Food security - A growing dilemma | DW Documentary

[@YolyCalderon]

The seaweed farmer is so sweet. I can see how passionate he is about his project, and seaweed is such a curious alternative that we overlook in the West. Thanks for this awesome documentary!!!

[@___beyondhorizon4664]

Seaweeds receipts are popular in Japan, korea and china. My favorite seaweed receipt is a spicy Sechuzan dish. Ingredients are dry seaweed soaked with water, it expanded quickly, cut into noodles shapes. Sesame oil, chili's oil, crushed peanuts, sesame seeds and thin slice cucumber. So delicious 😋 KZbin has many recipes. It's like an appetizer 😋

[@beckypetersen2680]

@@___beyondhorizon4664 It's logical that seaweed would be popular in places where it is found locally. So, why not Spain, Netherlands, United Kingdom, etc.? if we're trying to buy locally- then exporting seaweed to central Europe might not be a good idea, but maybe to those countries close to the sea?

[@___beyondhorizon4664]

@@beckypetersen2680 it helps when chefs like Gordon or Jamie Oliver show how to make the recipes. The spicy Sechuzan seaweed dish is not on most westernized menu the public are used to find. I found it at a Szechuan restaurant in southern California and while I was teaching in Guangzhou china between 2009-2013.

[@ramdev9578]

In India we eat sirloin from Australia, prime lamb from N Zealand. Draw our power from Coal, drive SUV's. In Germany you can starve and freeze, but its ok. You're Saving us in the Third World. Us poor people. 😂

[@lagoya]

It wouldn’t be a dilemma at all if our leaders weren’t so corrupt

[@susiefairfield7218]

Sold out to corprecrats

[@AzngameFreak03]

And all their power comes from us. The insanity of it all. We fund the corruption and destruction. The cycle is neverending unless we peasants eat kings. Like the civil war in myanmar, to Iran's women revolution. So much unstable populations around the world and unstable weather. The future is looking grim. The most connected and disconnected we've ever been as a species. At least we have endless content online.

[@widodoakrom3938]

True

[@saturationstation1446]

how do you think they acquire power and wealth in the first place? corruption and ruthless exploitation. of course they arent going to have the capacity to do anything but make things worse for everyone but themselves.

[@andrewmah5605]

Climate Change and different crops are necessary to stop methane and carbon dioxide emissions from farming animals for meat

[@thomasmcqueeney6877]

These people have very impressive ideas! I would love to see their farm operation and experience their food. Very encouraging in these difficult times

[@peterrezac881]

What this documentary doesnt talk about, is the food wast problem we are facing today and that is also a big problem.

[@OmmerSyssel]

Like the skyrocketing overpopulation in the inefficient and corrupt third world!

[@athenadarby9898]

You are so right!

[@keithfreeman7725]

Nearly all my food waste goes to the compost bin to create new soil

[@weravunukacharles5315]

Am greatly impressed by this. Food security is necessary for our well being. I do hope that here in Africa we could do such farming to feed our large population

[@pooga5248]

The west has developed AI, soon a robot will communicate and understand at a higher level than humans Africa - still trying to feed it- self jeeez

[@weravunukacharles5315]

@@pooga5248 What are trying to say I don't understand you

[@weravunukacharles5315]

@@pooga5248 Are you demeaning us or what

[@truth-uncensored2426]

Are you kidding me? This type of methods are for rich countries that have the luxury to experiment with these techniques, hydroponic cultivation is more expensive than the traditional process, also you cannot feed an entire continent with more than 1 billion people only of seaweed, quinoa and chicken peas. Large scale industrial agriculture and meat production is still necessary.

[@SuperKillerdog]

This is such a fantastic movement, I always taught seaweed is very tasty. Excited to see how they can apply this concepts to more plant based food produce.

[@raclark2730]

You can also feed it to cows, it even reduces the methane output.😉

[@___beyondhorizon4664]

KZbin has many seaweed recipes, one of a Korean spicy version. Chinese supermarket selling it in dry version, soak in water, it expanded, cut it like noodles shapes and ready for recipes, it's serves as appetizer 😋

[@deadfall3731]

stop allowing corporations to throw out massive loads of food. that is a great first step. in france it is illegal to throw away food as well as sabotage products. less food waste and less electronic waste.

[@gfrankreddi3196]

I suggest this vidoe to everyone of my friends and neighbours too. I've learned a lot through this vidoe presentation.Its very urgent and need to think seriously about climate change around the globe. One example, I've moved from one city to another in India just 2 months ago. After I came here, we had a celebration called Diwali (festival of lights) where youngsters and children and manu irrespective of age use lots of fire crackers after the sunset almost for a week of time. I'm not for it. I've developed cold and throat pain as soon as I walked in our campus after dinner, where I could see thick fog or smoke covered everywhere. We all need to celebrate festivals but without disturbing the nature. Shalom!

