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Rethinking our Food Industry by Rebecca Pearce
A
Rebecca
pierce
will
be
talking
about
rethinking
our
food
industry.
I
know
rebecca
is
a
relatively
new
member
and
I
realized
I've
been
negligent.
I
didn't
get
her
bio.
I
thought
I
had
it,
but
I
don't
so
rebecca
before
you
start
on
your
presentation.
Maybe
you
could
tell
us
a
little
about
yourself
and
then
launch
into
your
presentation.
B
B
I
think
you
know
kind
of
like
what
julie
was
saying
is
like
I'm
one
person.
I
can
do
all
that
I
can
at
my
home,
but
I
just
wanted
to
see
how
I
could
be
part
of
a
bigger
movement
and
I'm
glad
I
found
this
home.
I
introduced
myself
as
a
plant
person
from
a
from
from
the
beginning,
I
just
kind
of
find
my
niche
and
my
passion
for
all
things
plants,
whether
it
be
gardening
or
eating
sustainably,
moving
in
the
sustainable
food
world.
I
could
talk
about
it
all
all
day.
B
I
will
I'll
talk
about
it
for
45
minutes.
I
guess
you
should
say
I'm
not
an
expert
on
anything
particular
in
this
subject
matter,
but
a
generalist
and
a
lot
of
it
so
yeah,
my
my
passion
will
hopefully
come
out
and
I'm
conscious
of
time.
So
if
you
see
me
checking
I'm
just
gonna
set
my
phone
on
a
timer
here,
so
that
way
I
don't
take
up
too
much.
A
B
Oh,
maybe
somebody
sorry,
maybe
that
was
just
something
I
muted
maureen
from
this
group-
sent
out
an
amazing
ted
talk
a
few
months
ago
that
talks
about
inspiration
and
optimism
being
propellers
of
change,
and
I
really
like
that.
So
I'm
going
to
try
and
sprinkle
positivity
in
and
amongst
the
doom
and
gloom,
I'm
going
to
be
talking
about
a
lot
of
categories
and
subcategories
in
our
food
system.
B
Today,
I'm
really
scratching
the
surface
on
some
of
these
topics,
and
I
know
there
will
be
a
lot
of
it
that
it
will
be
unsaid,
I'm
just
trying
to
talk
for
less
than
45
minutes.
So,
but
my
main
point
is
that
I
want
to
bring
awareness
and
thought
provocation
of
an
industry
that
really
doesn't
get
as
much
hype.
B
If
you
will
on
the
as
the
plastics
and
the
electric
vehicles
and
the
oil
companies
do
in
fact,
as
roger
pointed
out,
that
cop
26
went
by
without
a
single
day
for
the
food
and
agricultural
industry
on
the
agenda
at
all,
so
I'll
give
us
some
actionable
steps
that
we
can
keep
propelling
us
forward.
But
what
I
want
to
make
clear
is
that
we
we
can't
call
for
action
if
we're
unaware
of
the
problems.
So
that's
what
I
want
to
start
off
with
and
talk
about
this.
B
I
just
found
this
quote
kind
of
inspiring
on
this
random
meme
page.
It's
a
hypothetical
quote,
of
course.
When
people
talk
about
time
traveling
to
the
past,
a
worry
is
doing
something
small
that
could
radically
change
the
present,
but
rarely
does
anyone
in
the
present
think
that
they
can
radically
change
the
future
by
doing
something
small.
B
This
graft
is
from
project
drawdown,
roger
told
me.
Many
of
you
existing
members
would
be
familiar
with
this
organization
and
their
work
and
for
anyone
who
may
not
be
familiar
with
this
organization.
This
graph
does
a
great
job
of
illustrating
the
big
contributors
to
our
emissions
crisis,
and
only
one
percent
away
from
electricity
production
is
the
food
and
agricultural
industry
in
the
green
line
there,
and
yet
we
don't
have
very
many
groups
in
texas,
specifically
focusing
on
this
issue.
It
seems
when
we
talk
diet
and
lifestyle.
B
People
tend
to
shy
away
from
the
topic,
so
not
to
avoid
hurt
feelings,
or
at
least
that's
what
I've
experienced
in
the
past,
but
this
shows
clearly
why,
if
we
are
truly
advocates
for
climate
change,
we
need
to
be
vocal
about
our
food
system
and
everything
it
encompasses
just
as
much
as
we
are
about
plastics,
electric
vehicles
and
oil
companies
before
explaining
how
we
can
take
individual
and
group
action
I'll
first
go
through
the
ways.
We've
got
our
food
system
wrong
over
the
years.
B
This
will
look
familiar
to
most
of
us.
We
grew
up
with
a
similar
version
of
this.
This
is
the
current
food
pyramid
in
the
u.s.
We
have,
of
course,
our
grains
vegetables,
fruits,
milk,
meat
and
beans
and
in
the
yellow
sliver
is
oils,
fats
and
oils.
I
just
wanted
to
start
off
here,
so
we
can
have
a
common
understanding
of
what
a
traditional
american
diet
is
by
no
means
does
this
mean
this
is
how
most
americans
are
eating,
but
before
we
get
into
the
breakdown
of
what
our
current
diet
is.
B
B
You
can
find
any
bias
confirming
the
information
you
want
on
the
internet.
You
can
find
articles
that
our
ancestors
mostly
ate
plant-based
diets.
You
can
find
articles
that
there
were
a
lot
of
milk
and
meat
and
cheese
in
our
diets,
but
I
found
this
particular
national
geographic
article
to
be
the
most
helpful
to
explain
the
diversity
of
information
here,
and
the
answer
is
what
we
used
to
eat
depended
on
where
your
ancestors
were
and
who
they
were
geographically
speaking,
where
they
lived.
