Dan Barber: How I fell in love with a fish

[@SpiritOfTheWest49]

One of my favourite TED talks ever. He hit the nail right on the head, and this is an issue of such deep importance to everyday life and our impacts on the world.

[@chloef5115]

SpiritOfTheWest49 I love doing a skool project where I have to rewatch this millions pf times to answer all the questions

[@killianbowen2004]

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[@peterlandyn6821]

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[@davidjd123]

its crazy how people think corn and wheat is more eco friendly when cows are far more efficient

[@jnac8857]

I can go back to this talk again and again,its more relevant now, 12 years after!

[@yt_pablo_actual]

This is such a great TED talk, best assignment I've ever had

[@kimtrotta8939]

I’ve listened to this talk 5 times over the past few years and it always amazes me!!! Spectacular!!!

[@patriciakimball8150]

Ok, 4 times for me.

[@Reina69]

This is by far my favourite Ted talk I’ve ever watched.

[@patriciakimball8150]

Dan barber’s talk about pate de foie gras is also great.

[@chefjdog]

Read this guys book "The Third Plate". Best cookbook I have ever read with only one recipe. Leave Mother Nature alone, and she will thank you.

[@Marialla.]

"How can we create conditions that allow every community to feed itself?" I LOVE this question! This gets us thinking in the right direction. Spread out the dependence, don't centralize it. Encourage healthy food bioregions EVERYWHERE!

[@vipersuphere]

the sentence should end itself “substantially” you want to thrive, not to wade**

[@Fisholover]

7 years later, I still watch this.

[@AmandaBunnyification]

Never tire of it :)

[@petristorres8647]

Me too and I am getting other people to think like this. Fisheries and government now interested in talking with our group.

[@zhangatan]

Me too

[@wholesome_orange1553]

same

[@GardeningBaron]

He articulated everything so well, what an important message

[@vivianeb90]

That fish farm made me teary. So happy that it exists. I hope that it's still a stable healthy system today.

[@hamilton6142]

My AP Human Geo teacher assigned this video for homework, and I was so confused by the title. Now I get it. This video was amazing, and it really opened my eyes to the issue.

[@hadiaakka]

I’d like to say something here...  Can I add something to that?  Can I say something here?  I have a question about that.  I’d like to add my two cents  I’d like to comment on that can you do it this for me this is my homework

[@turkboris]

Thank you Dan. I am a vegetarian (do not eat fishes) but I bow to you this time.

[@Milupa5]

Still one of my most favourite TED talks...

[@kent6693]

We need self-renewing farms and self-sustaining communities. Also, it is important that our farm focuses its expertise on ecological network, biotic community, and organic farming. Because a good food that is naturally produced is an indication that our ecosystems are thriving.

[@fitfitwild443]

Three biggest challenges we (the world) have to overcome; end religious (all) wars, end world hunger, and save the Ocean. This gives us hope on restoring the Ocean. After watching Seaspiracy I stopped eating fish. Plant based whole foods is best for our health. Very inspiring presentation Dan. Thanks.

[@dsoul1305]

In my humble opinion, quite the contrary, because it doesn't further changes like this.

[@Turbine68]

I need to try this fish

[@nguyenminhuc734]

This is an awesome talk indeed you know.i love the humor of this guy and how informative he is. As soon as i listen to this talk , i immediately realized the best way to farm is extensively not intensively because it saves costs and effort, like his friend's farm, he feed effortlessly because there is a food chain here you know: fish eats eels and even microorganisms/ They are a real bird sanctuary here the birds fly over 150 miles to comto the city and it's weird because that's too far its not because they love their offspring but divine food. THey even lose 20 percent of fish for the flamingos.TO conclude, that is a great talk tks!

[@armandoespinozaaa]

No es solo el punto de que comeremos más rico en el futuro, sino de nuestra supervivencia como raza humana!!! Magnífica charla!

[@KevinShockey]

A great example of how a great story, delivers a message more powerfully, than any other way.

[@doloppost]

Great talk, inspiring, and well brought. I was actually eating fish while watching and now I wonder how much better it could taste in the future.

