The New Future of Dining Experiences

In this podcast, I am going to build on a previous episode exploring the future of food but this time focus on how take-away and dining-out experiences might change in the future. We will look at converging drivers and how technology could create very different dining experiences.

So let’s consider the role of:

• New (Old) Sources of Protein
• 3D Printing
• Use of robots in food preparation
• Transforming Fast Food
•  Mobile Kitchens
• Full-Service Restaurant Kitchens
• Multi-sensory Dining Experiences
• Three Scenarios – Future Food Experiences
• Automation and Personalisation
• From Metaverse to Table
• Grocery Shopping Personalisation

Listen to the podcast on YouTube by clicking below or on Spotify’s Anchor platform. 

Listen to all the podcast episodes on the future of food and agriculture:

The Future of Sustainable Urban Agriculture with Diana Davidson on Anchor or YouTube.
The Future of Meat Production and Consumption with Diana Davidson on Anchor or YouTube.
The Future of Agricultural Efficiency with Adam Greenberg on Anchor or YouTube.
Technologies Shaping the Post-Pandemic Future of Food with Tony Hunter on Anchor or YouTube.
The Future of Food in 2035 with Steve Wells on Anchor or YouTube.  

You can learn more about me and my work by connecting with me as follows:
Email steve@stevewells.uk
LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/steve-wells-futurist-speaker
Twitter twitter.com/informingchoice   
YouTube youtube.com/user/InformingChoices
Website http://www.stevewells.uk 

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The Future of Food in 2035

The future of food – and particularly of meat and meat consumption – can be promoted as a “no choice” future with plant-based meat as the only viable option for human health, the good of the planet, and animal welfare. But is that the case? Are there other solutions that provide consumer choice and reap the benefits to health, the planet and animal welfare? And when we look into the solutions, what are the wider implications of a fundamental change to our food system in the future?

To explore the future of food in 2035, I am painting a brief scenario focusing on:

• The New Future of Arable Farming
• Meeting the Need for Meat - Plant-Based and In-Vitro Meat
• Tax as Carrot and Stick (to change consumer behaviour)
•  Supply Chains
•  Land Use and Re-purposing

Click below to listen to the podcast on YouTube or click here  listen on Spotify’s Anchor platform.

You can learn more about me and my work by connecting with me as follows:

Email: steve@stevewells.uk
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/steve-wells-futurist-speaker
Twitter: twitter.com/informingchoice
YouTube youtube.com/user/InformingChoices
Website: stevewells.uk

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Technologies Shaping the Post-Pandemic Future of Food

The pandemic has irrevocably changed our world. But what might be the legacy of the pandemic for the food, beverage, and agri-food industries, and the very future of food?

Futurist, speaker, and foresight strategy consultant Tony Hunter argues that in crisis there’s opportunity; that we need to make the most of this one and use technology to fundamentally change our food system. So in this podcast, Tony addresses one of the critical technologies that could shape the post-pandemic food future, building resilience into food supply chains, and the greatest single opportunity for the future if food production.

Click below to listen to the podcast on YouTube or here for Anchor podcast platform.

You can learn more about Tony and his work by connecting with him as follows:

Email: tony@futuristforfood.com
LinkedIn: tony-hunter
Websites: tonyhunterspeaker.com and futuristforfood.com.

For information about the book Aftershocks and Opportunities 2 – Navigating the Next Horizon see the Fast Future website. 

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Foresight Video Shorts 15

In this latest instalment of our Foresight Video Shorts we look at the issue of cleaner air in our cities, desert farming, recycling coffee into …. coffee cups, converting brain signals into words, and electric aircraft from World Economic Forum, Mashable, and Digital Trends.

1.  Scientists have found a 'super plant' that absorbs pollution on roads. In just a week, a metre of cotoneaster cleans up 800km of car emissions. Via World Economic Forum. 

2.  This desert farm is harvesting food using nothing but sunlight and seawater. Via Mashable. 

3.  Goodbye used coffee grounds, hello reusable coffee cup. Via Mashable. 

4.  This man is able to communicate again using tech that translates brain signals into words. Via Mashable.  

5.  An electric aircraft is cool enough, but one made by Rolls-Royce? Talk about iconic. Via Digital Trends.  

 

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Informing Choices Mini-Pod - The Future of Agricultural Efficiency

The need to produce food for increasingly urbanised populations in ways that pays attention to the requirements for minimising carbon emissions and therefore help to minimise climate change is clear. Carbon emissions in agriculture come from:

• Crop fertilisation using chemical fertilisers
• Materials used to build and maintain farms
• Energy use of the farm buildings and vehicles
• Transport & distribution during and after growing
• Soil based emissions from disturbing soils
• Waste produced as a result of farming processes

So what is the future of agricultural efficiency? To consider this question, I am joined on the podcast by Adam Greenberg, CEO of Seattle-based iUNU, an industrial computer vision company. Together, we explored:

• The range of technologies deployed to increase agriculture productivity and efficiency.
• The plausibility of integrated "seed to table" supply chains.
• The link between automated urban agriculture and future urbanisation and smart city development.

You can listen to the podcast on You Tube by clicking below or on the Anchor podcast platform here. 

You can learn more about Adam, his business, and the technologies he works with work at www.iuni.com and contact him at adam@iunu.com.

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Foresight Video Shorts 11

With an eclectic mix of issues for this set of Foresight Video Shorts, we are looking at meat, a robot bird, jobs, conductive ink solar panels, and house building. The videos are from World Economic Forum and Mashable.

1. A taste of the future with ..... meat. Via World Economic Forum. 

2. A robot bird that flies just like a real one. Via Mashable. 

3. 10 jobs that didn’t exist 10 years ago. Via World Economic Forum. 

4. These solar panels are printed from conductive ink and are way cheaper. Via 

5. A house built in under 14 hours? Sounds crazy but it's true. Via Mashable. 

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Foresight Video Shorts 10

For this set of videos, we have a somewhat eclectic selection of technology innovations covering leisure, sustainability, robotics, and energy generation. The videos are from Mashable, World Economic Forum, Digital Trends, and Cheddar.

1. These cocktails are basically drinkable works of art. Via Mashable. 

2. Here's how to eat better for the planet. Via World Economic Forum. 

3. A brilliant initiative: schools in the US are converting solar power into a pay rise for teachers. Via World Economic Forum. 

4. A selection of the best robots in 2020. Via DigitalTrends. 

5. This giant kite generates electricity by using wind energy. Via Cheddar. 

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