What next for the global food system? @ London Climate Forum

Presentation and Q&A with @duncwilliamson

Transcript

1. @sustaination #lcf2012 In times of crisis, only imagination is more important than knowledge A Einstein
2. @sustaination #lcf2012 The global food system is shameful.
3. @sustaination #lcf2012 Change is inevitable. So where do we go?
4. @sustaination #lcf2012 Resilient (small, localised, diverse, plentiful, adaptable) Fair Transparent Knowledge-led Human & humane Sustainable
5. @sustaination #lcf2012 Feeding people is easy. Making it pay is not. This is really stupid.
6. @sustaination #lcf2012 Find social solutions.
7. @sustaination #lcf2012 Do more with less water energy resources time
8. @sustaination #lcf2012 Do less with more people
9. @sustaination #lcf2012 What’s next?
10. @sustaination #lcf2012 Robots.
11. @sustaination #lcf2012 Smart irrigation.
12. @sustaination #lcf2012 Food is health care
13. @sustaination #lcf2012 Data tracking.
14. @sustaination #lcf2012 GMOs. (sigh)
15. @sustaination #lcf2012 Functional foods / nutriceuticals
16. @sustaination #lcf2012 Collaboration.
17. @sustaination #lcf2012 Supermarket 2.0
18. @sustaination #lcf2012 Super Market 2.0
19. @sustaination #lcf2012 Urban food systems.
20. @sustaination #lcf2012 Will we be paid to pee?
21. @sustaination #lcf2012 Soil and water.
22. @sustaination #lcf2012 Disaggregation.
23. @sustaination #lcf2012 Forestry.
24. @sustaination #lcf2012 EAT LESS MEAT. BUY ORGANIC. BUY SEASONAL. FOLLOW @SUSTAINATION
25. @sustaination #lcf2012 • 1/15: Agriculture uses 24% EU's fresh water. Each kcal of food uses 9 kcal fossil fuel. Current ag depends on rock phosphates. • 2/15: Water scarcity affects 100m people in 14 EU countries. Fossil fuels peaked, increasingly £. Phosphate supply: 30-60yr • 3/15: Urban sprawl depletes availability & quality of ag land & soil. Land speculation drives up £ --> harder to be a farmer. • 4/15: Increasing unemployment (eg Spain 40% under 25s) means more labour available to fill opportunities. But pure economics will drive robotics use. • 5/15: Robots / #precisionag leads to more standardised food and efficiently processed land. But at what social cost? • 6/15: Food has the power to drive us apart (there will more global food riots in 2013) or bring us together. • 7/15: Transparency and openness brings certainty, drives collaboration, creates opportunity, builds security, reflects true £ • 8/15: Tech to track NO2 back to specific farms, and many eyes of social media will drive accountability • 9/15: GMO debate and use will continue until the burden of evidence or social pressure / regulation tips the balance. • 10/15: Food giants are becoming leaner and more agile. SMEs will seek fair regulation, prices, contracts. • 11/15: Consumers and public sector will combine healthcare, social, and food policies. #sustainablefoodcities • 12/15: Innovation areas: diet-based health insurance, pay-with-labour food, elderly farm-care, food as medicine, synthetic protein • 13/15: Economics, regulations, consumer demand will drive current trend to disaggregation, localism, resilience • 14/15: Tech enabled networks of SME food biz will re- humanise food and farming, rebalance power, and deliver true value • 15/15: Join www.sustaination.co to stay ahead
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