B
For
example,
the
indigenous
people
of
siberia
ate
very
differently
than
the
amazonian
tribe
pictured
here
in
modern
day,
bolivia
and
it's
obviously
because
of
their
environment,
which
makes
total
sense,
and
it's
really
obvious
when
you
look
at
it
from
this
point
of
view.
So
I'm
not
going
to
come
today
with
a
blanket
statement
of
what
our
diets
look
like
a
hundred
years
ago
or
what
it
looked
like
a
thousand
years
ago,
because
it
depended
what
continent
were
you
on?
Were
you
a
settler
in
that
new
land
and
when
we
say
their
diet
consisted
of
meat?
B
B
So
we
often
hear
the
saying
you
are
what
you
eat,
but
there's
an
argument
that
you
are
what
your
ancestors
ate.
I
just
want
to
give
two
examples
into
the
science
of
this
and
stick
with
me
here,
because
it
will
circle
back
to
it
when
we
get
to
the
health
component
of
it,
populations
that
traditionally
ate
more
starchy
foods,
such
as
the
hazda
people
pictured
here,
have
more
copies
of
the
gene
than
those
siberian.
B
The
indigenous
siberian
called
the
yakut
eaters
did
they
were
predominantly
meat.
Eaters
at
99
of
their
calories
came
from
narwhal
and
whale
so
very
differently
that
has
the
saliva
genetically
helps
break
down
starches
before
the
food
even
reaches
their
stomach,
and
this
wasn't
needed
for
the
yakut
people
and
their
descendants.
B
B
B
This
research
into
our
past
is
so
critically
important
because
we
are
projecting
an
increase
of
2
billion
people
by
2050,
and
we
all
know
we
already
have
a
major
food
distribution
issue.
So
how
are
we
going
to
feed
these
two
additional
people?
Two
billion
people,
some
researchers
think
the
answers
lie
in
our
last
remaining
hunter-gatherer
tribes,
who,
for
thousands
of
years
have
used
our
land
sustainably
to
feed
themselves.
B
I
want
to
define
a
few
of
these
nuances
with
diets
here.
For
those
who
are
unclear
a
plant-based
is
a
diet
consisting
largely
or
solely
of
vegetables,
grains,
pulses
or
other
foods
derived
from
plants
rather
than
animal
products,
but
they
may
still
eat
eggs
or
milk.
It's
a
subjective
definition
with
no
exact
allowance
of
amount
of
animal
products,
whereas
a
vegetarian
is
the
complete
exclusion
of
meat
and
seafood
from
a
diet,
and
they
can
choose
to
eliminate
other
products.
B
This
chapter,
the
dfw
chapters,
taught
me
that
your
carbon
footprint
was
just
a
marketing
campaign
made
up
by
the
fossil
fuel
industry.
But
if
tracking
this
statistic
is
your
thing,
then
research
from
the
university
of
oxford
says
going
vegan.
Is
the
single
quickest
way
to
reduce
your
carbon
footprint
by
up
to
73.
B
B
As
we
increase
our
population,
the
demand
for
agricultural
space
increases
the
higher
up
in
the
food
chain.
We
eat
the
more
farmable
land
required,
for
example,
if
you're
eating
a
lamb
chop,
you
can
trace
back
the
land
requirements
to
the
pasture
or
the
factory
farm
for
the
lamb,
the
land
for
the
processing
center
or
the
slaughterhouse
and
the
land
to
grow
the
crops
to
feed
the
land
throughout
its
lifetime,
and
then
the
land,
of
course
for
the
carers
of
the
land,
the
care
for
the
crops
and
the
workers
of
the
slaughterhouse.
B
B
We
know
most
of
earth
is
compromised
of
only.
We
know
that
earth
is
compromised,
mostly
of
water,
with
only
29
of
land
and
it's
the
top
bar.
Obviously,
just
because
we're
talking
about
it,
it's
bigger,
but
I'll,
point
out
that
much
of
human
history,
the
world
was
wilderness.
Forests,
grasslands
and
shrubbery,
but
over
the
last
few
centuries
this
has
changed
dramatically
with
wild
habitats
being
squeezed
out
for
agricultural
purposes.
B
B
Here's
an
interesting
graph
that
shows
the
makeup
of
the
land
usage
for
the
united
states
by
and
large
cow
pastures
are
the
largest
following
by
a
considerable
amount
for
the
livestock
feed
to
the
right
there,
and
then
just
above
is
the
food
we
eat
so
very
quickly.
We
can
establish
it
takes
more
land
for
animal
agriculture
than
it
does
eating
lower
on
the
food
chain.
B
B
Countries
shown
in
blue's
average
diet,
if
adopted
globally,
would
result
in
less
land
use
for
agriculture
than
if
than
current
levels.
Yellow
countries
would
be
an
increase
in
land
use,
but
physically
viable
and
orange
countries
have
a
dire
dietary
requirement
that
is
not
physically
feasible
on
a
global
scale,
absolutely
no
shock.
The
u.s
is
in
the
orange
right
so
just
to
rephrase.
If
the
world
adopted
our
average
diet,
what
we
are
eating,
we
would
literally
not
have
enough
land
to
feed
everyone.
B
B
B
Arguably
one
of
the
highest
impact
changes
we
can
make
to
our
diets
is
to
reduce
our
meat
intake,
particularly
that
of
beef
or
lamb.
