How Our Food Choices Drive Environmental Change

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  • čas přidán 12. 09. 2024

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  • @blkhemi3925
    @blkhemi3925 Před 2 lety +29

    Its not the consumer. 30% of all food produced is thrown out before it even hits the shelves in the grocery store. Most of the time, it's thrown out because the warehouse has to much, and can't sell it fast enough, or some other stupid reason. So, instead of selling it at a reduced cost, or donating it to the hungry. Workers are instructed to throw it in the dumpsters
    I once seen a ware house worker dump hundreds of cases of individually wrapped, grass fed, New York strip steaks in the dumpsters. When I asked why, he told me it had the wrong product code on the box.
    This happens everyday, in warehouses all over the country.

    • @DpAmoK
      @DpAmoK Před 2 lety +4

      But the consumer buys from those companies. Its important, as a individual, to buy from sustainable companies. The big players may follow

    • @b.41879
      @b.41879 Před 2 lety +1

      I wonder how true this (the original post) is right now though...with the shortage in goods and products in stores at the moment...

    • @blkhemi3925
      @blkhemi3925 Před 2 lety

      @@b.41879 dude... Honestly. Walk onto a food lion distribution center property at any given time of the day. Over the last few years, I've saved cases of all kinds of stuff from the dumpster.
      Pam Cooking spray
      "Share size" bags of Gummy bears
      Laundry Detergent
      Dish detergent
      Canned vegetables
      Spaghetti Sauce
      Tiny rose bushes
      Seed packets
      Sacks of potatoes
      Thats just the stuff from recent memory.

    • @az55544
      @az55544 Před 2 lety

      @@b.41879 get yourself a temp job at even your local grocery store. Amazon shopper at whole foods - sure they donate to food pantries, but the amount of good food (because a newer shipment has arrived!) that is composted is huge. They think composting is a solution.

    • @phillbt
      @phillbt Před 2 lety

      up!

  • @thomasfesler916
    @thomasfesler916 Před 2 lety +25

    Not everyone is able to do this but growing your own food would also be super helpful. You would be providing some plants for some pollinators and also you would decide how you wanna grow it. Plus their have been studies that gardening also provides some mental health benefits.

    • @joshuacarson6576
      @joshuacarson6576 Před 2 lety +4

      Yes everybody can grow their own food. Maybe not grow it where they're completely sustainable. But they can subsidize some of their vegetables at the herbs. Even in apartments you use the square foot gardening method which is developed for that exact reason to grow food in cities

    • @shaunaburton7136
      @shaunaburton7136 Před 2 lety +3

      Lawns are boring, cottage gardens are beautiful!

    • @thomasfesler916
      @thomasfesler916 Před 2 lety +2

      @@joshuacarson6576 what i was getting at is some people are to busy and would forget to take care of plants or they have pets that could possibly harm the plants or even just dont have the financial needs yet to start gardening

    • @joshuacarson6576
      @joshuacarson6576 Před 2 lety +2

      @@thomasfesler916 I understand that. Square foot gardening which is a raised bed, was designed for people who have little-to-no area they don't have to do as much work because it makes more efficiency out of the space that you use. When I started my beds I used refurbished pallets. They have to be heat treatment. A factory was tossing them out. I laid logs at the bottom of the bed to help fill it. So the only cost to me was the dirt. N I got that at a landscaping supply company. $30 for a yard of top soil.
      I still agree with your points but there are ways to do things cheaper. People complain about issue n do nothing to fix it still solves nothing. I'm just throwing options out there for people

    • @neliborba101
      @neliborba101 Před 2 lety

      Wake up, this is about control others masses and not about climate change. Read between the lines.

  • @joshuacarson6576
    @joshuacarson6576 Před 2 lety +7

    And my grandmother helped raise me and she threw up in the Great Depression era. You are not allowed to throw away your leftovers. That would have been a big problem in my house. Plus she grew a garden. Raise chickens for eggs and my uncles taught me how to hunt.
    My fully understand that hunting is not a sustainable thing for everybody to do. But I also don't think everybody has the ability to do it either. But growing your own food and potentially raising your own animals people can do that. If you live in a city you for sure can still grow your own food with square foot gardening method

  • @meredithwhite5790
    @meredithwhite5790 Před 2 lety +22

    We put more calories into feeding livestock than we get out of it. So if more of the land used for livestock feed was used to grow plants for humans to eat, that could increase the amount of food we have available.

