Caterina says we already have a massive corporate concentration in the food chain. We must not replicate that, or indeed all the other disfunctions of the food system with these new technologies,. precision fermentation is a great gift to the world, which comes along just as we need it. But if it gets captured by big corporations, and if they use it as a form of corporate concentration, that gift will be stolen from us.
George Monbiot is a journalist, campaigner and author, who is telling the world that the time for action on the climate crisis is now. His latest book, Regenesis: Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet, looks at how we can lessen the impact of food consumption and farming on the global environment. Our host for this discussion is Alice Thomson, columnist and interviewer for The Times.
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