Day 23.
I had today off, so I was lounging around and browsing through Netflix, when I spotted something called "TED Talks." I noticed the first episode featured Jamie Oliver; well known as the Naked Chef, and a crusader for the Food Revolution.
Eh. Figured I'd give it a watch and see what it's about.
So, I watch Jamie's episode, as he gave a presentation about the state of food in America today.. especially in our school systems. As an avid watcher of his Food Revolution program, this all sounded very familiar. But his passion for the subject was as apparent as it always was. So I kept watching.
It was a series of speakers.. mostly chefs and foodies.. talking about 'ideas for change' within our food systems. Completely eco-friendly fish farms. Humane foie gras. And lots of talk about reducing meat consumption.
So what is "TED?" Apparently, TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. There is also a TED Prize. It is awarded annually to an exceptional individual who receives $100,000 to fund their idea or movement.
I had today off, so I was lounging around and browsing through Netflix, when I spotted something called "TED Talks." I noticed the first episode featured Jamie Oliver; well known as the Naked Chef, and a crusader for the Food Revolution.
Eh. Figured I'd give it a watch and see what it's about.
So, I watch Jamie's episode, as he gave a presentation about the state of food in America today.. especially in our school systems. As an avid watcher of his Food Revolution program, this all sounded very familiar. But his passion for the subject was as apparent as it always was. So I kept watching.
It was a series of speakers.. mostly chefs and foodies.. talking about 'ideas for change' within our food systems. Completely eco-friendly fish farms. Humane foie gras. And lots of talk about reducing meat consumption.
So what is "TED?" Apparently, TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. There is also a TED Prize. It is awarded annually to an exceptional individual who receives $100,000 to fund their idea or movement.
In the series available on Netflix (which is a tiny sampling of what's available on the web), there were two videos I found particularly interesting. Both of these speakers are meat-eaters. Not vegans. Not even vegetarians. But they know that meat consumption in the world needs to go down. Please take a few moments to watch them.
The first is longer, and a bit more detailed, than the second. Features Mark Bittman.
And the second one is super short. Straight to the point. A novel idea.
Interesting, no? Maybe meat-eaters can watch this and feel less 'attacked?' Maybe it's not as abrasive when you're not feeling 'judged' by a vegan? I don't know.. but it's worth a shot. It's easy to drown out vegans and claim we're all idealistic hippies. It's harder to ignore people that also enjoy meat, don't want to give it up entirely, but still know there's something dramatically wrong in our food systems.
For even more insightful lectures, check out http://www.ted.com/talks or browse the YouTube channel of the videos above. They cover a plethora of topics, and are quite enlightening.
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