Full Frame: Food Innovation

Full Frame

The world is facing an unprecedented hunger crisis. Climate, conflict and the pandemic have worsened the problem. How can policies and new innovations meet people’s food needs?

Lorin Fries is the Founder of FutureTable, advising leaders on the use of technology and other solutions toward a better food system. She is also the Strategic Lead for Blue Climate Initiative. Fries recently worked as Head of Food Systems Collaboration at the World Economic Forum.

A new kind of food company

The Food Company is trying to reinvent what its founder calls a toxic food system. It’s incorporating robotics and automation, which partnering with local farms to bring pure foods to consumers. Full Frame spoke to the company’s founder, Nick Nanakos.

Seeds for the future

Colombia is now home to one of the world’s biggest tropical crop banks. As the population of the planet grows to reach 8 billion, a question presses on, how do we feed all these people? For some the answer is in the seeds.