[@stankssmile5865]

People make it an issue of religion when fireworks was a chinese invention and the real celebration was of deepaks

[@iliketheodds2575]

“Is it okay just to sit and earn money for yourself and not do enough for the society?” Thank you, Anders ❤

[@kathyevans757]

Wasn't that Ayn Rand's premise in her book "Atlas Shrugged"--published decades ago? 🤔

[@dadikkedude]

That should be what work is all about. Adding something for society.

[@jimhenry6844]

Karl Marx said that... And 100,000,000 people died in the 20th century. Are u smoking meth?

[@OmmerSyssel]

Which society? Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia or equally Islamic shithole societies certainly needs reformation

[@mansinigam7888]

Just loved his Courage💟

[@raegharchu7985]

Seaweed has been being one of my favourite food since I was a child.

[@thuandao4243]

Me too….esp toasted seaweed chips snacks 😂Costco …so healthy, wish it’s more affordable though.

[@lettucesalad3560]

There's a lot of hidden capacity to grow more food - largest irrigated crop in the US is turf grass for lawns and golf courses.

[@arbaz79]

Thank you DW for this great documentary on a very important topic facing the world i.e food scarcity.That seaweed farmer is such a sweet and a great guy.I like how passionate he is about his project for which he has been working hard over the years.I wish him all the success for the future.

[@imaanadams5987]

There is no food scarcity. It has been systematically designed through decades of planning and evil policy implantation across the globe. Greed and evil all around. The earth can easily produce more than enough food to feed every living creature on the globe and then some

[@joshrowe9031]

Lots of people could start growing their own food. After biking by over 1000 homes in my town, I've found 15 gardens. If people grew more of their own food, outside and inside, we wouldn't have so many problems.

[@kingotto6352]

I raised enough food in my garden to last all year. I can foods (preserve)- green beans, potatoes, pickles, salsa, spaghetti sauce, corn, vegetable soup, sauerkraut, peaches, pears, many types of jams and syrups, apple cider vinegar, beets...and this week - I canned ground deer meat. I do not need electric to store the food which will last (2) years in jars. Here is the trick for gardens *** I use a plastic woven cloth to prevent weeds. It holds moisture better than without and will last for 10 years. There will not be any food shortages at my address!!!

[@joshrowe9031]

@@kingotto6352 nice! I just started this year, potatoes and a few herbs while I improved the sandy soil. Next year is going to be a big grow for me, plus I'm going to start raising rabbits.

[@MrKongatthegates]

Bs. Growing your own food expends as many calories as you get from it unless you have a tractor and a few acres. I have one friend who is very skilled and uses his whole back yard, and even then he has to buy 80% of his food

[@jakestechtravels4864]

The reality is its not popular because capitalism does not want people growing their own foods / making their own products :(

[@TTR83]

@@MrKongatthegates Manual labour is inefficient compared to today's machinery and automation. This is also one of the reasons why people were slimmer like hundred years ago.

[@bestsinger11]

I love how they cling to the notion of these efforts as 'ending hunger' rather than what they actually are green designed business models that target a specific audience they test their products on the privileged few! I would love to see them try these efforts at shelters and so on. To say one thing yet do another gains my scepticism.

[@channel8-bit433]

The answer could be that more people need gardens, and not lawns. Especially those who live in ideal growing climates.

[@winnypepela3673]

The eastern region of Kenya has land with minimal rainfall .this set up would highly be recommended here.

[@dalipantshwa3078]

impressed by how all these crops and practices that are meant to save the food system have been part of our lost indigenous food production systems for centuries, before you know what happened..

[@KC-bz7eb]

We Koreans having using seaweed for centuries and have many good recipes. Usually, after giving birth the mothers are given seaweed soup to give them many nutrients back to the body.

[@studyonline4763]

Vertical farms are energy-intensive, besides using other material resources for the frames/shelves and water recycling. How can such an expensive and resource-intensive system provide food "security"?

[@dorothylamb3831]

I was told by someone who did it that seaweed is an excellent fertilizer for your garden.

[@discojoe3]

One thing Europe could do to help with food scarcity is to not regulate its own farmers out of existence in the name of fighting climate change. I am not disputing that we need to figure out how to deal with the climate, but starving the poor is a bad way to do it.

[@Munchausenification]

Exactly. Most of the time politicians only evaluate their decisions a few years forward, since the most important thing for them is re-election.

