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		<title>Rise of the Asian middle class and the competition for animal protein</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The size of the world population is among the most significant changes for the future. There are many challenges, as the media tell us on a daily basis, but there are opportunities. The first and the main of these opportunities is the population increase itself. In the coming four decades, there will be two billion [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=2550&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Regaining the consumer’s trust</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2010/09/29/regaining-the-consumer%e2%80%99s-trust/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read many blogs, articles and opinions about food on a regular basis. Yesterday, I came across an interesting blog post on Meatingplace.com. Yvonne Vizzier Thaxton, an authority in the US poultry industry, wrote the article, titled “Consumer trust” after she found out about a survey carried out by the Center for Food Integrity. Basically, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=1376&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Future Harvests – A preview of the book</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2010/07/24/future-harvests-book-preview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My book, Future Harvests, is expected to be published before the end of August. Here is a preview to give you a flavor of the content. For a full view, please click on the thumbnails.                     Here is a sample containing the table of contents and the preface [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=1045&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Insects on the menu</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2010/05/31/insects-on-the-menu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 17:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across a very interesting article from the French newspaper Le Monde, titled “Insects, the steak of the future”. The article reviews the potential of using insects as a food source to complement the traditional food production in order to meet the needs of the increasing world population. Here are the main points. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=1018&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Future Harvests – The book is coming soon!</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2010/04/09/future-harvests-%e2%80%93-the-book-is-coming-soon/</link>
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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&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=954&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reducing waste works &#8211; The example of Hormel Foods</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/12/04/reducing-waste-works-the-example-of-hormel-foods/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hormel Foods issued a press release yesterday about their packaging waste reduction program, and the amount of packaging material that they saved is simply impressive. Reduction covers cartons, paper sleeves, thinner glass jars, plastic trays or shrink-wrap. Not only this program has a direct effect on the packaging of Hormel products, but it indirectly also saves a lot [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=820&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting closer to lab meat</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/12/03/getting-closer-to-lab-meat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dutch researchers have extracted cells from a live pig and put them in a broth derived from the blood of animal fetuses. After the cell have multiplied, the researchers have obtained a mass of muscle tissue. The texture is obviously not what they are looking for, but they are optimistic about the possibilities.  They have not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=811&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Coca-Cola and the bottle of the future</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/11/25/coca-cola-and-the-bottle-of-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Coca-Cola will start selling its beverages in a special bottle, called the PlantBottle, which is made from PET plastic and from plant-based materials by the end of 2010. A first launch will take place in Western Canada during the Olympic Games held in Vancouver, BC. In the US and Canada, the bottles will include 30% [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=796&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>“Let’s end the polarized debate on food” Holden urges</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/11/18/%e2%80%9clet%e2%80%99s-end-the-polarized-debate-on-food%e2%80%9d-holden-urges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Glad to read this statement! Hopefully what Patrick Holden, director of the Soil Association is advocating in this article will come true. It is high time for the partisan debate to end, for both sides to recognize that they do not know it all, and they both can learn a lot from each other; and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=785&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Uruguay, the quiet leader in beef?</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/11/12/uruguay-the-quiet-leader-in-beef/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is an interesting article about how Uruguay works towards a healthier future. Not only does the country invests a lot in renewable energy but it works in improving its beef, too. Uruguay&#8217;s  100%-traceable, hormone-free, grass-fed beef farming is offering many answers to the concerns of today&#8217;s consumers, and the system rewards the farmers doing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=776&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Environmental performance on labels: it is coming. Really.</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/10/29/environmental-performance-on-labels-it-is-coming-really/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sweden has started presenting the carbon footprint of food on the labels for food products sold in supermarkets and on some restaurant menus. The Swedish National Food Administration is managing this program. I was announcing this trend to inform consumers about the environmental impact of the food they consume, and as an aid to make [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=745&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="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>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:53:40 +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&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=671&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Let’s not confuse efficiency and intensification!</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/10/01/let%e2%80%99s-not-confuse-efficiency-and-intensification/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<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&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=656&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="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&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=613&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wal-Mart&#8217;s Yiannas promotes food safety culture</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/09/11/wal-marts-yiannas-promotes-food-safety-culture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article reports of Mr. Yiannas (VP Food Safety at Wal-Mart) speaking at the Grocery Manufacturers Association’s Executive Conference in Colorado Springs, Colo., and his views on this topic. It just shows that there is a new trend coming in the US, as I happened to describe in my article of yesterday (Health and environment [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=583&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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