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@innerlocus
September 8, 2025 at 11:39 am
Any company using this for its produce will not need to advertise what will become the freshest, best-tasting, longest-lasting produce company.
@Ryn1215
September 8, 2025 at 11:43 am
This is amazing. I hope this can be used quickly to save as much produce as possible. But I can see companies wanting to make billions off this innovation and want to charge us consumers double for produce because of it.
@BrockandStone
September 8, 2025 at 12:05 pm
The counter to retailers for that would be I am more likely to buy from a retailer that has longer lasting food.
@Videolursch
September 8, 2025 at 12:07 pm
instead lasting longer try make them cheaper and bigger
@user-hr1hb5ht9n
September 8, 2025 at 12:17 pm
So let me get this straight… we’ve had edible plant peels just lying around for millions of years, and only now do humans go “hey maybe this could keep food fresh.”
@KellyDones
September 8, 2025 at 5:52 pm
We always knew that. This is more the information that treated they can be used again
@indiva7106
September 8, 2025 at 12:26 pm
Put avocados in the fridge when they are ripe they will last several days+…
@kaupaxup
September 8, 2025 at 12:53 pm
Always good to see a TED talk that’s presenting something actually useful and new in the world instead of just another pre-packaged self-help program in disguise.
@belakor777
September 8, 2025 at 1:07 pm
So of there is some resistance because they like the food going bad faster, I wonder if it’s possible to sell this dipping solution directly to consumers? It’s late in the process, but it still could be worth it to extend the home shelf life a week or so.
@kyhi6900
September 8, 2025 at 1:12 pm
What unnatural thing will be found in that process to make us sick?
@sykessaul123
September 8, 2025 at 7:08 pm
What unnatural thing is already used on the food that this could replace? Monsanto pesticides, biocides and herbicides? I’ll take a more natural solution any day of the week.
@kenreed798
September 8, 2025 at 1:39 pm
Thank you!
@user-pi5lx8dm6k
September 8, 2025 at 3:48 pm
Their Google reviews are full of “organic” kooks trashing the company, oh man.
@alistairbascom6933
September 8, 2025 at 3:51 pm
This is really needed
@BenTrem42
September 8, 2025 at 4:17 pm
“Discussion” can be produced by AI-assisted pundits … by the pound, by the KG, by the cubic uhhhh unit of measurement.
“Discourse” ia about paying attention to “the little things” that actually matter. Like what individual persons value and care about. Or, like here, noticing that we can actually “augment” nature’s systems!
@AdityaMehendale
September 8, 2025 at 4:35 pm
Imagine a ZeFrank narration:
Putting appeal (a peel) back into fruit.. that is how Jenny Du.
🙂 Hope this works out. Even a 10% reduction in waste would be magnificent.
@argentummolonlabe
September 8, 2025 at 5:09 pm
Food is suppose to go bad. Don’t mess with nature! Eat local! These preservatives and poisons are killing us! The food is lost or wasted because big corporations force long distance transportation to make more money. Look at the FACTS! Also, go carnivore to get healthy and we wont have to worry about produce going bad. Produce is poisoning us anyways with their natural pesticides and other defense chemicals.
@lincolnanderson4228
September 8, 2025 at 5:21 pm
One caveat that comes to mind is food allergies to the peel used in the coating. For example, using a tomato peel based coating (from the nightshade family) on an apple or peach or mango might trigger an allergic response in someone allergic to tomatoes, but not those other fruits.
@kinsmed
September 8, 2025 at 5:51 pm
Hmm. Give Trump the Nobel Prize?
OR Jenny and friends that are going to save millions of lives…
@LordAugastus
September 8, 2025 at 6:47 pm
Meanwhile corporate stores, use this longevity to store and transport fruit and veg for longer. So that when you buy the product it goes off within the few days anyway. All in the name of consumer profit capitalism…
@Zerodero
September 8, 2025 at 7:15 pm
This would be nice to bring rare fruits to shelves too
@Zerodero
September 8, 2025 at 7:21 pm
Imagine harvesting star fruit or tomatoes correctly instead of early… what a dream for our nutrients and tastebuds
@thegefers
September 8, 2025 at 7:24 pm
Simple way to increase adoption is to follow the organic food method. The same type of people that care about organic food will care about food waste. Market there first – Whole Foods, TJs, etc. You need that demographic. Then, make a certifying authority that those grocers have to pay to certify they use your fruit/veggie skin so they can display your seal. Who doesn’t want food that stays fresher and healthier for longer. Then the market will create a need for adoption that customers will pay more for and grocers will want to participate in.
@S43MY
September 8, 2025 at 7:58 pm
Someone pls correct me if im wrong. So she just used tomato peels and water?
@materialsdan
September 8, 2025 at 8:45 pm
It’s using something from tomato peels… A natural ingredient separated out like corn starch or citrus oil
@dudeamongus
September 8, 2025 at 8:57 pm
How about just choosing to eat food that is in season in your area?
@dudeamongus
September 8, 2025 at 8:57 pm
Oh, there we go. There is the Climate Activism angle.
Good grief.
