Many people across the world don’t have access to healthy food — while in other places tons of food go to waste. Social entrepreneur Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli thinks we can take bold steps to fix this problem. She lays out what it would take to build a more equitable, sustainable food system that nourishes all people and asks us to widen our perspectives before eating our next meal.
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Farm With Fred
May 29, 2022 at 12:16 pm
So inspiring and an eye opener. But do you really know “Twiga food” You mention? Kindly come to Kenya and do a research on it. It’s a pain to small holder farmers. It’s a scam.
The Bride of CHRIST
May 29, 2022 at 12:24 pm
These people are all in with the WEF
Krystal
May 29, 2022 at 12:43 pm
We need to save the planet, regardless of how many people live in extreme poverty or die. By the way, trees are carbon neutral, including the roots of such trees.
Also, people need to be taxed on their personal Co2 emissions, that way, the elites who tell us how we need to save the planet will likely tell us that Global Warming is not the existential threat that they thought it was, when it hits them in the hip pocket they will likely simmer down.
Co2 emissions should be set up like the tax system, the more C02 an individual produces it should increase their taxes on a logarithmic scale, that should slow down the likes of Ale Gore on his Co2 emissions.
Moss
May 29, 2022 at 12:48 pm
Interestingly, this would reduce carbon dioxide emitted by us by a considerable amount.
scupakus
May 29, 2022 at 4:48 pm
Carbon dioxide isnt toxic and help plants to grow faster. We should worry about rubbish islands , toxic waste in our drinking water and general pollution. Carbon dioxide isn’t pollution yet ecoterrorist focus mostly ( I believe only is more appropriate word here) on co2 which is ridiculous. But so are ecoterrorist
Makai
May 29, 2022 at 12:54 pm
Cool video it was inspiring
Sir Derty ֎
May 29, 2022 at 12:58 pm
The future is abundance.
Food will be automated soon, and with aquaponics now available to do in deserts.. we are safe.
Rick Dworsky
May 29, 2022 at 6:54 pm
Realism doesn’t seem to occurr to you.
Envixous Envixous
May 29, 2022 at 7:24 pm
We are far from safe. But it’s normal to be in denial
Avery Lemons
May 29, 2022 at 9:45 pm
I wouldn’t say soon. We can achieve sustainable abundance, but it requires us to do the development to achieve it, which will take time and civilizational will.
Sir Derty ֎
May 29, 2022 at 1:01 pm
Great topic.
The food waste recycle part especially (Jadam and recycled table scraps can and are now being made into fertilizer like Fermented place juice fertilizer methods)
Mary miles
May 29, 2022 at 1:06 pm
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May 29, 2022 at 1:52 pm
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RICK ROLLED{TRUTH}
May 29, 2022 at 1:44 pm
Ummmm last i remember crispr is now available in wallyworld so go by cheap mystery meat. GMOs are now the ” trend ” so just eat the solegreen…good luck with that.
Brett
May 29, 2022 at 1:51 pm
Yes, please, please, clap for the feminism, please, PLEASE! SHE has a good message except for the damn feminism.
Britton Price
May 29, 2022 at 2:07 pm
Isn’t it great that no one actually teaches useful education anymore? It’s all thinly veiled marxist ideologies.
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May 29, 2022 at 6:15 pm
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May 29, 2022 at 6:15 pm
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Majid Zarif
May 29, 2022 at 3:37 pm
Are you dreaming?
The banks will never let it happen
Aigerim K.
May 29, 2022 at 4:24 pm
So pretty woman! I want the same dress.
Samson Fernendez
May 29, 2022 at 5:02 pm
Genuinely curious, why the highlight on women?
Rick Dworsky
May 29, 2022 at 6:59 pm
Huh? You want to just ignore more than half of humanity? The right is off the edge of their flat Earth!
Peter Weller
May 29, 2022 at 5:16 pm
Save the World nice subplot to survival of the human race and I suppose the rest of life on Earth.
Rick Dworsky
May 29, 2022 at 7:00 pm
Give Life a Chance ~ Go Vegan
Envixous Envixous
May 29, 2022 at 7:23 pm
The only thing that rubbed me wrong, was the people growing plants literally in plastic containers…. counter productive with climate in mind.
The Psyche Gym
May 29, 2022 at 8:00 pm
The introductory story got me hooked! Her passion as a little girl has become a very important part of her being and she’s trying to channel this passion into changing our food ecosystem for the better.
Food is in abundance but its wastage isn’t warranted I’d add
三森くみこ
May 29, 2022 at 8:43 pm
Putin and his ilk will be soldiers in the next life. Because there are six different incarnations, from the earth to the edge of the universe. Putin and his associates will be soldiers in the next life, because there are six different incarnations. What you do in your daily life comes back to you. If you remember, you will understand. Putin and those involved will be soldiers in the next life and will suffer. That is why we have to follow special precepts and practice yoga to avoid killing living beings as much as possible. If you kill, you will be killed and various sufferings will come back to the person who did it.
