What does this all mean for sales of organic meat, milk, fruit and vegetables? Expect further growth in transparency, traceability, as part of drive to build trust. Impact on farmers, farming, animal rearing, land use, pesticide and fertiliser use. Keynote by Patrick Dixon, Futurist speaker, for Boehringer Ingleheim.

"Over a decade ago I warned of water wars, and that water would become a national security issue. We have seen this recently in Syria and Iraq. Rivers, canals, dams, water treatment plants and pipelines have all become military targets. Entire cities in desert areas can easily be placed under siege if their water is cut off."

Micro-particles are now found in just about every marine creature, as well as in millions of people. Expect thousands of new regulations over the next decade globally, to force rapid action on this problem. Part of this will involve a big rethink about polyester clothing – a single clothes wash can release 700,000 microplastic fibres. Read Future of Almost Everything book extract...