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For the third event in our plant-based eating series, Monica Chen, Executive Director of the Factory Farming Awareness Coalition, shared about the environmental impacts of our food choices. Through an engaging and informative presentation, Monica shared how to make a big difference for the environment and your own health by including more plant-based foods in your diet.
The Factory Farming Awareness Coalition is an educational nonprofit that contributes to the eradication of factory farming through a range of educational programs. Every year they educate and empower thousands of people about the social justice, health, and environmental impacts of our food system.
A
Hello,
everybody.
It
is
such
a
pleasure
to
be
here.
I
grew
up
in
sunnyvale
right
on
the
edge
of
mountain
view.
My
closest
farmers
market
was
the
one
on
castro
and
I
have
very
fond
memories
of
going
to
middle
school
up
on
rangsdorf,
I
really
love
being
able
to
speak
to
folks
online
when
there's
more
interaction,
so
I
don't
feel
like
I'm
speaking
to
myself,
so
I
would
love
to
utilize
the
chat,
if
you
all
would
just
be
willing
to
share
with
me
one
favorite
park
in
mountain
view.
A
A
Park,
maybe
it's
cuesta
park.
I
thought
you
would
say
that
mohan
cuesta
park
is
wonderful,
any
other
folks
shoreline.
I
remember
running
there
a
lot
when
I
was
growing
up,
it's
good
to
see
so
much
representation.
Oh
my
goodness,
I
don't
even
know
all
of
these
different
parks.
Thank
you
for
sharing.
It's
really
good,
to
be
able
to
speak
to
all
of
you
tonight
and
to
again
be
grounded
in
such
a
wonderful
place.
As
mountain
view.
My
organization,
factory
farming
awareness
coalition
was
actually
founded
at
uc
berkeley.
A
I
have
a
brief
outline
of
what
I'll
be
going
over
today.
The
first
is
what
factory
farming
is
and
how
it
began.
Not
necessarily
going
into
every
single
detail,
but
just
sort
of
understanding
what
the
system
is
like
and
then
delving
into
how
it
impacts
the
environment
and
our
health,
which
I
think
are
really
inextricable
and
then
we'll
be
talking
about
the
potential
solutions
to
these
issues
on
both
personal
and
global
scales.
A
A
I
wanted
to
acknowledge
that
factory
farming
is
sometimes
a
rather
disturbing
topic
for
a
lot
of
people,
but
I
please
know
that
I
came
here
very
excited
to
share
this
information.
I
did
not
come
to
traumatize
anybody.
There's
nothing
gory
in
anything
that
we're
sharing
tonight,
and
there
are
also
a
lot
of
sections
where
we'll
just
have
an
opportunity
to
ask
questions.
In
fact,
asking
questions
in
the
chat
makes
it
a
lot
more
interesting
for
me.
So
please
feel
free
to
ask
questions
in
the
chat
throughout.
C
A
Today,
all
right
so
first
question
I
have
for
all
of
you
is:
who
remembers
the
song
old
macdonald?
Does
anybody
know
that
song
old
macdonald's
had
a
farm
just
feel
free
to
write
yes
or
no
in
the
chat?
Okay,
mary
is
saying.
Yes,
quite
a
few
of
you.
Yes
right
and
you
know
that's
the
song
that
we
grew
up
singing
in
preschool
and
in
kindergarten,
and
I
remember
growing
up
right.
I
grew
up
right
near
where
85
hits
280..
A
A
A
You
know
once
a
week
every
day
twice
a
day.
I
don't
think
that
I've
seen
the
exact
answer
yet,
but
many
people
have
been
very
close.
The
answer
is
10
billion
all
right,
so
that's
about
285
animals
killed
every
single
second
for
food
all
right
and
of
those
that
does
not
include
all
the
fish
as
well.
So
we've
got
these
10
billion
animals
being
raised
and
killed
for
food
here
in
the
united
states,
which
is
more
than
the
entire
world
human
population
of
those
10
billion
animals
raised
in
the
u.s.
A
A
So
pretty
much
any
meat
that
you
are
seeing
in
a
restaurant
or
at
the
supermarket
is
coming
from
a
factory
farm,
and
that's
really
why
I
do
this
work,
because
I
know
that
there's
sometimes
emphasis
on
all
these
different
places
where
animals
could
be
raised.
But
when
it
comes
down
to
it,
99
of
them
are
coming
from
factory
farms
and
that's
what
we
really
need
to
be
addressing
now
to
understand
factory
farming.
It
does
help
to
understand
the
underlying
mindset,
and
this
was
really
summed
up
best
by
the
trade
magazine
national
hog
farmer
magazine.
A
They
say
the
breeding
style
should
be
thought
of
and
treated
as
a
valuable
piece
of
machinery
whose
function
is
to
pump
out
baby
pigs
like
a
sausage
machine.
So
on
factory
farms,
animals
are
no
longer
thought
of
as
living
sentient
beings.
They
are
thought
of
as
units
of
production,
and
it
is
this
mindset
that
allows
us
to
treat
these
animals
in
a
way
that
we
would
never
dream
of,
treating
our
dogs
or
our
cats
and
the
hallmark
of
factory
farming.
Is
this
intensive
and
confinement?
A
So
we
have
this
situation
where
we
put
pigs
in
very
small
spaces,
and
the
problem
was
that
then
the
mother
pigs
were
didn't
have
enough
room.
They
were
lying
on
top
of
their
babies.
They
were
suffocating
them
which
led
to
these
crates
that
are
so
small
that
the
pigs
cannot
even
turn
around
the
issue
that
we're
seeing
is
these
unnatural
solutions
for
these
unnatural
problems
that
we've
created?
A
A
Here
we
see
chickens
on
a
factory,
farm
chickens
are
crowded
into
spaces,
so
small,
it's
about
the
size
of
a
piece
of
paper
and
they
cannot
do
their
natural
behavior
of
pecking,
so
they
will
actually
start
to
hurt
each
other.
They
will
go
crazy
and
that
could
cause
a
serious,
serious
harm
to
not
just
the
animals
but
to
profit,
and
our
unnatural
solution
to
that
problem
is
that
we
cut
off
their
beets
without
any
anesthetics.
