Future Foods: Innovative and novel foods could make a great contribution to making our food system more sustainable. They include fungi, yeasts, bacteria, algae, insects, as well as experimental processing technologies like fermentation, cultured meat, or bio-fortification.
Agroecology is the science that investigates how ecological processes can be used within agricultural production systems. This includes for example the biological control of pests (e.g. keeping birds to control insects), the promotion of symbiotic relationships (e.g. the symbiosis between plants and fungi in mycorrhiza), the improvement of soil life (e.g. by compost), or the control of microclimate (e.g. by agroforestry). Systemic approaches include for example “do-nothing” natural farming, hydroponics, or permaculture. In our workshop, we will not only look at the biophysical systems, but also at the social systems that are necessary to make agroecology successful.