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Caleb Harper, Principal Investigator and Director, Open Agriculture Initiative, MIT Media Lab
Christina Agapakis, Creative Director, Ginkgo Bioworks
Drew Purves, Head, Computational Ecology and Environmental Science, Microsoft Research
From left, Christina Agapakis, Caleb Harper, Drew Purves, and David Kirkpatrick
Speaker
Christina Agapakis
Creative Director, Ginkgo Bioworks
Caleb Harper
Principal Investigator and Director, Open Agriculture Initiative, MIT Media Lab
Drew Purves
Head, Computational Ecology and Environmental Science, Microsoft Research
Moderator
David Kirkpatrick
Founder and CEO, Techonomy
Session Description:
Feeding the world is, according to some, well within our grasp. Vast new indoor farms are being built around the world. Some say it will allow us to “program plants.” And genetic alteration of food sources opens other new horizons. For now, distribution remains the biggest challenge–how will we get the food where it needs to go while keeping it fresh and nutritious? Food technology is undergoing a renaissance.