Tech to Table

These profiles of 25 exciting entrepreneurs take the reader through the major innovations that are changing the way we grow and eat food.

Imagine eating a burger grown in a laboratory, a strawberry picked by a robot, or a pastry created with a 3-D printer. You would never taste the difference, but these inventions might just save your health and the planet’s. Today, landmark technological advances are driving solutions to the biggest problems created by industrialized food.

Tech to Table introduces readers to twenty-five of the most creative entrepreneurs innovating these solutions. They come from various places and professions, identities and backgrounds. But they share an outsider’s perspective and an idealistic, often disruptive, ambition to reinvent the food system.

The pace and breadth of change is astonishing, as investors pump billions of dollars into ag-tech. Not every innovator will prosper long-term, but each marks a fundamental change in our approach to feeding a growing population—sustainably.

Business & Economics/Industries/Food Industry September 2021 Hardcover: $32.00 978-1-64283-190-0 Ebook: $31.99 978-1-64283-191-7 224 pages. 6 x 9 Island Press Trade

Richard Munson is the author of several books, most recently Tesla: Inventor of the Modern. He also has written a biography of Jacques Cousteau; a history of electricity; and a behind-the-scenes look at how congressional appropriators spend taxpayer money. Now based in Chicago, Munson has worked on environmental and clean-energy issues at non-profits, within universities, in the private sector, and on Capitol Hill.

Author’s residence: Hinsdale, Illinois

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