    • @user-zn9pw6ox3m
      @user-zn9pw6ox3m Před 2 lety +2

      Sure thing , as we all know humans have digestive tract that is able to process 100 kg of grass in a day.

    • @edgarpryor3233
      @edgarpryor3233 Před 2 lety

      What food is given to livestock that is fit for human consumption?
      If livestock is removed from the system, what should be done with the food that isn't fit for human consumption?

    • @hemangmathur2823
      @hemangmathur2823 Před 2 lety +1

      @@edgarpryor3233 they pretty clearly said that 'more of the land' should go to plants. Noones talking about completely destroying the meat industry.

    • @IronskullGM
      @IronskullGM Před 2 lety

      really... our cows just eat grass... maybe you should look for some GMO naturally raised cattle... We have tons of land for farms... Not enough farmers..

    • @vietnamd0820
      @vietnamd0820 Před 2 lety +2

      @@user-zn9pw6ox3m
      Most people in the United States can go vegan without negatively impacting their health or finances…we wouldn’t be eating grass…we can choose from potatoes, rice, beans, nuts, seeds, mushrooms, vegetables, and fruits

  • @aleenaprasannan2146
    @aleenaprasannan2146 Před 2 lety +11

    What we eat is only a fraction of what's the problem. What we overproduce, ship across the globe multiple times and then trash before it even reaches our plate is the actual problem.
    There is no point if you stop drinking milk from a farmer in your neighborhood and then instead drink cashew milk from cashews grown somewhere in Africa, processed somewhere in India, made into milk somewhere in Europe, packaged in Philippines and then shipped to your supermarket. Eat as local and seasonal as your can, that's half the job done.
    Do not contribute to emissions from shipping and refrigeration.

    • @svanteforsman8244
      @svanteforsman8244 Před 2 lety +4

      What we eat is more important than where it is produced. Locally produced animal products generally have a bigger carbon footprint than imported plantbased foods. That being said, locally grown plant based foods might be the best choice.

    • @aleenaprasannan2146
      @aleenaprasannan2146 Před 2 lety +4

      @@svanteforsman8244 Instead of simply stating what you like, care to explain how one liter of milk from your neighbor's cow, causes more emissions than a carton of cashew milk, whose every step from growing, harvesting, roasting, shelling and then turning to milk causes emissions and then even more emissions from multiple trips across the globe?
      And before you try to count all cow dung as emissions,.... that's turned to compost and biogas not just aired out in the open for 'methane emissions'

    • @dr.charlestjang9789
      @dr.charlestjang9789 Před 2 lety +1

      @@svanteforsman8244 this shows how ignorant person may sounds like an intelligent person.
      You probably forgot to count all the carbon footprints generated from the place the foods were imported, to the local warehouse, and to your local store.
      All those, compared to some pile of livestock's dung.
      And bear in mind, most of the dungs, are used as fertilizer.
      So the narrative of the greenhouse emission from livestock's dung, is quite non-sense.
      Yes, you need to limit meat consumption. But to blame that the climate change is heavily due those poor animals is absurd.
      And also, bear in mind that they don't just eat grass. Most of them are also fed with hays from wheat or rice, or leaves from root plants, which we humans don't consume.
      This world works in ecosystem. You disrupt 1 component of it, the whole system will collapse.
      You know what makes the climate change?
      Human's greed.
      We don't want a shelter, we want a big estate.
      We don't want a nice food, we want a big feast.
      We don't buy what we just need, we buy mindlessly.
      We don't order food that we can finish, we order what our compulsions tell us to.
      We don't spend natural resources according to what we need, we spend it just because we can.
      It doesn't matter whether humans all going vegan or not; as long as the main problem is not fixed, then in several decades, other problems will just arise.
      What we need to address is our compulsive behavior of spending natural resources mindlessly.

    • @felinevegan
      @felinevegan Před 2 lety

      @@aleenaprasannan2146
      Wrong. Cow dung is not “turned into compost” it’s flushed out into cess pools and then leaked into rivers and streams and even oceans, causing dead zones. You also seem to forget that in order to “get milk,” you have to GROW the cow first. In growing the cow, you are feeding the cow not just grass, but pounds upon pounds of crops that can easily be fed to humans instead. Those who think cows are only being fed the “leftover/inedible” crops, are completely joking themselves. They are fed completely edible soy and wheat, in huge amounts. That baby cow grows up eating pounds and pounds of food and drinking gallons and gallons of water, taking up huge amounts of space every day for around ten years total until the time *finally* being ready to be milked.
      Carbon emissions from animal agriculture account for 51% of all green house emissions. All transport combined only equates to 13%. There is no question which had the bigger impact. Cut out the dairy for good, and stop trying to defense animal abuse.