Mutton
is
what
we
call
sheep
when
they're,
not
when
we
eat
them.
When
they're,
not
a
baby.
In
this
chart,
we
see
the
relative
land
requirements
per
gram
of
protein
across
a
range
of
food,
though
overall
meat
consumption
is
projected
to
increase
and
good
news.
Here's
my
positivity.
There
is
some
indication
that
beef
consumption
has
peaked
in
high
income
countries,
so
positive.
B
The
most
publicized
example
of
this
was
land
use
for
food.
Agriculture
came
with
the
brazilian
the
burning
of
the
brazilian
rainforest
in
2020
the
whole
world
watched
and
was
pouring
in
outcries
for
the
brazilian
government
to
do
something
about
the
fires.
These
fires
were
intentional
for
land
clearing
specifically
for
livestock
agriculture
and
some
were
unintentional
because
of
the
uncontrolled
spread.
If
you
followed
this
story,
you
understand
it
has
a
lot
to
do
with
government
deregulation
and
the
unenforcement
of
policies
to
protect
the
indigenous
peoples
of
their
land.
B
B
B
Okay,
we
can't
talk
about
land
without
talking
about
the
soil,
underneath
there
is
so
much
to
be
learned
about
our
soil
and
so
much
that
I
wish
I
could
dive
into
today.
But
here's
a
few
key
points:
humans,
don't
manufacture,
essential
minerals
in
the
body.
Minerals
come
from
rock
salt
and
water
and
they're
absorbed
as
the
plants
grow
or
by
animals
as
the
animals
eat.
The
plants
fresh
foods
aren't
our
only
source
of
dietary
minerals.
Nowadays,
some
processed
foods,
like
breakfast
cereal,
have
begun
being
fortified
with
minerals.
B
B
There
are
many
many
many
studies
and
decades
of
research
showing
our
food
is
not
as
nutritious
as
it
was
hundreds
or
even
30
years
ago.
I
won't
go
into
the
percentage
of
declines,
but
instead
the
two
main
reasons
for
that.
Firstly,
we
have
begun
favoring,
high-yield
crops,
crops
that
have
improved
traits
in
size,
growth
rates
and
pest
resistance
over
nutrients
dense
crops.
This
makes
sense
because
we
were
trying
to
feed
billions
more
people
than
we
had
two
centuries
ago
and,
secondly,
how
we
form
our
soil
can
leave
us
with
two
different
outputs.
B
We
can
either
thicken
the
soil
or
thin.
It
there's
been
a
lot
of
hysteria
in
the
previous
years
about
how
many
years
of
farmable
soil,
we
have
left
I've
seen
headlines
about
60
years
of
formable
land
left,
but
this
can
be
similar
to
our
conversation
about
what
our
ancestors
ate.
There's
a
lot
of
soil
on
this
earth
and
we
can't
group
all
the
soil
the
same
there's
no
expiration
date
for
the
earth's
soil.
B
Approximately
they're,
guessing
23
of
earth's
soil
has
less
than
100
year
lifespan.
If
we
continue
with
the
current
farming
practices,
but
the
majority
has
over
a
thousand
years
of
life
left,
the
degradation
of
the
soil
has
to
do
with
mono
crop
culture,
causing
erosion,
overworking
the
soil
and
not
cover
cropping,
which
are
all
things
we
can
change.
We
can.
We
can
make
immediate
change,
there's
a
new
trend
in
large
companies
allowing
or
proclaiming
to
pay
to
offset
their
carbon
using
carbon
sinks
which
pay
for
farmers
to
use
cover
crops.
B
So
that's
good
and
not
till
their
land.
It's
currently
not
as
regulated
and
needs
to
be
pushed
a
bit
further
sort
of
being
used
as
like
a
get
that
jail
get
out
of
jail,
free
card
for
companies,
but
it
is
progress,
so
here's
the
positive,
the
regenerator
of
farms.
I
say
that
word,
weird
regenerative,
it's
hard
for
me,
it's
kind
of
a
buzzword
at
the
moment
it
almost
like
it's
new
or
some
new
technology,
but
in
reality
it's
just
returning
to
some
of
the
most
basic
practices
we
did
as
humans.
B
There
is
so
much
positive
here
when
it
comes
to
regenerative
farming
addressing
it
addresses.
So
many
of
the
climate
issues
here
currently
there's
only
a
small
percentage
of
farms
that
are
practicing
this
way,
but
it
continues
to
increase,
as
information
is
out
there
and
as
a
gardener.
I
wish
I
could
stay
here
in
my
presentation,
because
I
could
speak
at
nauseam
about
how
we
should
buy
from
regenerative
farms.
You
should
grow
a
garden.
You
should
plant
a
seed,
but
there's
a
lot
of
new
information
about
soil.
B
So
this
is
where
you
say,
but
bacon,
but
the
excellent.
The
expansion
of
agriculture
industry
is
one
of
humanity's
largest
impacts
on
our
environment.
It
has
transformed
habitats
and
it's
one
of
the
greatest
pressures
for
diversity
of
the
28
000
species
that
are
threatened
with
extinction.
Agriculture
is
listed
as
a
threat
for
24
000
of
them,
but
we
know
we
can
reduce
these
impacts,
and
this
is
where
we
need
to
put
our
policy
where
our
mouth
is.
B
If
we
really
want
to
help
people
cut
down
the
amount
of
meat
reading,
we
need
to
issue
clear
dietary
guidelines
of
eat,
less
meat
and
eat
more
plants.
We
need
to
stop
subsidizing
cattle
feed
and
stop
giving
tax
breaks
to
cattle
ranchers.