[@OmmerSyssel]

Europeans aren't responsible for insane decisions, religion and corruption in the overpopulated third world! Next to that basic fact, some 30% food is lost because of their failing distribution and storage capabilities!

[@internationalgirlstiktokMMXXIV]

I personally appreciate it, I wish that, your team might produce more scientific documentary for more awareness the people!!!!!!

[@luciana-hs8cg]

Salute and love you guys. All the people that fight for good, for basic need and common good. Thank you do much 💕💕💕💕 Hopefully your work and spirit soon become ours too

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

It's best 👌 documentary coverage my eyes 👀 ever seen..which it's most important for all countries, all populations & individuals on the planet...even DW documentary channel always sharing important subjects in interest forms & reasonable procedures

[@JustHackingAround]

I think it would be beneficial for every person to spend one year attempting to survive on food they grow themselves. Not because it's efficient, or necessarily makes sense. But there are many benefits - you get to see the miraculous growth of all the food you take for granted when buying it from the store. You gain a respect for the amount of labor that goes into growing food. You focus on and learn many things you would never otherwise be aware of. The entire process would eleveate anyone, in my opinion, to being a better person in one way or another, even if you wound up buying food from the supermarket along the way.

[@martijn2246]

I agree, I just can't grow a lot of food in my appartement :(

[@carolinemerritt9537]

There's container gardening, try growing tomatoes in a 5 gallon bucket, needs sun and water, banana peels when you plant seeds or plant. I feel so close to mother earth when I garden.

[@carolinemerritt9537]

Snap peas, tomatoes, raspberries can be planted in containers, have a few potted flowers nearby to attract bees.

[@truth-uncensored2426]

Try to grown a cow, a pork, chickens, salmon, sardines, etc, vegetables, fruits, and seeds, for a year just to feed yourself and then come here after to tell us your experience.

[@Sams_Uncle]

Finally, a great documentary is here! Eastern side has been teaching this to rest of the world for decades, but some used to say no to beans, lentils, millets, and fermented foods. Their media said, “That’s poor man’s food!” We’re all in this together. Mother Earth is shared by us all. We are not owner of this planet, rather a caretaker. It’s our collective responsibility to protect it for next generations. There’s no one size fits all, but we can always make little adjustments in every areas. The epidemics of ultra left, right, religious extremists, pharmaceutical giant goons, political propagandas, useless victim-hoods and big 100 hrs a week company exploiters must be shunned. We need broader vision not only what CNN or Fox News shows us. This world can be beautiful when we stop thinking A vs B , but A, B, C, D and so on. Only harmonious inclusiveness can save the planet 🌎! Thank You!

[@LeannsAdventures]

Seaweed is so good for you and has high nutrition. If you want good skin and healthy hair, eat seaweed! 🙂 Vegetables of the ocean. ❤️ 🌊

[@TTR83]

But it will not replace fish or meat in general.

[@lawrencemaweu]

I am ashamed that my country imports food. If I starved, I would have no one to blame for that.

[@aditisk99]

All foods??

[@karolinakuc4783]

O.K but how those seaweed coexist with existing ecosystem will they not become invasive species?

[@hillockfarm8404]

2 big mistakes : 1: still monoculture, 2 : Thinking that population growth comes first. NO, in all species the fundamental driver of population growth is the availability of food. Humans are no different in this from animal species on earth. Even with the extra factors coming from our ability for higher reasoning.

[@franzjoseph1837]

So what does it say that populations still grow? China's surplus alone is enough to feed everyone on this planet for a year. This isn't about a lack of; it's about a mentality and ideology that puts profits over human wellbeing.

[@koliacosta1473]

We have a huge ammount of wasted food!!!

[@jackdarbyshire5888]

We harvested a haskap orchard for the Mennonites around spiritwood Saskatchewan and i noticed they had two fields of quinoa growing,very smart and self reliate 👍✌

[@TomNook.]

The pressure on the food chain is getting harder and harder, despite it being more efficient than ever before. This is all due to uncontrolled population growth. No-one ever does anything about it though. We all see the problem, but are still steamrolling into total failure

[@josephp.1919]

The global south is steamrolling that way. The global north is facing population decline. And there ARE countries who are doing something about it. Bangladesh has been able to cut their fertility in half through a well funded campaign to spread contraceptives and change peoples opinions on birth control. And their methods work. Especially if you take them in comparison to the “methods” of other counties in the global south. Egypt since 1970 has a population that has quadrupled and they actually produce less of their own food then they did then because farmers can make more money selling strawberries to the global market then they can selling wheat to Egyptians. But that’s besides the point. Back on track, the government has done nothing to stop the population growth. They have not implemented any kind of socialized birth control. However the global north is not free from guilt for the coming food insecurity. Mouths to feed is one problem but crop failure is another. And global warming causes weather patterns to become less predictable and therefore increases crop failure. The global north has been responsible for the vast majority of green house emissions over the past 200 years. We all share guilt. The south, the north and everyone in between. But we can do something to atone. Like Bangladesh, like the people in this video who are trying to modernize the food systems we depend on.