    • @workcount1381
      @workcount1381 Před 2 lety

      @@felinevegan Converting pasture land (land to raise livestock) into a crop land gives rise to soil erosion which would pollute rivers as well.
      Farm animals can drink rain water.
      We just need to reduce overeating or over buying consumer products.

  • @justwaiting5744
    @justwaiting5744 Před 2 lety +3

    I love the idea behind this video, but it spent a long time building up to 3 quick tips at the end, one of which is nearly impossible for blue-collar city workers.

  • @kismypencek6185
    @kismypencek6185 Před 2 lety +19

    Vegan 6 years! You can do it!

    • @katiehemstreet8939
      @katiehemstreet8939 Před 2 lety +3

      Me too! 😁

    • @ram.4152
      @ram.4152 Před 2 lety +3

      I eat mostly plant based whole foods but I do eat eggs and fish, hope that works

    • @vietnamd0820
      @vietnamd0820 Před 2 lety

      @@ram.4152
      Environmentalism aside for a moment, chickens and fish feel pain…why inflict unnecessary pain on these animals?

    • @ram.4152
      @ram.4152 Před 2 lety +1

      @@vietnamd0820 if I had the financial means to be fully vegan I would but where I live fresh produce are way to expensive and am a college student sooo money is kinda tight tbh

    • @vietnamd0820
      @vietnamd0820 Před 2 lety

      @Duckychan Duckychan
      No we don’t have to eat cows either

  • @nonamenoslogan2898
    @nonamenoslogan2898 Před 2 lety +11

    I think a better question is why should we even consider feeding 10 billion people. There's too many as it is now.

    • @IronskullGM
      @IronskullGM Před 2 lety +1

      SO you think it would be better to just let them starve and die... let me guess you're obviously one who deserves to be fed huh?

    • @alinbejinaru1755
      @alinbejinaru1755 Před 2 lety

      @@IronskullGM maybe he want to say that if we help people in countries like India,Africa,China etc. to have less children and have a more fulfilled life we will not reach 10 bilions

    • @nonamenoslogan2898
      @nonamenoslogan2898 Před 2 lety

      @@IronskullGM Well personally I don't think ANYONE deserves to be fed, myself included. But I do think that people at the very least need to stop reproducing for I'd say a solid 10 years. Let the populations level out a bit. Give us time to repair and recover. But if things are this bad now imagine a world with 10 billion in it. You really wanna live in that kind of future?

    • @nonamenoslogan2898
      @nonamenoslogan2898 Před 2 lety

      @@alinbejinaru1755 Yeah something like that, find a way to fairly and decently let the population in major areas of the world level out for a while. A temporary ban on reproduction. I do believe China tried something like that in the past.

    • @IronskullGM
      @IronskullGM Před 2 lety

      @@nonamenoslogan2898 Wow, youre a sociopath...

  • @Al_Dee
    @Al_Dee Před 2 lety +4

    At some point we have to start eating bugs

  • @downhilltwofour0082
    @downhilltwofour0082 Před 2 lety +1

    The fact is we are already way over the population that is sustainable without destroying the habitability of the Planet for humans. 2 .5 Billion is the Maximum, which was reached in 1950 I think.

    • @alinbejinaru1755
      @alinbejinaru1755 Před 2 lety +1

      Yes also we need to reduce the population as quickly as possible and as human and ethical as possible because if your number is correct we are around 3 times more people.
      I hear that Earth can sustain around 4 bilions people but this depend.

  • @lesterksi4521
    @lesterksi4521 Před 2 lety +1

    Its all about not wasting food. Eat reasonably and responsibly. And those social media videos of eating / food challenges does not help too

  • @scottyoung4126
    @scottyoung4126 Před 2 lety +3

    These speakers seem to forget that all our lands were once the homes of many more animals. More pastured animals promotes biodiversity. More harvested fields tends to increase pesticide use, fertilizer use, and habitat destruction. Recall that crude oil is used to fuel and maintain farm machinery, processing plants, and mass produced vegetable oil extraction. Synthetic fertilizers require extensive mining or reliance on the petroleum industry. Factory produced supplements and food products to deliver a fulfilling plant based diet, particularly one with sufficient protein and nutrient absorption as well as necessary minerals and vitamins, could offset any benefit from reducing animal agriculture. Also, pulses have never been more nutritious than animal products; Protease inhibitors and phytic acid alone are troublesome. Be rational about the world you are promoting.

