Agriculture is key to solving the climate crisis, but most farmers don’t have the financial incentive to switch to more eco-friendly practices, says banker and farmer Berry Marttin. He explores how improving the systems around carbon and biodiversity credits could bolster the economic viability of a green transition, offering hope for a world in which sustainable produce is not only possible but also profitable. (Recorded at TED Countdown Dilemma Series: Food on June 6, 2024)
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March 20, 2025 at 4:10 pm
Banker and farmer Berry Marttin discusses the challenges of transitioning to sustainable farming practices and proposes solutions involving carbon and biodiversity credits to make eco-friendly agriculture economically viable for farmers.
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March 20, 2025 at 4:12 pm
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@MarioVerkerk
March 20, 2025 at 4:17 pm
The future of farming could be indoors using a sustainable substrate and a circular watering system..
@Shakeysmoker1
March 20, 2025 at 5:03 pm
Why? So increase the cost of everything? That’s what you are guaranteed to have happen. Fake sun costs money, fake rain costs money, fake fertilizer costs money. Congrats a tomato now cost 27 dollars.
@feedbackzaloop
March 20, 2025 at 5:51 pm
@@Shakeysmoker1 rain falling on farms for free is a monetary loss for water supply facilities. Sun warming up an acre of tomatoes with its neutral white light can charge up a solar farm powering several acres worth of hydroponics with growth light spectrum lamps.
In the grand scheme of things, there are only land and energy. Anything utilizing those better drives the _cost_ down. It’s hype and profiteering that bump up the _price_
@Shakeysmoker1
March 20, 2025 at 6:38 pm
@feedbackzaloop cobalt, zinc copper mercury all needed to make those panels. What’s sustainable about strip mining?
@feedbackzaloop
March 20, 2025 at 6:50 pm
@@Shakeysmoker1 first, not so necessary. Second, not fact of mining, but particular practices are damaging.
Like farming, like mining, all depends too much on fruits of free/near-free labor.
@Shakeysmoker1
March 20, 2025 at 7:03 pm
@@feedbackzaloop have you ever seen a cobalt mine?
@rezadaneshi
March 20, 2025 at 4:21 pm
We have created a construct way too expensive with regulations that the only people capable of paying fines gladly, are the corporations happy that medium and small farms will eventually go bankrupt paying the same fines. Why did farming ever needed financing when it was entirely fruits of labor? Corporate lobbyist.
@HardcorebergO
March 20, 2025 at 5:26 pm
1:56 solution, but not the animal agriculture. They invested in using these species and as you said “it’s business”.
‘Would you risk the f…uture?’ Clearly you do. Money now we pay later.
Government: STOP FUNDING ANIMAL INDUSTRY! See how these “business people” – farmers – goes without the subsidies.
Animal farming must stop and stop now!
One should get off the high horse. Literally
@TheBHAitken
March 20, 2025 at 5:27 pm
Too bad you’ll never find out now that you have voted all of the farms closed.
@feedbackzaloop
March 20, 2025 at 5:29 pm
Easy, stop subsidizing obslolete methods, don’t be afraid of dung piles next to the Parliament. A farmer – just like any other entrepreneur – can get financed through common banking practices.
@feedbackzaloop
March 20, 2025 at 5:38 pm
Also, we absolutely clearly know who owns carbon credit. Carbon trading is nothing but stock market, so anyone who buys, has some. And just like company capitalization has only indirect connection with its performance, so are carbon budgets to emissions.
@joshbradstreet1736
March 20, 2025 at 5:47 pm
I call bullshit! Look up Carbon Cowboys.
@CoPaVolvo
March 20, 2025 at 8:30 pm
keep big data and bureaucracy out of farming.. just pay them more or let them go straight to consumer…
@jesset6321
March 21, 2025 at 6:14 am
4:49 Very good point, who owns those agricultural emission credits? They basically don’t exist. It’s the major contraction in the Emissions Trading System (ETS): agriculture simply isn’t part of it yet. The best way to help agricultural entrepreneurs to be part of the solution is to allow them to trade their emission credits.
@AlimNurizadə
March 21, 2025 at 9:51 am
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@abinashpal5444
March 21, 2025 at 11:28 am
I am proud to listen the sound of the word of ‘ Bangladesh ‘ ❤
@urbanstrencan
March 21, 2025 at 2:19 pm
Great talk, farming is so important for our future
@SoulAwakeningTalks
March 21, 2025 at 7:35 pm
🌱 Incredibly inspiring and thought-provoking!
Berry Marttin masterfully highlights the paradox of modern agriculture — both a victim and a contributor to climate change. But what truly stood out was his optimistic vision: seeing farmers not just as food producers, but as environmental heroes, if given the right financial tools.
💰 Investing in carbon and biodiversity credits isn’t just a lifeline for the planet — it’s a financial revolution for sustainable farming. This isn’t about the distant future; it’s something we need to start right now.
Thank you TED and Berry Marttin for shedding light on a hopeful path forward — for agriculture, and for our Earth. 🌍
@lorpupsumo8068
March 23, 2025 at 10:01 am
Great talk