“Learning from Nature: Biomimicry as a Blueprint for Food Waste Prevention”

Nature produces no waste—every output becomes another organism's input, and every system is optimized for efficiency over millions of years of evolution. So what happens when food innovators start learning from the living world? This session explores how designers, scientists, and entrepreneurs are applying the principles of biomimicry to reimagine food waste reduction and using nature-inspired design to yield breakthroughs that mirror natural ecosystems. Attendees will come away with a fresh perspective on how looking outward—to forests, oceans, and even the microscopic world—may hold the most elegant answers to one of our most urgent food system challenges.