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Your thoughts on Dan Barber's TED Talk, How I fell in love with a fish
08 March 2018, 10:36
Your thoughts on Dan Barber's TED Talk, How I fell in love with a fish
In class, we watched Dan Barber's TED Talk, How I fell in love with a fish. His idea worth spreading is that "if we abandon the current large-scale wasteful agribusiness model, our food will be more sustainable and more delicious as well."
Do you agree or disagree with ideas presented in TED Talk? For example:
- For a lot of people the idea of local food, farmers markets, small farms and organic food is not realistic.
- One billion people go hungry each day because food is distributed unequally.
- The question that drives the current food system is 'How can we feed people more cheaply'.
- The current food system is broke because we are eroding our natural resources.
- The current agribusiness model is expensive, uses chemicals and machines and produces poor quality food.
Also, in your opinion, what food-related problems might the world face 20 years from now?
Goal: post your opinion and respond to at least two other people. Try to use vocabulary from this week's lessonin your responses.
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Valerie Safai - 08 March 2018, 10:37
12 March 2018, 23:38
Having tasted homegrown tomatoes from my grandma in Montenegro and similar experiences with food produced in harmony with nature, I do all in all agree with Mr. Barber. However, I do have big doubts whether a large scale roll-out of such a food product line would be feasible for all classes of the population. While I believe it would (and partially already does) work with an environmentally aware upper class, that quality diet would probably be financially crippling for low-income families - even in rich countries. It remains to be proven whether the higher expenses for healthier food might be offset by a lower burden from the exploding healthcare costs. That would be a strong argument in the public discussion.