最終更新日：August 03, 2019

How technology changes agriculture and food

In this article, I will talk about the second day of participating in DEMOCRATIC MARKET in MAKING OUR MARKET KYOTO 2016す。

Click here for article on Day 1→『Is there a bright future beyond the spread of fair trade?か？』

About the second day

See below for content。

1.17 sun. Make foodる”

13:00–
Inspiration Movie

movie edible cityティ

〈STORY〉
The locations are three cities in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Oakland.Amidst the social situation where economic disparity is widening, it is difficult to obtain fresh and safe food. activities are born and going alone。そして、一人
A documentary film that allows you to experience the process of outstanding grassroots movement, where the activities of one person become the power to move a community and bring about social change.ルム。

14:30–
Talk Session
Eri Suzuki, Translator for the movie Edible City』翻訳者
Kazuyo Nishimura　｜General Incorporated Association Edible School Yard Japanパンco-representative

16:00-
Talk Session
Mr. Ryo Nishikawa NPO corporation人Co. to hanarepresentative

I saw the documentary film Edible City, which tries to change society through food, and I thought about the future in the talk session, so I will leave it.思います。

※This is not an article about movies。

about eating in me

I have seriously considered food since I became ill during my stay in China.す。

The food was delicious, so there was no problem at that time, but after a few days, I experienced vomiting and nausea, and I was not feeling well, so I experimented with various ways to keep my physical condition in good condition.ました。

In China, people often fasted or ate one meal a day to recover their physical condition.ます。

Even in Japan, there were many times when I couldn't concentrate for a long time, so when I adopted this method, my concentration increased. Apparently, my stomach rests when I don't eat, so I don't use my physical strength and I feel less tired.うです。

Also, I sleep less. If I just eat snacks, it will have the opposite effect. This is something to be careful of. Winter is cold and exhausting, so it's difficult, but in autumn and spring, once you get used to it, one meal a day is enough.食で十分です。

As I have reduced the number of meals like this, I have come to emphasize quality as much as I eat things.た。

Even though I emphasize quality, I eat well-balanced meals that satisfy me, rather than high-end meals.す。

For example, in most places in Japan, there are many shops where you can buy food, such as convenience stores and fast food restaurants.す。

However, I want to do my best with the activities that I like, and when I think about my health, I shouldn't eat foods that contain a lot of additives that can be stored for a long time, so I choose to eat things like soybeans and chicken.います。

the importance of experiencing

This movie is a documentary about how citizens make their own food so that they can eat healthy meals with high nutritional value even in urban areas, and each person participates in the activities, and the whole city transforms the city into a farm. thoughtいました。

In today's world, if you pay money, you can buy food regardless of its quality, so I didn't feel the need to make it.付きました。

Consumers should know the back side of production as well as manufacturing. Unless you understand how plants and animals are brought to the table before you eat them, you cannot feel valued.せん。

The more consumers know about the reality, the more they understand the reality of junk food and the hardships behind healthy ingredients.ます。

In the future, I would like to take action to find out, even if only a little.。

invisible cost

In modern times, food is readily available in cities thanks to companies that operate convenience stores and supermarkets, but many of the foods lined up there are not made locally.します。

Russian salmon, Chinese eels, U.S. beef, and other products that come from far-flung places. isるからです。

However, in terms of money, costs can be reduced, but in terms of the environment, fuel resource consumption costs for transportation and domestic delivery are required.ます。

This environmental cost is the same for goods, but it is not directly reflected in the price.ん。

Impact of technology

On the other hand, due to the development of technology, the method of delivery by drone is being adopted in Japan as well.In that case, the delivery cost and the environmental cost will be close to zero, so it seems that it will be easier to get food from distant production areas.そうです。

Agricultural drones are also emerging, and there is a movement toward automation in the agricultural field.ます。

This is the Chinese drone manufacturer DJI. 「Agras MG-1」 is。

Agras MG-1 to carry the weight of pesticides、8 rotors It is a slightly large drone equipped with the spraying performanceは710 acres per hourー is possibleと40 times more efficient than manual！ moreover Scan terrain in real time to maintain height and distance and adjust the amount of pesticide applied according to the speed of movement.す。
Quote source『gizmodo』

Click here for video

https://youtu.be/G0f1G5kY0FI

Currently, the price is 15,000 dollars, about 2.8 million yen, but the price will drop as it becomes more popular.ょうね。

Come to think of it, in the near-future anime called PSYCHO-PASS, the Hokuriku region is completely unmanned and agriculture is fully automated.そうです。

artificially produced food

Also, in recent years, there seems to be a lot of experiments with artificial meat, and I found this videoした。

https://youtu.be/u468xY1T8fw

When I looked it up, there was a Japanese commentary。

『Future food that saves humanity Benefits of artificial meat and how to make commentary movieビー』

It may become popular if research on artificial meat progresses and the price becomes cheaperん。

There is no need to kill livestock, so it is environmentally friendly and seems to be supported by some vegetarians.です。

Researchers believe that the bland taste of artificial meat contains a lot of protein, and that it will be able to make up for food shortages due to global population growth.ようです。

If artificial meat becomes commonplace, the business of raising livestock and shipping them will no longer be viable, and I have a feeling that the very nature of food will change.すね。