Abstract
Food industry and engineering—Quo vadis?
Highlights
Unlike other manufacturing industries that have developed after the industrial revolution, the food industry, at its core, has always been about supplying a basic human, need
A recent report from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation entitled Cities and the Circular Economy for Food, presented at The World Economic Forum in January 2019, puts a number on it; for every $1 dollar spent on food, $2 dollars is incurred to produce it (Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 2019)
Informal discussions are taking place with various Food SIG's from IAgrE, IFST, IOP, SCI, IChemE, IOM3, and others with a view to creating one central grouping representing the interests of all scientific, technical, and engineering professionals working in the food industry and food-related academia
Summary
Unlike other manufacturing industries that have developed after the industrial revolution, the food industry, at its core, has always been about supplying a basic human, need. This change in direction needs to include educating a new breed of food (process) engineering professionals sooner rather than later.
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