We
need
to
transition
away
from
the
subsidies
and
the
infallibilities.
B
Okay,
let's
move
on
to
water,
if
you
remember
from
the
graphic
earlier,
only
29
of
earth
is
land,
meaning
the
remaining
71
percent
is
water
and
again,
I'm
just
going
to
say
the
obvious:
the
more
land
we
need
and
the
higher
up
in
the
food
chain.
We
eat
the
more
water
we
consume
to
water,
the
plants
to
feed
the
lamb
to
then
eat
the
lamb
versus
just
watering,
the
crops
to
eat
the
crops.
B
B
As
you
may
know,
china
and
other
several
countries,
japan
that
are
along
the
coast,
have
a
large
portion
of
their
diet
made
up
of
seafood.
I
just
want
to
tell
a
personal
story
here.
I
grew
up
in
south
louisiana
where
eating
seafood
was
the
way
of
life,
because
seafood
was
so
plentiful,
fresh
and
abundant.
I
first
went
scuba
diving
in
2011
and
I
was
immediately
hooked.
B
When
I
lived
in
thailand
in
2014,
I
became
a
certified
scuba
diver
and
when
our
days
of
certification
were
over
and
we
graduated
our
instructor
suggested,
we
go
eat
at
this
great
seafood,
restaurant
and
we
went
and
we
all
sat
down,
and
we
ordered
this
big,
huge
plate
of
seafood
and
for
the
first
time
I
had
this
thought,
wait.
If
I
enjoy
swimming
to
the
bottom
and
looking
at
all
these
cool
fish
and
colorful
sea
life,
I
then
can't
come
up
and
eat
them
from
that.
B
I
made
a
personal
and
moral
decision,
but
what
the
conclusion
that
I
came
to
was
based
off
of
facts,
we're
just
taking
too
much
fish
out
of
the
ocean
and
in
dallas,
where
is
this
fish
coming
from
just
as
old
mcdonald?
Is
the
picturesque
farmer
behind
your
fried
chicken?
So
is
the
ideal
image
of
a
hard-working
fisherman
sitting
out
patiently
for
their
line
to
get
a
nibble,
but
this
is
the
reality
of
what
commercial
fishing
is
and
it's
depleting
our
oceans.
B
A
dead
zone
is
an
area
of
an
ocean
or
lake
that
has
too
little
oxygen
to
support
marine
life.
It
can
happen.
Naturally,
though,
it
is,
of
course,
exacerbated
exponentially
by
human
activity.
The
gulf
of
mexico
is
the
second
largest
dead
zone
in
the
world
and,
as
you
can
see
from
this
photo,
it
is
in
large
part
due
to
the
mississippi
river,
with
our
current
farming
practices
of
fertilizers,
with
animal
waste
and
with
sewage
each
year.
It
makes
its
way
down
the
river
channels
and
dumps
into
the
area.
B
So
not
only
are
we
taking
too
much
fish
and
we're
creating
dead
zones,
but
we're
also
putting
back
in
too
much
trash
polluted.
Oceans
are
a
well-known
fact:
we've
all
seen
that
picture
with
the
turtle
with
the
straw
fishing
gear
accounts
for
roughly
10
of
the
ocean
debris,
discarded
nets
lines
and
ropes
now
make
up
between
46
to
86
of
the
great
pacific
garbage
patch
I'll
point
out,
one
specific
way
that
we're
commercially
fishing,
that
is
doing
the
most
term.
B
B
So
you're,
probably
thinking
oh
well
rebecca.
The
solution
is
simple:
we've
overfished
the
wild
population,
so
we
should
only
buy
farmed
fish.
Well,
that's
what
big
aquaculture
wants
you
to
think,
but
I'm
here
to
say
not
so
fast,
there's
two
main
ways:
fish
are
aqua
farmed
in
open
water
or
on
land,
specifically
in
these
giant
tanks.
Here
aquaculture
has
plenty
of
potential
as
a
sustainable
form
of
agriculture.
It's
just
that
the
numbers
currently
of
environmentally
minded
fish
farmers
are
just
a
small
drop
in
the
ocean.
B
B
So
hot
is
the
aquaculture
market
that
many
countries
are
sending
ships
to
antarctica
to
harvest
more
than
two
hundred
000
pounds
of
tiny
krill,
which
is
a
major
food
source
for
penguins
and
whales
and
narwhals
and
seals.
So
then
comes
the
thought
process?
Okay!
Well,
how
do
we
reduce
their
need
for
wild
fish
and
replace
their
diets
with
something
like
soy,
so
we're
back
to
now
finding
more
land
to
to
grow
food?
B
For
the
fish
I
mean
like
my
head-
is
actually
spinning
with
this
thought
process
and
I'll
just
point
out
that
antibiotics
are
a
big
one
in
fish
factories
and
they're,
currently
not
regulated
yet
they're
getting
into
our
water
supply
through
fish
sewage.
So
that
is
an
issue
there's
so
much
being
left
on
set
here,
because
the
ocean
is
so
big
and
so
nuanced,
but
it's
so
important
in
our
fight
against
the
climate
change
and
there
is
a
lot
of
room,
I'm
trying
to
positive
spin
it
here,
there's
a
lot
of
room
for
improvement.
B
B
Here's
old
mcdonald's
farm
next
to
a
landfill
again,
so
much
of
this
is
tied
together.
So
when
we
are
doing
to
our
soils
is
impacting
our
oceans
is
impacting
our
air
when
we're
spraying
the
fertilizers
and
pesticides
and
there's
runoff
from
rain
or
watering
which
gets
into
our
water
systems.
