How do you envision the food of tomorrow? Pose that question to 100 people on the street, and you will be sure to get 100 different answers. GMOs, no-GMOs, antibiotics, antibiotic-free, sustainable, outsourced, local — we are far from a consensus. Answering this question is one of the most important challenges we face today, if not the most important. If you can’t feed the world, you can’t improve the world.
The New York Times decided to tackle this debate and start the conversation to “Farm better. Eat better. Feed the World” at its first-ever, two-day Food for Tomorrow conference held Nov. 11-12 in Pocantico Hills, N.Y. Joining in on the conversation were important voices of food, including the people who get their hands dirty everyday to bring our food from pasture to plate — American farmers and ranchers — thanks to sponsorship from the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance.