THE BIG READ: THE FUTURE OF FARMING

To feed the world, we need the farms of the future today, writes Betsy Isaacson

Right now – at this very moment – there are over 7 billion humans crawling on the Earth. That’s a lot of mouths to feed.

To sustain them all, we’ve taken 40% of the planet’s total landmass and turned it into cornfields and almond orchards, cattle ranches and orange groves, all to churn out the cereals, produce and meat that feed humanity.