Foley highlights the massive environmental impacts of our global food system and provides actionable solutions. He explains how agriculture contributes to deforestation, water scarcity, and greenhouse gas emissions, presenting these issues with clarity and urgency. His proposed solutions include reducing food waste, shifting diets toward more plant-based foods, and adopting sustainable farming practices. The speaker effectively delivers both the problems and solutions, using clear visuals, concise explanations, and real-world examples to engage the audience. His method ensures that complex topics like climate change and food production are accessible to a wide audience. Overall, the balance between the problems and solutions is well-structured, making the talk both educational and inspiring.
Good overall message, thanks-- I did not see the connection between the 6 pillars of GHG reduction and the desired outcomes listed in the conclusion, though. Do the numbers add up to sustainable agriculture, or would we continue emitting GHGs even with all the mitigations?
If we all became vegans tomorrow, there wouldn't be enough land to cultivate plants to feed a society that doesn't know moderation. Moderation and balance are the keys to creating a healthy system-extremes (like the current state of meat production) are not healthy for the Earth.
This plan would be great, but only alongside massive long term sustainable reduction in global consumption and demand. Just focusing on optimizing the supply side as in this talk would only make things worse in the long run without a reduction in global consumption. The reason for that is that by exclusively focusing on optimizing supply, while ignoring demand, simply creates even greater demand in the long run, mainly be way of enabling population growth, which in turn eventually drives a large increase in consumption and demand. The further global population surpasses viable global supply, the more painful and deadly it will be during the inevitable correction down to the available supply.
@7:31 By reformulating livestock diets(through my newly U.S. patented process), this would exponentially reduce G.H. gas emission/production, on at least TWO different fronts!
I have an issue with the methane emissions for livestock. The number represents the industrial lot system, where cattle are fed to fatten, they are not ever grazed. The waste from the feed lots are also an environmental hazard. I debate neither of these facts. My point is this is a relatively new method of husbandry and you should check out "AMP" or Regenerative farming for cattle which is reflective of the days in North America where bison herds created the fertile soils farmers are depleting. AMP husbandry is actually a carbon sink, net negative greenhouse gas method. It is not the cows, it is how you work them.
@@_sticks_ Exactly. Every time we try to reinvent nature it goes wrong. There are millions of years of experimentation in how things work, the wise move is to leverage the process.
No one is blaming cows they're blaming the system. Getting rid of the industrial livestock system is good for everyone except for consumers who like the current price of meat. Should we switch to more traditional methods you're taking about raising much less beef. I'm all for it and small ranchers are all for it but the giant corporations who pay the politicians and the rubes who vote for them certainly wouldn't.
@@JFIn42 I really empathize on the need for cheap meat, but the cost of industrial farming kicks a lot of costs down the road. As with mining and manufacturing, if the costs of the environmental impacts were put on the generating operations, the products would be substantially higher. Unfortunately most big companies privatize the profits, and socialize the costs, as usual.
If the change message is reduce and not 💯 stop consuming any animals, aquatic life etc that is not change. That’s just more of the same. I accept collapse because we are in a predicament and predicaments are not solvable. But as a species we could CHOOSE to collectively go down with the CHANGE to the vegan vibe ❤ of love in action. But we won’t. Our species collectively thrives on denial and selfishness, which is how we got in the irreversible and accelerating predicament of collapse.
We must to transform into immortal, indestructible cybernetic organisms capable of absorbing energy from any nearby molecule if we're going to live long enough to solve climate change and make good movies again
I love how he basically blames it all on farming and doesnt even mention how processed our food is, or how much pollution food plants make. I mean, what if we just didnt make corn syrup and vegetable oil
he explains how those values are systemic into other sectors like industry and transportation or energy to grow said food. his discussion isnt about how industry processes food. but the organizational provision driving them.
I would bet there is a veggie troll that funded that research. I am so tired of slanted journalism that just says BAD BAD BAD and does not present the full picture.
you know if less people existed we'd need less food. Why not pay people to be childless. 30-60 years it would help massively with the amount of food & energy required. A humane and ethical depopulation strategy needs to be talked about and encourage. Rather than making everyone so poor they don't want kid. The shock of instantly removing food supply will cause famine and death which is also a depopulation strategy, but not a good one.
myopic aspect. humans, thru legitimate organizational methods and practices could easily house 18 billion on this planet without damaging it. have a better imagination in seeing solutions because depopulation isnt gonna happen unless its instigated by the detriment of our current capitalistic endeavors and thats a boring future to hope for
Current population trends show a worldwide population decrease of 40% or more over the next 50 years. Who can afford to have a kid when it takes 2 people to make enough to buy a house, and most will get fixed after the first. Cats are cheaper.
