When it comes to the future of New Zealand agriculture "biology is the new black", and Kiwi farmers need to be prepared, says Food Futurist Dr Rosie Bosworth.
Bosworth spoke to The Country's Jamie Mackay about a recently released report from Independent London/San Francisco-based think tank RethinkX, which suggests protein technology will cause major disruption to the agricultural sector within 10 years.
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Not only that, but changing consumer interests mean there may not even be a market for animal products in the future.
"We can't discount the fact that food consumption and behaviours have changed dramatically over the decades for centuries, millennia. Who's to say they're not going to change again?" said Bosworth