We
eventually
heads
into
our
ground,
water
and
our
oceans.
It's
causing
the
dead
zones,
but
also
coral
bleaching
and
undrinkable
water.
B
B
I'm
not
talking
about
community
gardens,
I'm
talking
about
the
one
that
supplies
the
wholesalers
and
we
know
for
efficiency's
sake.
Diversification
is
not
the
answer,
so
we
have
these
farmers
who
are
focusing
on
the
highest
of
outputs,
which
is
good
for
land
consumption,
but
bad
when
it
means
pesticides,
antibiotics
and
fertilizers.
B
Why
would
a
farmer
take
the
risk
of
swine
flu
or
tomato
blight
to
lose
their
entire
crop
at
millions
of
pounds
of
food,
the
bigger
the
production,
the
more
risk
of
devastation,
as
we
consolidate
our
food
system
to
less
diversity
and
less
handlers?
We
are
essentially
agreeing
to
the
use
of
these
chemicals
that
are
guaranteeing
the
food.
Is
there
on
our
shelves?
A
farmer
can't
walk
by
and
pick
off
every
tomato
hornworm
in
a
100-acre
field,
which
is
such
a
catch-22.
B
When
we
spray
with
pesticides,
it
does
not
discriminate
against
the
good
and
the
bad
bugs
it
keeps
them
all
away
or
worse
kills
them
all,
and
you
don't
even
have
to
be
a
gardener
to
understand
the
importance
of
some
insect
species
when
it
comes
to
how
our
food
is
literally
made.
35
of
food
crops
depend
on
pollinators,
which
is
an
entirely
different
presentation
altogether.
B
B
In
fact,
according
to
john
hopkins,
if
u.s
citizens
followed
plant-based
diets
just
one
day
per
week,
they
could
reduce
more
emissions
than
by
following
an
entirely
local
diet,
but
it
is
important
to
talk
about
what
comes
after
we
make
the
food
and
to
understand
the
environmental
impact
of
transport
of
food.
We
first
need
to
understand
a
bit
more
about
how
our
food
grows.
B
Many
people
don't
know
the
life
cycle
of
food,
it's
normal
because
we're
not
taught
it
in
school
anymore.
We're
taught
basic
biology
about
parts
of
plants,
but
we
don't
know
the
seasons
of
food
for
most
of
us.
The
grocery
store
is
where
we
get
our
introduction
to
food
and
where
we
buy
the
majority
of
it,
it's
always
big.
It's
always
colorful,
it
always
tastes
the
same
and
miraculously
it's
always
in
stock,
but
that's
not
actually
how
mother
nature
works.
Just
as
there
are
seasons
for
weather
there
are
seasons
for
food.
B
You
might
see
a
little
bit
of
this
because
sometimes
you
see
turn
up
on
the
shelves
and
other
times
you'll
see
an
influx
of
tomatoes,
and
this
is
where
you
find
out.
I
used
to
be
a
middle
school
teacher
and
I
love
participation
in
games,
so
we're
gonna
play
name
that
crop
where
I
show
you
a
picture
of
a
fruit,
vegetable
or
legume
growing,
and
you
guess
what
it
is
so
feel
free
to
mute
yourselves
and
just
shout
it
out
I'll
start
with
an
easy
one
here.
B
B
B
B
B
Peanuts,
yeah
yeah,
so
they're
actually
a
legume,
which
is
why
it's
kind
of
confusing
some
people
are
allergic
to
tree
nuts.
Some
people
are
allergic
to
peanuts.
It's
because
peanuts
are
legume
that
grow
under
the
ground.
They're,
not
like
your
regular
nuts
and
just
to
round
off
our
game.
I'll
finish
with
a
very
satisfying
harvest
of
sunflower
seeds.
B
B
Did
you
know
that
strawberries
grow
in
north
texas,
but
are
only
in
peak
season
about
four
to
six
weeks
out
of
the
year,
which
means,
if
you're
eating
a
strawberry
any
other
time
in
may,
plus
or
minus
two
weeks?
You're,
probably
they're,
probably
not
from
north
texas,
but
every
world
everywhere
in
the
world
is
different,
different
seasons
and
different
foods,
and
I
probably
don't
need
to
tell
you
this,
but
some
foods
just
never
grow
in
dallas
like
tropical
fruit
like
those
pretty
dragon
fruit
and
bananas
and
kiwis.
B
So
then
the
question
is:
why
is
the
grocery
store
always
stocked
with
the
same
fruits
and
vegetables
year
round,
because
supermarkets
are
in
the
business
of
supply
and
demand
and
I've
seen
the
villainization
of
celebrities
who
fly
in
food
from
around
the
world
fresh
sushi
from
japan?
But
I
don't
know
that
I'm
that
much
different
if
I'm
paying
for
a
pineapple,
that's
grown
in
ecuador
and
I'm
buying
it
every
day
where
we
live
in
a
world
where
demand
rules,
supply
is
just
something
to
be
figured
out
from
a
climate
change
perspective.
B
I'm
not
saying
that
the
solution
is
to
cut
pineapples
out,
I'm
not
saying
that
we
can't
have
chocolate
covered
strawberries
in
february,
but
what
we
need
to
be
more
aware
of
is
what
is
in
season
what
grows
in
our
area
and
next
time
you
go
to
the
grocery
store.
Maybe
take
a
look
around?
Can
you
spot
what
produce
is
in
season?
Does
your
grocery
store
identify
what
food
is
local?
I
know
that
central
market
does
and
they
also
point
where
it's
originated
to
yeah.
