--- --- # How to Feed 9 Billion People by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute May 1, 2015 4:26 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute May 1, 2015 4:26 PM UTC **1\.** [**Here’s how we feed nine billion people. And why.**](http://aspen.us/journal/editions/mayjune-2015/moral-imperatives-food-security) By Madeleine K. Albright in the Aspen Journal of Ideas **2\.** [**Hate your bank? With an open banking platform, developers could build better financial institutions.**](http://opensource.com/business/15/4/open-standard-api-banking) By Noel Peatfield at Open Source **3\.** [**There’s an upside to war-torn heritage sites.**](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150501081744.htm) By the University of Leicester **4\.** [**Americans are trading the ballot box for the mailbox.**](http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2015/4/29/vote-by-mail-practices-more-than-double-since-2000) By Sean Green and Kyle Ueyama at the Pew Charitable Trusts **5\.** [**Could a knee brace power an artificial heart?**](http://news.rice.edu/2015/04/30/need-a-charge-take-a-hike/) By Mike Williams at Rice University  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ How to Feed 9 Billion People ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3843236/how-to-feed-9-billion-people/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3843236/how-to-feed-9-billion-people/"},"headline":"How to Feed 9 Billion People","datePublished":"2015-05-01T16:26:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:04:14.584Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/3843236/how-to-feed-9-billion-people/","keywords":["Innovation","Archaeology"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3843236/how-to-feed-9-billion-people/","name":"How to Feed 9 Billion People"}}]}] ```