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Reclaiming the Future of Food 
Challenging the Dematerialization of Food Systems


Marcos Ezequiel Filardi and Stefano Prato

In 1966, Harry Harrison published a book entitled “Make Room! Make Room!”, in which he imagined a city of the future where water was drastically rationed, and a single corporation distributed the only edible product called ‘Soylent’, an industrial produced cookie composed of soy and lentils, whilst only the opulent minority could afford the luxury of meat and vegetables. The publication contained the following dedication: “For your sake, my children, I hope this turns out to be just a work of fiction