UK: BBC launches 8-part series on future of food & agriculture
In episode six, Wong meets the innovative growers who have created global, full-scale urban farming operations. He finds out how La Caverne, a unique urban farm in Paris, is growing a ton of mushrooms and greens each day beneath the city’s streets.
By AGDAILY
February 08, 2021
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In a new eight-part multi-platform series called Follow the Food, sponsored by Corteva Agriscience, BBC World News, and BBC.com explore the stories behind feeding the world’s ever-growing population. Presented by renowned Botanist James Wong, the series will examine how farming, science, AI technology, and the consumer can overcome this challenge — while also asking whether the ag industry can do so in a way that doesn’t harm the planet.
According to a news release put out by the BBC, Follow the Food questions whether agriculture could provide the solution to replenishing our planet’s water supply, utilizing the 50,000 different edible plants available or reforesting our planet and asks whether agriculture has the power to become ever more sustainable while continuing to allow us to produce more from less.
From a transformative water conservation project in India to the scientists breeding super plants in California, Follow the Food takes audiences on a journey from farm to fork.