Just
how
can
you
shop
more
seasonally?
B
I
love
this
graphic.
I
think
this
picture
brings
up
so
many
topics
here,
so
at
the
top
of
course,
we
have
the
farm
to
table
concept.
Next
is
a
local
form
csa
for
those
who
are
unaware.
Csa
stands
for
community
supported
agriculture
and
that's
where
a
farmer
produces
directly
for
a
consumer
and
that
you
can
pick
up
from
a
designated
point
or
they
can
deliver
to
your
house.
Then
we
have
farmer's
market
supermarket
and
food
delivery
service.
I
was
surprised
by
the
food
delivery
service.
B
B
We
know
this.
We
know
that
we
have
the
the
plastic
section
and
the
naked
section,
but
just
a
thought
here.
I
think
it's
pretty
wild
that
we
as
consumers
buy.
We
have
to
pay
for
the
packaging
when
we
buy
the
product
and
then
we
pay
for
the
packaging
when
we
dispose
through
the
city,
trash
pickup
services,
and
then
we
pay
for
the
packaging
when
it
inevitably
gets
littered
and
our
taxes
have
to
pay
for
disposal
and
clean
up.
Meanwhile,
the
companies
make
a
profit.
B
B
The
bottom
left
is
packaging
made
of
palm
leaves,
and
the
bottom
right
was
a
six
pack
made
of
the
remnants
of
the
wheat
and
barley
from
the
beer
process,
which
is
compostable
biodegradable
and
I
guess
edible
for
fish.
So
there's
some
cool
things
happening
here,
hopefully
at
the
very
minimum.
None
of
us
like
we're
all
using
reusable
bags.
You
know
bananas
and
oranges
have
their
own
protective
layering.
We
don't
need
to
put
it
in
plastic
bags,
so
instead,
what
I
would
like
to
inspire
us
to
do
is
similar
to
how
we
write
our
legislators.
B
Why
don't
we
start
writing
to
our
grocery
stores
and
writing
to
these
companies
who
are
using
so
much
packaging?
It's
really
easy
to
just
go
to
the
contact
us
page.
This
is
trader
joe's
and
they
even
specifically
have
a
component
for
sustainability
and
packaging.
So
super
easy
way.
There's
even
companies
now
who
are
doing
that
loop
system
where
they
it's
like
a
milkman
delivery
service.
They
drop
it
off
to
you
once
you're
done,
they
wash
it
and
you
can
reuse
it.
So
a
lot
of
exciting
things
happening
in
that
department.
B
Okay,
food
waste:
it's
easy
to
understand!
Why
the
longer
your
food
chain,
the
more
waste
it
can
create
through
spoilage
and
transport,
and
obviously
buying
locally
and
seasonally.
Your
food
is
traveling
less
of
a
distance
and
it's
staying
fresher
for
longer
something.
That's
picked
in
a
different
hemisphere
that
then
needs
to
be
shipped
to
america.
Packaged
and
placed
at
a
grocery
store
will
just
automatically
have
a
shorter
shelf
life.
B
B
Food
waste
is
responsible
for
six
percent
of
all
global
emissions,
and,
while
I
know
so,
much
onus
is
placed
on
regulators
and
policy
makers.
The
food
waste
is
something
that
we
can
directly
impact
quickly
in
our
homes.
There's
so
many
great
tips
about
how
to
reduce
your
food
waste.
You
know
bringing
a
shopping
list
and
dehydrating
herbs
and
freezing
for
later,
but
one
of
the
most
one
of
I
guess
the
biggest
ways
you
can
directly
impact.
It
is
compost.
B
The
compost
is
the
process
of
mixing
food
waste
or
greens,
with
browns
such
as
cardboard
and
draw
dead,
leaves
after
breaking
down.
The
output
is
a
nutrient
powerhouse
for
the
garden,
and
there
was
a
recent
survey
for
dallas
sanitation
asking
if
residents
wanted
curbside
pickup
for
food
waste
which
we
need
and
while
we
wait
and
continue
to
push
for
it,
I
just
want
to
give
you
guys
some
ideas
about
how
you
can
start
at
home.
B
So
there's
pre-existing
structures
that
you
can
buy,
for
example,
here
or
you
can
diy
it
there's
so
many
great
youtube
videos
for
cheap,
affordable
solutions
that
you
can
do
in
your
backyard.
I'm
here
to
break
the
myth
that
it's
not
stinky
and
yucky.
I
have
the
compost
tumbler
in
the
middle.
It's
very
mess-free.
B
B
These
are
all
articles
from
2021
when
we
pollute
the
water
we
drink,
polluted
water.
When
we
produce
toxins
in
the
air,
we
are
breathing
toxic
air
going
back
to
what
our
ancestors
ate
and
the
keto
type
diets.
It's
good
that
it's
emphasizing
away
from
processed
foods,
but
the
emphasis
on
the
meat
is
where
one
of
the
health
issues
comes
into,
especially
when
we
as
a
society,
are
nowhere
near
the
active
lifestyle
that
our
hunter-gatherer
ancestors
were,
and
we
don't
all
possess
the
genetic
traits
of
the
siberian
yakut
meat
eaters.
B
B
So
when
you're
eating
the
foods
where
you
eat
the
skin,
you
want
to
try
and
buy
organically,
if
possible,
there's
a
separate
list
that
states
things
like
watermelon
avocados,
where
you
throw
away
the
peel
is
not
as
important
to
buy
organic
because
you're
not
ingesting
the
residue
of
the
chemicals,
but
from
a
climate
perspective,
it's
always
best
to
try
and
buy
organically.
