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		<title>The locavore’s dilemma</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a growing trend, or at least a growing noise in favour of eating locally produced food. The “locavores” as they are called, claim that 100-mile food is the way to a more sustainable agriculture and consumption. Is this approach realistic and could it be the model for the future? This movement is rather [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=1606&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Consumers shape food production systems</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 23:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although it is tempting to think that food production systems are created by agribusiness, they depend greatly on the choices and the attitude of consumers and society. For humans, food is not just about nutrition, but it is loaded with a high emotional content. Consumer choices are highly irrational. To demonstrate this, here are some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=1438&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What a game changer my book is!</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2010/09/07/what-a-game-changer-my-book%c2%a0is/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Future Harvests has been published less than two weeks ago, and it is going to change my company rather profoundly. What started as a blog on the side of The Happy Future Group Consulting Ltd. is now about to become the very core of my business. Not only the book sales are already higher than [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=1281&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Russian heat wave gives some people sunstroke</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The heat wave combined with the drought in wheat-producing region of Russia is causing some concerns, as the wheat production will be affected. That is annoying but not terribly threatening. Moreover, the price of wheat, as well as the prices of other agricultural commodities were due for a rebound because farmers had reduced production after [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=1096&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>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>Avesthagen-Limagrain deal in Atash Seeds Ltd: solution-driven and market-driven</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/10/31/avesthagen-limagrain-deal-in-atash-seeds-ltd-solution-driven-and-market-driven/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 29 2009, Avesthagen from India and Limagrain from France signed a cooperation deal. As such, nothing exceptional, except that it brings a leading seed selection company together with an agro biotech company. This deal is about developing and selling genetically modified seeds that answer critical agricultural challenges such as the need for higher [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=748&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="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>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:35:08 +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&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=634&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>USDA experiments with grain harvesting device</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/08/27/usda-experiments-with-grain-harvesting-device/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a nice illustration of what I meant with my article &#8220;Innovation and tradition shape the future&#8220;. This is an article from WorldGrain.com describing the result of a test on a new harvesting system for grain carried out by the USDA. They tested the stripper header on millet and wheat. The idea of this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=453&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The future price of meat and fish: up</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/07/17/animal-products-will-become-more-expensive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a world population increasing strongly and an agricultural area that will not grow accordingly, the law of offer and demand clearly indicates that agricultural prices will increase in the future. This is true for agricultural commodities such as grains, but the increase will be even stronger for animal products, such as meat, poultry, dairy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=253&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rabobank: Sourcing grains critical in animal feed-to-food chain</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/06/22/rabobank-sourcing-grains-critical-in-animal-feed-to-food-chain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an article from World-Grain.com about a report from Rabobank on their outlook of a growth for meat of 50% between now and 2025 and its consequences on feed-to-food value chains. Albert Vernooij, author of the Rabobank report ‘Changing Industry Landscapes’ says &#8220;The global feed-to-food value chain has switched from being supply driven with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=143&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Canada&#8217;s meat, grain sectors eye EU trade</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/06/04/canadas-meat-grain-sectors-eye-eu-trade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an interesting article, that shows that when you want to be market-driven, opportunities will come your way. Here is the story of Canadian beef that might be sold in the EU, if the producers are willing to change their production system (by going hormone-free). While this means higher production cost, the sales price [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=99&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Biofuels may be a non issue</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/05/23/biofuels-may-be-a-non-issue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 21:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Biofuels is a topic that divides many people. To some, it is a solution to reduce dependence on oil, and to others it is an insane idea. I do not think that biofuels will be a discussion topics for very long, and here is why. Very likely, the future of cars will be electricity. Inevitably, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=60&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Unseen Land Grab</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/05/21/31/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 03:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting article from The Economist on how some countries are already organizing and securing their food supplies for the future. Major political-economic chess game in the running. Buying farmland abroad &#8211; Outsourcing&#8217;s third wave It connects quite well with my previous article about Jim Rogers buying land in Canada and Brazil. And it also connects [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=31&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mergers in agribusiness are building strategic economic blocks of tomorrow</title>
		<link>http://hfgfoodfuturist.com/2009/05/20/mergers-in-agribusiness-are-building-strategic-economic-blocks-of-tomorrow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 20:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Pelletier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Only yesterday, two major mergers took place in the agribusiness world. In Brazil, Sadia and Perdigao will now form the world&#8217;s largest poultry producer, as the new company is larger than Tyson Foods. That is not nothing. In Canada, Viterra, formerly Saskatchewan Wheat Pool is acquiring the Australian ABB Grain. As there is a growing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hfgfoodfuturist.com&amp;blog=7821215&amp;post=27&amp;subd=futurefood&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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