A
So
this
is
the
situation
that
we
have
now.
I
know
that
a
lot
of
folks,
especially
in
a
city
like
mountain
view,
are
extraordinarily
cognizant
of
what
their,
what
the
various
labels
are
at
their
grocery
stores.
It
would
be
helpful
for
me
right
now,
if
folks
share
it
in
the
chat
where
they
are
shopping,
that
would
be
really
helpful.
Are
you
shopping
at
whole
foods?
Are
you
shopping
at
trader,
joe's
the
farmer's
market
and
safeway?
A
Okay,
I'm
seeing
some
trader
joe's
and
some
whole
foods
where
else
are
folks
shopping?
Where
are
you
getting
these
products
safe
way?
Okay,
mm-hmm
yep
farmers,
market
sprouts,
all
right
ava's,
I'm
not
sure.
I
know
where
that
is
okay,
I'll.
Look
that
one
up,
since
some
of
I
have
been
to
quite
a
few
of
these
yeah
helen
whole
foods,
trade
joe's
are
folks
seen
labels
such
as
cage
free
in
any
of
these
grocery
stores.
A
Before
just
say,
yes,
if
you
have
seen
that
yeah
in
your
grocery
stores,
okay,
so
again,
this
is
a
term
that
sounds
really
wonderful
and
it
is
starting
to
be
more
and
more
common.
The
issue
is
that
cage
free
often
doesn't
mean
that
idyllic
picture
that
we
were
talking
about
earlier
with
old
macdonald.
This
right
here
is
an
example
of
a
very
common
cage-free
farm,
so
you
can
see
that
the
chickens
are
technically
not
in
their
tiny
little
battery
cages,
but
they're
still
crammed
into
these
sheds.
It's
just
essentially
a
larger
cage.
A
You
might
have
also
heard
of
the
term
free
range,
please
put
in
the
chat
if
you're,
seeing
that
at
your
grocery
store,
whether
it's
trader
joe's
or
whole
foods,
if
you're
seeing
free
range
yeah.
So
we
brought
in
this
example
very
specifically
because
we
are
from
the
san
francisco
bay
area,
and
I
want
to
share
with
you
this
package
of
eggs
and
on
the
package.
A
It
says
these
hens
are
raised
in
wide
open
bases
in
sonoma
valley,
where
they
are
free
to
roam
scratch
and
play,
and
the
picture
on
the
right
is
what
that
farm
actually
does
look
like,
and
you
can
see
from
the
top
that
the
chickens
aren't
really
running
around
outside,
in
fact,
as
long
as
there's
a
door
theoretically
that
could
count
as
free
range,
even
if
the
chickens
aren't
running
around
outside
of
it.
And
does
anybody
know
what
this
pink
stuff
is
out
here,
we'll
be
getting
to
that
now?
A
Judy's
family
farm,
which
had
this
package
of
eggs
and
this
all
of
this
labeling
is.
It
sounds
really
wonderful.
It's
got
the
word
family
in
it.
It
supplies
really
well-known
brands
like
whole
foods,
365
organic
valley
brands
that
I
believe
a
lot
of
people
are
paying
extra
for
because
they
do
want
to
support
this
ideal
of
old
macdonald
and
the
truth
of
the
matter
is
that
there's
just
so
much
demand
for
these
animal
products.
A
Every
single
student
has
raised
their
hand,
so
the
demand
for
animal
products
has
just
really
increased,
sometimes
in
my
presentations.
In
fact,
there
might
be
somebody
here
who
raises
chickens
in
their
backyard
feel
free
to.
Let
me
know
if
you
are
one
of
those
people
who
does
that,
if
you're
raising
a
chicken
in
a
backyard,
you
know
that
those
chickens
will
not
be
supplying
an
egg
every
day,
365
days
a
year,
and
is
that
a
way
to
supply
whole
foods
to
supply
trader
joe's?
A
It's
not
right.
So
there's
a
huge
amount
of
demand
for
these
products,
which
is
what
leads
to
these
really
intense
conditions.
Okay,
are
there
any
questions
about
what
factory
farms
are?
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
somewhat
on
the
same
page
as
we
delve
into
the
impacts
of
this
on
the
environment.
A
E
A
There
there's
okay,
yes,
christine,
has
raised
chickens
in
her
backyard,
feel
free
to
share
about
that
experience.
Pastor,
ray's,
there's
a
lot
of
different
certifications
for
that,
so
helen
feel
free
to
put
in
the
chat,
and
we
can
do
some
more
research
as
well
all
right
so
talking
about
the
environmental
impacts
of
factory
farming,
which
are
tied
directly
to
public
health.
A
Something
that
has
really
shocked
me
is
the
knowledge
that
animal
agriculture
is
one
of
the
single
most
environmentally
destructive
industries
on
the
planet
and
that
just
really
confused
me
because
growing
up
in
sunnyvale
growing
up
in
on
the
peninsula
mountain
view
area,
I
feel,
like
we've
been
taught
that
oil
spills
in
the
san
francisco
bay
are
really
terrible.
The
chevron
refinery
spewing
smoke
or
the
cement
factory,
though
that's
what's
really
terrible
for
the
planet.
A
I
had
no
idea
that
the
food
that
we
were
eating
old
macdonald-
how
could
it
be
so
bad
and
it
really
again
comes
down
to
that
scale
of
those
10
billion
animals
bred
and
killed
every
single
year
in
the
united
states.
Those
are
living
breathing
eating,
pooping
animals,
and
they
should
just
come
from
trying
to
raise
all
those
animals.
First
of
all,
what
are
they
eating?
As
many
of
you
can
imagine,
it
requires
a
lot
of
food.
Have
any
of
you
ever
been
to
the
midwest
before
anybody
in
this
group
ever
been
to
the
midwest?
A
A
We
have
found
that
if
everyone
in
the
around
the
world
eat
half
as
much
meat-
and
we
use
all
of
that
farmland
to
grow
fruits,
vegetables
legumes
to
feed
directly
to
people
rather
than
growing
corn
and
soy
to
feed
the
animals
on
factory
farms,
we
could
theoretically
feed
every
single
person
on
earth
today,
plus
an
extra
two
billion
people.