If
you
can,
we
know
obesity
and
cardiovascular,
and
so
many
other
issues
are
on
the
rise
in
our
country
and
it's
linked
to
our
diets
and
chemicals
we're
putting
on
our
food.
B
But
the
part
I
want
to
talk
about
is
why,
when
we
know
that
food
is
healthier,
fresh
food
is
healthier
for
us,
but
a
dollar
at
a
grocery
store
cannot
get
you
nearly
what
it
can
at
a
fast
food
restaurant
and
that's
actually
the
bigger
health
issue.
Some
of
you
may
know,
there's
a
large
lobbying
arm
in
congress
from
big
agriculture.
B
When
they
have
influential
policy
they
they
can
block
climate
progressive
bills
and
continue
the
subsidies
they
receive
from
the
government.
Do
you
guys
remember
the
headlines
about
all
the
milk
that
was
being
poured
out
when
the
panama
pandemic
hit
when
everything
shut
down
and
no
restaurants
and
schools
were
open?
Dairy
milk
was
still
got
billions
of
dollars
in
bailouts.
Despite
continued
lower
demand,
in
fact,
in
2018,
42
of
revenue
for
u.s
dairy
producers
came
from
government
support.
42
percent.
B
So
in
these
large
conglomerates
of
meat
and
dairy
that
are,
the
suppliers
of
tyson
chicken
nuggets
and
mcdonald's
hamburgers
are
subsidized.
It's
clear
to
see
why
a
big
mac
is
cheaper
than
an
organic
carrot
at
a
farmer's
market.
There's
an
argument
that
eating
healthy
or
plant-based
is
a
privilege,
and
from
this
standpoint
it
certainly
can
be,
if
you're
having
to
feed
your
family
for
lunch,
and
you
can
get
a
kfc
bucket
of
chicken
for
15
or
one
green
smoothie,
which
one
would
you
choose.
B
You
can
certainly
live
a
healthier
lifestyle
on
a
budget
canned
and
frozen
produce
is
just
as
nutritious
as
fresh
because
of
the
quick
preservation
of
the
nutrients.
It's
the
convenience
and
the
shift
to
processed
foods,
that's
contributing
to
the
rising
epidemic
of
obesity
and
other
related
issues.
B
Okay,
I'm
conscious
of
time
a
food
desert
is
an
urban
area
in
which
it
is
difficulty
is
difficult
to
buy,
affordable
goods
and
quality
fresh
food.
I'm
only
going
to
talk
about
food
and
insecurities
it
relates
to
dallas,
because
my
heart
cannot
handle
the
situations
like
lim,
yemen
and
kenya.
Today,
a
food
desert
in
dallas,
you
might
ask,
but
I
can
buy
a
pineapple
in
winter
at
my
grocery
store,
so
there
can't
be
a
food
desert
in
this
city,
but
we
actually
do.
B
We
have
food
deserts,
they're,
typically
low
in
low
income
areas
where
residents
sometimes
rely
on
public
transport
or
the
ability
to
walk
to
access
services
like
a
grocery
store.
South
dallas
is
a
particular
area
of
concern.
The
city
paid
millions
of
dollars
to
get
an
independently
owned
grocery
store
in
the
highland
hills
area.
Where
the
residents
didn't
have
a
grocery
store
within
five
miles.
B
Unfortunately,
they
had
to
shut
their
doors
in
january
of
2021,
so
that
means
the
residents
are
now
back
to
shopping
at
convenience
stores,
fast
foods
and
gas
stations,
and
obviously
none
of
them
are
supplying
the
food
that
a
grocery
store.
Can
this
was
december,
2
2020,
when
dallas
made
international
news
about
the
thousands
of
cars
lining
up
for
food
pantry
services.
B
We
know
there
is
no
shortage
of
food.
It's
a
lack
of
logistical
transport
and
money
if
we
wanted
to
in
world
hunger
the
day
we
decide
to
that
I
mean.
There's
no
question:
we
could
adults
living
in
food,
insecure
households,
report
poor
physical
health
and
are
more
vulnerable
to
a
wide
range
of
chronic
conditions,
the
risk
of
experiencing
depression,
anxiety,
mood,
disorder
or
suicidal
thoughts,
increase
with
the
severity
of
food
insecurity.
B
So,
if
you're
looking
to
donate
to
a
food
pantry
during
these
holidays
holiday
season,
maybe
just
think
about
what
fresh
food
or
a
can
and
vegetable
because
they're
just
as
nutritious
nobody
typically
donates,
you
know
carrots
and
potatoes,
so
maybe
just
thought:
okay,
rounding
it
out
with
our
social,
environmental
justice
and
again,
this
is
worthy
of
an
entire
presentation
you
can
take.
You
can
go
back
to
the
feudal
system
and
really
see
our
class
systems
shaping
up
from
the
time
of
introduction
of
agriculture.
B
When
we
were
hunter-gatherer
societies,
there
was
little
storage
of
food,
and
so
therefore
there
was
no
power
or
control
over
people.
When
we
introduced
crops
like
grains,
we
began
the
taxation
system
which
paved
the
way
for
elite
and
working
class
in
the
centuries
that
followed,
we
know
about
slavery
and
making
foraging
illegal
and
the
culling
of
the
wild
bison.
B
It's
a
whole
topic
to
wrap
your
mind
around
so
I'll.
Let
you
stew
on
that
for
after
the
presentation,
but
I
want
to
jump
to
modern
day
issues,
because
migrant
workers,
migrant
field
workers,
are
a
worker's
rights
issue,
even
in
times
of
extreme
heat
or
wildfires.
