Race to Feed the World
For the year long reporting series “Race to Feed the World,” the Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper features stories about how we can provide sustainable nutrition for all. Four WFSC members provided interviews for an article about food of the future.
Journalist Jan Grossarth visited six universities in Europe to take a look at food of the future. Upon his visit to ETH Zurich, he met with four members of the World Food System Center. His impressions were published online for the article “Expedition into Food of the Future” (July 2018), part of a year long reporting series “Race to Feed the World” by the Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper.
For the feature, Prof. Michael Kreuzer spoke of his research into alternatives to industrial production animal systems. Prof. Alexander Mathys focused on his work studying algae and insects as protein sources of the future.
Prof. Achim Walter focused on the topic of Smart Farming, highlighting his project “CroPyDB – a Crop Phenotyping Database.”
Lastly, Prof. Johan Six spoke of his work on sustainable agroecosystem research in Africa, especially agroforestry systems where a diversity in tree type can actually increase productivity and soil health.
Read the entire series “Expedition into the food of the future” (in German) external pagehere