[@gehwissen3975]

This believe always leads to: "Teach the south to avoid children" Meanwhile the biggest consumers live in the north.....

[@OmmerSyssel]

@@josephp.1919 Thanks for an enlightening contribution. Though blaming the efficient First World doesn't solve skyrocketing overpopulation and extreme pollution caused by Third World populations! 70-90% plastic pollution are caused by the Third World. They aren't capable of growing their own food, managing water supplies and regulating environmental issues.

[@franzjoseph1837]

Literally the same Malthusian nonsense from the 1830s, and it is still wrong lolo innovation, like then, has allowed us to gain an abundance of food resources that, unlike in the 1830s, can feed everyone on this planet. It's just that we see food as a commodity and thus treat it as such, allowing multinationals to monopolize the food chain, creating this artificial scarcity we have been living in to gain more profits. Until we make access to food a universal human right, these " dilemmas will always be."

[@princecruz4359]

Remove business monopoly, seed monopoly, fertilizer monopoly, and everything will be fine.

[@hhwippedcream]

Incredible work. So glad folks are looking to innovate and enculturate folks into new tasty tradition. Thanks DW Documentary! I wish we had this in all in our local towns

[@The_Phoenix_61]

I don't understand what's wrong with sustainable industry. They are using plastic packages for their sustainable product. What's the point of using plastic if you are sustainable. Sure 80% of it will be recycled in developed world but still recycling requires energy as well. Also, a lot of western world companies think burning plastic to produce electricity is recycling and I don't understand how. We need stricter guidelines for sustainable/green products. And I'm also pretty sure big companies can never be sustainable/green.

[@watchman4todayreloaded192]

Does intensive farming really threaten the environment, or does feeding people globally threaten the environment and threaten the poorest with famine? The fact is that the German woman at the beginning of the video was telling the truth and the rest is dangerous spin. "You can tell what didn't come from Germany by the gaps on the shelves of the supermarket" is my paraphrase of her words. Does Germany have intensive farming? Yes. Is it providing enough for the needs of Germans and some for export? Yes. Is Germany a country in which farmers use available technology to limit the amount of fertiliser and other chemicals they use? Yes. So what will be the result if Germany, like the Netherlands, decides to sabotage its own farming industry? To put it politely an absolute disaster. The morons in the UN WEF have already caused fuel price rises and started causing food price rises by focusing only on limiting over-exaggerated human related climate change and pretending to limit carbon emissions. switching the west to supposed renewables, as well as starting the food price rise by diverting tons and tons of food grain to the production of biofuels. Now they want to destroy western farming with unachievable limits, or outright bans on nitrogen emissions by not only limiting the nitrogen farmers can use on their land but actually forcing many farmers off the land and taking the land out of food production altogether. We have already had an experiment with this madness in Sri Lanka. IT DID NOT END WELL! Not till the Sri Lankan people had the good sense to overthrow and throw out the privileged, brainwashed, elite, career politicians who decided to serve the UN WEF rather than their own people. The politicians banned the use of nitrogen fertiliser and turned a country that was not only feeding its own people but exporting rice to others and making food cheaper, into one that could not feed itself. The WEF UN targets caused hunger if not actual famine. Yet that is what they want to impose on the Netherlands, Canada, the US, the UK and Germany. So, none of us will be able to fill our own supermarket shelves and what food is available will all be exponentially more expensive. Far from tackling world hunger the UN actually has a plan that will make it much, much worse. What does this stupidity also mean? It means that what we can afford to buy from other countries we will have to, in order to feed ourselves. We will be buying food from countries that are actually worse at limiting overuse of fertilisers etc and adding that pollution to all the extra transport costs. It is like production of other energy intensive goods. We have stopped the west research into cleaner ways of using coal and other fossil fuels, to buying the goods from countries like China who are now polluting more than ever to produce things for the west. We have probably made pollution worse. We have just moved it from where we could see it to somewhere out of sight. What does this garbage thinking really get the west? The same as the rest of the world. Higher prices and greater poverty and hunger. For many even in the west this means choosing if and when to eat and heat. For those in poorer nations in Africa and the Near East it means pushing people from hunger to famine and starvation. TELL THEM TO TAKE A HIKE! What we need is to keep farming in the west as much as possible. By all means encourage farmers to farm in ways that are more helpful to wildlife but don't listen to the lunatics trying to tell you that we should have a wholesale genocide of the cows etc. Don't take land out of food production, create scarcity and drive up the prices of everything for everyone on the planet. DON'T MURDER THE POOR OF AFRICA TO PLEASE MR SCHWAB AND MR SOROS AND MR GATES ETC!