The simple solution is to heavily tax the movement of food… people who live in NYC have plenty of modern food alternatives already, they don’t need to import it. 🪳 🐀
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This is a very biased view... beef for instance. Beef and Lamb is arguably the MOST nutrient dense food on the planet, the majority of which is grown on land that cannot sustain any other form of food, and certainly not plants. The majority of Australia's beef is grown on some of the poorest lands on earth, which have zero other economical uses... lands that simply can't be used to grow vegetables at all. These are lands where there is NO clearing of forests... simply because this land does not grow forests, in fact rainfall is so low that only low scrubby trees grow on it.
I beg to differ on the first paragraph. I was actually asked to do an essential amino acid equivalent/comparison of different types of meat & the minimum amount in grs. required for 100% of A.A´s. in a 24 hour period(for both), adults & children. By far, pork came in 1st., beef in 2nd, lamb in 3rd, fish in 4th & poultry at last 5th place, in terms of essential amino acid availability.
Want to fix food? End fossil trade as soon as possible. Food production used to be part of a network that grew our fuel, and the materials we used for what now we use plastic for; food production used to produce its own fertilizer and its own cycles and virtuous spirals. We were part of that network, and we weren't living off consumption of limited, non-renewable fossil. Curtail 2% of today's level of fossil trade per month, down to zero by 2030. That will motivate us to re-establish those networks, get the methane emissions from vegetation and animals and put them back into our fuel feeds, marshal and manage food wastes, use renewable energy, and solve climate change.
Simple solution. Move to space exploration. Fixes population, Fixes food production, Fixes pollution. People in space will be self sufficient, sourcing resources from other places in space.
if only one or two countries in the world go full green all the other countries will just pump out pollution. First you have to convince all of the countries to play along. Good luck with that.
Wow such a great analysis. Thank you Jonathan Foley and TED team!
Foley highlights the massive environmental impacts of our global food system and provides actionable solutions. He explains how agriculture contributes to deforestation, water scarcity, and greenhouse gas emissions, presenting these issues with clarity and urgency. His proposed solutions include reducing food waste, shifting diets toward more plant-based foods, and adopting sustainable farming practices.
The speaker effectively delivers both the problems and solutions, using clear visuals, concise explanations, and real-world examples to engage the audience. His method ensures that complex topics like climate change and food production are accessible to a wide audience. Overall, the balance between the problems and solutions is well-structured, making the talk both educational and inspiring.
his point of view is soooo amazing. it give me insight about the relation between climate change and food
@2:51 I have a recently issued U.S. patent to specifically address all of these issues, for the livestock sector. How can I get in touch?
Good overall message, thanks-- I did not see the connection between the 6 pillars of GHG reduction and the desired outcomes listed in the conclusion, though. Do the numbers add up to sustainable agriculture, or would we continue emitting GHGs even with all the mitigations?
let's be real, we WOULD need the world to go vegan tomorrow.
True. Industrial livestock farming WOULD need to end today to make a difference. It starts with demand
If we all became vegans tomorrow, there wouldn't be enough land to cultivate plants to feed a society that doesn't know moderation. Moderation and balance are the keys to creating a healthy system-extremes (like the current state of meat production) are not healthy for the Earth.
@@narabocie9697 nah we currently use a lot of land to grow plants for animal feed. we could use all that land to grow plants for human consumption.
This plan would be great, but only alongside massive long term sustainable reduction in global consumption and demand. Just focusing on optimizing the supply side as in this talk would only make things worse in the long run without a reduction in global consumption. The reason for that is that by exclusively focusing on optimizing supply, while ignoring demand, simply creates even greater demand in the long run, mainly be way of enabling population growth, which in turn eventually drives a large increase in consumption and demand. The further global population surpasses viable global supply, the more painful and deadly it will be during the inevitable correction down to the available supply.
@7:31 By reformulating livestock diets(through my newly U.S. patented process), this would exponentially reduce G.H. gas emission/production, on at least TWO different fronts!
I have an issue with the methane emissions for livestock. The number represents the industrial lot system, where cattle are fed to fatten, they are not ever grazed. The waste from the feed lots are also an environmental hazard. I debate neither of these facts. My point is this is a relatively new method of husbandry and you should check out "AMP" or Regenerative farming for cattle which is reflective of the days in North America where bison herds created the fertile soils farmers are depleting. AMP husbandry is actually a carbon sink, net negative greenhouse gas method. It is not the cows, it is how you work them.
Roots so deep!
@@_sticks_ Exactly. Every time we try to reinvent nature it goes wrong. There are millions of years of experimentation in how things work, the wise move is to leverage the process.
People do disagree but i think we can easily solve half of these problem by genetic engineering.
No one is blaming cows they're blaming the system. Getting rid of the industrial livestock system is good for everyone except for consumers who like the current price of meat. Should we switch to more traditional methods you're taking about raising much less beef. I'm all for it and small ranchers are all for it but the giant corporations who pay the politicians and the rubes who vote for them certainly wouldn't.
@@JFIn42 I really empathize on the need for cheap meat, but the cost of industrial farming kicks a lot of costs down the road. As with mining and manufacturing, if the costs of the environmental impacts were put on the generating operations, the products would be substantially higher. Unfortunately most big companies privatize the profits, and socialize the costs, as usual.
