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The Problem With Food and Climate — and How To Fix It | Jonathan Foley | TED

Global food production — from meat to grains — accounts for a third of all greenhouse gas emissions, says sustainability scientist Jonathan Foley. He presents a portfolio of data-backed solutions to build a better food system world-wide, starting with four key steps to cut emissions. If you love watching TED Talks like this one, become…

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Global food production — from meat to grains — accounts for a third of all greenhouse gas emissions, says sustainability scientist Jonathan Foley. He presents a portfolio of data-backed solutions to build a better food system world-wide, starting with four key steps to cut emissions.

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55 Comments

  1. @3sha_i

    July 30, 2024 at 7:01 am

  2. @DulceHyndmanan

    July 30, 2024 at 7:03 am

    This video made me reevaluate my life and realize that I need a cat in my frame too🐱

  3. @danielrodriguez5463

    July 30, 2024 at 7:06 am

    We are being lied to. Ruminants improve soils more than anything and are the perfect food for humans. And anyone speaking about “climate change” and not addressing geoengineering is a puppet or useful idiot…. And the same goes for anyone talking about “fossil fuels” that have been proven conclusively not to be from any fossil. This guy probably works, has work or will work for monsanto after this.

    • @hermitonthelake

      July 30, 2024 at 9:28 am

      Yes, you can clearly see TED’s “theme” on this subject.

  4. @lorenzoblum868

    July 30, 2024 at 7:13 am

    Science sans conscience n’est que ruine de l’âme ~ François Rabelais (1484 <>1494 — 1553)

  5. @MerryKaha

    July 30, 2024 at 7:41 am

    6:11:51 1 Like = 1 Pushup 🥺

  6. @Ribberflavenous

    July 30, 2024 at 7:50 am

    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_

      July 30, 2024 at 9:38 am

      Roots so deep!

    • @Ribberflavenous

      July 30, 2024 at 12:16 pm

      @@_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.

    • @sahinyasar9119

      July 30, 2024 at 12:51 pm

      People do disagree but i think we can easily solve half of these problem by genetic engineering.

    • @johnfinlay5168

      July 31, 2024 at 10:30 am

      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.

  7. @StarTreeNFT

    July 30, 2024 at 7:55 am

    Great subject matter, mind numbing cadence! 😮😅😂

    • @FriedaTheFowl

      July 30, 2024 at 9:56 am

      Back to sleep.

  8. @ToolsForLife1111

    July 30, 2024 at 8:03 am

    Lol, i dont trust the data, scientist manipulate it all the time, unfortunately vlean up has to start there

  9. @driesanalog4187

    July 30, 2024 at 8:10 am

    “I used to be a Covid-19 expert, now I’m a Climate expert” … 🤡

  10. @GrimFowler

    July 30, 2024 at 8:12 am

    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

    • @mattperrin1208

      July 30, 2024 at 9:20 am

      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.

    • @Ribberflavenous

      July 30, 2024 at 12:28 pm

      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.

  11. @learninggcn1113

    July 30, 2024 at 8:27 am

    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 .👏👏

  12. @Wizartar

    July 30, 2024 at 8:28 am

    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.

    • @mattperrin1208

      July 30, 2024 at 9:25 am

      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

    • @FriedaTheFowl

      July 30, 2024 at 9:57 am

      The depop agenda is alive and well.

    • @Ribberflavenous

      July 30, 2024 at 12:23 pm

      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.

  13. @hermitonthelake

    July 30, 2024 at 9:26 am

    Just remember: At least 78% of ALL carbon emissions are caused by fossil fuels, not farming. They do mention it this time, but I’m getting tired of TED’s BS on this subject. The food system definitely needs to move toward regenerative agriculture…but If 78% of climate change is primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels, maybe it’s time to stop blaming farms and start blaming the real culprits. At least you’re giving the correct stats this time. I’ll look forward to TED videos addressing the other 78% of the problem…and I don’t mean another video about “vat-meat.”

    • @santiagobejarano7663

      July 30, 2024 at 11:06 am

      🤡

    • @Ribberflavenous

      July 30, 2024 at 12:18 pm

      I get the feel there is a TED push to Veggie life. I am an omnivore baby.

