Institute For The Future

Cellular Agriculture and Future Food Design—Join Us!

Curious about the impact of synthetic biology and designing for the future of food? Join our Food Futures Lab in the Bay Area over the next few months as we explore the future with our local network and thought leaders from around the world. Tickets to these events are open to the public!

May 26: Sarah Smith at Berkeley-Stanford Food Innovation and Design Symposium

Imagine that you could take an archaeologist’s expedition to the future to collect objects and photos to understand what daily life will be like in 10 years. IFTF calls these Artifacts from the Future. Using our Artifact Engine, Sarah will guide participants through a prototyping process to tell visually compelling stories about possible futures for how we grow, cook, shop for, or eat food in 2026.
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July 13: Rebecca Chesney at New Harvest's Cellular Agriculture Conference

Experience the newest harvest of cell cultured products at the world’s first conference dedicated to cellular agriculture from the nonprofit New Harvest. Rebecca will moderate a panel with leading scientists in cultured protein: Mark Post, creator of the world's first lab-grown hamburger; Marianne Ellis, who focuses on designing and fabricating bioreactors for large-scale cell culture; and Paul Mozdziak, a professor of advanced animal cell culture techniques. They'll explore how breakthroughs in science are reshaping our food production paradigms and the future.
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About the Food Futures Lab 

IFTF’s Food Futures Lab identifies and catalyzes the world-changing innovations that have the potential to reinvent our global food systems. We use a suite of methodologies to systematically envision future possibilities, and draw insights to drive action today. We align the minds, innovations, and resources shaping the future of food with a long-term perspective. The Food Futures Lab challenges assumptions and reveals new opportunities to make a resilient, equitable, and delicious future of food.