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		<title>Beyond the book</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 21:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that the publishing company is working out the final details before the release of the book, time has come for me to spend some time again on the blog part. During the making of the book, I have been asked about my opinions on a number of subjects. Listing opinions was not the theme [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&blog=7821215&post=982&subd=futurefood&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Future Harvests – The book is coming soon!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  The editing of my book &#8220;Future Harvests &#8211; The next agricultural revolution&#8221; is about completed. All that is left to do is developing the cover and start the publishing. I have already received orders, even before the book is out. That is quite a good sign. And a great surprise for me. If you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&blog=7821215&post=954&subd=futurefood&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The next agricultural revolution</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2010/02/19/the-next-agricultural-revolution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Excerpt from my upcoming book) The next agricultural revolution to feed nine billion people will be different from the previous one. After World War II, agriculture advanced thanks to chemistry and petroleum. This time, biology and renewable energies will lead us to progress. It will not be just a revolution in science and technology. It [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&blog=7821215&post=901&subd=futurefood&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The fun of writing this book</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2010/01/20/the-fun-of-writing-this-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last few months, I have been working quite a bit on writing this book about the future of agriculture. I must say that compiling in one book a wide range of topics that, without any doubt, will be part of the future of our food production has been an exhilarating experience. From demographics in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&blog=7821215&post=875&subd=futurefood&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who will be the farmers of the future?</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/11/11/who-will-be-the-farmers-of-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While most of the discussions about the future of agriculture and food tend to focus about how to feed 9 billion people, and about whether it should be organic or industrial, one question seems to be left aside, though it is a very important one: who will be the farmers. If the forecast of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&blog=7821215&post=767&subd=futurefood&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The vertical farm</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/10/26/the-vertical-farm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a think-out-of-the-box article about the &#8220;vertical farm&#8221;. It is an interesting vision of a replacement of agricultural land, by indoor robot-tended hydroponic agriculture. They also envision the possibility of raising farm animals and developing aquaculture in the water used to grow the plants; and the fish waste would be used as fertilizer. All of this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&blog=7821215&post=739&subd=futurefood&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nobel Prize of Economics: Back to the basics</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/10/16/nobel-prize-of-economics-back-to-the-basics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year’s Nobel Prize of Economics to Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson seems to have attracted more attention than previous years, and by reading the comments, I have the feeling that everyone saw signs of what they find important. I believe that the reason for this is that both recipients worked on broad subjects, that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&blog=7821215&post=713&subd=futurefood&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More action needed on food waste</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/10/05/more-action-needed-on-food-waste/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Food waste is one of those topics that rarely make the headlines while the numbers that come out surveys are simply stunning. Five years ago, the University of Arizona had published a report about the situation in the USA. Their estimate of food waste was almost that 50% of the food produced in the US [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&blog=7821215&post=671&subd=futurefood&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Let’s not confuse efficiency and intensification!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/?p=656</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Although it may sound like a bit of semantics, the difference between these two terms is quite important when it comes to agriculture and food production. Since WWII, much progress has been made to increase food production, such as genetic improvement, production techniques and mechanization, use of fertilizers, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, the development of animal [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&blog=7821215&post=656&subd=futurefood&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Feeding the world in 2050 &#8211; FAO coming summit</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/09/23/feeding-the-world-in-2050-fao-coming-summit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This question seems to keep many people busy, and this article sums up a number of conclusions drawn by the FAO about the subject. The information that I find the most interesting is their estimate of the percentage of the world population living in cities, moving up from 49% today to 70% by 2050. Expressed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&blog=7821215&post=634&subd=futurefood&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The hot regions of the future</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/09/18/the-hot-regions-of-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this article, the term hot does not refer to climate, but to strategic and active food producing regions. Not only is the population growing, but also the demographics vary greatly between regions and this will change deeply where from and where to the trade is going. Here are, briefly, the main changes as I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&blog=7821215&post=613&subd=futurefood&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bringing cities to the countryside: Infrastructure will help rural development</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although the title of this article many sound a contradiction in terms, agriculture (in which I include aquaculture as well) needs cities and vice-versa. Rural development is more than just agricultural activities; it is about creating and improving a cluster of many economic activities that are necessary for the proper functioning of a community. As [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&blog=7821215&post=594&subd=futurefood&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How much can the rule of 80-20 tell us about the future?</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/09/03/how-much-can-the-rule-of-80-20-tell-us-about-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all have heard about this rule across all industries, including agriculture and food. Eighty percent of the food would be produced on 20% of the farms and vice-versa. If it still applies in the future, it can indicate us how our food production and supplies will look like in the future. Of course, this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&blog=7821215&post=510&subd=futurefood&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Producing more, yet in a sustainable way. That is the challenge!</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Closer to nature</media:title>
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		<title>Wal-Mart&#8217;s 15 questions to suppliers on sustainability</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/08/25/wal-marts-15-questions-to-suppliers-on-sustainability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, Wal-Mart has sent a questionnaire to all their suppliers, including for food items, asking them to give answers to 15 questions about they actually do about sustainability. I like this questionnaire, because it is simple, practical and straight to the point. Suppliers who have difficulties to figure out the answers definitely have quite some catching up to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&blog=7821215&post=437&subd=futurefood&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ecosystem-based management approach gains importance</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is an article from fis.com illustrating what I had written in previous articles in this blog (enter &#8220;ecosystem&#8221; in the search window to have the list of these articles) and mentioned in my presentation Twelve trends for the future of food production. It also illustrate my claim that for environmental organizations and industry need [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&blog=7821215&post=411&subd=futurefood&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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