global food prices are on the decline. They have been so for some time. However, this good news does not seem to make the headlines. Reassuring news does not...
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Tree oils can fuel economic development by integrating different agricultural...
Over the past few years, agriculture has been a hot center of attention and rightly so. In my line of work, I am always interested in finding new and innovative ways of growing production more...
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Future rhymes with infrastructure
In all the talk about feeding 9 billion people by 2050, the issue of infrastructure receives too little attention. In my opinion, this is a mistake. Of course, building, repairing and maintaining...
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Precision is the future of agriculture and our future
By the end of last July, the InfoAg conference took place in St Louis, Missouri. Matt Waits, CEO of SST Software that was a sponsor, introduced me before my presentation titled “Beyond the Farm of the...
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Changing economics to overcome future challenges
First, a personal story A year ago, I moved away from Vancouver to the Okanagan Valley Region some 300 miles east from Vancouver. There, I bought a property with a decent yard where I will have a...
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My Wish List 2017
Another year just started. It is always a good time to reflect a bit. As I have focused my activities for quite a few years on how the future of food and agriculture can be shaped, I regularly come...
View ArticleIs animal farming really on the way out?
Lately in the food world, one can read many stories about alternatives to protein from animal farming. Animal farming also gets blamed for its contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. With so much...
View ArticleCow farts, or quite a bit of hot air?
Very likely, the only reason why one would have missed all the “commotion” around cow farts is to have been stranded on a desert island without any access to some telecom network. Who would have...
View ArticleWhat’s ahead for animal protein?
As I explained in previous articles about protein, the future of animal farming looks rather good, actually. This does not mean that current productions systems are perfect. They are not, and many...
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