There's
a
lot
of
talk
about
how
we're
going
to
feed
this
growing
global
population
and
a
critical
part
of
the
answer
is
eating
more
efficiently
by
eating
lower
on
the
food
chain.
A
There's
a
lot
that
would
go
into
that.
But
the
point
is:
we
are
growing
a
lot
of
corn
in
a
lot
of
soybeans
and
that's
being
fed
to
animals
and
not
directly
to
people
all
this
animal
feed
also
requires
huge
amounts
of
land.
It's
a
leading
cause
of
deforestation
in
the
amazon
bay
area.
Folks,
how
used
to
are
we
now
to
all
these
smoke?
All
the
smoke
from
fires?
You
probably
heard
about
the
fires
in
the
amazon.
A
Not
a
lot
of
people
realized
that
the
fire
in
the
amazon
was
set
intentionally
to
clear
the
land,
to
graze
beef
cattle
or
to
grow
corn
and
soy
to
feed
to
animals
on
factory
farms,
which
of
course,
has
huge
impacts
on
reducing
biodiversity,
which
is
very
critical
for
surviving
pandemics
and
extreme
weather
events.
So,
there's
a
lot
of
concerns
about
what
we're
doing
to
our
amazon
rainforest
in
terms
of
water
with
all
this
corn
and
soy,
it's
extremely
intensive
folks
in
the
bay
area.
A
B
A
A
Yeah,
take
military
showers,
five-minute
showers.
I
used
to
work
at
nature
bridge
in
marin
county.
We
made
the
kids
take
two
minute
showers.
There
was
a
lot
of
emphasis
on
saving
the
planet.
Take
shorter
showers
as
much
as
possible.
Yeah
jan.
Let
your
lawn
die,
don't
flush
the
toilet,
if
it's
yellow,
let
it
mellow
all
these
things
that
we've
tried
to
do
as
as
environmentally
conscious.
Folks
truth
of
the
matter,
though,
is
that
the
impact
from
animal
agriculture
is
just
so
great.
A
In
fact,
not
drinking
a
gallon
of
milk
is
the
equivalent
of
saving.
You
know
entire
months
worth
of
showers.
Sometimes
I
think
in
california,
especially
we're
very
concerned
about
water
usage
when
it
comes
to
drinking
alternative
milks,
especially
with
almond
milk,
which
is
why
I
wanted
to
share
this
particular
graphic
with
you.
This
is
from
the
new
york
times
and
it
shows
the
amount
of
water
usage
for
each
of
these
various
milks
and
milk
alternatives,
the
cow
rice,
soy,
oat
and
almond.
A
You
can
see
that
yes,
almond
milk
does
use
a
significant
amount
of
water,
but
cow's
milk
uses
a
whole
lot
more
water
and
then
there's
all
these
other
things
to
consider
with
land
use
and
carbon
emissions.
So
there
are
a
lot
of
factors
to
consider,
but
this
is
a
resource
that
is
available
to
folks
as
they're
thinking
about
what
milk
they
might
want
to
consume,
and
I
also
share
this
because
I
don't
want
anybody
after
this
presentation
to
say
monica
told
me
to
drink
this
exact
thing.
A
I
do
believe
that
there's
a
lot
of
information
out
there
and
there's
a
lot
to
be
weighing
you
might
be
focused
solely
on
water
usage,
but
you
might
also
need
to
be
more
holistic
and
thinking
about
your
carbon
emissions
or
your
land
usage
and
so
on
all
right.
Another
issue,
of
course,
with
all
of
this
water
and
soy
and
corn
being
grown
and
fed
to
the
animals
that
then
the
animals
poop
it
out,
and
we
just
really
don't
know
what
to
do
with
it.
A
I've
gotten
the
sense
that
there
are
a
lot
of
adults
on
this
call
tonight,
but
when
I'm
speaking
to
students,
I
ask
them
what
should
we
do
with
all
of
this
poop?
And
I
think
that,
because
school
gardens
are
much
more
common
they're
starting
to
think
like,
maybe
this
can
all
be
composted.
Maybe
that's
the
first
thing
that
you
thought
of
as
well.
Maybe
it
can
be
composted.
A
B
You're,
looking
at
a
lake
of
toxic
pig
feces
in
urine
the
size
of
four
football
fields,
that's
because
thousands
upon
thousands
of
pigs
are
inside
of
these
buildings.
Their
waste
falls
through
slats
in
the
concrete
floor,
and
it's
flushed
directly
into
this
giant
open-air
cesspool.
How
many
of
these
kinds
of
factories
are
there?
In
north
carolina
alone,
there
are
over
2
000
and
the
consequences
are
disastrous.
C
The
waste
falls
through
the
floors.
It's
flushed
out
into
an
open
pit
like
a
cesspool,
it's
easy
for
a
big
hog
operation
to
have
as
much
waste
as
a
medium-sized
city.
Of
course,
the
pit
will
fill
up
so
it
has
to
be
empty
and
they're
emptied
by
spraying
the
liquid
waste,
if
you're
familiar
with
a
garden
sprayer,
there
are
gigantic
versions
of
that,
so
they're
making
droplets
fine
mists
out
of
this
liquid
waste
and
that
can
drift
downwind
into
the
neighboring
communities.
This.
F
A
They
are
spraying
it
into
the
air
which
is
impacting
the
communities
around
them,
and
one
of
the
terms
that
steve
in
this
video
actually
pulls
out
is
environmental
racism,
which
I
want
to
touch
on
because,
as
a
kid
growing,
I
went
to
homestead
high
school
and
at
that
time,
when
I
was
growing
up,
I
really
feel
like
the
education
taught
us
that
racism
doesn't
exist
anymore,
because
people
can
sit
wherever
they
want
on
the
bus.
They
can
sit
in
the
front
they
can
see
in
the
back.
A
They
can
drink
out
of
whatever
water
fountain
they
want
so
unpacking
what
environmental
racism
was
was
really
important
for
me.
