Decentralized production & enhanced biodiversity, bioavailability are key for a ‘perfect food system’

By Elizabeth Crawford

22-Sep-2020 Last updated on 23-Sep-2020 at 21:45 GMT

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To create a “perfect food system” that can feed more people with fewer resources in the next 50 years, the food industry needs to turn 180-degrees away from long-considered “best practices,” including focusing on high yield crops, concentrating production and offering products with mass appeal, according to three experts gathered at the Future Food-Tech Summit last week.

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