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    The Future of Food

    How we grow and make our food is already undergoing great change. It will - and must - evolve even more over the next decades in order to preserve our health and our planet.
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    The Future of Food

    What (and how) do experts think we’ll be eating 30, 40, 50 years from now?

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    In the Future, How Will We Feed Ourselves?

    The growing population requires more food. How will food production processes meet the demand?

    Article
    Still Too Soon? Personalized Diets

    Research is moving the needle toward precision nutrition -- highly custom diets based on your microbiome or DNA.

    Article
    In the Future, Will You Get Food by Prescription?

    A movement is growing to approach food as if it were literal medicine by tailoring meals to treat specific conditions.

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    Food: Just What the Doctor Ordered

    Programs today -- produce prescriptions, medically-tailored meals -- are actually based on concepts from the past.

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    Ancient Concepts Made New: A Timeline of Food as Medicine

    The concept of using food to treat or prevent illness goes back many years. Here's a timeline of key developments.

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    Historical Advances in Food Technology

    Dating back to prehistoric times, follow the evolution of catching, cooking, and preserving food, from spears and wood-fired ovens to Tupperware.

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    Taste Test: Meat vs. Plant-Based Substitutes

    Three taste testers chow down on chicken nuggets, tacos, and cheeseburgers. Can they spot which version is real meat and which one’s a plant imposter?

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    How Climate Change Is Affecting Our Food

    Weather events affect the food supply in one way or another, whether it’s destroying crops, leaving areas too harsh for farming, or triggering swarms of locusts and other pests.

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    How the Food We Eat Helps Drive Climate Change

    Many don't realize that around 30% of global emissions come from the global food system.

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    Looking Back to Look Forward: Milestones in Food Technology

    Focusing on food goes back to prehistoric times. Here's a look at significant milestones from ancient times until today.

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    Food Technology: What’s Coming Is Better Than Sliced Bread

    Investments in foodtech businesses exploded in 2021 with a record $12.8 billion invested globally -- twice as much as in 2020.

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