The quiet revolution of food retailers
While many debates continue in the political and “parapolitical” world about many aspects of food production systems and the impact of human activity on the environment, retailers lead a quiet...
View ArticleHunger is about more than just food production
Everyone who works in agriculture and food knows that there are about one billion people on Earth suffering from hunger. The temptation to think that the cause is a lack of food production is great,...
View ArticleI am available for speaking engagements about the future of food and farming
Updated February 9, 2011 Publications about the future of food and farming are on the rise. I probably was just a little ahead of the pack with “Future Harvests – The Next Agricultural Revolution” that...
View ArticleTen human factors that may hinder feeding nine billion people
The road to ensure food security for all is still long. Although humans are very creative to solve and overcome their problems, when it comes to food production, they still lack control on many...
View ArticleMy second book is published
There it is! After several months of work, We Will Reap What We Sow is now published. Hopefully, it will get as much attention as Future Harvests. Click on the thumbnail below to view a short...
View ArticleQ&A on We Will Reap What We Sow on twitter
I will be available to answer any questions about my new book We Will Reap What We Sow on twitter. I believe this could be a good way to interact in a concise manner with readers. The participants will...
View ArticleWhat more demand for meat means for the future
Here is an excerpt from We Will Reap What We Sow, the book I published in May 2012. The recent difficult climatic conditions for agriculture and their impact of agricultural markets have made the issue...
View ArticleWhy now may be the best time to work on the future of food and farming
Although agricultural commodities markets have recently calmed down, the past few years have been turbulent. The result has been an increased attention for the world’s food supply and demand. Even in...
View ArticleMay be a different approach of climate change conferences would help
The climate conference COP20 has ended in Lima. As usual, there was lots of hype and fear mongering beforehand. Then, after lots of false hope press releases and fun hobnobbing, the conclusion was...
View ArticleMy 2019: What’s ahead?
The past year ended with its yearly ritual, the conference on climate change. The charade has become so predictable it is hardly interesting anymore. Nonetheless, they followed their traditional...
View ArticleMy next book will be a little different
Over the past few weeks, I have been avidly writing a book of poems around the theme of food and farming. It is now rather advanced and I should be publishing it late Spring 2020. There will be about...
View ArticleLife around the virus
I looked up in my books what I had written about my concerns regarding epidemics, as it is a topic that I raised quite a few times at conferences and other assignments in the past. To me, high density...
View ArticleUpdate on my poetry book
I am almost finished with the book, which will have Down to Earth as its title. I am going to make a French version as well, the title of which will be Vers de Terre. The book contains 90 poems …...
View ArticleMy poetry book is published
My poetry book about food and farming is published and now available on all Amazon online stores. The easiest way to find the book is by typing Christophe Pelletier in the Amazon website search bar....
View ArticleWorking on a new book, this time about marketing
The idea of writing a book about marketing in food and agriculture has been on my mind for quite a while. Yet, I have been struggling with the style I wanted to use. I started writing several times...
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