If
a
factory
farm
wanted
to
open
up
in
silicon
valley
right
one
of
those
big
hog
factory
farms,
do
you
feel
that
the
residents
of
mountain
view,
the
city
council,
would
just
say
yeah?
That's
a
great
idea:
let's
open
up
this
hog
factory
farm,
no
right,
we
wouldn't
we
wouldn't
do
that
helen.
We
would.
We
would
organize,
we
would
fight
back.
A
We
would
use
our
political
power,
we
would
utilize
our
financial
power,
we
would
say
we
do
not
want
our
children
to
get
sick
to
have
asthma.
We
need
to
be
able
to
breathe.
So
where
do
hog
factory
farms
open
up
in
a
community
that
doesn't
have
those
resources
and
they
tend
to
be
communities
of
color
and
there's
a
whole
lot
more
that
I
could
say
about
the
people
who
have
spoken
up
and
the
history
of
the
land
and
everything
like
that.
A
But
if
folks
are
interested
in
this,
this
is
something
that
I'm
actually
really
passionate
about
and
something
that
we're
really
trying
to
raise.
Awareness
of
is
these
connections
with
environmental
racism
and
public
health,
and
also
what
these
factory
farms
are
doing.
Many
people
say:
oh
monica,
why
does
why?
A
Don't
people
just
leave
the
land
it's
very
hard
to
leave
the
land,
because
it's
not
as
though
property
values
skyrocket
when
a
hog
factory
farm
opens
up
and
amazingly
these
factory
farms
are
exempt
from
the
clean
air
act,
even
though
they
are
emitting
hydrogen
sulfide
and
ammonia
at
levels
10
times
than
what's
legally
allowed
for
other
industries.
There
was
a
time
when
there
was
so
much
effort
and
the
epa
was
saying
like:
let's
try
and
regulate
this
and
ultimately
the
factory
farms
said
no.
We
cannot
do
this.
A
We
are
so
different
from
a
chevron
from
somebody
with
a
very
specific
one
pipe,
so
we
need
to
figure
out
how
to
regulate
ourselves,
and
that's
what's
going
on
at
this
moment.
So
we
have
a
lot
of
time
right
now
for
the
industries
to
figure
out
how
to
regulate
themselves.
And
of
course,
this
is
not
a
surprise
to
all
of
you
here
on
this
call.
A
This
all
has
a
huge
impact
on
climate
change.
According
to
our
most
recent
data
source
from
climate
watch,
transportation
emits
about
16
of
the
world's
greenhouse
gases.
If
you
add
up
the
emission
from
livestock
and
manure,
soil
crop
burning,
deforestation,
energy
and
agriculture,
it's
about
a
similar
percentage
at
around
16
17.
A
A
Thing
that
I
want
to
talk
about
in
our
environmental
section
is
just
how
factory
farming
affects
the
environment
and
its
role
in
emerging
infectious
diseases.
There's
been
a
lot
of
conversation
over
the
past
two
years
about
coven
19,
and
I
do
not
think
that
we
have
yet
really
made
clear
the
explicit
connection
between
how
we
are
growing.
Our
animal
products
say
growing
and
diseases.
A
Swine
flu,
avian
flu,
cova
19,
there
are
implications
for
all
of
this.
So,
according
to
the
united
nations,
there
are
five
major
factors
that
contribute
to
the
spread
of
emerging
diseases
and
animal
agriculture
plays
a
major
role
in
every
single
one
of
them.
So,
first
because
of
deforestation,
humans
and
livestock
are
becoming
more
and
more
exposed
to
diseases
that
used
to
only
be
found
in
wildlife,
such
as
bats.
The
livestock
can
easily
become
infected
with
the
diseases
from
these
wild
animals
and
then
spread
the
disease
to
humans.
A
Third,
when
we
change
the
land
from
forest
or
whatever
else
it
used
to
be,
and
we
turn
that
into
feedlots,
we
are
killing
and
displacing
wildlife
and
reducing
biodiversity,
and
the
reduction
in
biodiversity
also
amplifies
the
likelihood
of
disease
spread.
So
evidence
is
suggesting
that
as
climate
change
gets
worse
and
humans
continue
to
encroach
upon
wildlife,
then
spread
of
diseases
such
as
copen
19
will
become
more
frequent.
A
A
Has
anybody
in
this
group
ever
been
on
antibiotics
before
please
put
in
the
chat,
if
you
know
any,
if
you've
ever
been
on
antibiotics?
Okay,
sarah
helen
mohan,
so
it's
very
common
for
I
think
for
people
to
be
on
antibiotics,
okay,
jan
you're,
saying
no
more,
but
why
lauren?
It's
so
good
to
see
you?
Why
did
your
doctor
not
tell
you
hey,
jan
antibiotics,
are
great.
You
don't
get
sick
on
them
like
just
keep
on
taking
more
and
more
antibiotics
for
the
rest
of
your
life,
okay,
jan
because
you're
saying
no
more,
but
why?
A
A
Yeah
so
sarah's
talking
about
how
they
kill
the
good
bacteria
too,
you
can
also
become
resistant
to
them
right.
So
we
have
this
situation
where
these
animals
are
living
in
filth,
they
are
potentially
getting
sick.
So
we
give
them
antibiotics
which
creates
the
perfect
environment
for
antibiotic
resistant
bacteria.
So
then
we
give
them
more
antibiotics
which
again
creates
the
perfect
environment
for
antibiotic
resistant
bacteria,
which
leads
to
these
terrible
superbugs
and
that's
what's
really
dangerous.
That's
what
seems
to
have
happened
with
swine
flu,
which
is
thought
to
have
started
at
a
smithfield
pork
factory
farm.
A
There's.
What's
really
scary
is
avian
flu?
People
are
starting
to
eat
more
and
more
chickens,
and
avian
flu
outbreaks
on
poultry
farms
is
absolutely
very.
Concerning
swine
flu
h1n1
killing
many
many
millions
of
people,
so
this
is
just
like
how
it
it's
influencing
us
from
like
a
public
health
perspective
on
an
individual
level.
