Compass June 2024 - Food & Futures

This issue explores the profound and varied ways food will be grown, consumed, and experienced in the future. Ben Holt details how the IFRC leverages strategic foresight to address rising global food insecurity through systems mapping. Sohail Inayatullah Ivana Milojević and Hafeez Zainal present 18 emerging issues for agrifood systems to the year 2052. Fisayo Oyewale advocates for embracing the past through the concept of Sankofa to unlock sustainable food futures. Quinault Childs provides strategies for escaping the trap of techno-centrism when creating artifacts from the future of food. Estefania Simon-Sasyk introduces TRANSFORM a participatory futures methodology centered on shared food preparation. Jeremy Nulik and others share the story behind the Eating Tomorrow podcast created to spark conversations on food. Grace Okubo examines how community gardens can address sustainability and social connection challenges in urban landscapes. Samista Jugwanth envisions Persephone’s Gardens underground vertical farms in repurposed city parking lots. Wendy Schultz and Tianna Brand present a case study on the future of livestock and animal health in a post-normal world. Tony Diggle explains why the UN Summit of the Future is a necessary turning point for global equilibrium. Additional articles include David Jonker on the Open Foresight Hub and Jane McGonigal on making future scenarios as immersive as videogames.