Why aren’t restaurants part of the climate solution? This question inspired chef Anthony Myint to go from opening buzzy pop-ups to pushing for a shift to regenerative farming practices in the food system. He explains how it didn’t go the way he expected at first — and how restaurants are now teaming up with farmers and eaters alike to restore the climate while serving up delicious food. (Recorded at TED Countdown 2024 Dilemma Series on June 6, 2024 )
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@finlaywhiskard3965
September 18, 2024 at 10:08 am
How about no?
@piku5637
September 18, 2024 at 10:24 am
Go vegan 🌱
@peterweller8583
September 18, 2024 at 10:38 am
This isn’t the panacea you think it to be.
Signed a farmers Son.
@손태희-g1o
September 18, 2024 at 10:48 am
@@peterweller8583 actually growing veggies also needs a lot energys that produce carbons
@notfamous649
September 18, 2024 at 11:49 am
@@손태희-g1o 30% of crops are for human feed and 70% of the plants are fed to the animals u eat who are forecefully brought into existence, around 80 billion land animals are forecefullybred and killed for ur meal which can be replaced with plants easily.
@Lerppunen
September 18, 2024 at 10:24 am
The climate is already healthy.
@HonzaFnoucek
September 18, 2024 at 12:25 pm
Wtf? xd
@MaekarManastorm
September 18, 2024 at 1:20 pm
Lol
@Lolcoca
September 19, 2024 at 9:45 am
For sure 😂🤣😂🤣
@peterweller8583
September 18, 2024 at 10:36 am
Things I’ve been wondering about;
Where do they find the nutrients to feed the cultured beef~chicken what have you?
What is the ratio between blowdown and feedstock?
Look I am all in on keeping Earth 100% it just seem like it is being gamed by bad actors.
@corwynmatthew6625
September 18, 2024 at 7:40 pm
I’m not sure if this answers your question, but with regenerative farming, when it comes to grazing animals, the animals aren’t “fed” at all. They eat and drink off the land as nature has intended. Regenerative methods memic nature; that’s how they repair the soil. Look into Alan Savory and the Savory Institute to learn more. Alan Savory did a Ted talk that is essential viewing for understanding the problems with our agricultural practices.
@riverbeee9643
September 18, 2024 at 11:40 pm
80% of crops grown in the U.S. goes to feed for animal agriculture.
@corwynmatthew6625
September 19, 2024 at 12:29 am
@riverbeee9643 this is a common misconception. The bulk of livestock feed is made up of crop residues, by-products, and other materials that humans can’t consume, rather than crops specifically grown for livestock. They crops are planted for us, and they get the stuff that is leftover. Very little crops are specifically grown to only feed animals. According to the United Nations FAO, 86% of global livestock feed consists of these inedible materials
@HartPv
September 18, 2024 at 10:45 am
What a dumb take
@elijahemerson6664
September 18, 2024 at 10:48 am
No thanks
@sirchadiusmaximusiii
September 18, 2024 at 10:49 am
Soviet like propaganda. Tell your family why they should pay more taxes. We have had clean energy for 100 years. The government takes ownership of all the patents. They just want to tax the public for a problem already solved.
@Ten4TFour
September 18, 2024 at 10:51 am
If (Vaughn MICHAEL Benjamin) ever, EVER did TED, I can almost guarantee that the mountain of illusions will crumble if open to non biased perspective.
@notfamous649
September 18, 2024 at 11:47 am
Go vegan
@meanderinoranges
September 18, 2024 at 12:03 pm
Hard pass.
@MaekarManastorm
September 18, 2024 at 1:20 pm
Healthy enviroment = ultrons plan
@djayjp
September 18, 2024 at 1:51 pm
Promoting beef consumption? This is absolute junk science.
@CitiesForTheFuture2030
September 18, 2024 at 3:37 pm
Excellent initiative. Our food system is broken – farmers live close to bankruptcy while food suppliers & manufacturers earn billions in profits. Farmers may not be in a financial position to transition even if they wanted to. Initiatives like this helps.
If 75 – 80 % of people will live in cities by 2050 cities need to become more food secure via green roofs, rooftop farms, community gardens etc. Also refer urban permaculture & edenicity.
@CMDRPF69
September 18, 2024 at 3:54 pm
We start working toward a healthy climate when mega-corporations aren’t poisoning our planet for profit. Don’t gaslight regular folks into thinking they’re the problem.
