What we'll eat on a warmer planet
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Hello, everybody.
How we doing? So a while back, I went to a pretty unusual event.
I'm really excited to be here.
This was a dinner and TED Talk given by former White House chef Sam Kass, who presented us with a four-course meal.
Let's start with the crab cakes.
Crab cakes with crispy capers. Let's turn to fruit. Then came mini tarts.
That beautiful little peach jam in the little mozzarella cup you had.
Seared Atlantic salmon with new potatoes and some focaccia on the side. Wine. All along, our wine glasses were topped off.
Yes, wine is definitely a fruit, people.
Until the end when we were presented with chocolate cake and coffee.
How does climate change threaten our food supply?
I mean, I'll say it was very good. But Sam calls this meal the last supper, not like in the Bible. More because many of these dishes are under threat because of climate change.
Now, this menu has been put together with ingredients that experts and models predict will not be around for our kids and our grandkids. And you'll see that it's many of the foods that we hold dear.
Sam first gave this dinner over a decade ago at the Paris Climate Accords, when he realized that food and agriculture were not on the agenda.
When we say the words climate change, what do the words climate change actually mean? But the point here is not to depress you or to scare you. It's not. It's not. It's to try to make an emotional connection in a way that I think food, only food can, to understand really what's at stake when we're having these conversations. Now, the good news is on our plates really does hold some of the biggest both problems but also potentials to solve these challenges of anywhere that we have. And that's the part that gives me a ton of hope.
There's a movement afoot to change the way we grow our food and eat. Because right now, global food production is a huge contributor to climate change. And the warming planet is making it harder for farmers to grow ingredients we take for granted. We've learned that eating local and organic foods are good for us and the environment, but it's just not enough. Agriculture needs to change drastically if we want to continue eating the foods we know and love and nourish the planet's billions of inhabitants. And so today on the show, figuring out the complicated future of food. A chef, a farmer, and a biotechnologist share how they're searching for solutions. So back to Sam Kass. He was cooking for the Obama family in the White House when he started working with them to get Americans to rethink how they eat and ended up getting into food policy as well.
Most people didn't even have a basic connection at that point to their health and well-being and food. The idea that it was having such a big impact on so many people's health, we hadn't connected those dots. And it was a lot of work to do to just try to say, like, how do we shift the culture and put these issues and how we're feeding ourselves sort of front and center.
You may remember some of their campaigns to make school lunches more nutritious.
Wait a minute! Are you First Lady Mrs. Michelle Obama?
Michelle Obama on Sesame Street, motivating kids to move more and eat healthier.
What are you doing here on Sesame Street? I'm about to have this nice, healthy breakfast.
The idea was, one, can we start to shift the culture? Like, can we really elevate these issues on people's minds and start to shift our core values? And that we care about the health of food and the impact that food is having on our society and our culture.
But here we are now, a decade later, and you have moved on to another pressing food problem.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:48
2
How does climate change threaten our food supply?
1:48–5:35
3
What innovative solutions are being proposed for sustainable agriculture?
5:35–10:36
4
How can consumers influence climate-friendly food production?
10:36–14:58
5
What role does biotechnology play in the future of food?
14:58–20:10
6
How is the future of meat being redefined?
20:10–24:29
7
What are the implications of lab-grown meat for the environment?
24:29–28:34
8
How can art contribute to agricultural conservation?
28:34–50:15
Speakers
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