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		<title>Just for fun, a bit of science fiction</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 20:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the issues that I regularly raise during my presentations is the one of the farmers of the future. As about everywhere in the world, the average age of farmers is increasing, this brings the question of who will take over and what effect it will have on the future of agriculture and future [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=2393&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Farming a better future by learning the lessons of the previous Green Revolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the facts, the Green Revolution of the 1960s has been criticized for having caused negative consequences on farmland. It is true that some intensive agricultural practices have brought serious damage to soils and water reserves, but it is also true that the actions taken have increase food production and they averted the risk of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=1363&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Since we cannot beat Nature&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2010/09/09/since-we-cannot-beat-nature/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is convenient to paraphrase the saying “if you cannot beat them, join them”. This applies to our dealing with Nature just as well. As a species, we have been very successful in conquering our environment and exterminating what threatens us. Actually, we have been successful up to a certain point. The very success that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=1293&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>
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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>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>Ecosystem-based management approach gains importance</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/08/23/ecosystem-based-management-approach-gains-importance/</link>
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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&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=411&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rebuilding fisheries is a must for the future</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/08/05/rebuilding-fisheries-is-a-must-for-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As everyone knows, fish stocks have been depleted to levels that are not acceptable. This is the result of short-term thinking combined with highly efficient but stupid fishing methods. Not only fish is a high value food source, but oceans are complex ecosystems that we cannot afford to lose. Although aquaculture claims to be the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=290&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Future approach of genetics in agriculture</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/07/30/future-approach-of-genetics-in-agriculture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Genetic engineering, that we just mentioned, and traditional breeding and will be increasing intertwined in the future, as they will join their respective areas of expertise into combined genetic improvement programs. Actually, we can expect that these two disciplines will be merged into only one unified science of DNA. We can expect to see an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=282&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Where we will decide of our future...</media:title>
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		<title>Sustainability: As Natural As Balance</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/06/02/sustainability-as-natural-as-balance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the increasing awareness about climate change and our endangered environment, sustainability has become a widespread concept through all industries and the food value chains have embraced it like everyone else. Yet, I do not quite understand why sustainability seems to be such a “revelation”, or even almost a revolutionary idea. Sustainability is the way [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=94&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Food production: the balancing act</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 22:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the beginning of times, feeding a population has always been about balance. When mankind was still in the stage of hunting, fishing and gathering, survival was about keeping resources at a level that would allow the group to keep on feeding from its close environment. When agriculture started, followed by the domestication of what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=12&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Ocean, not Mars is the next frontier</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 22:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry to crush George W.&#8217;s and Star Trek&#8217;s fans&#8217; illusions, but I believe that colonizing oceans could offer more interesting possibilities than outerspace. Mars&#8230; well that&#8217;s another story&#8230; OK, so, let&#8217;s start daydreaming! First, a look at the scenery. Close to 70% of the Earth is covered by water. Most of that volume is left [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=7&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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