@alanawilliams557
September 18, 2024 at 6:45 pm
What a great concept! If we’re going to move the needle on climate change, we need absolutely everyone to get involved. I’ve been learning more about how impactful soil health can be in sequestering CO2, but didn’t know how to take action
@finlaywhiskard3965
September 18, 2024 at 8:55 pm
Bot
@alanawilliams557
September 19, 2024 at 1:17 pm
@@finlaywhiskard3965 No I’m not?
@shadw4701
September 18, 2024 at 7:00 pm
No, it starts at corporate headquarters
@corwynmatthew6625
September 18, 2024 at 7:44 pm
Love this. “Collective Regeneration” is going to be my new go-to phrase when talking about solutions to the destruction of the topsoil (which, btw, is the actual culrpit concerning the climate crisis, not the emissions) . 👏 👏 👏
@sushantthecoolboy
September 19, 2024 at 4:03 am
Could you please elaborate on the destruction of the topsoil being the main culprit and not emissions?
@corwynmatthew6625
September 19, 2024 at 12:28 pm
@sushantthecoolboy sure. And thanks for asking. The buildup of emissions is actually a result of the carbon cycle being broken. The way the cycle works is that after emissions enter the atmosphere, they combine to create rain. Things like methane, for example, collide with hydroxyl particles, and the byproduct of the two canceling each other out results in precipitation that eventually forms clouds. The clouds, as we all know, eventually form rain. Rain then falls to the earth and SHOULD be absorbed by the soil to spawn new life. The problem with topsoil that’s dead is that it doesn’t absorb the rainwater. Instead, the water evaporates as soon as the sun comes out and nothing grows in its place. The reason is that living topsoil has little microorganisms and filaments that absorb and hold the water. (These microorganisms are needed to break down minerals to a pico size, which is necessary for them to be able to fit through the plant roots and be absorbed. This is why all our food is now devoid of the proper amount of minerals that should naturally be in it; the food we do eat comes from soil that is dead and only able to grow crops with the help of chemical fertilizer that’s toxic for the ecosystem.) If the topsoil is dead and can’t hold water, the ecosystem becomes dry and barren. This is called desertification. For example: the Egyptian pyramids were not built in a desert. They were built in jungles. They are in deserts now because of monocropping. Monocropping degrades topsoil until it can no longer sustain life (hence the toxic chemical fertilizers). The Sahara desert is another example of this. The poor soil in the Middle East. The Great American Dust Bowl of the Midwest. These are all results of the destruction of topsoil. The more of our planet we turn into desert wastelands, the hotter we get. And we’ve been doing this for 10,000 years (since the advent of agriculture). The amount of emissions we release is irrelevant if the emissions have no way of getting back into the ground where they belong, where they can be a part of the natural carbon cycle. Even if we cut all fosil fuel emissions today, there would still be an agregious amount of emissions from things like crop residue burning (every hectare burned releases the equivalent CO2 to 4,000 cars. There are literally billions of hectares burned every year.) While, on the flipside, if we restore the planet’s ability to properly sequester carbon by cultivating healthy topsoil, that carbon gets put back into the ground where it came from. I’m not suggesting that our emissions aren’t contributing to the problem because they are. I’m suggesting that the solution is not simply cutting them; the solution is to fix the cycle that we have broken so the planet can naturally sequester them as it should. And we do this through regenerative farming. The animals are the ONLY way the topsoil can be sustainably restored. Check out Alan Savory’s Ted talk to learn more. It will likely be the first one that pops up. It’s got millions of views at this point. And if Netflix still has it, look into the documentary Kiss the Ground. 🙂
@rickdworsky6457
September 18, 2024 at 10:52 pm
Stop the bloody madness!!! Go Vegan
@ubaxcabdi-r5p
September 19, 2024 at 1:08 am
My big hope one day my English is very good speaking that’s my dream 😢
@workofheartllc
September 19, 2024 at 1:12 am
Love how many people here are not brainwashed about the climate. Earth is the answer, earth has all the tools and ingredients and knowledge it needs to regulate itself ❤
@osmaneshag2058
September 19, 2024 at 6:34 am
Who else is here to study English
@ZuhraLesbekqyzy
September 24, 2024 at 10:48 am
I also learn English ❤
@CALENDAR.OF.EVENTS
September 24, 2024 at 6:06 am
Em meio a crescentes preocupações com as mudanças climáticas e a responsabilidade corporativa, países ao redor do mundo estão implementando regulamentações para promover a transparência e a sustentabilidade.
@ngoc_ngoc262
September 24, 2024 at 12:23 pm
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