Jeffrey Green
May 29, 2022 at 10:00 pm
all good thoughts, but people have been trying to change food diets for decades if not centuries.
these massive profit driven junk food companies are what average citizens have to go up against.
we can’t out market or out advertise them, plus people become addicted to their salt and msg laden crap.
even Bloomberg with his money and his attempts to change new york had limited effects.
I told everyone around me at work how to eat healthier, and not a single person cared.
this is a much harder task than our efforts can achieve alone imo.
we’re going to need lots of healthy people with influence to promote this.
a lot of them.
Sparrow Holistic
May 30, 2022 at 1:57 pm
i am fully on board to join you to try to be the change…and per the adage commonly employed in 12-step fellowships, I bias toward attraction rather than promotion–you are not alone
Jake Readman
June 2, 2022 at 2:17 am
Or just normal people who don’t understand robot driven government translated lines
Paul Zeiss
May 29, 2022 at 11:21 pm
So this is part of there move to stop meat
Raymond Lowe
May 30, 2022 at 1:20 am
Abundance only occurs in a sense of profit for the wealthiest capitalists. I’m sure Bill Gates is buying hundreds of thousands of acres of farmlands so people have an “abundance” of food, right?
I checked out once she said she was from the Rockefeller foundation.
Nemesis Brzeczyszczykiewicz
May 30, 2022 at 2:32 am
She surely talks a good talk. To bad it’s in Rockefellers’ shadows.
Betty Lu
May 30, 2022 at 3:00 am
Great talk, but I would like a more detailed talk on each of her points. It seems as though she’s trying to say too much information in too little time, which is nice, but it honestly leaves me a bit confused. Also the part about young women’s businesses may have to be elaborated, otherwise it seems out of place and it is unclear what is the benefit. I like her enthusiasm!
Rakin Munim
May 31, 2022 at 5:15 pm
I agree with your point about the young women’s relevance. She was trying to cover many topics in one talk and I can’t say I see the future of food because of this talk
Gaasuba Meskhenet
May 30, 2022 at 3:28 am
I’m trying to cultivate local species but I have to spend ever waking moment worried about paying my monthly fees. Can we just stop kicking people out of the only home they own? you shouldn’t have monthly extortions on the only roof you own
Studio Skies And Water
May 30, 2022 at 4:38 am
i heard veganism is the way…
Sharon Moore
May 30, 2022 at 5:19 am
Step one is to stop subsidizing junk food corporations like Mc Donalds, who recieve maasive subsidies and can then afford to sell junk ‘meals’ for a few dollars. Whereas a healthy meal elsewhere is $15+. They should subsidize HEALTHY food , unless of course they are trying to keep you sick to keep the healthcare system’s and big pharma’s enormous profits. Oh! Wait they are!
RelaxingTime@Home
May 30, 2022 at 5:51 am
Thanks for sharing.
Toni
May 30, 2022 at 6:59 am
I know there’s no need to lock up animals in boxes standing in their own mess and getting sick when we’re growing twice as much food on the land that we need, with toxins and we’re poisoning ourselves and our animals.
Toni
May 30, 2022 at 7:02 am
I’m sorry my dear, fibre will feed your soil but it won’t feed you until you’ve grown decent food.
all all
May 30, 2022 at 8:23 am
hahahahaha🐵
all all
May 30, 2022 at 8:27 am
👴🏿hahahahaha
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May 30, 2022 at 10:09 am
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May 30, 2022 at 1:16 pm
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May 30, 2022 at 1:21 pm
Scott Provost
May 30, 2022 at 1:32 pm
Omg I just checked her up on google, she’s a financial consultant and wealth creator.. I’m contacting her right away..
Wilson
May 30, 2022 at 1:35 pm
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Sparrow Holistic
May 30, 2022 at 1:55 pm
this is awesome! you made what seemed to me for so long to be an unsolvable problem, solvable. actions to take based on this video: -consider the source and process from farm to table, -support businesses meaning to contribute to sustainability so that they can also realize profitability, -choosing to eat healthily is not just for personal health but for world health, so do it
Clup - O lugar das suas promoções!
May 30, 2022 at 3:28 pm
They feared to lost the control of money printing and laundy, the humble will be exalted. Finally, let`s unite and increase the food prices for the richer to pay for. let`s see which are more important tesla car, new iphone, or food. JTC business can be run by man as well.
Randy James
May 30, 2022 at 4:12 pm
1:35 I don’t understand the label “Qualitative impact — not measured in monetary terms”.
How is this portion of the histogram assessed and why is it attached to a bar that utilizes a monetary term?
Randy James
May 30, 2022 at 4:17 pm
5:47 Any idea what tree fruit that is in the upper right corner?
Sosiosh
May 30, 2022 at 8:35 pm
I’m alone and have my own policy for food waste. The is none or a little dur to the prep process. I really agree with the problem of “cheap” processed food. It causes obesity. According CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) and NIH (National Institute of Health), there are 2,034,789 more deaths from obesity related illness than firearm related injuries per year in the USA.
Jake Readman
June 2, 2022 at 2:09 am
2. 1trillion linked with health and climate hahaha WOW USA best country in the world apparently LOOOOOOOOL
Jake Readman
June 2, 2022 at 2:11 am
Africam woman telling people to finish their food for the environment. Do u know how fucking ironic that is