Our
demand
for
food
doesn't
decrease
as
temperatures
rise
year
after
year.
That
is
real
people
in
the
heat.
Picking
our
food,
75
percent
of
agricultural
workers
in
the
us
are
foreign
born
69
percent
from
mexico.
One
in
three
agricultural
families
are
below
the
poverty
line.
B
The
next
slide
is
from
a
slaughterhouse,
it's
just
bones,
but
in
case
anybody
is
sensitive
I'll,
just
say
that
you
can
close
your
eyes,
but
it's
not
bad.
Let's
talk
about
a
slaughterhouse,
which
is
where
every
office
pizza
party
or
chick-fil-a
or
walmart
meat
is
sourced
from.
Can
we
all
agree
that
no
one-
and
I
mean
absolutely
no
one-
grew
up
saying
when
I
grow
up.
I
want
to
work,
you
know
with
formaldehyde
and
and
in
this
sort
of
setting,
it's
not
a
nice
place
to
work.
B
You're
subject
to
disease,
both
zootic
and
respiratory,
which
we
saw
in
covid
when
so
many
meat
factories
had
to
be
shut
down
because
of
the
spread
of
covet
and
the
working
conditions
accidents
are
so
common.
There
was
a
study
done
that
showed
that
workers
at
slaughterhouses
experienced
higher
prevalence
of
serious
psychological
distress
compared
to
the
us
population,
including
trauma,
ptsd
and
anxiety.
B
So
you
know
these
people
are
underpaid,
they're,
being
paid
about
twenty
three
thousand
dollars
a
year.
Of
course
they
have
no
benefits.
First
for
our
subsidized
need.
You
know
I'll
leave
it
at
that.
I've
spared
photos
of
slaughterhouse
and
and
the
sound
bite
of
a
pig
squealing.
You
know,
but
but
very
few
of
us
could
do
this
in
real
life,
so
not
to
say
that
all
the
responsibility
relies
on
anyone
individually,
but
without
individuals,
understanding
the
change
that
needs
to
happen.
B
There
will
be
no
collective
call
to
action
and
the
policy
change,
which
is
the
biggest
piece
in
all
of
this,
and
this
is
where
I
try
and
make
it
circular.
I
created
my
own
pyramid,
but
it's
a
pyramid
of
action
and
here's
just
things
that
we
can
do
individually
like
act
for
policy
and
subsidy
change.
We
can
plant
something
we
can
continue
to
educate
ourselves.
We
can
eat
local
and
eat
organic
and
eat
regenerative
and
eat
more
plants.
B
The
foods
we
choose
to
eat
in
the
coming
years
will
have
dramatic
ramifications
for
the
planet.
A
modern
day,
diet
that
revolves
around
processed
foods,
meat
and
dairy
will
take
a
greater
toll
on
the
world's
resources
than
one
that
revolves
around
a
plant-based
diet.
We
know
climate
change
means,
drought,
floods,
heat,
which
affects
growing
crops
and
leads
to
more
famine
and
a
big
change
in
seasonality.
B
Farmers
will
have
to
change
the
way
that
they
practice
heavy
use
of.
Such
chemicals
will
also
increase
the
pollution
burden
faced
by
downstream
communities
as
flooding
continues
to
increase,
and
then,
of
course,
we
have
the
people
who
are
working
in
the
extreme
heat,
but
I
have
fireworks
because
my
positivity
there
are
some
really
cool
things
that
are
going
on.
People
are
stepping
up
in
this
industry.
There's
a
kelp
farm
article
that
rogers
sent
out
people
are
doing
some
really
cool
things
with
mushrooms
and
these
guys
are
making
leather
with
cactus
and
cop26.
B
And
if
there
is
something
in
this
presentation
that
interests
you
and
you
wish
to
explore
further
or
take
action
in
our
local
community,
I
would
love
to
start
our
like
plant
people
group
and
discord
as
an
action
oriented
group
taking
on
maybe
quarterly
projects.
So
please
get
in
touch
with
me
by
a
discord
or
email
or
whatever.
That
is
my
time.
A
We
can
jan,
I
think
you
have
a
question
I
mean.
I
know
this
is,
I
know
the
answer
you
know
mostly,
but
I
was
just
wondering
seafood.
I
thought
it
was
so
much
better
that
I
would
eat
seafood
versus
meat,
but
is
it?
Is
it
very
much
better
at
all?
For
the
climate
I
mean,
relatively
speaking,
I'm
just
curious.
B
I
mean
the
lower
the
food
chain
that
you
eat
the
better
for
the
environment
right
so
like
if
you
eat
clams
or
mussels,
it's
better
than
if
you're
eating
that
farmed
salmon
again
a
die.
It's
so
personal
and
that's
why
it
gets
touchy,
and
I
don't
want
to
come
in
saying
like
this
is
how
people
need
to
eat.
But
I
think,
like
a
very
general
blanket
statement,
is
the
lower
on
the
food
chain.
You
eat
the
better.
It
is
for
the
environment.
A
B
Destructive
yeah,
exactly,
I
think
the
carnivore
definition
is
actually
that
you
only
eat
meat
just
while
I
was
doing
all
that,
oh
anyway,
I
think
omnivore
I
think,
includes
both
but
anyways.
That's
semantics,
but
yeah
I
mean,
even
if
you
just
redo,
you
know,
just
swap
it
out
will
make
a
huge
impact.
And
again
you
know
it's
your
it's
your
personal
carbon
footprint
impact,
but
you
know
it
it
does.
It
makes
a
difference.