International Sustainable Agri-Food Forum coming to Edmonton in October

"Buy land, they're not making it anymore" said Mark Twain. What wasn't as obvious at the time was that huge urban centres and 21^st century development would use up a lot of land that we had counted on to grow crops, maintain orchards, raise cattle, and sustain forests. With the world's population expected to hit almost 11 billion by 2050 there is no question that our shrinking supply of agricultural land will make it difficult to feed more people. This problem isn't about organic vs GMO or vegetarian vs meat though that debate certainly factors into the challenge. It is all about the very basic question of feeding more people with less arable land, increasing input and transportation costs, non-food uses of ag products, emerging economies, and global supply chains. 
On October15^th Genome Alberta will be hosting a special forum on sustainable agri-food production that will seek to tackle that seemingly insurmountable challenge.