Disruptive progress in technology brought out strong mastering of manipulation of matter, which in turn induced the emergence of very efficient technologies. Computers can now be made from a handful of soil. Moreover, breaking down objects has been made very easy too, which led to the appearance of very efficient closed-loop industrial systems.

In terms of food, a wide range of artificial food is now available. Such techniques have been used to produce cost-effective healthy food, but also luxury extravagant & specialized items. For instance, more and more nano-breweries are sprouting, selling less than ten bottles a year from hyper-local geographical indications.

The progress in closed-loop production systems awakened the old dream of space traveling. Astrogastronomy is quickly developing, with an emphasis put on food spiced with xeno-elements.

The evolution of industry also led to changes in the way food is delivered. Swarm of drones fly all across the country to deliver instantly prepared industrial food. Transparent and elaborate macro-supply chain feed the space restaurants.

Regarding health effects, the use of antibiotics has become highly regulated in closed-loop food production, as its progressive accumulation was threatening plants, animal and human health and increasing the amount of resistant diseases. More disturbing observations include the appearance of new diseases… Maybe due to an unforeseen effect of this global artificialisation ?

The industry now working almost fully in closed loops, the pressure on natural ressources has massively dropped. This led to a massive rewilding and to the blossoming of permaculture-driven design. The emergence of vegetal cities, based on thriving food forests, made the old quest for bucolic landscapes vanish. Micro-supply chains appeared, as it is now possible to collect fresh fruits and vegetables from the trees while wandering in the citiy.

With such a radical change in industry and urbanism, scientific research has now moved to quite different questions. Northern Europe is known for the excellence of its research in Plant Neurobiology, especially after the Nobel Prize awarded to the Urban Plant Well-Being Research Group from Edimburg University. Inverness University was also quite in sight after publishing the wrapping the final map of the Human Microbiome Project. Globally, science education overcome a major shift, allowing shorter “supply chains” from information to wisdom.

Besides science, aesthetics also radically evolved. Food design is a valuable creative expertise, which closed-loop industries try to harness for both their mass and extravagant products. Bio-inspired forms, shapes and colors are now combined with the more technical inspiration into which closed-loop industries tapped to emerge. Next generation swarm of delivery drones display new colors and shapes inspired by south-American rainforest birds.

Finally, even our anatomies have started to evolve. Dermatologists noticed the emergence of harmless specific cutaneous signs when the level of some toxins were higher tha average. Some animals refuse instinctively food polluted with open-loop industry toxic waste, and researchers are currently investigating what seems to be new tastebuds which appeared on their tongues.