  • @mktemple476
    @mktemple476 Před 2 lety +4

    Once again - putting information on the screen makes it inaccessible to many people with visual impairment.

    • @Hertz2laugh
      @Hertz2laugh Před 2 lety

      CZcams is built from the ground up for visual media. Go Karen somewhere else.

    • @mktemple476
      @mktemple476 Před 2 lety

      @@Hertz2laugh Do you call people in wheelchairs Karens when they want wheelchair ramps? Cuz that's what you just did.

  • @shaunaburton7136
    @shaunaburton7136 Před 2 lety +1

    I don’t understand how California and drought stricken areas can produce food much longer. We will be forced to change soon.

    • @IronskullGM
      @IronskullGM Před 2 lety

      Those fly over states we are used to ridiculing are going to much more important in the future.

    • @jmajick4415
      @jmajick4415 Před 2 lety

      @@IronskullGM They're using up all of their groundwater

    • @IronskullGM
      @IronskullGM Před 2 lety

      @@jmajick4415 Yeah that Mississippi River is just drying up from all that recent flooding isn't it LMFAO

    • @IronskullGM
      @IronskullGM Před 2 lety

      @Duckychan Duckychan Are we talking about the Midwest or Cali, because the Midwest is definitely not exhausting their aquifers, and yes aquifers refill every time it rains. LOL

    • @IronskullGM
      @IronskullGM Před 2 lety

      @Duckychan Duckychan Umm.. You don't understand the water cycle? Aquifers refill... Ground water doesn't just permanently go away forever. This is like basic earth science from elementary school.

  • @willm5814
    @willm5814 Před 2 lety +1

    No problem!! But not in the destructive, inhumane and exclusive way it is done today!

    • @IronskullGM
      @IronskullGM Před 2 lety

      raise your own livestock then or be involved in the process, like buying half a cow from a farmer for the year.

  • @zeta1593
    @zeta1593 Před 2 lety +1

    Mighty potato will save the world again
    It's so sad that individual initiative are so useless, I mean I change so little by myself. We must not forget that only true way to make changes is to get involved in big politics, at least to vote/partitipate in local assemblies, calling your deputy (depends on your system), etc.

  • @marinusvisser
    @marinusvisser Před 2 lety +6

    Too many people. That's the real problem.... at the cost of all other species and plants and trees and insects... birth control is urgent

    • @IronskullGM
      @IronskullGM Před 2 lety

      Have you gotten your vasectomy yet? or are you special?

  • @wendilandkammer8368
    @wendilandkammer8368 Před 2 lety +8

    Well when farms quit throwing away 40% of food grown, that is another piece of the puzzle.
    She said 30% of the food grown goes to waste. From everything I've read it's 40%. Either way, that's alot of food going to waste.

    • @blkhemi3925
      @blkhemi3925 Před 2 lety

      On any given farm, during any given year, 1/3 of all crops grown is lost to weather, animals, and insects.

    • @edgarpryor3233
      @edgarpryor3233 Před 2 lety

      What do you propose farmers do with produce they cannot sell?

    • @wendilandkammer8368
      @wendilandkammer8368 Před 2 lety

      @@edgarpryor3233 there are several options, selling the less than perfect looking produce as seconds. If there are food pantries in the area some of the food could be donated, I'm not sure if that could be a tax write off. Then there is the 'you pick' option which helps.
      Then there is gleaning. That's what the really impoverished people would do after grain harvests. Those are just a few things that could help.

    • @edgarpryor3233
      @edgarpryor3233 Před 2 lety

      @@wendilandkammer8368 I was referring to the percentage of the crops that are unfit for human consumption, which could be 50-75% of what they produce.

    • @wendilandkammer8368
      @wendilandkammer8368 Před 2 lety

      @@edgarpryor3233 I'm not sure what you are referring to as crops unfit for human consumption.
      The problem here is food loss, not crops that are not edibles.
      Here's just a couple of articles to help clarify the issue.
      From RST- Food Waste in America in 2021
      From Olioex- The problem of food waste
      From Civil Eats- Study finds Farm level food waste is much worse than we thought
      From Nutrition Connect- Food Waste Statistics 2020
      From the FDA- food loss and waste

  • @misspoopsy6336
    @misspoopsy6336 Před 2 lety +2

    Eating better quality food sounds lovely, and for some people it's also a great way to get some sunshine. But why are some people in the community link acting like this video just told them to eat crickets?

