How do we feed
9 billion people without degrading
ecosystem services?
Food From Thought has three missions ranging from global initiatives to crop-scale:
To transform agriculture's global
impact on biodiversity via collaboration with the International Barcode of Life.
Research Themes
"We want to increase the capacity, sustainability and safety of food production systems without undermining environmental health, ecosystem services or livestock health and welfare. - Food From Thought Mission Statement "
Through the integration of agriculture, technology, and big data analytics, Food From Thought will analyze trends in agricultural practices and their resulting impact on biodiversity. Clarifying these relationships will revolutionize the way future generations will approach both agriculture and ecosystem management.
Aligned with Food From Thoughts mission's, the Ecosystem Services Team is composed of researchers from Guelph and McGill University. The Ecosystem Services team conducts research to better understand how agriculture practices affect biodiversity and ecosystem services.