“The Future of Food and Farming: What the world will eat, how will we get it and where will it come from”
Produced by Beyond the Line of Sight: Farming & the Future of Food - Our confronting and thought provoking TEDx-styled event brought together a line up of highly-regarded entrepreneurial scientists, futurists and international academics before an audience of around 400 industry leaders at Auckland's Shed 10 on November 10th, in New Zealand.
When people think of farming, they typically conjure up images of a tractor cresting a hill billowing large plumes of exhaust into the air. This image will become a distant memory as automated machines, drones, and swarmbots enter the pictures. As with all industries, there are many micro-forces driving the changes in future agriculture. But there are three dominant trend lines – precision, relevance, and control – that will be driving this industry.
