Helping to make more informed choices

As making choices today requires a good understanding of long-term perspectives we face, the Future of Food initiative aims to go beyond today’s headlines and examine future developments in the global food system. We do this by bringing together some of the world’s most prominent thought-leaders in the fields of business, science, government and civil society.

A series of international events

Developed by Schuttelaar & Partners, the Future of Food initiative relies on a unique approach to examine the main developments expected to affect the global food system in the next 15 years. During a series of seminars, a variety of themes pertaining to this complex issue are introduced by renowned speakers and debated in a multi-stakeholder dialogue setting. Since 2008, we have organised two such seminars – with a third one taking place in November 2011. We are also in the process of writing a book on the topic, with the aim to further promote knowledge sharing and dialogue.

Lausanne 2011

The third Future of Food seminar took place in Lausanne, Switzerland on 16-17 November 2011. The focus of this seminar was on the future impact of new economic powers - China, India and Brazil - on the global food system, both in terms of consumption and production.