    • @shairilov4858

      August 1, 2024 at 11:12 am

      I think your intentions are in the right place but you’ve mixed up some things. These are two different ways of slicing the pie.
      Where are these 78% of fossil fuels invested in? Different sectors. Such as construction, energy, and of course food. This is where the percentage comes from. And exactly because so much of our resources (including fossil fuels) and emissions are connected to food, means it’s a huge problem and also a huge opportunity to reduce GHG and fossil fuel use.

    • @vickidasilva7287

      August 2, 2024 at 10:55 am

      I finally chose a vegan lifestyle 4 years ago because I could not live with my hypocrisy of claiming to be an ‘environmentalist’ and a ‘feminist’ when that is lie when living as a non vegan. And I finally understand all sentient beings are someONE not someTHING, exactly as our beloved companion animals are understood to be. Boast all you want about your consumption of flesh and bodily secretions of others but clearly humans are the cruel, living zombies. 🧟 🧟‍♀️

  14. @robertrafer9422

    July 30, 2024 at 9:30 am

    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

  15. @robertrafer9422

    July 30, 2024 at 9:32 am

    LEAVE MY STEAK ALONE!!! GO TELL CHINA TO STOP POLLUTING

  16. @jonathanclark5240

    July 30, 2024 at 9:55 am

    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?

  17. @FriedaTheFowl

    July 30, 2024 at 9:59 am

    How much climate change is coming from geoengineering, TED?

    “efficiency”= more lab created food.
    “environmental protection”= no go zones.
    “Stop climate change”=more tax extortion/initiation of carbon credits for you poors.

    This is all outlined in Agenda 2030.

  18. @Seabass516

    July 30, 2024 at 11:35 am

    Well I mean stopping all the Weather Modification and Control programs and operations all over the world would probably help the “Climate Change” which once was the coming Ica Age and then Global Warming.

  19. @lolokeeper

    July 30, 2024 at 1:11 pm

    Another anti farming activist.

  20. @HakuCell

    July 30, 2024 at 2:03 pm

    let’s be real, we WOULD need the world to go vegan tomorrow.

    • @9340cody

      July 30, 2024 at 7:05 pm

      True. Industrial livestock farming WOULD need to end today to make a difference. It starts with demand

    • @narabocie9697

      August 1, 2024 at 10:05 pm

      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.

    • @HakuCell

      August 2, 2024 at 8:18 am

      @@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.

  21. @tamikovacs3887

    July 30, 2024 at 2:36 pm

    Go vegan please!

  22. @stickman4087

    July 30, 2024 at 2:40 pm

    He says that 40 percent of the food grown is never eaten so 40 percent of the land and resources used to grow that food is unnecessary, that’s WRONG! There are millions of people in the world starving to death so that food IS needed, the problem is equitable distribution of the food. I know people are going to attack me because we’re supposed to agree with everything these “experts” say, but this is bull💩

  23. @dawidwolnik628

    July 30, 2024 at 3:06 pm

    Reduction in population would help, we have less children…

  24. @tiberiousjc3739

    July 30, 2024 at 3:52 pm

    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.

    • @tiberiousjc3739

      July 30, 2024 at 4:00 pm

      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.

  25. @falloutfarms

    July 30, 2024 at 6:40 pm

    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. 🪳 🐀

  26. @adam2014.official

    July 31, 2024 at 12:08 am

    lol that bad bro☠

  27. @adam2014.official

    July 31, 2024 at 12:10 am

    not good

  28. @mariaantoniettamontella9173

    July 31, 2024 at 6:02 am

    abbiamo il futuro nelle nostre mani

  29. @ahmedessam6533

    July 31, 2024 at 9:23 am

    his point of view is soooo amazing. it give me insight about the relation between climate change and food

  30. @homewall744

    July 31, 2024 at 11:28 am

    Deforestation is bad. But logging captures carbon and keeps it sequestered.

  31. @nicolehernandez2952

    August 1, 2024 at 6:11 am

    If we all try to minimize eating animal products, it will help our planet more.

  32. @Zednor9

    August 1, 2024 at 2:36 pm

    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.

  33. @vickidasilva7287

    August 2, 2024 at 11:04 am

    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.

  34. @karlbjorklund7258

    August 2, 2024 at 5:36 pm

    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

  35. @sovanndaily9194

    August 5, 2024 at 8:47 am

    ❤❤

  36. @YS9-9

    August 5, 2024 at 2:47 pm

    The most BS TED talk I’ve ever listened to. It’s a shame a lot of good ideas are now forever associated with such unscientific claims.

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