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Isha Datar: How we could eat real meat without harming animals

What if you could eat chicken nuggets without harming a chicken? It's possible through "cellular agriculture," says Isha Datar. In a talk about cutting-edge science, she explains how this new means of food production makes it possible to eat meat without the negative consequences of industrial farming -- and how it could fundamentally change our...
https://www.ted.com/talks/isha_datar_how_we_could_eat_real_meat_without_harming_animals

Ben Goldacre | TED Speaker

Ben Goldacre unpicks dodgy scientific claims made by scaremongering journalists, dubious government reports, pharmaceutical corporations, PR companies and quacks.
Debunker
https://www.ted.com/speakers/ben_goldacre

Barry Schuler: Genomics 101

What is genomics? How will it affect our lives? In this intriguing primer on the genomics revolution, entrepreneur Barry Schuler says we can at least expect healthier, tastier food. He suggests we start with the pinot noir grape, to build better wines.
https://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schuler_genomics_101

John C. Trimble: Want to grow healthy food? Start with your lawn

The fruits and vegetables we buy from the grocery story have been bred to grow bigger and faster — but at the cost of flavor and nutrition, says John C. Trimble, co-founder of Foodscaping Utah. Instead of wasting precious water to maintain the grass in our yards, he suggests we "foodscape" them instead. Not only will our produce taste better, bu...
https://www.ted.com/talks/john_c_trimble_want_to_grow_healthy_food_start_with_your_lawn

Sarah E. Tracy: What is MSG, and is it actually bad for you?

In 1968, Dr. Robert Ho Man Kwok felt ill after dinner at a Chinese restaurant and wrote a letter to a medical journal connecting his symptoms to MSG. His letter would change the world's relationship with MSG, inspiring international panic, biased science and sensationalist journalism for the next 40 years. So what is this seasoning, and is it ac...
https://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_e_tracy_what_is_msg_and_is_it_actually_bad_for_you

Benjamin Wallace | TED Speaker

Benjamin Wallace is a journalist and author of The Billionaire's Vinegar, the true story of the world's most expensive bottle of (possibly phony?) wine. He's been a contributor to GQ, Details, Salon and The Washington Post.
Author
https://www.ted.com/speakers/benjamin_wallace

Barton Seaver | TED Speaker

Barton Seaver is an advocate of sustainable seafood and a chef in Washington DC. His work tells the story of our common resources through the communion we all share – dinner.
Chef
https://www.ted.com/speakers/barton_seaver

Emily Leproust: How synthetic biology can improve our health, food and materials

What if we could use biology to restore our balance with nature without giving up modern creature comforts? Advocating for a new kind of environmentalism, scientist and entrepreneur Emily Leproust rethinks modern sustainability at the molecular level, using synthetic biology to create green alternatives. From lab-developed insulin and disease-re...
https://www.ted.com/talks/emily_leproust_how_synthetic_biology_can_improve_our_health_food_and_materials

Tyrone Hayes | TED Speaker

Tyrone Hayes studies frogs and amphibians -- and the effects on their bodies of common farming chemicals.
Biologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/tyrone_hayes

Esther Meduna: Why our future relies on the genetic diversity of food

Should a cauliflower be valued and preserved like the Mona Lisa? What would it mean to us if we lost the cauliflower as a species? The world has experienced a 75 percent decrease in horticultural diversity in the past 150 years. Botanist and educator Esther Meduna explains why this is a problem and how the seed libraries popping up worldwide are...
https://www.ted.com/talks/esther_meduna_why_our_future_relies_on_the_genetic_diversity_of_food

Arthur Potts Dawson | TED Speaker

Arthur Potts Dawson wants us to take responsibility not just for the food we eat, but how we shop for and even dispose of it. And he's showing the way -- with impeccable taste.
Green chef
https://www.ted.com/speakers/arthur_potts_dawson

Leah Garcés: A lesson in turning adversaries into allies

When you're on opposite sides of an issue, how do you broker peace with your adversaries and work together to solve a problem? Follow along as animal rights activist Leah Garcés recounts three lessons she learned in hatching an ambitious plan to end chicken factory farming with the last person she expected: a chicken farmer.
https://www.ted.com/talks/leah_garces_a_lesson_in_turning_adversaries_into_allies

Ranveer Chandra: Data-driven farming could transform agriculture

As the world's population increases, food production must match growing need. How do we achieve this with a fixed — and, in some regions, dwindling — amount of tillable land? Researcher Ranveer Chandra explains how data could be the answer, helping farmers everywhere maximize production while minimizing costs and resource drain.
https://www.ted.com/talks/ranveer_chandra_data_driven_farming_could_transform_agriculture

Pamela Ronald | TED Speaker

Embracing both genetically improved seed and ecologically based farming methods, Pamela Ronald aims to enhance sustainable agriculture.
Plant geneticist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/pamela_ronald