[@B.K.7.7.7]

Those veggies that are grown under the artificial light are not the same as those grown under sun...

[@sonykurian2619]

It's just human hubris thinking we can beat nature.

[@bannedinfinity5789]

LOL

[@widodoakrom3938]

True

[@kobebasso6260]

Seaweeds. Lot of these in the philippines. Sadly, rice is still the staple food

[@Undivided-X]

What kind of rice do you usually eat? White and polished?

[@cynthiacole6140]

Hemp is a very valuable crop for the soil as well. But ppl are discouraged from planting and growing it.

[@elainelindsey1306]

I grows really fast. Within 2 months my tree was over 2metres. It's legal to grow it in my country if it's for personal use

[@karolinakuc4783]

In Netherlands and Czechia you can grow it. In other idk. Linien is also good. Seeds have heating properties

[@athenadarby9898]

We can also go back to having more gardens in are yards and in are communities.

[@jonathanstrauss8194]

I wouldn't describe it as a dilemma.

[@michaelwilliams9265]

We must all be open to these necessary alternatives yes

[@AN-nl9pu]

The author said quinoa takes a third of the water, but it also has a third of the nutritional value of wheat. Wheat flour has 361 calories per 100 grams and quinoa has 120 calories per 100 grams. Time to switch to one child per family for a couple generations. Almost every problem we are facing is caused by overpopulation and could be solved with less people.

[@Undivided-X]

Privileged people should definitely be more responsible when it comes to family size. But it's harder to do that when you're underprivileged, or in a third world country in an agrarian society.

[@OmmerSyssel]

@@Undivided-X not true, absolutely no one needs four or five children! And lots of people simply doesn't need children to have a decent life. It is plain stupid habits and lousy culture..

[@Undivided-X]

@@OmmerSyssel In agrarian societies in the third world, labour isn't cheap, and children are often needed for helping with farm work. Not saying it's right, just that it's a necessity. Plus, many of these societies don't have access to protection and family planning, many are patriarchal where the only recreation is sex, and it happens when the man wants it.

[@franzjoseph1837]

Thomas Malthus is still wrong, and so are all of you. We have no population problem; we have a capitalism problem.

[@boyinavault]

DW Documentary is officially my favorite channel for the year

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching us!

[@ExistNNature]

I'll stick with my homemade compost. Indoor aqua growing is not the same and mineral deficient.

[@bannedinfinity5789]

LOL you're one of THOSE people.

[@someguy2135]

Everyone who can, should compost! Putting all our food waste in landfills adds a lot of needless methane to our atmosphere. Methane is 80 times more potent than CO2 in the first 20 years, and 20 times over 100 years.

[@clobberelladoesntreadcomme9920]

yeah I'm glad they have some salad factories within the country but aquaponic greens are sub par in my opinion.

[@raclark2730]

I agree there is no substitute for good soil. Aquaponics and hydroponics is good for some things and is very useful. but I would not call it a magic bullet for food production.

[@Munchausenification]

@@clobberelladoesntreadcomme9920 I doubt that. I could imagine companies adding more nutrients to the water in the future than there could ever be in normal soil.

[@bt4831]

While seaweed is healthy, but dipping it in so much soy sauce kind of defeats the purpose of eating healthy. There's a lot of sodium in those soy sauce.

[@tessietesoro7407]

Grow veggies in your backyards, have some chickens too, even just four ,two females & two male chickens. Let them multiply.

[@m.inshafinshaf7817]

DW you're doing an extraordinary documentary ❤ peace and love

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching our documentary!

[@sydneysamalesu1486]

The world can never fully be fed, their will always be enough food to eat and throw away but someone will always stay hungry regardless of how they innovate with food.

[@gehwissen3975]

This a believe (well backed by past experience!) - but NOT a FACT!

[@Undivided-X]

So we shouldn't even try.

[@southyasunari]

In XX century people get used to eat meat, but for centuries most of people ate meat rarely.

[@Undivided-X]

I won't say rare, but yeah, if your main source is hunting, it's going to be feast or famine more often than not. Especially when gunpowder wasn't a thing.

