Every September 9, World Agriculture Day commemorates the founding of the FAO and honors farmers’ daily work producing quality food and supplying the global population.
The date also serves as a reminder that agriculture is one of humanity’s oldest activities, and has been — and will continue to be — a key sector in guaranteeing access to food. But looking ahead, an increasingly common question comes up: how do we keep feeding a growing global population?
A demand that keeps growing
In fact, the FAO estimates that feeding a global population of between 9.7 and 10 billion people by 2050 will require global food production to increase by around 70%. When it comes to meat consumption specifically, the same organization projects it will reach around 412 million tons worldwide by 2035, a 12% increase over current levels. Population growth and rising disposable income, especially in emerging economies, help explain these numbers.
The organization also points to a rising trend in food prices. For restaurants and hospitality businesses, that translates into an ongoing concern: guaranteeing consistent access to quality protein, without disruptions to the supply chain.
The need for solutions
Given this landscape, the agriculture and livestock sector — along with the processing industries that get meat to foodservice venues, stores, and supermarkets — needs innovative solutions to meet today’s challenges.
The answer isn’t to replace the meat we already produce, but to add solutions that increase the system’s overall production capacity. The livestock sector doesn’t need competing alternatives, it needs complementary reinforcements that help ensure production can keep up with rising consumption.
A story of evolution and improvement
This logic has always guided the sector: every advance, from mechanization to genetic improvements, hasn’t overshadowed traditional trades, but has instead helped improve techniques and results.
This is where cultivated meat comes in, positioning itself as an additional production pathway, built to give a strained food system more capacity. The goal of solutions like ours is to stand alongside a strong industry that needs complementary sources, so the rest of the sector can keep supplying traditional protein.
It’s about creating more room to meet relentless demand, without having to choose between quality and availability.
A food system that adds up
This World Agriculture Day is, above all, a tribute to those who work to bring us the food that keeps the world moving, and to those who have known how to adapt so that food remains available to us today.
The future of food isn’t built by making us choose, it’s built by adding up every source we need, investing in innovation, so no one is left without access to the protein we demand most.
