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Hi-tech Greenhouses and Sustainability
18th November 2016
A CEO of a leading food producer told me yesterday that food businesses within ten years will either have to be 100 sustainable or they will have gone bankrupt. It is a defining moment in the global food industry. This video looks at economies of scale at Sundrop farms in Australia and the challenge of feeding a growing population at a time of increasing water scarcity.
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Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
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