[@shankarnathbackup]

beautiful talk .. loved it. shows how much dan barber has prepared for this. and loved the standing ovation the audience gave him at the end.

[@charbonou2]

Thank you. The farming method described *is* revolutionary, but it's also quite popular - just very unusual on a large scale. It's called Permaculture.

[@austinmoore9940]

The laughter at 4:20

[@asgabeler]

Boy oh Boy, I loved hearing this Ted Talk the first time I heard it about a year ago, and Dan still sounds good with this much time away. I told almost everyone I know about this talk, (one of my favorites) and put it in a link list I send to new friends and acquaintances "about ideas worth sharing"... Thank you for posting this here on KZbin for me to come across while compiling a playlist about DanBarber of Blue Hills @ Stone Farms. He is such a great storyteller/speaker!

[@zhangatan]

This deserves more views

[@amatuerA11]

11 years later I still watch this

[@Alekosssvr]

Excellent! One of the best TED talks ever. There is ton of substance in this 20min talk. Entertaining too!

[@mcnowski]

Why are people so amazed that nature can take care of itself and revert to a healthier state over time when we stop fucking with it? Biology is intelligent.

[@jagadeshningappa8345]

Thank you Dan for a wonderful talk.

[@Dr.BubblesIsInTheAir]

My teacher used this video to teach us about eco-systems and its an extremely good video

[@808peralta]

native Hawaiian fishponds for mullet work the same way too!

[@willsurely]

Thanks! ; )

[@j.p.thearmoredchef]

One of my all time favorites

[@dersurhodes]

incredible. so well delivered and such an entertaining presentation. this is about solutions!

[@ElmaPollard]

wonderful talk gives me hope for the future of this planet

[@sheepwshotguns]

wow, this talk was a thousand times more interesting than i thought it would be.

[@NwZ2]

It depends on your sense of definition: consumption without destruction of the environment/resources is by definition not really a "consumption" if you define consumption as a destructive act in itself.

[@angieangel135]

Miguel is such a perfect example of what systems should strive for, but I think the biggest question is, how to accomplish this goal? What can we do to change our food system? Where should we start? How to be innovative and economically viable? Ted talks provokes so many questions...

[@Heartwood256]

I really enjoyed this talk. Much more then I thought I would, I was facinated through all 19 minutes. :) This should be the future IMO. It seems good for budget, good for the enviroment, and good eating. So why is it that we don't fish farm like this normally?

[@OpakeArawra2]

hey has a great speech on foie gras too. amazing speaker. brilliant ideas.

[@scott3462]

I have been watching this with ecology students for years. Miguel knows nothing of fish farming, but he is an expert in relationships!

[@its559mes]

This is one of my favourite TEDTalks - such an important issue.

[@majinspy]

@dadattam I was thinking this. The argument of "dan" was that we have too many chicken and can "trade" them for fish. Well...we are better at growing them than fish, I'll take that trade.

[@gcbranco3220]

Can’t believe this video only has 3.1 thousand likes...

[@davidbrand1668]

good to see sustainable farming. Too many environmental disasters from outdated practices. Very Good talk.

[@swtantra]

Beautiful beautiful beautiful!!! Thanks Dan Barber for sharing this amazing talk!!!

[@pogdog1]

This is mad! large scale permaculture

[@thaiscare]

Someone was successful here! This speaker has made me think different about ecology and food something I've never considered very important IN THIS WAY...

[@Toreiishi]

Thank you so much!!

[@jagadeshningappa8345]

I cant believe something like this of such scale exits. Worth for all agriculturalist to learn NEW definition of "sustainability" - high time we start doing our bit to protect our ecology.

[@shadman1911]

A brilliant point made there...

[@deseosuho]

The Time Magazine article says about 1,200 tons of fish annually on 3,200 hectares of marshland. As most of the new "extensive" ecological-community-dominated farms are equally devoted to promoting the model as they are to actual production, it's hard to say what max capacity would be from this method.

[@TheMontessoriando]

Dan Barber rocks!

[@crudhousefull]

Incredible speaker. Better the second time around. Also a cooker of flesh getting a standing ovation from TEDster veggies is no easy feat

[@socratiz]

No doubt! Flawless, Funny, Inspirational, Enlightening, coherent and ....... I LOVE FISH!!!