  • @Reeceisinpieces
    @Reeceisinpieces Před 2 lety +6

    don't eat animals it helps a lot

    • @IronskullGM
      @IronskullGM Před 2 lety

      How are those products and supplements made from animal byproducts you use daily... Like soap...

    • @vietnamd0820
      @vietnamd0820 Před 2 lety +2

      Especially helps the animals ✅

    • @vietnamd0820
      @vietnamd0820 Před 2 lety +1

      @@IronskullGM aren’t most soaps today devoid of animal-based ingredients?

    • @IronskullGM
      @IronskullGM Před 2 lety

      @@vietnamd0820 No, most soaps still have animal byproducts in them unless they are specifically marketed as vegan soaps. Which there are a few options with the handcrafted soaps that are vegan.

    • @vietnamd0820
      @vietnamd0820 Před 2 lety +2

      @Duckychan Duckychan
      You don’t have to be rich to be vegan…the cheapest foods today are vegan, such as potatoes, rice, and beans

  • @cosmiccreator
    @cosmiccreator Před 2 lety +15

    🌱🌱🌱 *GO VEGAN WORLD!* 🌱🌱🌱

    • @KateeAngel
      @KateeAngel Před 2 lety +3

      If 100 million people reduce meat consumption to once per week it will have bigger effect than if 10 thousand go full vegan. Putting emphasis only on veganism, you scare away people, who are not prepared to make such a huge change right away, they instead decide not to try at all. Put emphasis on reducing consumption of animal products bit by bit. Many millions people can listen to that, and then after that stage a bigger number among them will consider becoming vegetarian or vegan

    • @ito_tofu5324
      @ito_tofu5324 Před 2 lety +5

      @@KateeAngel have you reduced your meat consumption to once per week?

    • @hashh6924
      @hashh6924 Před 2 lety

      Feel like a big juicy steak 🥩 now

    • @joshuacarson6576
      @joshuacarson6576 Před 2 lety

      @@hashh6924 I feel you on that. I just shot a 6point buck a hr ago. Steaks sound great

    • @blkhemi3925
      @blkhemi3925 Před 2 lety

      As long as People like Jeff Besos can order humpback whale sushi and sauteed bald eagle, I'll eat what I want.

  • @bobkane432
    @bobkane432 Před 2 lety

    So where's the part where she tells us what we should eat, or were you just clickbaiting us?

  • @dudeguy7347
    @dudeguy7347 Před 2 lety +3

    3 things you need to remember if you want to go full vegan- lentil curry, marinated tofu, and sauteéd chickpeas. Those are the three staples I mostly live on, as well as the ocassional Beyond burger, or Amy's no-cheese pizzas. 4 years vegan, no regrets

    • @bludaizee24
      @bludaizee24 Před 2 lety

      I love lentils! My favorite meal atm is coconut lentil curry with crushed pineapple in it, and basmati rice. Been vegan 6 years now, best decision ever! 💚🌱💚

  • @djash7161
    @djash7161 Před 2 lety +1

    This the argument we can still raise animals for food ridiculous thumbs down Vegan 4Life

  • @4309chris
    @4309chris Před 2 lety +1

    I remember when I was a kid and we were supposed to be out of trees by 2000

    • @IronskullGM
      @IronskullGM Před 2 lety

      and new york was supposed to be under 100 feet of water now.

    • @Hertz2laugh
      @Hertz2laugh Před 2 lety

      W-w-w-w-well the only reason that prediction didn't come true is because Al Gore stepped up right at the last second and saved us all. 🤪🤪🤪🤪

  • @YourLifeRedefined
    @YourLifeRedefined Před 2 lety +2

    This lady needs more meat. Look at her teeth falling apart and all the other signs of poor health. Plants are inferior to meat. It’s the way we raise meat that matters. It’s the only way we’ll fix this mess we’re in.