Nathan Myhrvold: Cooking as never seen before

Cookbook author (and geek) Nathan Myhrvold talks about his magisterial work, "Modernist Cuisine" -- and shares the secret of its cool photographic illustrations, which show cross-sections of food in the very act of being cooked.
https://www.ted.com/talks/nathan_myhrvold_cooking_as_never_seen_before

Ann Cooper: What's wrong with school lunches

Speaking at the 2007 EG conference, "renegade lunch lady" Ann Cooper talks about the coming revolution in the way kids eat at school -- local, sustainable, seasonal and even educational food.
https://www.ted.com/talks/ann_cooper_what_s_wrong_with_school_lunches

Malcolm Gladwell: Choice, happiness and spaghetti sauce

"Tipping Point" author Malcolm Gladwell gets inside the food industry's pursuit of the perfect spaghetti sauce -- and makes a larger argument about the nature of choice and happiness.
https://www.ted.com/talks/malcolm_gladwell_choice_happiness_and_spaghetti_sauce

Playlist: How can we improve disaster relief? (9 talks)

Innovative and effective approaches for improving disaster relief efforts worldwide.
Curated by TED · 9 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/how_can_we_improve_disaster_relief

Devita Davison: How urban agriculture is transforming Detroit

There's something amazing growing in the city of Detroit: healthy, accessible, delicious, fresh food. In a spirited talk, fearless farmer Devita Davison explains how features of Detroit's decay actually make it an ideal spot for urban agriculture. Join Davison for a walk through neighborhoods in transformation as she shares stories of opportunit...
https://www.ted.com/talks/devita_davison_how_urban_agriculture_is_transforming_detroit

Britta Riley: A garden in my apartment

Britta Riley wanted to grow her own food (in her tiny apartment). So she and her friends developed a system for growing plants in discarded plastic bottles -- researching, testing and tweaking the system using social media, trying many variations at once and quickly arriving at the optimal system. Call it distributed DIY. And the results? Delici...
https://www.ted.com/talks/britta_riley_a_garden_in_my_apartment

Peter Reinhart: The art and craft of bread

Batch to batch, crust to crust ... In tribute to the beloved staple food, baking master Peter Reinhart reflects on the cordial couplings (wheat and yeast, starch and heat) that give us our daily bread. Try not to eat a slice.
https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_reinhart_the_art_and_craft_of_bread

Playlist: Jamie Oliver: 5 talks that inspired me (5 talks)

Jamie Oliver came to fame as the Naked Chef -- now he's made it his mission to transform the way we feed ourselves and our children, through his cookbooks, TV shows and the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation. The 2010 TED Prize winner shares his 5 favorite talks.
Curated by Jamie Oliver · 5 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/jamie_oliver_5_talks_that_ins

Dan Barber: A foie gras parable

At the Taste3 conference, chef Dan Barber tells the story of a small farm in Spain that has found a humane way to produce foie gras. Raising his geese in a natural environment, farmer Eduardo Sousa embodies the kind of food production Barber believes in.
https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_barber_a_foie_gras_parable

Christina Tosi: My secret to creating real magic

In an infectiously joyous talk, Milk Bar founder Christina Tosi shares the sugary jolt of her first food memory and behind-the-scenes stories of her bakery's famously inventive cakes, cookies and treats. This talk may make you hungry -- but it'll also leave you a resonant message about how breaking the rules and challenging your assumptions can ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/christina_tosi_my_secret_to_creating_real_magic

Jacy Reese Anthis: Why we should end animal agriculture

There are over 100 billion animals in the global food system, taking an enormous collective toll on our health and the environment. In this eye-opening talk, animal advocate and social scientist Jacy Reese makes a compelling argument as to why (and how) we should relegate the factory farming of animals to history's scrap pile.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jacy_reese_anthis_why_we_should_end_animal_agriculture

Graham Hill | TED Speaker

Graham Hill is the founder of TreeHugger.com and LifeEdited; he travels the world to tell stories of sustainability and minimalism. He tweets at @GHill.
Journalist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/graham_hill

Hasan Elahi | TED Speaker

In 2002, American artist Hasan Elahi’s name was added (by mistake) to the US government’s watch list.
Privacy artist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/hasan_elahi

Annie Murphy Paul | TED Speaker

Annie Murphy Paul investigates how life in the womb shapes who we become.
Science author
https://www.ted.com/speakers/annie_murphy_paul

Ron Finley: A guerrilla gardener in South Central LA

Ron Finley plants vegetable gardens in South Central LA -- in abandoned lots, traffic medians, along the curbs. Why? For fun, for defiance, for beauty and to offer some alternative to fast food in a community where "the drive-thrus are killing more people than the drive-bys."
https://www.ted.com/talks/ron_finley_a_guerrilla_gardener_in_south_central_la

Matilda Ho | TED Speaker

TED Fellow Matilda Ho is shaping the startup landscape to create more sustainable food systems in China.
Serial entrepreneur, investor
https://www.ted.com/speakers/matilda_ho
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