‘Techno Foods’ Won’t Feed the World — But They’ll Make Tech Entrepreneurs Richer

Guest Post by Sandra B. Jónsdóttir

Foods invented in laboratories and produced in factories won’t improve the quantity or quality of our food supply, so who benefits? The business entrepreneurs who see food as a commodity to be patented and profited from.

Over millennia we have evolved with our food supply, relying on the collective wisdom of farmers to grow foods that sustain human life.

Increasingly, however, food is being produced by business entrepreneurs who see food as a commodity to be patented and profited from. Their techno foods are invented in laboratories, produced in factories and promoted with the claim they can feed the world while saving it from climate change.

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