[@momotaroreincarnatednthtim6303]

I like crispy nori! Put some seasonings and eat it! Flavors explode in my mouth.

[@eugenio1542]

Best news all year. Hope for the future.☝️❤️🌍

[@Mircea020]

I won't eat crickets as EU suggested. If you wanna starve or eat rubble your choice . Not mine.

[@marilenaganea6578]

Nobody suggested... EU just regulate the production to not poison the ones that are willing to try

[@widodoakrom3938]

Lmao

[@eabbaszade]

I would like to thank you for such an informative video.

[@au_au]

In my country what grew most in last years was the farming of soy beans, for exportation to animal farms. At the same time, during the pandemic the number of families in food insecurity increased severely. I believe that trade like that can be useful to society by encouraging production, but locals will better benefit if the revenue is fairly shared and the growing species are of local use. I believe that encouraging the consumption of soy and soy based products would be a good solution, better than the usual proposal of protecting farms of usual vegetables, for it would go in favor of market incentives instead of going against them.

[@mattheweburns]

Schnitzel every day sounds good to me! I don’t understand why we don’t eat buckwheat in the United States. It is hard to find and nobody knows what to do with it. But it is tasty and great with any meal I think more focus should be put on buckwheat

[@MadhaviSardeshpande]

Great to see European farmers switching to diverse crops. I think in India we have adapted our diets to eating vegetables and a diverse range of legumes and cereals many centuries ago, which helps us sustain such a huge population on a relatively small land mass. It was shocking for me to see the figures of just how much agricultural produce goes to non-food purposes.

[@danihuddi5869]

Another brilliant programme. Such innovative food ideas. Would love to see more on this or possibly an update at some stage. The great thing is these producers are so passionate about their farming.

[@himagine.]

A human being is created by what he eats. In Eastern thought, there is a way of thinking that people and soil are one, and that it is better to live by eating food grown in familiar places where humans can walk on foot. In fact, it would be best for humans to live that way.

[@c.k.george1194]

Quite helpful to address food scarcity

[@anasshakhachirow6640]

DW staff behind making this documentary, the people working tirelessly to innovate and provide environment - friendly food produce that is more sustainable and creat better future for the next generations to come. Thank you for your great contribution to humanity, you are a lovely sum!

[@Grizzrie]

Do NOT tell a lie DW. I'm Japanese, and we do NOT eat seaweed like that in Japan.

[@garymolloy3575]

so the vertical farm man recreates sun light with leds powed by wind? 1. how much land is taken up by wind farms? 2. what do you do if there is no wind? 3. dos wind power just the leds or everything? 4. do's he know the sun produces free sunlight every day.

[@bontskubrothers2049]

A big problem is labour costs, farms have low margins and monocultures dont need many workers compared to more diversified and organic farms

[@Munchausenification]

Most upstarts and new technology begin with high production costs, but seems like over time costs gradually fall with new innovations and new techiniques etc. I do not see why the same thing would be impossible with what is shown in the documentary.

[@OmmerSyssel]

Lots of people are plain greedy, and don't want to pay for environmental friendly quality products like ecological grown vegetables, grain, milk and meat!

[@stephanledford9792]

We probably could do a better job with how we use the land we have. Here is the breakdown of the US (2002 data): 29% forests, 26% pastureland & range land, 20% cropland, 13% parkland and wildlife areas, 10% miscellaneous usage (not defined in the article I read, but I am guessing it is desert land), 3% urban areas. This adds to 101% because of rounding. Using land that is suitable for crops to raise cattle (a delicious, but not efficient way to convert grass into food) is one area that could be addressed to generate more food production. A lot of this pastureland would require infrastructure changes (like irrigation) to be useful for crop production, depending on the crop selected, with its own set of issues / problems. Same with the 10% desert land. It is impressive and encouraging to see the people in this video trying new and creative ideas to solve the problems of feeding the world.

[@Gurci28]

As many as 828 million people go to bed hungry every night, the number of those facing acute food insecurity has soared - from 135 million to 345 million - since 2019. A total of 50 million people in 45 countries are teetering on the edge of famine. 20:31 Source: World Food Programme

[@OmmerSyssel]

So what? Third world population is exploding and still hopelessly incapable of feeding themselves!! Try relate to reality, instead of studying biased statistics.

