When I talk to people about utilising available technology in agriculture to avoid future problems in food production, they automatically assume I'm talking about the patented, Monsanto style of agricultural technology. I'm not.
There is a wealth of sustainable and simple technologies that could help to avoid future shortfalls in food production, without saturating our arable land and water systems with the toxic chemicals that have become common in modern farming.
Utilising available technologies to improve water collection and distribution for irregation, methods of vertical farming which are low impact and sustainable, changing the methods by which livestock is raised and processed for consumption, alternative methods of producing fuel such as growing algae show great promise and do not require the use of arable land which can be used for food production, I could go on and on.
This also does not mean that we will have to pay more for food. I source most of my food, including meat, locally and it more often than not is cheaper and of better quality than that produced for the supermarkets, and is produced in a sustainable and less wastefull manner.
The word "technology" does not mean what many assume it to mean, and with just a small adjustment to collective thinking, huge advances could be made that would be to the benefit of all.
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