Prince Charles on the Future of Food

Just days after his eldest son’s wedding in front of two billion people, Prince Charles delivered the keynote speech at "The Future of Food" conference at Georgetown University.

In the speech, His Royal Highness stated that, “We must put nature back at the heart of the equation.” As a longtime public advocate of sustainable and organic agriculture, Prince Charles maintains organic gardens at Highgrove Estate, Clarence House and Birkhall residence, penned The Elements of Organic Gardening book, and narrated the "Harmony" documentary that addresses the global warming crisis and sustainable development.

As a part of his address, the prince outlined a sustainable approach to farming he hoped would nurture the small community of family farmers, as he urged the world to realize that the way we have farmed until now is no longer viable: “it must be a mixed approach, one where animal waste is recycled and organic waste is composted to build the soil’s fertility. One where antibiotics are only used on animals to treat illnesses, not deployed in prophylactic doses to prevent them, and where those animals are fed on grass-based regimes as nature actually intended."

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