Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
The Future of Fooddata, robots, and the quest for calories
trina chiasson - [email protected] - @trinachi
Thomas Robert MalthusBritish economist who wrote a book in 1798:
“An Essay on the Principle of Population”
Malthusian Trap
1. Pop. growth rate decreased 2. Agricultural output increased
Our population is still growing
But the growth rate is shrinking
And calories per hectare
is increasing
1900 - 1930: 26 ppl / farmer
1960s - 1990s: 155 ppl / farmer
Future: 265 ppl / farmer
MORE TRENDS
Children w/stunted growth from malnutrition:
2000: 32.7% 2016: 22.9%
Overweight children:
2000: 5% 2016: 6%
30%
23%
Recap: Trends• Agriculture uses significant share of land & water
resources
• Climate change may reduce agricultural output
• Pop. still growing, but not as fast (9B in 2050)
• Extreme poverty & malnutrition decreasing
• Wealthier people consume more resource-intensive food
FUTURE OF THE
FARM
image credit: http://813magazine.com/the-farmbot-can-automatically-grow-food-in-your-yard/
image credit: https://hackaday.io/project/2552-farmbot-open-source-cnc-farming
image credit: https://hackaday.io/project/2552-farmbot-open-source-cnc-farming
FUTURE OF THE
FORM
Image credit: luigig on Flickr at http://flickr.com/photos/51035803402@N01/5591341545
Source: National Geographic, http://www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/meat/
image from https://www.nextnature.net/projects/meat-the-future/
YEAST FUNGI
ALGAE BACTERIA
FUTURE OF THE
FEAST
Source: http://www.tokyoweekender.com/2012/04/diet-goggles/
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