    • @Ryan-gx4ce
      @Ryan-gx4ce Před 2 lety

      You can get all the nutrients you need from eating plants. When you eat meat, where do you think those nutrients come from that you "can't" get in plants? Those animals are vegetarians. They get everything from plants to start with, the cows are just the middle man

    • @YourLifeRedefined
      @YourLifeRedefined Před 2 lety

      @@Ryan-gx4ce exactly! Through fermentation due to how they process the grass we can’t eat, they create amino acids which are ESSENTIAL for human life and which are FAR more bioavailable then plant nutrients. There’s no such thing as essential carbs but there are also essential fats we must consume which are found abundantly in animal foods and in the correct ratios. Stick to plants though please, more meat, fat, and optimal nutrition for me. It’ll still be here for you when you health starts to fail. I might recommend “The Vegetarian Myth” or “Sacred Cow”” as reading material. Changed my outlook from one similar to yours and saved my life. Now I’m trying to use that knowledge to save the world from people like her and the misinformation she spreads. Good luck!

    • @Ryan-gx4ce
      @Ryan-gx4ce Před 2 lety

      @@YourLifeRedefined you can get those omegas and vitamins in vegetables though. I specifically eat foods for them. The only thing I have trouble getting naturally are some omegas which are found mostly in fish so I take supplements for that. Otherwise, if there is a specific nutrient I can only get from eating meat I'm all ears.

    • @YourLifeRedefined
      @YourLifeRedefined Před 2 lety +1

      @@Ryan-gx4ce B12, folate, K2 and many other forms, D3 and may wanna check conversion of ALA to EPA/DHA not to mention iron. Lots of studies show a 20% conversion rate. Usually much much lower. We’re not made to eat plants Ryan. Sorry 😢

  • @sunnywiseheart4372
    @sunnywiseheart4372 Před 2 lety +2

    No. It cannot

    • @sunnywiseheart4372
      @sunnywiseheart4372 Před 2 lety +2

      Everything is finite

    • @KateeAngel
      @KateeAngel Před 2 lety +1

      Indeed, we already use almost 50% of land area free of ice. Even if we change consumption habits to consume as little as possible, still we will be taking too much away from natural ecosystems and that still will be reducing Earth's biodiversity and ability to recover.
      Why is discussing stopping population growth such a taboo? It is also an important piece of a puzzle of solving environment crisis

    • @joshuacarson6576
      @joshuacarson6576 Před 2 lety

      @@KateeAngel well the UN has estimated that we're going to top out at 10 billion people by 2030 I believe is what they said. The UN says after that we are gonna have trouble trying to keep population.
      And what are you doing to help the population growth stop. Are you encouraging suicides, out murdering people? Doubt all of that, stop living in fear.

    • @ZZHawks
      @ZZHawks Před 2 lety

      @@joshuacarson6576 it's 2100 but yes 11 billion by 2100 is the population cap. The root of almost all issues on this earth right now are just due to people producing children too much. Stop having kids y'all

    • @joshuacarson6576
      @joshuacarson6576 Před 2 lety

      @@ZZHawks spoken like somebody who doesn't raise chickens. You're talking about factory farming chickens. Which is way worse. If you have chickens in there in a chicken tractor and you just move that once a day to get enough food for them and they fertilize your grass. Which is good for the environment. And not going to happen my wife n me want 2 more kids. God said go forth and be fruitful. That's want we are doin.

  • @GreenImpactFuture
    @GreenImpactFuture Před 2 lety

    why don't you follow traditional Indian diets for sustainable living and live healthy

    • @IronskullGM
      @IronskullGM Před 2 lety

      Which ones? The Adirondack natives? LOL

  • @lightbringer2938
    @lightbringer2938 Před 2 lety +2

    Go vegan for Life

  • @kamrinthomas7135
    @kamrinthomas7135 Před 2 lety

    thanks but no thanks

  • @vatofat
    @vatofat Před 2 lety

    No food production could ever "irreversibly harm the planet". Not possible.

  • @jamaicasysbm2580
    @jamaicasysbm2580 Před 2 lety

    For thousand we have been feeding our selfs and now you want us to eat synthetic meat 🥩

    • @richardb.3808
      @richardb.3808 Před 2 lety +1

      "Synthetic" meat as you call it is made of plants... so not synthetic. But the thing is that these meat replacements have been created for meat eaters who think it's a healthier substitute for meat. It usually isn't. Someone who doesn't eat meat doesn't need for their food to look like meat. You can eat a black bean burger; it doesn't taste like meat, it doesn't look like meat. But it's healthier, it contains a lot of fiber, more iron and more protein than a meat burger. The impact on the planet is a fraction of the one for a "normal" burger.
      We don't need meat to live. But I think the planet will be on the brink of collapse before we can reduce meat consumption. It's the end of the world to have some people wear a paper mask for ten minutes. You can imagine if they say no more meat...