How will we feed ourselves in a few years, when we are 10 billion inhabitants? Will we witness in human food a change as radical as those who have experienced health, communications, the way of working or relating?
Food system
The challenge is to sustainably ensure healthy nutrition for a growing population that will reach 10 billion people by 2050.
The most important challenges and opportunities affecting our food system have to do with:
The food system of the future must be safe, sustainable and accessible to all.
Foodtech
The term Foodtech encompasses new technologies and innovative solutions that are radically changing the food, agriculture and livestock industries around the world. It includes applying the Industry 4.0 to this particular sector, and the specific technologies and solutions that enable creating new food from new nutrients or combinations of existing nutrients.
In sum, Foodtech encompasses the ecosystem of innovative entrepreneurs and start-ups that are applying the latest technology to improve all the links in the food chain, from the production to the distribution, and ultimately, the consumption. Ultimately, this industry seeks to tackle the upcoming global challenges, such as climate change and the increasing population, and guide the agri-food industry towards a more sustainable and efficient future.
Technology has the capacity to revolutionize the entire food system.
Future of Food
Science, technology and innovation are already cooking the menu of the future for our planet: hamburgers and laboratory seafood, proteins to bases of insects or algae, vertical orchards in your own kitchen, 3D printers to reuse the “loose ends” of your fridge, an app that will validate, with just a photo of your plate, if your food meets with the requirements of personalized nutrition for feed your genes correctly and fight or prevent diseases.
The experts of the Future Trends Forum have developed a roadmap with the challenges and opportunities of building the future of food.