A
Again,
going
back
to
the
students
at
city
college
of
san
francisco,
there,
people
in
the
united
states
are
eating
way
more
animal
products
than
our
ancestors
ever
did,
and
if
you
look
at
the
top
10
leading
causes
of
death,
at
least
these
four
or
five
are
related
to
eating
more
and
more
of
the
standard
american
diet
eating
more
and
more
of
these
animal
products.
None
of
our
ancestors
ate
this
way
before.
A
Amazingly
we're
at
a
very
different
stage
than
we
were,
I
think,
even
20
years
ago,
when
I
first
started
to
think
about
consuming
less
animal
products.
My
grandmother
who,
by
the
way,
lives
in
palo
alto
so
very
close.
She
said
to
me,
monica
you
are
going
to
die.
She.
She
really
do
you
all.
Remember
the
food
pyramid
growing
up.
Do
you
all
remember,
and
it
had
this
very
specific
section
on
eating
animal
products?
Yes,
some
of
you
are
remembering
that
the
food
pyramid
was
what
was
taught
to
me
in
school.
A
Interestingly,
though
we
are
changing,
we
now
have
what's
called
my
plate
and
it
has,
you
know,
a
very
specific
section
of
a
plate
that
says
protein,
but
it
doesn't
specify
animal
products.
So
that's
some
improvement
and
doctors
at
kaiser
permanente
and
many
of
you
probably
have
kaiser
as
your
health
insurance.
A
Their
doctors
are
actually
starting
to
recommend
a
plant-based
diet
to
their
patients.
They're
saying
you
can
actually
be
very
healthy
eating
plant-based.
Where
are
you
going
to
get
your
protein
from,
if
not
from
meat?
Sorry
to
those
of
you
already
not
eating
a
lot
of
animal
products,
but
I
do
think
that
it's
worthwhile
to
note
that
there
are
so
many
good
resources
on
where
you
can
be
getting
your
protein
from.
A
You
can
be
asking
referring
to
all
the
athletes
who
are
getting
their
foods
from
plant-based
protein
from
plant-based
sources,
and
then
I
do
think
that
it's
important
to
share
the
game.
Changers
trailer
for
folks,
whether
it's
you
know
my
grandmother
or
people
in
your
life
who
are
really
concerned
about
not
getting
enough
protein.
So
I'm
going
to
share
that
really
briefly
and
then
we'll
delve
into
some
solutions.
H
I've
been
teaching
fighting
techniques
to
government
agencies
for
more
than
15
years.
Then
I
got
injured,
unable
to
teach
for
at
least
six
months.
I
spent
more
than
a
thousand
hours
studying
science
on
recovery
and
nutrition
and
stumbled
across
a
study
about
the
roman
gladiators.
The
gladiators
were
predominantly
vegetarian.
G
G
G
A
A
People
are
saying
you
don't
need
huge
amounts
of
protein.
It's
very
interesting.
The
emphasis
on
protein
in
this
country
and
muscle
and
masculinity,
and
everything
like
that
watching
this
yeah
lauren,
it's
it's
a
really
good
movie
to
watch
for
sure
you
very
rarely
hear
people
going
to
the
hospital
because
of
a
protein
deficiency.
You
do
hear
about
people
having
cardiovascular
disease
and
diabetes
and
other
things
that
are
related
to
an
over
consumption
of
animal
products.
A
So
I'm
not
saying
that!
Well,
I
just
want
to
be
clear
that
you
can
get
enough
protein
on
a
plant-based
diet.
That
really
shouldn't
be
the
primary
concern
and
there's
a
lot
more
that
we
could
be
unpacking
here.
So
as
questions
are
coming
up,
please
feel
free
to
share
them
with
everybody.
I
do
want
to
talk
vulgar.
Sorry
if
I
mispronouncing
your
name.
That's
a
really
good
question
about
vegetarian
indians
and
I'll
make
sure
that
we
get
to
that
at
the
end
of
this
presentation
all
right.
So
what
are
the
solutions
here?
A
Well,
there's
a
lot
that
can
be
done
in
terms
of
passing
laws,
you're,
starting
to
see
the
various
efforts
at
the
state
level
at
the
federal
level
to
be
making
some
kind
of
impact.
One
is
the
farm
systems
reform
act
and
even
if
these
laws
aren't
passed,
one
thing
to
note
is
that
it
does
serve
the
purpose
of
educating
folks.
A
Overall,
though,
the
basic
solution
is
pretty
simple:
we
do
need
to
reduce
our
animal
product
consumption.
World
leaders
have
from
many
different
countries,
have
come
together
and
say
that
we
cannot
continue
to
eat
meat
multiple
times
per
day.
The
united
nations
has
urged
first
world
citizens
to
become
what
they
call
demeterians
by
eating
half
as
much
meat.
A
The
quote
below
is
about
the
far
greater
reduction
that
needs
to
keep
help
keep
climate
change
under
two
degrees,
which
I
think
is
going
to
be
very
challenging.
I'm
very
realistic
in
all
of
this,
but
I'm
I'm
sharing
this,
because
I
want
you
all
to
know
that
there
are
a
lot
of
folks
that
have
done
a
ton
of
academic
research
into
this
and
realized
that,
yes,
we
do
need
to
reduce
our
animal
crowd
consumption.
How
we
make
that
change
is,
of
course,
very
up
in
the
air
and
there's
a
some
good
discussion.
A
I
think
that
we
could
all
be
having
around
that.
The
renowned
climate
activist,
paul
hawkin,
recently
came
out
with
a
book
called
drawdown
that
outlines
the
top
100
scientific
solutions
to
drawing
down
carbon
emissions.
Is
anybody
familiar
with
project
drawdown?
They
have
a
website
as
well.
Okay,
great.
A
What
I
find
very
interesting
is
that
two
of
the
top
five
solutions
do
relate
to
food
right.
Number:
three
is
reducing
food
waste
and
number
four:
is
these
plant-rich
diets
they
rank
ahead
of
solar
mass
transit
electric
cars?
This
is
truly
one
of
the
most
important
actions
we
can
take
to
help
reduce
the
impacts
of
climate
change.
