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The Future of Food
Feeding the Planet During Climate Change

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THE FUTURE OF FOOD: Feeding the Planet During Climate Change
The Forum at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health presented jointly with PRI’s The World & WGBH
Tuesday, December 13, 2016

By 2050, a projected 9.7 billion people will inhabit the planet. How will we produce enough nutritious food to support this burgeoning population and ensure access to food resources, particularly as climate change stresses the environment? This Forum explored innovative methods and systems for producing food, as well as new types of products and underutilized sources. The panelists talked about emerging technologies, including advances in genomics and aeroponics, to grow food. They also discussed ways to sustain at-risk food resources made vulnerable from climate change, and the impacts for populations in developing countries.

#Futureoffood

Part of: The Andelot Series on Current Science Controversies.

Presented jointly with PRI's The World and WGBH

Background Articles

  • Climate Change, Global Food Security, and the U.S. Food System
    USDA
  • Climate Change and Agriculture in the United States: Effects and Adaptation
    USDA
  • This Computer will Grow Your Food in the Future
    TED
  • OpAg Initiative
    MIT Media Lab
  • Center for Health and the Global Environment
  • Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies
    Belfer Center

Image Credit: iStock- TomasSereda

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Moderator

Peter Thomson
Peter Thomson, Livable Planet Editor, PRI's The World

Expert Participants

Gary Adamkiewicz
Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Exposure Disparities, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Caleb Harper
Principal Investigator/Director, Open Agriculture Initiative, MIT Media Lab

Calestous Juma
Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School

Margaret Walsh
Senior Ecologist, Climate Change Program Office, USDA

Event Resources

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