Food of the Future?

Scientists are always trying out new ways of growing food, but even they can only guess what food will be like in the future. you can perhaps get a better focus on what lies ahead from the  four ideas below. Read them and see if you can guess what the future hamburger will taste like.

            The sea can be farmed. Only one third of the earth’s area is land. The remainder is sea. The ocean contains huge amounts of tiny sea-animals called krill. Krill are already in some fish products, such as fish sticks and canned crab. Next time you buy canned or frozen seafood look carefully at the label. You might see krill listed as one of the ingredients. Seaweed is another source of future food from the ocean. It is used in ice cream and some bread.

            Animals can be changed. A farmer is able to “engineer” his animals by adding hormones to their feed. Hormones can make chicken meat more tender or beef less fat. For example, dairy farmers add growth hormones so that calves produce milk sooner than normal.

            New crop can be planted. Today, rice supports more than half the world’s population. but it takes a lot of water to grow rice. Scientist predict the climate will get drier during the next century Therefore, it might be impossible to grow rice in the future Some farmers are experimenting with new crop, farmers like to grow beans because they don’t need much water, and beans also improve the quality of the soil. The soybean make’s a good substitute for rice and meat. People can now eat soybean in some restaurants.

            Plants can be grown inside. Some vegetables are now grown without soil and under artificial light In japan, there is an indoor lettuce farm run by machines and computers. The lettuce travels along slowly moving belts toward a supermarket door. Five minutes later, shoppers can buy fresh lettuce.

            So what is the future hamburger to be like? Let’s go there and see. The bun is light and toasty, even though it began life as seaweed. on the bun there is some fresh green lettuce that grew under artificial light. The patty is made from soy bean, not from beef. Everyone is vegetarian because it’s healthier. On top of the soybean patty is a slice of cheese made from the milk of engineered cows. The ketchup is also different. The writing on the label says,

“Krillup.  Made from highest quality krill