15 Minute Futures

The freaky future of food

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Are you ready for food that’s built rather than grown? We are expecting more than 2.4 billion extra people on the planet by the year 2050. With huge growth in the middle classes globally, demand for meat is also estimated to double by 2050. More broadly, food production will have to increase by between 70 and 100 percent. How on earth will we meet this new demand from hungry mouths without continuing our unsustainably water and land-hungry farming practices? Listen and find out!