A
I
really
think
that
it's
important
to
talk
about
with
people,
because
the
average
person,
whether
it's
a
student
or
a
resident
mountain
view,
how
many
of
us
really
get
involved
in
refrigerant
management,
not
a
lot
of
us
right.
That
seems-
and
I
have
to
also
say
that
I
am
a
millennial.
I
am
somebody
who
is
very
aware
of
a
lot
of
the
challenges
in
this
world,
and
I've
worked
in
a
lot
of
places
where
we
talk
about
the
devastating
impacts
and
this
eco
anxiety.
I
talk
to
students
every
single
day
about
this.
A
Refrigerant
management
is
something
again
that
not
a
lot
of
us
have
a
lot
of
impact
on,
but
food.
Yes,
that's
why
I
really
like
to
focus
on
food.
Food
is
something
that
unites
us.
Food
is
something
that
each
of
us
can
have
an
impact
on.
Some
of
us
are
able
to
make
choices.
Some
of
us
are
able
to
influence
our
schools,
our
cafeterias,
our
corporate
catering,
what
our
families
are
eating
and
so
on.
So
there
are
opportunities
for
us
to
make
change
through
food.
A
There
is
a
lot
of
forces
at
play
that
we
can
think
about
in
terms
of
what's
making
this
more
accessible.
There
are
a
growing
number
of
delicious
plant-based
products
available
at
stores
that
a
lot
of
people
are
shopping,
at
stores
like
target
stores
like
walmart,
so
that's
improving
access
for
a
lot
of
people.
A
I
think
that
the
economics
of
this
are
really
important,
so
you
know
there
was
a
time
when
garden
crispy
tenders
were
very
expensive
and
only
found
in
specialty
stores
like
whole
foods,
but
as
demand
for
those
products
has
increased,
supply
has
increased
and
their
availability
in
a
lot
of
different
stores
has
increased
and
cost
has
gone
down.
So
there
is
some
something
to
be
said
about
the
consumer.
A
If
people
are
starting
to
eat
more
plant-based,
I
would
encourage
them
to
not
necessarily
just
substitute
what
they
are
already
eating,
but
to
really
explore
everything
that
is
available.
There
are
so
many
different
ethnic
cuisines
that
have
a
lot
of
plant-based
options
that
can
be
greek
food.
It
can
be
mexican
food,
it
can
be
chinese
food
there's
so
many
different
things
ethiopian
food.
A
Another
message
that
we
found
to
be
really
helpful
is
to
talk
about
the
just
increasing
the
amounts
of
fruits
and
vegetables
that
people
are
eating.
Nearly
9
out
of
10
americans
don't
reach
the
minimum
recommended
daily
intake
of
vegetables
and
there's
marketing
that
I
think,
is
associated
with
this.
That
I
want
to
share
with
all
of
you.
A
So
as
an
example
at
this
one
university
research,
assistants
monitored
the
number
of
diners
who
chose
green
beans
and
they
had
different
labels
for
green
beans,
and
so
I'm
asking
people
right
now
to
think
about
places
where
you
might
have
an
option
to
choose
green
beans.
Do
you
think
you
are
likely
to
choose
the
green
beans
that
are
labeled
green
beans,
light
and
low
carb,
green
beans
and
shallots
healthy
energy?
A
It's
interesting
right
because
a
lot
of
folks
associate
green
beans
with
health,
maybe
you're
thinking.
Oh
people
want
to
have
weight
loss.
Well,
it
turns
out
that
labeling
vegetables,
with
indulgent
descriptions,
resulted
in
more
diners
choosing
the
vegetable
and
a
greater
mass
of
vegetables
served
each
day.
They
went
with
that.
What's
called
d
the
what
we're
labeling
indulgent,
labeling
25,
more
than
basic
labeling,
so
people
may
say
they
want
to
choose
the
healthy
option,
but
when
it
comes
to
food
in
general,
we
go
for
the
items.
They're
described
more
deliciously.
A
All
right,
here's
another
thing
that
I'm
seeing
often
it
might
be
at
catering.
This
might
be
your
menu
with
catering.
It
might
be
at
some
kind
of
restaurant,
but
you'll
often
see
things
like
your
entree
options
are
the
saffron,
marinade
chicken,
breast
oven,
dried
tomato
polenta,
our
chocolates
grilled,
zucchini
and
micro,
green
salad,
lots
of
description
right,
grilled,
mahi,
mahi,
red
lentil,
onion,
ragu,
green
onion,
crispy
chickpeas
and
then
three
is
vegan
entree
option
tbd.
A
If
you're
trying
to
get
people
to
eat
the
vegan
entree
option,
you
have
to
agree
that
if
it's
listed
as
third
and
the
last
and
final
option,
it
doesn't
seem
as
important,
it's
specifically
being
labeled
as
vegan
and
not
described,
and
it's
listed
as
tbd.
So
if
your
goal
is
to
encourage
more
people
to
choose
the
plant-based
option,
do
you
think
that
this
menu
and
the
way
that
it's
written
is
really
going
to
encourage
that?
A
A
If
folks
are
you
know
at
all
involved
in
all
you
care
to
eat
dining
facilities,
we
have
a
lot
of
recommendations
that
we
can
share
going
back
to.
I
think
this
slide.
Yeah
nope!
Oh
it's
here
right
here
at
the
bottom
of
this
slide.
It
says:
greenerbydefault.com,
it's
an
organization
that
I
highly
recommend
checking
out.
That's
the
url.
A
They're,
essentially
just
trying
to
flip
the
script
sometimes
and
some
other
programs.
Everything
will
be
plant-based
to
start
off,
and
then
you
have
to
opt
into
the
animal
protein
and
that
just
that
one
simple
switch
where
the
plant
base
is
the
default.
Just
means
a
lot
of
people
are
going
to
get
the
plant-based
option
because
they
don't
have
to
change.
Choose
like
the
weird
strange
plant-based
option
as
it
is
framed.
Sometimes
I
want
to
note
that
eating
plant-based
doesn't
necessarily
have
to
be
expensive.
A
A
person
eating
plant-based
for
a
year
can
save
750
on
groceries,
and
there
are
a
lot
of
groups
out
there,
including
plant
based
on
the
budget.com,
sounds
like
some
folks
in
our
audience
today
are
already
starting
to
eat.
