Yellowstone National Park- A future for the world’s food supply? AND other Radical Innovation That Will Shape the Future of Food?

How Radical Innovation Will Shape the Future of Food?

"Thomas Jonas’ team discovered a fungal microbe that has survived for eons in subterranean temperatures of 250˚F. Such microbes are now fermenting in trays in Chicago and being manipulated by food scientists into imitations of chicken and other products, and someday, Jonas believes, will feed huge populations using just a fraction of the land and water resources consumed by traditional agriculture."

This is an innovation that could potentially diversify, reinvent and strengthen the global food supply. As the article mentions, there are three other basic innovation areas beside the organism optimization:

• Cell culturing of meat, poultry and fish analogues
• 3D Printing plant- based meat imitations
• Gene editing to re-engineer existing organisms

As with many new innovations, we must also look to new technologies as well as high scientific engagement as demonstrated by the fantastic outcome of Jona´s work.

“So it makes sense to domesticate other species that are coming from nature,” Jonas says. “Fusarium Yellowstonensis (Fy) is not something that we tweaked in a lab. It has been there for many thousands of years—it just hadn’t been identified.”

The linked article provides a great overview of all the innovations mentioned above.

Take a look at the section on " Conflicting Opinions". This is a really great read that provides insights on what the experts think, as well as what potential consumers may think, and lastly what are the arguments to consumers to change to these new products when available?

Great work Jonas.

Great article Dale.

I really enjoyed reading it.

Thanks