Bruce Friedrich: The next global agricultural revolution
Bruce Friedrich: A próxima revolução agrícola global
TED Fellow Bruce Friedrich plans to compete with the meat industry on its own terms -- by creating alternatives to conventional meat that taste the same or better and cost less. Full bio
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do mundo liberaram resultados
released the results
sobre a agricultura global
into global agriculture
is destroying our planet
está destruindo nosso planeta
uma ameaça à estabilidade do planeta...
to the stability of the planet ...
a new global agricultural revolution."
que uma nova revolução agrícola global".
the last two decades
as duas últimas décadas
from industrial meat production,
da produção industrial de carne,
was going to make a difference.
que isso fará diferença.
again and again and again for decades.
repetidas vezes por décadas.
Academy of Sciences.
tends to be climate change.
tende a ser a mudança climática,
represents just as big of a threat.
representa uma ameaça semelhante.
of antibiotics to farm animals.
em animais criados em fazendas.
mutating into superbugs
se transformando em superbactérias
antibiotics obsolete
a ninguém o que comer.
and climate change --
e mudanças climáticas exigem mais.
to eat less meat hasn't worked.
menos carne não tem dado muito certo.
global health experts and animal activists
em saúde global e defensores dos animais
to eat less meat.
para que coma menos carne.
in recorded history.
ate more than 200 pounds of meat.
mais de 90 quilos de carne no ano passado.
ate 400 pounds of meat.
comeu 180 quilos de carne.
70 to 100 percent more meat by 2050.
70 a 100% mais carne até 2050.
the meat that people love,
que as pessoas amam,
in a whole new way.
let's grow meat from plants.
vamos cultivar carne de plantas.
feeding them to animals,
para os animais,
let's biomimic meat with them,
para uma carne animal real,
let's grow the cells directly.
vamos cultivar as células diretamente.
a chicken to slaughter weight.
atingir o peso de abate.
you can get that same growth
obter esse mesmo crescimento em seis dias.
neighborhood meat brewery.
destilaria de carnes do bairro.
que podemos fazer isso.
have been producing meat from plants
têm produzido carne de plantas
from actual animal meat,
distinguir da carne animal real,
growing actual animal meat
que cultivam carne animal real
that they love about meat --
o gosto, a textura e assim por diante,
impact on the climate.
do impacto negativo no clima.
are so much more efficient,
são muito mais eficientes,
small fortunes on their burgers,
pequenas fortunas em seus hambúrgueres
been commercialized at all.
ainda não está sendo comercializada.
que todos se empenhem
a indústria global de carne.
the present meat industry.
da atual indústria da carne.
the meat industry,
their marketing expertise
experiência em marketing
of dollars every single year
de dólares todos os anos
and the environment.
into optimizing and perfecting
desse dinheiro para otimizar e aperfeiçoar
and cell-based meat.
à base de plantas e de células.
died from antibiotic-resistant superbugs
mataram dezenas de milhares de pessoas
10 million per year globally.
de 10 milhões por ano no mundo.
an existential threat
representam uma ameaça existencial
de nossa família global,
on the face of the planet.
mais pobres na face da Terra.
these are global emergencies.
aos antibióticos são crises globais.
these emergencies on a global scale.
essas crises em escala mundial.
to decrease meat consumption
alternativas aos consumidores
and that taste the same or better.
e que tenham o mesmo sabor ou melhor.
Let's grow it directly from cells.
Vamos cultivá-la diretamente das células.
the resources that are necessary
os recursos necessários
agricultural revolution.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Bruce Friedrich - Food innovatorTED Fellow Bruce Friedrich plans to compete with the meat industry on its own terms -- by creating alternatives to conventional meat that taste the same or better and cost less.
Why you should listen
Bruce Friedrich is cofounder and executive director of The Good Food Institute (GFI), an international nonprofit that is fostering a sustainable, healthy and just agricultural system through food innovation. With branches in the United States, India, Israel, Brazil, Europe and Asia Pacific, GFI is accelerating the production of plant-based and cell-based meat, eggs and dairy in order to bolster the global protein supply while protecting our environment, promoting global health and preventing food insecurity and animal cruelty. Friedrich has penned op-eds for the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Wired and many other publications. He has appeared on The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, CBS Evening News and a variety of programs on MSNBC, Fox News, and CNN. Friedrich has coauthored two books, contributed chapters to seven more, and has written seven law review articles. Watch his TEDxSonoma talk here.
Friedrich graduated magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, from the Georgetown University Law Center and holds degrees from Johns Hopkins University and the London School of Economics.
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