Cocktails in seaweed pods, mealworm pasta and farms inside grocery stores: Welcome to the future...

In the foodie mecca of Rome, thousands of people recently gathered to ruminate over the future of food.

Our global food systems are broken. One in every 10 people around the world goes hungry while rich countries toss 222 million tonnes of food in the garbage – close to the entire annual production of sub-Saharan Africa. The natural world we rely on for healthy soil, water sources and stable weather is buckling under the climate crisis.

The planet’s population is estimated to reach 10 billion by 2050. And while the United Nations emphasises that there will be enough food for everyone, the problems lie in inefficient and unbalanced, emissions-heavy production.