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Tony’s Future of Food and foresight viewpoints.
Water and Agriculture: The Blind Spot Reshaping the Global Food System
10 min read Highlights Water and agriculture face a collision the global food system can no longer ignore, but new technologies give us real, practical ways to respond: New technologies can help:...
Agentic AI Purchasing: Mars Says Forget the Grocery List, but the Shopper Keeps the Final Click
4 min read Highlights Agentic AI purchasing is splitting retail in two, and both halves are moving at once: Kraft Heinz is automating for the algorithm: The food giant has automated around 85% of...
Food as Health: RIP the GLP-1 Decade?
5 min read Highlights Food as health is moving from talk to real money: Retail investment and a new agri-health approach signal growing commercial interest, but the real test is whether healthier...
MicroRNA Is the New Mode of Action in Agricultural Biologicals
4 min read Highlights The key signal is this: Syngenta has unveiled a new class of crop treatment that works by fine-tuning a plant's own biology rather than attacking a pest. This new...
The Two Halves of the Fermentation Cost Curve
3 min read Highlights This is a confirmation signal that the precision fermentation cost curve is now moving on two separate fronts at once: Danone confirms the capital-access shift: Its €20 million...
The Soil Battery: Why Agriculture’s Next Energy Source May Be Underfoot
3 min read Highlights The next farm energy breakthrough may be measured in milliwatts, not megawatts. Soil batteries harvest microbial activity: Bactery’s device converts electrons released by soil...
Gen Alpha Food Decisions: Why Parents Still Control the Final Permission
3 min read Highlights The real Gen Alpha food decisions happen between preference and permission: Children can start the conversation: A request may begin with a child, but it doesn’t end there....
Moving from AI Food Formulation to AI Enzyme Design
3 min read Highlights The next food technology shift is moving upstream from recipes to biological machinery: The signal is collaborative AI: Specialised AI agents are beginning to support enzyme...
CO₂ to Protein and B9: How Microbes Are Building the Next Food Factory
5 min read Highlights CO₂ to protein could become a new pillar of food security, as long as the energy equation works: Carbon becomes a feedstock: Microbes can convert CO₂, hydrogen and oxygen into...