More
plant-based
feel
free
to
share
some
resources
on
there.
I
definitely
empathize
that
it
can
be
a
lot
to
figure
out
how
to
feed
a
family
on
a
budget,
how
to
make
sure
you're
getting
the
nutrition
that
everybody
in
the
family
needs,
whether
it's
the
elderly,
whether
it's
children,
babies.
A
A
You
can
either
take
your
money
and
literally
pay
these
companies
to
continue
making
workers
suffer,
abusing
and
killing
animals
and
destroying
the
environment,
or
you
can
choose
something
that
is
more
in
line
with
who
you
want
to
be
in
this
world
and
manifest
that
person
in
your
everyday
choices,
and
it's
not
just
your
choices
that
make
a
difference.
When
people
see
you
making
healthier
more
sustainable,
more
humane
choices,
your
example
has
influence.
Perhaps
they
didn't
know
the
plant-based
option
existed,
maybe
they
didn't
feel
comfortable
choosing
it
until
you
did.
A
Maybe
they
imagined
that
because
they
weren't
vegan
or
they
didn't
identify
as
vegetarian,
that
choice
wasn't
for
them
and
I'd
like
to
consider
the
following
situation,
and
you
can
substitute
this
with
any
restaurant
suppose
you
go
to
burger
king
with
your
friends
and
everyone
orders
the
meat-based
whopper.
What
are
you
most
likely
to
order
when
you
get
to
the
counter?
A
Most
people
are
going
to
choose.
What's
easiest
most
familiar
at
least
you
know
similar
to
what
their
friends
are
eating.
Now.
Imagine
that
one
of
your
two
friends
orders
the
impossible
whopper.
Would
you
be
a
bit
more
likely
to
order
it?
Let's
take
it
one
step
further.
Imagine
that
all
of
your
friends
order
the
impossible
plant-based
whopper.
If
you're,
truly
honest
with
yourself,
how
comfortable
would
you
feel
being
the
only
person
ordering
the
cow
burger?
A
A
That's
the
only
way
to
change
anything.
You
disagree
with
in
this
world,
so
again,
there's
this
social
impact
that
I
don't
think
our
community
of
environmentalists
has
really
been
talking
about,
but
it's
not
just
about
you
choosing
the
oatly
milk
or
whatever
the
milk
is,
but
the
influence
that
has
on
the
people
around
you.
That's
where
a
lot
of
this
power
comes
from
and
what
we
really
need
to
do
in
order
to
shift
that
culture
all
right.
So
I
see
that
eric
is
sharing
some
great
cookbooks
here
in
the
chat.
Thank
you
eric.
A
I
wanted
to
take
some
time
to
share
some.
I
have
a
lot
of
questions
coming
in
to
me
individually,
so
I'm
going
to
try
and
answer
them,
while
I'm
doing
that,
I
just
wanted
to
briefly
share
that
this
is
our
website,
and
this
is
how
that
you
can
get
in
touch
with
us.
The
majority
of
our
work
has
been
with
high
school
and
college
students
and
we've
been
actively
recruiting.
A
Students
from
schools
in
mountain
view,
in
particular,
to
join
our
summer
or
spring
institutes
to
learn
about
all
the
impacts
of
factory
farming
and
really
training
these
students
to
become
advocates
to
think
about
how
we
can
affect
change
at
the
personally
with
their
communities
with
their
schools
with
the
state
government.
There
are
a
lot
of
different
things
that
we
want
to
be
working
on.
So
if
you
have
connections
with
students,
please
do
share
that
internship
opportunity
all
right.
A
I
am
going
to
share
this
particular
survey
right
now,
which
it
would
be
really
helpful
if
you
gave
me
some
information
on
what
aspects
of
this
presentation
that
you
found
interesting,
even
just
like
answering
like
a
few
questions,
would
be
very
helpful
to
me.
So
this
is
the
url
bit.ly
ffac
environ.
This
is
the
qr
code
and,
while
you're
doing
that,
I'm
going
to
start
trying
to
answer
some
of
the
questions
that
have
come
through
specifically
to
me.
A
So
one
foot
person
was
asking
me
about
what
what
about
people
who
are
used
to
eating
drinking
cow's
milk,
especially
culturally?
How
do
we
deal
with
this
complex
situation?
Indian
people,
for
example,
consume
a
lot
of
cow's
milk.
Chinese
people
right
now
are
consuming
a
lot
of
pork,
and
the
cultural
connection
is
something
that
I've
been
thinking
a
lot
about.
A
So
there
are
a
couple
of
ways
to
talk
about
this.
First
of
all,
there
can
still
be
an
emphasis
on
reduction
in
balancing.
So
again
you
don't
have
to
go
100
plant-based.
There
are
still
steps
that
can
be
made.
I
think
that
it's
important
to
think
about
how
dairy
has
changed
from
what
it
used
to
be
and
where
we're
at
now
with
such
high
demand,
maybe
posing
it
that
way.
If
there
are
opportunities
to
talk
about
alternatives
and
ways
to
make
products
without
cow's
milk,
then
that
can
be
really
advantageous.
A
A
It
was
one
of
my
first
jobs
after
graduating
from
uc
berkeley
and
as
a
third
grade
teacher,
it
was
my
job
to
walk
up
and
down
the
aisles
and
tell
the
children
that
they
had
to
open
their
cow's.
Milk,
and
my
principal
told
me
to
do
that,
or
else
she
said
monica
we
will
not
get
our
funding,
so
I
felt
a
lot
of
pressure
to
make
all
these
kids
open
up
their
cow's
milk
and
it
had
an
impact
on
them.
We
wouldn't
even
let
them
drink
water
because
we
only
had
one
water
found.
A
So
all
of
my
native
children
were
lactose
intolerant.
They
would
drink
the
cow's,
milk,
it
caused
their
tummy
to
be
hurt.
If
any
of
you
are
lactose
intolerant,
you
can
probably
go
into
some
detail
on
like
what
the
implications
are.
