人类通过耕种土地，在自然世界里第一次留下自己的痕迹，这同时也宣告了他们对这片土地的所有权，不过最重要的是他们通过有组织的农事活动第一次过上了自给自足的生活。如今，在保证生产效率、避免资源过度开发的前提下，如何保证粮食安全、维持农业可持续发展、推动绿色经济成为亟待解决的问题。同时，人类已经探索出适合植物生长的其他星球，这一发现也将对农业发展带来新的挑战。Agriculture is the first imprint of human kind on the Earth and on the Natural World, and above all it was the first organized sustenance system. Today, the demand for food safety, sustainable agriculture and green economy, an ever greater productivity free from the uncontrolled exploitation of planet's resources, are the major issues to be faced, along with the challenge of conquering new worlds where plants can grow up and feed a new life.

技术越是创新，越是拓展新的界限，越是改变身边的自然风光、人文景色与我们的生活方式，我们就越能强烈地感受到，在这转变中蕴含着丰富的历史积淀。如今，一些知识、技术和手工业智慧已然式微或是改头换面，我们应当联系不同时代的文化，修复和复兴那些有意义的当代创新。

Agriculture, architecture, engineering, food, craft and design, as well as preservation of cultural heritage and urban mobility: everything around us ends up to be the symbol of the future, not only the future yet to come but also what there already is in our life, evident in everything we do, in the tools we use and in the space we move in.