Futurist Keynote, Malaysia: The Future of Food 2.0
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In this keynote session futurist Matthew Griffin discusses how technology is changing how and where we produce food, and how new technology could sustainably feed everyone on the planet. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University,...
Fertiliser costs have tripled so synthetic biology startups are re-inventing how its made
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF This year, you might not know it, your food costs will increase not necessarily because of scarcity but because the cost of fertiliser tripled last year and for farmers and consumers in poor countries that’s almost a death sentence. Love the Exponential Future? Join...
Scientists used cellular agriculture to create a giant Woolly mammoth meatball
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Have you ever wondered what Woolly mammoths tasted like? Now you can find out with sci-fi foodtech! Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Today scientists...
The worlds first lab grown steak breaks cover in Switzerland
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Why grow cows in fields when you can just grow the steaks sustainably in a lab? Food is being re-invented … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote,...
Chicken made in a lab gets its first US FDA approval
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Why raise chickens for meat when you can just grow that meat in a lab without all the anti-biotics, environmental damage, and nuisance? Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, ...
From kale to cherries scientists are using CRISPR to create new kinds of foods
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Oddly if a plant could have evolved “that way naturally” even if you genetically re-engineer it then it’s not a GMO. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote,...
Cows get cancelled as whipped cream without the cow becomes a reality
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Cows need to eat food, crops, fart alot, and need water and land, this new way to create cream just needs a factory space … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech...
Vertically farmed rice opens the door to guaranteed food security in Singapore
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Finally researchers have been able to grow a global staple crop in vertical farms and it opens the door for more and a food revolution. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech...
Unilevers first 3D printed metamaterial chocolates take eating to a whole new level
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF New technologies and materials are transforming all our foods and our eating experiences, and this is just another example of how. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential...
Researchers turn plants into biological computers to grow better crops
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF By turning nature into a biological computer researchers can get plants to do all kinds of things they could never do before and design better crops. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses from...
Major biotech breakthrough lets researchers grow plants without light
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If you can grow plants without the need for light then it means you can grow plants anywhere and that they can keep on growing 24/7 which will increase crop yields. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future...
At over 200,000 burgers a day this cultivated meat factory will be the world’s biggest
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If you don’t need animals to make meat you don’t need to feed them crops or water, deforest the Amazon, or figure out ways to eliminate their greenhouse gas emissions … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future...
Elephant, lion, tiger, and zebra steaks are on the menu thanks to lab made meats
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If you can take the cell from an animal and use it to grow meat in bioreactors then that cell can be from any animal – from T-Rex’s to Porcupines and Pandas … this is a food revolution. Love the Exponential Future? Join our...
Open Meals uses your biology to 3D print custom Sushi for each individual diner using
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We talk about personalised medicine, but personalised food is also now taking on a whole new meaning … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Usually,...
This lab grown Palm Oil is good enough to prevent the future destruction of the rainforests
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Today most Palm Oil production requires the deforestation of massive areas of land to keep up with global demand, but in the future all you’ll need is a factory. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University,...
Vertical farms are coming to save your perfume from climate change
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF You can grow crops sustainably in a vertical farm, or you can grow really expensive perfume ingredients with higher profit margins … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch...
This startup is literally trying to make juicy steaks out of thin air
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF You might think food from air is impossible, but thanks to space innovation it isn’t … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. While some companies...
John Deere’s new autonomous tractor is automating farming all over again
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Agricultural jobs have been in decline for a long time, and now there’s more new tech on the block … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my...
In the future your coffee could be grown in a lab
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Today we can take the cells from plants and animals and grow coffee, dairy, fish, and meat in a lab, and it’s changing how we produce food. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about...
Hienz shows off the first ketchup from its Martian tomatoes
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF If astronauts on Mars have chips and burgers they’ll likely want ketchup too and now they can … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. In...
