What a game changer my book is!
Future Harvests has been published less than two weeks ago, and it is going to change my company rather profoundly. What started as a blog on the side of The Happy Future Group Consulting Ltd. is now...
View ArticleInvolve in order to convince!
A couple of days ago, I came across the following quote: “Tell me and I will forget, show me and I may not remember, involve me and I will understand”. I cannot confirm who the author is, as it has...
View ArticleHow to attract people to food production?
With the population increase, food production becomes an increasingly strategic activity. Yet, the food sector does not seem to have the appeal it deserves, and attracting new people appears to be a...
View ArticleFollow the water!
Without water, there is no agriculture, there is no food, and there is no life. It is obvious, and yet the water question is too often neglected. The quantity and the quality of water available are...
View ArticleSwimming in circles
If there is a never-ending feud in the food industry, the one here in British Columbia (BC) about farmed salmon certainly should be put on top of the list. The fight between salmon farmers and...
View ArticleThe locavore’s dilemma
There is a growing trend, or at least a growing noise in favour of eating locally produced food. The “locavores” as they are called, claim that 100-mile food is the way to a more sustainable...
View ArticleSwimming in circles – Part II: BC salmon farmers are proud!
In Swimming in circles, I was mentioning that salmon farmers should communicate more about their people, their work and the pride of doing what they do. My article had caught their attention, as I have...
View ArticleThe rise of the non-profits and how they shape food production
In the years before the current economic crisis, the non-profit sector was already creating more jobs than the for-profit sector. Last year, the total of all operating budgets of non-profit...
View ArticleAn Interview with The Food Futurist: 100 Answers about the Future of Agriculture
Following up on the recent publication of the report “100 Questions of Importance for the Future of Global Agriculture” by a group of experts from all over the world under the lead of Jules Pretty of...
View ArticleSeaAgra Seafood and The Food Futurist team up for consulting of seafood projects
Vancouver, 9 March 2011 SeaAgra and The Food Futurist will cooperate to offer consulting services to their customers involved in the seafood industry. By combining their pool of expertise in the field...
View ArticleThe fertilizer of the future?
Among the many challenges that the agriculture of the future faces, soil fertility ranks high on the list of priorities. Originally, most farms were mixed. They had land to grow crops and they had...
View ArticleFood security in Paradise
Many Hawaiian residents express their concern about their dependence on food that comes from far away. Actually, there are more and more conferences and workshops about the topic of food security for...
View ArticleRobots, sensors, drones and big data are coming to the sea, too – Fishermen...
There is not a day that goes by without articles about new technologies in agriculture. I enjoy seeing the excitement because I believe it is will revolutionize how farmers produce food. When I started...
View ArticleBeyond just technology… the human factor
Early July the SeaFest 2015 event was held in Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork, Ireland. The Our Ocean Wealth conference was aimed at showing the potential of the sea as part of a successful economic development...
View ArticleWhat’s ahead for animal protein?
As I explained in previous articles about protein, the future of animal farming looks rather good, actually. This does not mean that current productions systems are perfect. They are not, and many...
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