Institute For The Future

A global food moment

As we prepare for our Future of Foodscapes workshop on November 7, we are looking at the complex issues that arise at the intersection of food, health, and sustainability. One of our interests is in emerging markets. It turns out that organic food and farming is coming to China. For example, Beijing has a fledgling organic store with its own farm.

DeRunWu Organic and Natural, Beijing

Jim Harkness, president of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (who is also fluent in Mandarin), is in China exploring the development of the organics business there and he is blogging about what he is learning. Check out his observations here.