I’ve just managed to watch the third episode of this 3 part series called “The Future of Food” and again the whole programme resonates! The discussion around small scale local production, producing food in areas best suited, and the whole Genetic Modification debate are most poignant. If you can watch if for yourself, but the main messages for me are that food supply for the whole world can not be taken for granted, and that the likely solution to feeding the world will be comprised of many many smaller solutions. The film shows a British example of recycling home food waste which has some merit. I have no idea who did it first, but my home area of Guelph Ontario has had a very successful programme doing this for many years. Interested ?
Unfortunately the BBC website doesn’t seem to make this third episode available right now but it should again soon. If you can, have a look. I am most interested in your comments. Post them here.
Other notes on the traceability of food front. The final conference for a large EU research project will be held in Brussels in early December 2009. If interested have a look at
I’ve also found a startup commercial company working on providing traceability of food solutions. It should be interesting so see how they develop. I’ve only looked at their website at
Tracetracker
but the ideas do look quite interesting. I guess the real questions are do consumers want this information, what will it cost, are they prepared to pay this?
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Jim
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