@kanizfarzana4585
September 9, 2025 at 1:43 pm
You’re speech help me a lot😊
@happyiam
September 9, 2025 at 1:51 pm
Remarkable
@RafidHasan-e1q
September 9, 2025 at 2:00 pm
I love podcast
@AlejandroGarcía-r8b5r
September 9, 2025 at 2:05 pm
As a doctor, I realized that’s exactly what Nathan Cole explained in his book ‘The Secrets To Perfect Health’. It really shows what true health means.
@OliverD2025
September 9, 2025 at 2:14 pm
That book changed my life too!
@singha6
September 9, 2025 at 2:06 pm
Corporate greed- the more people throw away, the more they need to buy from us! Shocking
@ibrahimswiss8714
September 9, 2025 at 2:26 pm
Wow, just wow. This is history in the making 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
@michaelpepin7454
September 9, 2025 at 2:39 pm
You nameeeee it
@emmahardesty4330
September 9, 2025 at 3:00 pm
Seems this has to become a household item: a spray, a bath. Which would then prompt food suppliers to protect the fruits and vegetables they sell. The current (2025) FDA won’t be happy that waste is being lessened (“waste is profit” seems to be their motto) but…the public needs this glyceride product.
@robotworm178
September 9, 2025 at 3:45 pm
Support local farmers. Eat seasonally.
@Baxtexx
September 9, 2025 at 4:04 pm
Sure but I want bananas and they are not grown here..
@sojournern
September 9, 2025 at 4:49 pm
Why not make a retail product for people to keep their own fruits and vegetables?
@novampires223
September 9, 2025 at 6:08 pm
Try Fresh Paper.
@Mrs.TJTaylor
September 9, 2025 at 5:16 pm
Apeel is a disaster for avocados. They don’t ripen correctly. They end up with hard areas and rotten areas.
@novampires223
September 9, 2025 at 6:07 pm
I use Fresh Paper, I read about a young girl who watched her grandmother in India use herbs that would keep veggies fresh longer. The gal used the same herbs imbedded in paper sheets that work as well. I use them in the harvest season to keep veggies fresh until I get them processed. Also, year round for store bought veggies. Not terribly expensive, I tear the sheets in half for cukes and avocados, small things.
@rajhanssarjepatil5666
September 9, 2025 at 6:55 pm
What is that herb ?
@sajjidmohamed1075
September 9, 2025 at 7:03 pm
Thank you for sharing this most brilliant suggestion…
@frizzen
September 9, 2025 at 6:15 pm
Sell this in a spary bottle for home use.
@nl7951
September 9, 2025 at 6:41 pm
One third of foods wasted and half of produce wasted BEFORE they’re even sold to market!
Then ALL the other “eatery” and grocery store foods that are wasted! 🙁
Okay, now I’ll finish listening/watching….
@sajjidmohamed1075
September 9, 2025 at 7:29 pm
@nriqueog
September 9, 2025 at 7:39 pm
Tips for Avocados – Don’t buy ripe ones UNLESS you are going to eat them that day. Unripe ones will hold in the refrigerator for a week or more. Take a couple out let them ripen, once ripe wrap them in foil and place them back in the fridge. They will hold their ripeness for another week.
I wonder if they have considered bringing this out to retail as a household spray item? Instead of having to convince BIG AG that their product works they could just sell it straight to the consumer.
@Babybluejeans
September 9, 2025 at 8:57 pm
thanx captain obvious!
@elforestero
September 9, 2025 at 7:43 pm
Great work! Wish this product was available in my grocery store!
@jamesvlambert
September 9, 2025 at 7:43 pm
I love the message. Unfortunately the author is up speaking – talking? In question marks? Like you agree with me? this makes the entire lecture no go.
@JamesThompson111-u4s
September 9, 2025 at 7:50 pm
Cutting out processed carbs and following a simple fasting routine has been a total game changer. I dropped weight and finally stabilized my blood sugar — exactly like Nathan Cole explained in The Secrets To Perfect Health. Truly eye-opening insights. Wishing the author continued success and inspiration to keep transforming lives!
@Henrymorgannn
September 9, 2025 at 7:52 pm
That book changed my life too!
@Henrymorgannn
September 9, 2025 at 7:52 pm
Thank you!
@VinylCP
September 9, 2025 at 7:51 pm
0 pictures of the insides of these fruits and veggies, pull the other one.
@GregConquest
September 9, 2025 at 8:26 pm
Video starts @3:26
@Babybluejeans
September 9, 2025 at 8:50 pm
I understand trying to extend the life of fruits and vegetables but beyond that she did not do a good job of explaining how this product works and who it’s for. apeel sciences?
@EC-xc9gy
September 9, 2025 at 8:53 pm
You need to try this with Pawpaws! The native, temperate, tropical-flavored fruit with a shelf life so short that I had to plant my own trees to taste one. It’s never in grocery stores, but sometimes in festivals. It ripens in September in the northern USA.
@mysteriousu5528
September 9, 2025 at 8:59 pm
In US, we waste/throw $160B worth of food every year. Let that sink in.
John Oliver did a segment on this couple of years ago!
So many families don’t have the money to afford to buy fresh fruits and veggies.
It’s a shame and disgrace.
@jenniferwatz
September 9, 2025 at 9:27 pm
Maybe it’s just me but I don’t want my produce to be coated in anything. I want true organic produce that has not absorbed any waxes or coatings