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OUR WESTERN NATURE-CULTURE DIVIDE is rooted in old ideas from aeons bygone, and is in need of a grand update. Just as our concepts on other related topics organically evolves, so our ideas about nature need to catch up with the fusion of technology and nature that is unfolding before our eyes. " " http://lnkd.in/dWm8A93 View in LinkedIn

THE 'NEXT NATURE' SERIES of blogs highlights some of the extraordinary work of Koert Van Mensvoort, who proposes that nature and culture (aka technology) are actually co-evolving and are interchangeable, rather than in opposition. This series of concepts is very useful to reconcile modernity as we experience it today, and nature. Settle in an enjoy the ride. It's not all WuWu. " " http://www.tedxamsterdam.com/human-nature-forecast-koert-van-mensvoort/ View in LinkedIn

FOOD FUTUROLOGISTS generally agree that current factory methods are unsustainable, environmentally, and ethically, and that the planet needs greater food making capacity. And that food manufacturers have been squeamism about innovation. It appears inevitable that small technology companies will be the ones that open the door to the future of food. View in LinkedIn

INNOVATION IN FOOD requires doing something different. "It's the default thing to do, to try and replicate what you know. It's not how you innovate. We started with horseless carriages, but in the end what we got was cars. 'Natural' is the biggest marketing scam, and the most successful, of all."" " http://lnkd.in/dgJVnpH View in LinkedIn

MONSANTO'S FATAL GM EXPERIMENT may have (temporarily) fouled the nest for consumers and food advocates. We must change the chip and rethink our options for the future of food. My bet is that within a decade our plates will be very different. " " http://lnkd.in/dgJVnpH View in LinkedIn

FLAVR SAVR TOMATO. "Notoriously – it was the subject of a Greenpeace campaign – there is a tomato made to last longer by using Arctic flounder genes, while in Israel a lemon basil plant crossed with a tomato has tested well with consumers."" " http://lnkd.in/dgJVnpHhttp://lnkd.in/dzs9UUp View in LinkedIn

FOOD OF TOMORROW. "Author Josh Schonwald has found US bio-tech researchers are already far ahead with the nutrition of the future. As he reveals in his book, The Food of Tomorrow, the labs at the University of California-Davis are gene-splicing to create "grapes spiked with jellyfish, tomatoes spiked with carp…" and lettuce that will last on the shelf for weeks." http://lnkd.in/dgJVnpH View in LinkedIn

SUSTAINABLE FISH FARMING has to be achievable using good science, common sense, and smaller scale. These last 30-40 years of the early growth of this industry have many lessons plain to learn. View in LinkedIn

CANADIAN FISH FACTORY FARMING -- a case study --continues to evolve, but has seen unscrupulous industrial players and lax oversight. Much of the same lack of transparency in the factory farmed meat industry seems alive and well in the farmed fish industry. What seems like a logical solution -- farming fish -- has been tainted by simple greed. Watch this informative documentary. " " http://lnkd.in/dT7MZkU View in LinkedIn

AFFECT 10 M PEOPLE COMPETITION. "The Global Innovation Competition, Barcelona Activa on Tuesday, January 14th: How would I solve Spain´s greatest challenges (unemployment, education, financial crisis, energy dependency, increasingly elderly population, ...) and impact the lives of 10 million people in Spain through the use of technology? We mean high technology, biotechnology, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, robotics, 3-D Printing, Big Data, etc. We are not necessarily referring to apps, although we do not discard this as part of a bigger solution."" "Luca.Venza@iese.n View in LinkedIn