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(one of four [[food scenarios]] on the topic of [[food futures]]) | (one of four [[food scenarios]] on the topic of [[food futures]]) | ||
- | The myth of anthropocentrism is alive and well in the majority of the population. The detrimental effects of climate change on productive food environments have been mostly mitigated through large scale geo-engineering projects. Oil is still the dominant fuel, coming from non-conventional sources. Pricing of eco-system services (such as RED or TEEB) thrives. Food production and distribution are largely automatised. Food is grown, monitored and transported through artificial systems within and in between large cities. This lead to an increased disconnect from the supply chain, that is driven by its financialisation and high-frequency trading (farmville subsidies…). Through advanced tracking and tracing technologies, | + | ==== Toast to Continue ==== |
- | As a response to chemically enhanced monocultures, | + | Good evening. |
+ | It is always my pleasure to visit your time and offer assistance in making your dreams come true. I was delighted to discover that you are well on your way of fulfilling them, but you're not quite there yet. Since I arrived I have worked with your captains of industry and heads of state to create a roadmap to success. I am not at liberty to discuss the details just yet, but I can give you the gist: it is based on proven best practice that simply cannot fail. I'm here tonight to tell you how you can fix your world. | ||
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+ | It all begins and ends with food. In our time hunger has been abolished, farming maximised and the climate is under control. We have proven that when we humans take matters into our own hands, there is no problem that we can not overcome. We have put three priorities on the top of our agenda: globalisation, | ||
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+ | In our globalised market economy we have scaled-up organic farming. While I won't bore you with the details, suffice to say that technology and financialisation of food production and distribution are key. We have data driven AI to optimise growing, transport and trade of food. Supply chains are fully monitored, tracked from seedbanks to kitchens to waste disposal. Since we began operating on a global scale, massive geo-engineering projects have become possible. Where once farming was difficult due to harsh environmental conditions, we have changed the weather and made our deserts fertile. A GDPPO (Global Disease Propagation Prevention Organisation) has been established, | ||
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+ | We have all but eradicated the myth of ' | ||
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+ | Most of us live in large city-states. The countryside is populated by machines tending to crops and livestock. The earth is fully cultivated and wilderness contained. Our cities are green: we have fostered urban agriculture and most households have ultra-efficient aquaponic gardens, tended to by household robots. There is no need for humans to do much gardening themselves, so we can focus on enjoying the fruits of technological labour. Food and games, that's what keeps our economy growing. The health-entertainment-industrial complex has been hugely successful in keeping our population healthy, wealthy and happy. | ||
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+ | Last, but definitely not least, our food looks and tastes better than ever before. Its flavours, colours, textures and sizes are so much more intense than what you eat. After eradicating hunger, we were faced with culinary boredom and gustatory ADD, which we solved with food augmentation and tastebud prosthesis. To give you a taste, we have worked with your chef to approximate one of our recipes using familiar ingredients: | ||
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+ | To conclude, I want to assure you that you are on the right path to live in a time like mine. What is stopping you from enjoying all the fruits that capitalism and globalisation have to offer? What would you have to do to become more like us? What would you eat, how would you live? Who would you be? …... I invite you to enjoy our blue beetroot tart and try to answer these questions. | ||
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+ | I leave you tonight with a toast: **To continued intensification of taste and farming!** Cheers! | ||
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+ | The myth of anthropocentrism is alive and well in the majority of the population. The detrimental effects of climate change on productive food environments are being constantly mitigated through large scale geo-engineering projects. Oil remains the dominant fuel, coming mainly from would have once been called non-conventional sources. Pricing of eco-system services (such as RED or TEEB) thrives in a market dominated world. Food production and distribution are largely automated. Food is grown, monitored and transported through artificial systems within and in between large cities. An increasingly disconnected supply chain is driven by its financialisation (e.g. high-frequency comodity trading, JIT delivery hijacking and farmville subsidies). Through advanced track-and-trace technologies, | ||
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