[@BlowDevilUp]

YEAH! Best TED lecture in a long while!

[@JamesTheTank]

I love this guys other TED video even more

[@Paulginz]

@veganath From a statistical point of view, your quote only furthers my point: The experience of torturing animals is extremely common amongst kids. If you followed the lives of many children, you would probably find that most of those who torture animals DON'T become criminals.

[@newhorizons1970]

it just donned on me.. this fish.. i love it, where can i (m)eat this fish?

[@veganath]

One Straw Revolution - great book

[@Лада-к6б]

Hey from 2023!

[@monadbornslippy]

this has been one of my favorite ted presentations!

[@ArizonaBorn1358]

Totally awesome. I man after my own heart. I appreciate him exposing more of the truth behind the American fish farming. I don't eat them - if I can help it.

[@chvick]

The one type of harvest that supports the environment... very very impressive and admirable! Now go watch the movie "The Cove" to see an example of unfortunate and brutal alternatives to this type of farming! A heartache of a subject, but very important, also revealing that the health issues of eating larger fish such as tuna, dolphin, whale etc. is the amount of mercury in the fish. As human beings we love fish myself included and this type of farm seems like an excellent option :)

[@GrimFantasma]

this is absolutely genius

[@TheVenetia13]

Excellent Dan. I loved this talk that you gave. Exciting, sad and hopeful all in one!

[@majinspy]

@chalkies There are three kinds of TED videos. The "arty" ones, which are fun. The other two solve problems. Some are like this where an aging hippy says "zomg here's a completely pie in the sky expensive solution to our problems that only people like me can afford." Some actually have information, numbers, statistics, and detailed plans or outlines. This is one of the aging hippy ones. Let this tell a poor American he needs to buy 7$ a pound fish.

[@sloppycoder]

Always glad to see these ideas getting more exposure! Look up Bill Mollison / Permaculture.

[@alvaroandrespizzavarela878]

For a second I thought you meant Andrew Millison, but no, it's Bill Mollison, though Millison is awesome too.

[@ragnarocks0]

@TAHK15 I think private philanthropists and aid programs would and should implement this, because they would have the initial high cost and it would give the communities they are aiding a self sustaining fish farm

[@Paulginz]

@veganath If the meaning of necessity is restricted to life-or-death situations, then it isn't necessary to avoid torture. There has to be a trade-off between quantity and quality of life somewhere. I should have used the word useless instead. Depending on the type of farming, the amount of suffering can be less than would be expected in the wild. Abattoirs are designed to reduce (as much as cheaply possible) fear and suffering (it toughens the meat apparently).

[@stonewallbook]

This is great, and I agree with 99% of what he's saying. But here's the problem, government, at least here in the U.S., is working against this type of production. Having communities which can "feed themselves" means less dependency on centralized government. Govt. trends in the last 10-20 years have meant MORE dependency on centralized government. Ironically, I'd bet that many in this audience support centralized government.

[@TheChats02]

Thank you, Dan.

[@MatthewGerrard]

seriously good videos. Every single one is brilliant :) good job.

[@veganath]

@Paulginz "You put a baby in a crib with an apple and a rabbit. If it eats the rabbit and plays with the apple, I'll buy you a new car" - Harvey Diamond Children aren't born inherently violent, they are desensitized to suffering of others by their parents. I believe a babies natural state is of seeing/feeling the beauty & wonder that is life & subsequently as they grow, give equal consideration of interests to others. (human & non-human people).

[@PapaJohnsonjr]

Came here thinking this was a video about a guy talking about a fish he loves. Love love. Boy was I disappointed.

[@EmpiricalLogic]

This was most excellent.

[@Shadowstray]

Absolutely fascinating. I'm speechless.

[@veganath]

There was a case in northern China, a consequence of the PRC's one child policy & a preference for male children. It was so important for couples to hv a male child, that middle men appeared who would promise, for a fee, to take the girl children of their hands & find another family for their child. Now where do you imagine this girls ended up. They were passed to farmers, and the girls were raised as we raise any other non-human animal, upon maturity, they were slaughtered for meat.

