The Future of Food

Brian Toren Hank Lederer

The Future of Lab Meat ( six minutes)Cooked and eaten via live WebcastFat is just one of the fatal flawsDisease transmission

30 percent of world’s land is devoted to feeding animals 15 percent of the plants they eat into edible meatUse reduces methane pollution by 95 percentUse reduces the need for farmlands to feed livestock by 98 percentEthical Treatment of Animals extol such effortsMost expensive and resource-intensive techniques in modern biology10 and 20 years to lower cost put store shelves

Hamburger uses bovine skeletal muscle and Serum from the blood of unborn cows Heavy antibiotic use to keep the cells aliveMeat requires “exercise

Not the first time lab-grown meat grown – NASA grewgoldfish 2002Gabor Forgacs of the University of Missouri tasted his own lab meat, constructed by a 3-D printer out of a meat “flour” in 2011

This image on the Future of Lab MeatWeb Page.

The Future of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)

The Eyes of Nye 25 Minutes

Genetically Modified Organisms ( GMO) nine minutes

GMOS Enviromental Secy UK one minute

Too Much Controversy over GMO: Foods 3.45 Min

Two From the The Long Now FoundationRethinking Green 1:33The Food of The Future 1:40

GMO A GO GO - A Cartoon nine minutes

More Future Foods VideosAqua culture 6 minutes Sustainable farming 5minutesCase for Farm raised animals 34 minutesNo till farming 5 minutesAgriculture and water shortage 4 minutesReplacing Maze with Sorghum 2 minues

Sorghum cereal 30 to 50% less water and half the cost for equivalent final product. Fifth in grain use major grain in poorer countries. Used as other grains in cooking and baking. Gluten and excellent substitute for wheat.