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Topic: Production
The Economist Podcasts: The World Ahead: The future of food on Apple Podcasts
The World Ahead: The future of food
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The Economist Podcasts: The World Ahead: The future of food on Apple Podcasts
Are there some things we shouldn't eat? Host Tom Standage travels to the year 2042 to find that animal-based meat is being pushed aside in favour of cultured meat grown in vats, a new industry dominated by three companies. He samples food grown from the cells of endangered animals and hears from a food activist. Back in the present day, we ask The Economist's Jon Fasman and Liz Specht, vice president of Science and Technology at the Good Food Institute, a non-profit group focused on reimagining protein production, to assess the likelihood of this imagined scenario.
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After listening to the podcast, please help answer the following questions:
1) What important new knowledge did you learn?
2) How did this new knowledge relate to microeconomic theories explored in this module, such as production?
3) What experiences do you have with the topic(s) covered in the podcast?