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If the change message is reduce and not 💯 stop consuming any animals, aquatic life etc that is not change. That’s just more of the same. I accept collapse because we are in a predicament and predicaments are not solvable. But as a species we could CHOOSE to collectively go down with the CHANGE to the vegan vibe ❤ of love in action. But we won’t. Our species collectively thrives on denial and selfishness, which is how we got in the irreversible and accelerating predicament of collapse.
If we all try to minimize eating animal products, it will help our planet more.
We must to transform into immortal, indestructible cybernetic organisms capable of absorbing energy from any nearby molecule if we're going to live long enough to solve climate change and make good movies again
Great subject matter, mind numbing cadence! 😮😅😂
Back to sleep.
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I love how he basically blames it all on farming and doesnt even mention how processed our food is, or how much pollution food plants make. I mean, what if we just didnt make corn syrup and vegetable oil
he explains how those values are systemic into other sectors like industry and transportation or energy to grow said food. his discussion isnt about how industry processes food. but the organizational provision driving them.
I would bet there is a veggie troll that funded that research. I am so tired of slanted journalism that just says BAD BAD BAD and does not present the full picture.
"I used to be a Covid-19 expert, now I'm a Climate expert" ... 🤡
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Go vegan please!
lol that bad bro☠
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you know if less people existed we'd need less food. Why not pay people to be childless. 30-60 years it would help massively with the amount of food & energy required. A humane and ethical depopulation strategy needs to be talked about and encourage. Rather than making everyone so poor they don't want kid. The shock of instantly removing food supply will cause famine and death which is also a depopulation strategy, but not a good one.
myopic aspect. humans, thru legitimate organizational methods and practices could easily house 18 billion on this planet without damaging it. have a better imagination in seeing solutions because depopulation isnt gonna happen unless its instigated by the detriment of our current capitalistic endeavors and thats a boring future to hope for
The depop agenda is alive and well.
Current population trends show a worldwide population decrease of 40% or more over the next 50 years. Who can afford to have a kid when it takes 2 people to make enough to buy a house, and most will get fixed after the first. Cats are cheaper.
Yeah 1 Billion 1 Planet.
Another anti farming activist.
Reduction in population would help, we have less children...
This bloke has no freakin idea.
The simple solution is to heavily tax the movement of food… people who live in NYC have plenty of modern food alternatives already, they don’t need to import it. 🪳 🐀
Hey this is random, but I wanted to reach out to the followers of this page. I believe that Jesus Christ, God the Son, is coming back soon to rapture His Church so I wanted to reach out to as many as possible. Please remember that there is only God that leads to Heaven, the Trinity (God the Father, God the Son Jesus Christ, and God the Holy Spirit) and it’s about a personal relationship through Jesus Christ (John 14:6 ESV). Blessings.
This is a very biased view... beef for instance.
Beef and Lamb is arguably the MOST nutrient dense food on the planet, the majority of which is grown on land that cannot sustain any other form of food, and certainly not plants.
The majority of Australia's beef is grown on some of the poorest lands on earth, which have zero other economical uses... lands that simply can't be used to grow vegetables at all.
These are lands where there is NO clearing of forests... simply because this land does not grow forests, in fact rainfall is so low that only low scrubby trees grow on it.
I beg to differ on the first paragraph. I was actually asked to do an essential amino acid equivalent/comparison of different types of meat & the minimum amount in grs. required for 100% of A.A´s. in a 24 hour period(for both), adults & children.
By far, pork came in 1st., beef in 2nd, lamb in 3rd, fish in 4th & poultry at last 5th place, in terms of essential amino acid availability.
Like this just for fun
Want to fix food?
End fossil trade as soon as possible.
Food production used to be part of a network that grew our fuel, and the materials we used for what now we use plastic for; food production used to produce its own fertilizer and its own cycles and virtuous spirals.
We were part of that network, and we weren't living off consumption of limited, non-renewable fossil.
Curtail 2% of today's level of fossil trade per month, down to zero by 2030. That will motivate us to re-establish those networks, get the methane emissions from vegetation and animals and put them back into our fuel feeds, marshal and manage food wastes, use renewable energy, and solve climate change.
another BS story about cow farts
not good
The amount of methane that comes from active volcanos and underwater fissures will always be more of an issue than my wonderful delicious steaks. Lol
Well ,I like his Voice ,But I don't know what he said .
Emm.
Climate Change .
Wow, Wow. this video's Ads are not USA 's Election Ad from Democrat .👏👏
Simple solution. Move to space exploration. Fixes population, Fixes food production, Fixes pollution. People in space will be self sufficient, sourcing resources from other places in space.
if only one or two countries in the world go full green all the other countries will just pump out pollution. First you have to convince all of the countries to play along. Good luck with that.
Deforestation is bad. But logging captures carbon and keeps it sequestered.
Science sans conscience n'est que ruine de l'âme ~ François Rabelais (1484 1494 --- 1553)