Forecasts for a tasty future.

• Position: Food - Brief Article

New technologies and shifts in cultures and values are driving a revolution in the way we eat, food expert Art Siemering told the World Future Society, Bethesda, Md. He predicted that "massfoods" will soon arrive in force. Think of them as the logical extension of today's energy bars: tasty, uniformly sized, and nutritionally packed edibles that can be stored indefinitely at room temperature. These government-sponsored goodies could free millions from the worry of going hungry.

Meanwhile, the super-rich are likely to demand tasty new adventures in eating, and "classfood" could fill the bill. Freed from the burden of feeding the masses, food producers could provide high-quality specialty foods targeted to privileged consumers in search of the next trendy flavor sensation.

A future...