It's
not
like
you
necessarily
die,
but
your
tummy
hurts
they
would
get
gashes.
They
would
go
to
the
bathroom
all
the
time.
A
It
just
seemed
ridiculous
to
me
that
we
were
forcing
all
these
children
to
drink
cow's
milk
when
we
knew
that
they
were
lactose
intolerant,
and
this
was
also
in
a
school
where
I
had
very
few
resources,
but
the
principal
like
would
you
know,
just
drop
off
whatever
had
been
sent.
All
these
got
milk
posters
featuring
celebrities
like
taylor,
swift
with
her
milk
mustaches
that
we
were
supposed
to
use
as
book
covers
for
all
of
our
students.
They
don't
even
know
who
all
these
people
are,
but
the
dairy
lobby
is
so
strong.
A
There
are
so
many
students
that
are
lactose
intolerant.
I
do
not
believe
that
we
should
be
forcing
kids
to
drink
cow's
milk
if
it
is
going
to
be
making
them
sick.
So
right
now
for
a
lot
of
folks,
it
isn't
a
choice.
It's
the
only
thing
that
is
available
to
them,
I'm
hoping
that
there
are
some
parents
on
this
call
that
are
starting
to
think
about
allergies
and
what's
available,
and
you
know
what
you
don't
even
have
to
be
a
parent.
A
A
A
A
What
ffac
has
found
very
successful
is
finding
out
what
the
specific
climate
action
plans
of
the
city
are
and
then
trying
to
connect
our
again
the
impacts
of
our
food
choices
with
the
environment.
It's
not
insignificant.
So
if
we
can
say
that
a
way
for
us
to
help
reduce
our
or
help
us
meet,
our
carbon
emission
targets
is
to
you
know,
pass
some
kind
of
resolution
whether
it's
encouraging
a
green
monday,
a
meatless
monday.
A
A
A
Some
people
try
and
say:
well
maybe
we
should
be
having
more
aquaculture,
which
is
essentially
fish
farming
on
land,
it's
factory,
farming
of
fish
on
land,
and
so
what
we'll
do
is
we
will?
You
know,
block
off
parts
of
a
river
or
stream
and
essentially
create
a
pool
and
just
have
thousands
of
fish
in
these
very
tight
conditions,
where
we
have
all
the
issues
that
we
have
with
factory
farming,
which
is
all
these
animals
pooping,
getting
sick,
the
antibiotics
all
that
water
with
the
poop
flowing
downstream
and
impacting
the
whole
environment.
A
There
are
starting
to
be
some
more
seafood
alternatives
as
well
great,
it's
good
to
see
some
other
resources
being
shared
yeah
jan,
I
understand
what
it's
like
to
feel
really
depressed
about
the
treatment
of
other
species
in
our
planet.
I
think
that
the
brilliance
of
this
whole
system,
or
maybe
not
the
brilliance
but
we're
just
so
disconnected
from
our
food,
most
people,
don't
think
about
where
their
food
comes
from.
I
talk
to
students,
and
I
say:
where
does
milk
come
from
and
they
say
a
carton
at
the
grocery
store?
A
You
know
they
they
don't.
Actually
some
of
them
can't
even
say
like
it
specifically
comes
from
a
cow
or
they've,
never
thought
about
how
that
cow
needs
to
have
a
baby
and
how
that
baby
needs
to
be
separated
or
how
that
baby
would
need
to
drink
milk
from
its
mother
in
order
to
survive.
So
there's
just
this
disconnect
that's
happening
and
that's
why
education
is
so
important
and
there
are
people
you
know
like
our
organization,
all
of
our
students
who
are
going
out
there
and
sharing
that
information.
A
It
really
does,
and
if
you
are
ever
feeling
really
depressed
jan,
I
again
understand
that
the
number
one
thing
that
has
kept
me
going
through
all
of
this
is
really
focusing
on
the
students
this
next
generation
of
students
they
get
it
there's
no
question
that
climate
change
is
real.
They
understand
that
climate
change
is
real,
it's
not
a
question
to
them.
A
They
are
the
ones
that
are
going
to
be
thinking
about
this
reality
and
expecting
it,
and
they
are
very,
very
I'm
not
saying
every
single
student,
of
course,
but
the
students
that
I
know
that
are
growing
student
advocates
network
or
growing
alumni
network.
These
are
people
who
understand
these
connections.
They
are
part
of
the
sunrise
movement
and
they
are
saying
like
hey.
The
green
new
deal
should
include
more
about
factory
farming
and
industrial
animal
agriculture.
They
might
be
involved
in
their
la
raza
clubs
and
saying
hey.
A
We
do
want
to
make
sure
that
this
is
connected
to
work,
earth
rights
that
it
actually
does
have
an
impact.
So
again,
the
really
interesting
thing
about
factory
farming
and
our
food
choices
is
it
connects
to
every
single
social
justice
issue.
There's
a
tie-in
there's
an
alignment
with
values,
so
yeah
christine,
maybe
easier
to
convert,
but
they're
they're.
A
Just
again
aware
of
of
the
situation
that
we
have
in
the
world
when
I
was
growing
up,
I
felt
like
oh
climate
change
is
going
to
influence
like
people
in
the
pacific
ocean
they're
far
away
on
this
island
and
for
the
last
couple
years
we've
had
these
terrible
fires
exacerbated
by
climate
change.
The
kids
could
see
hey
this
smoke.
Here
is
impacting
everybody,
but
especially
people
who
do
not
have
housing.
They
cannot,
just
you
know,
stay
in
their
homes
with
their
air
purifiers.
They
were
able
to
name
environmental
injustice.
A
So
there's
there's
a
lot
of
very
hopeful
things
I
think
happening
with
in
terms
of
awareness,
of
course
jen.
So
people
are
talking
about
healthy
plant-based
fats,
there's
a
whole
long
list
of
of
resources
that
we
can
provide.
In
fact,
if
anybody
on
this
call
right
now
can
share
a
link
to
some
of
those
sources,
that
would
be
really
wonderful.
I
think
you
were
also
asking
about
ghee
and
there
are
definitely
a
lot
of
more
options
available
and
maybe
holger.