[@Xelaju16]

what a great speaker! i click on the video by accident... i dont know anything about fish and got sucked in...and watch the whole video!

[@veganath]

An attempt to elicit some acknowledgment that there is a huge difference between taking the life of a animal as compared to a plant. On any given weekend, & given a choice between taking u'r children to (#1) the local veggie/fruit farm to pick their own food to eat, or (#2) the local abattoir to pick & kill an animal to take home to eat.

[@smcmillan88]

Best TED talk I've seen in a long time

[@boorens18]

this could be a turning point in agriculture as we know it. Exciting

[@user-qb9wc6qw3f]

What's so amazing about this talk

[@bl7355]

I totally agree with the concept of growing food which tastes good. Britain used to have hundreds of varieties of delicious apples. Now the supermarkets sell no more than 5 varieties and they mostly taste terrible. Bananas in Africa are delicious, yet our UK supermarket bananas often taste like wood pulp to me. The frozen aisle looks tempting in comparison. No wonder we are fighting and losing a war on obesity. Also, controversial though it may be, our food in the UK is far too cheap. The supermarkets set the prices, forcing the farmers to make quantity over quality which worsens malnutrition amongst our urban poor. We live with a terrible contradiction, where our poor rely on food banks to survive, yet obesity is a disease associated with poverty. For the first time in human history we have far too much to eat!

[@HDloly]

It's just empty calories, though

[@bl7355]

@@HDloly My point exactly. We can't live off pizza and chips.

[@trance183]

Beautiful presentation.

[@isaacwn]

Great points. And I would like to try the fish fed with and tastes like chicken.

[@MylesThomp]

Brilliant talk.

[@veganath]

@cchilder & planetdarwin, you advocate a move away from excessive consumption! I couldn't agree more.Our current mind set is of fear, coupled with an intense sense of isolation & loneliness, borne of seeking happiness in all the wrong places, the symptoms: indulgence in consumption to avert these feelings. My own experience has drawn me to reconnect with life, not through thought, but redirecting the focus of my attention to feeling life. Perhaps our greatest love affair is with the universe.

[@nf3922]

This is not some revolution in aquaculture, It's called a fishery, a private fishery.

[@devourerofbabies]

This should be required viewing.

[@veganath]

I'm ex-military, I joined because I wanted to protect what I loved, so yes there are somethings worth fighting for. When it comes to the issue of non-violence, we have a choice, if violence is needed for self preservation, ok, however, if no human initiated unnecessary violence as a choice, the world would be peaceful. Again, we have tried almost every avenue to create a peaceful world, economic, political, technological, etc, to no avail. Veganism looks to be untried, Einstein may be right!

[@TheShowAboutAdam]

Can more people be like Miguel?

[@hadiaakka]

What information did you learn about the speaker and his background? What hook/grabber does the speaker use? What words or phrases in the video are new to you? Write three words/phrases and their definitions.?

[@linespermillimeter]

Natural Farming: Masanobu Fukuoka

[@Saktoth]

@mariolawpanda We cannot feed all our fish on chicken waste, but we can feed a proportion of our fish on chicken waste. Its not 'the new way we are going to do aquaculture', thats for sure, but its better than feeding them ground up wild fish (which is how aquaculture is currently done). Using waste products and being more efficient with our resource consumption is certainly NOT something we should leave out of the equation. Even if recycled animal waste only makes a small portion of fish feed.

[@adj789]

very interesting I hope this can change things for the better

[@IkaikaSpace]

Amazing presentation! Brilliant!

[@Ihasmoarface]

let's reverse the mess we've been put into! sustainable, restorative, ecological "farming" is the way to go! the best design is intelligent design, so let's follow what was already here for us!

[@otivaeey]

I say he is wrong, choosing sites is the most important factor in aquaculture, and there are limited land resources that can be exploited, and this renders high capital start-ups too. I say, the governments should stimulate more farmers, doing relaxed non-intensive aquaculture, as more people do, productions increase and prices go lower, thus fish-farming is becoming ubiquitous and "desolated", since everyone has the ability to farm their own fish(es), feeding themselves out of nature.

[@demarieharrison9558]

Still my favorite