[@Gurci28]

You don't study biased statistics, you study statistics, a branch of mathematics! 23:13

[@Gurci28]

Statistics is a branch of applied mathematics that involves the collection, description, analysis, and inference of conclusions from quantitative data. The mathematical theories behind statistics rely heavily on differential and integral calculus, linear algebra, and probability theory. 25:51 Source: Investopedia

[@BobQuigley]

Thanks DW! Good to see actual attempts to keep moving toward lower emissions

[@Gurci28]

Jul 1, 2022 Global food shortages are coming, and we need to be prepared. We're likely to see more empty grocery store shelves and more food inflation by the end of this summer. The UN predicts that cereal and corn will start running out next year. 1:30 Source: Eden Green Technology

[@Gurci28]

Sep 30, 2022 Acute hunger is driven by three things: conflicts, climatic shocks and the dramatic economic and social fallout from the Covid pandemic. These are exacerbated by structural weaknesses, such as inequalities and a glaring lack of social safety nets, which make the situation dramatically worse. 22:33 Source: Chatham House

[@gmazelli]

All that efforts to produce vegetables with less soil and water only to market them in plastic containers...

[@thedude7319]

I like how they translated/dubbed the german marine biologist, yet kept the dutch guy speaking dutch. nice

[@blu0065]

It's actually interesting. You can eat seaweed sauce in sort of the same way as tomato sauce. Personally, I would rather eat seaweed sauce for some reason... it has a complex flavor.

[@nobody687]

You would think they would take demographics into the equation. China has over counted its youg population by over 100 million. They are the oldest , most male heavy population, and in debt country in known history. In 20 years they will have half the people they have now. The famine that has started will wipe out another billion or 2. Russia is also a demographic doomed population. Then there's climate disruption. We'll be lucky if there a billion people left in a couple decades

[@xenocampanoli815]

The problems with ALL FOOD EXPANSION projects are they impose more on ecosystems that need less meddling, and they encourage more increase or maintenance of our perilous population levels. We've got to focus on reduction in exploitation and reduction in population through humane and fact based means. We need to help people see and feel the resource constraints without having large numbers suffer.

[@leemccready4652]

I like all these ideas, however there must be a critical mass and large scale production and adoption. Having too many options, especially in a new market overwhelms the consumer. George Washington Carver and Henry Ford were able to popularize peanuts and soybeans out of obscurity only by focusing on one crop and demonstrating how versatile it could be. I think this is what needs to happen again.

[@amarbabu8177]

This documentary highlights agriculture and its enlightenment about agricultural practices. If we consume more 🥕 than we can reduce green house gases.

[@memtesin5918]

Where are the permaculture farming villages and coops surrounding every city, for food security and job security?

[@aibeginnertutorials]

So inspiring. Danke, Servas

[@saturationstation1446]

variety isnt important really. carbs protein and water are the most important things to the human body. it does not operate whatsoever without them.

[@zeitgeistx5239]

The problem with these documentaries is that they usually don’t do any research and won’t tell you how indoor hydroponics or related methods are not suitable for low cost grains and root vegetables. That’s why you see them growing leafy green vegetables that grow quicker and they can earn a good return on. Your not about to see those shelves growing wheat, corn or potato because the returns are marginal.

[@Undivided-X]

Well, Europe doesn't nearly eat as much leafy vegetables as they should, both for health and food miles reasons. You can't just live on starches.

[@Munchausenification]

Everything has its drawbacks, it seems like a good alternative to only using traditional farming and maybe in the future it will be suitable for different crops as well.

[@OmmerSyssel]

Nothing hinders the Third World from efficient and environmental responsible mass production of grain, potatoes, rice, sorghum, lentils or whatever products needed. Different solutions for different needs ...

[@debbiehenri345]

It doesn't matter about the plants that 'can't' be grown in these factory farms. However, if we 'can' be more efficient with regard to growing certain applicable crops inside these intensive warehouse buildings, then that's exactly what we should be doing. If the whole world decided that was how it's going to grow all those leafy greens that enjoy such conditions from now on, that would free up an amazing amount of space on a planetary scale. That one building saved ground space 250 times its size. You'd only need a few such buildings to supply a city with a wealth of greens, including a lot of speciality types that are imported or normally can't be imported because they won't last the journey. The owner of this particular factory farm is about to trial strawberries, but I imagine there's a whole host of different, low-growing leaves, bulbs, fruits, tubers, edible flowers, pods and seeds available around the world that would grow well under the same or slightly different conditions, conditions that can be controlled.

[@MrKongatthegates]

If sustainable means less, then the results are higher prices. What we need is MORE production

[@OmmerSyssel]

Some 30% of food products are never used because of failing distribution and storage etc.

[@striker44]

What we need is to reduce wastage of good food and stop unhealthy mukbangs.

[@vutsxx]

Thats what this documentary fails to demonstrate. Only RICH PEOPLE buys these types of food. They reality is that we just need to boost our production in the best possible way.

[@josephgalea6165]

It would have been more appropriate if you have mentioned the nutritional and health benefits of these foods because they very very nutritious !!!!!

[@MovieSense1]

Don't know about this kind of farming much, but what about this facility running emissions (like construction, Lighting, Climate control system & its power consumption also after harvesting, it is also preserved in wrappers) where will it end up.

[@joelhall5124]

Ok, a few things. There's no such thing as a "superfood". Quinoa is just another grain. We have so much food we waste it. There is no problem with food shortages in the developed world. The only real problem is how far food has to travel due to trade agreements. There's actually no reason to transport plant foods half way around the world and back.

[@wolfscorogardens6098]

Just shows that you have too support your local farmers and growers.

[@reynoschicote5415]

we have been eating seaweeds in the Philippines since time immemorial.

[@mintchocolatelove]

That's interesting..!

[@___beyondhorizon4664]

vertical garden farming is the future. There have been successful projects in other countries, using drips top to bottom, using less soil and less land are the solutions. I have a dream 😊... To solve housing crisis in California, building RIAD buildings, inspired by the Moroccan style houses, the inner courtyard has a large community hanging vortical garden, growing vegetables, with little fountain ⛲ to relax. When I was living in near Dallas, TX, my apartment complex has a small community garden full of mints, rosemary, theyme, chives, Basil but I was the only one using the herbs 😋. Mints grow like crazy, I made egg soup+ mint. I also learned to make mint tea after visiting Morocco

[@monee9838]

These people are nice, cute and living in there own bubble. The world is so cruel out there my friends.

[@faustinoco3933]

Seaweed is protein without fat.

[@srshawon5475]

world best documentary related KZbin channel is dw documentary

[@roe2012]

So interesting and marvelous. Btw is it healthy to eat seaweed daily? Can we consume it everyday? How the safe amount seaweed for us?

[@kylie-mareebaldwin4672]

Educational, innovative and a way for the future. Did you know the Irish used to fertilise their potato crops with seaweed? Pre-dating crope rotation. I don't believe the concept of crop rotation was yet in our consciousness. We have to keep innovating to ensure health and survival. Eating less meat protein makes sense. Germany always produces innovations, well done. Greetings from Australia.

[@imtiazahmad1148]

Germany is our iron-brother. ❤ from Pakistan🎉🎉🎉

[@obes8]

Circular Farming with Hempsoil

[@gregparrott]

Kudos for citing the source at 17:22. The FAO is a credible source. Also, running the math, based on 29% of the earth's surface being land, and accepting their assertion that 5 billion hectares are in use, the number (38%) checks out pretty close (I get ~35%, but they may be adjusting for things like ice sheets). Considering how much land is unsuitable for crops or livestock (e.g. desert, granite mountains, swamp, sand), and that number (38%) is a staggeringly high percentage.

[@rscott2247]

In my country there's plenty of land to be had for agriculture use. Unfortunately if there's too much of something the price drops and farmers lose money.

[@nothinginteresting1662]

As the book "Human Permaculture" says, it's high time that food stop being a distribution and quantity issue and instead every family produce variety of food as per their health requirements.

[@JohnAranita]

My parents and I, in the '80s, would go to Ewa Beach in Hawaii. My parents picked seaweed. I love the red seaweed, but not the green one. Mom made the seaweed very tasty by preparing with Tabasco Sauce, soy sauce, and some other ingredients. I had fun wading in the seaweed that's near the shore; one of my peers found that yucky.

[@michaeltellurian825]

Or...we could farm the more than 11,000 golf courses and country clubs in the US alone totaling more than 2,250,000 acres of the highest quality land. But that would entail the 1% giving up their game of hitting a little ball around until they get it into a tiny cup. No, it's better that we make the 99% feel guilty about what they eat and force them to tighten their belts.

[@cavegirl3712]

Applause 👏

[@cavegirl3712]

The best comment I’ve ever read online in my life

[@OmmerSyssel]

Well said, still the unbelievable amount of fat people is a huge problem, along with skyrocketing overpopulation in the inefficient and corrupt Third World, losing at least 30% food due to inefficient storage and distribution capabilities.

[@azfarsyed7082]

Food shortages a big futures problems We have to safe agriculture lands We also focus to organic seeds, Thanks to sharing

[@nothinginteresting1662]

3:20 Living in cities, I have never seen such lush green farms 😭

[@Ranchohieloyfuego]

The intro song is te homies band tristeza!❤🎉. Good doc as usual from this feed. 👍🏽