How To End The Food Waste Fiasco | Rob Greenfield | TEDxTeen

[@cooldog1233]

Bruh can we just take time to thank this man for doing this. He is a HERO!

[@CB-dv8rf]

The waste is revolting. U're awesome Rob.

[@jocelynwaters2875]

Awesome talk! I just posted on One of my local grocery stores Facebook homepage is requesting that they watch this Ted talk and asking them if they would be willing to be part of the solution. I’m going to do that with a few other grocery stores in my area. If enough people do it it will make a difference!

[@herbinlegend179]

Probably the best Ted talk I've ever seen, of hundreds...thanks Rob! I'll take action here in the Midwest in your name. Thank you.

[@indeed1482]

same

[@Bertydude]

I GOT TEARS, YOU ARE MY HERO.

[@Leotique]

These videos should be shown at school and in the public...or at least the society should be better inform about food waste..

[@kimmomann1428]

Leotique well my school does ^^

[@S1mpronia]

I've got to watch this for my school. Welcome to school.

[@Britney05]

Yup they already show it

[@ciarabates1476]

when your school make u watch it

[@foresttears7]

I'm french and I'm here for English :)

[@greatruaha]

I work for a food bank and we pick up food from supermarkets, bakeries, butchers. Sadly we see that they bin a whole lot more food than they give us! Lots of the dumpsters are full of still good food!

[@marial.rapaglia4041]

SUPERMARKETS NEED TO CONTACT LOCAL NURSING HOMES & ASSISTED LIVING PLACES TO SEND PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS LIKE FRUITS & VEGS IN GREAT QUANTITY OR LESS ON A DAILY OR WEEKLY BASIS FOR DISTRIBUTION AT THOSE FACILITIES THAT HIGHLY NEED IT, SINCE THE CHEFS NEED TO COOK LARGE AMOUNTS OF FOOD ON A DAILY BASIS FOR THE RESIDENTS & STAFF AS WELL, & DOING THIS IS A GREAT POSITIVE GOAL FOR EVERYONE !

[@jadesparkles4956]

this is actually a good idea

[@adelaidemomosobze5368]

It sounds good you're right. I think that I'm going to start dumping dusters I just need a little bit courage

[@luguerino]

I have no words ..only thank you for a great work!! This world need people like you (sorry my English).

[@jeccdog7584]

Your english is good! It's basically 100 percent correct but should read "I have no words..only thank you for your great work!! The world needs people like you"

[@Sticle]

This guy should be the next president of USA.

[@FruitzApple]

Yessssss XD

[@kamranjafarpourghalehteimo8946]

Or the next president of USA must listen to him and people like him

[@Sticle]

@Payton Eric What worked?

[@CoyoteDis]

Thanks Rob for keeping the hope alive and showing we can fight for what's right.

[@davidevans2021]

Nice work Rob! It was great to hear your talk live in San Diego during your dry run and the TEDx turned out great.

[@alexemily4749]

Thank you so much for your speech, for spreading awareness, for believing and acting in alignment, for the inspiration and the motivation you give!😊

[@tinahou6185]

Thanks for sharing. I will ask students to watch this as part of our first topic in new school year.

[@JonathanBloomWastedFood]

Well said, Rob! Wonderful words and images!

[@abdullahibnrinibnpoat8915]

Rob you the best

[@SudhaShankran]

the talk was not only on the problem but also on the solution. great job

[@KathieK2008]

Thanks for bring this issue to our attention. More people need to see this

[@ImpowerYou]

Great talk. I remember you at the San Diego Earth Fair last summer. I was volunteering so I didn't have time to grab some food, but my friend Kara did and she gave me some broccoli from your dumpster dive. :) Gracias.

[@Robin.Greenfield]

+ImpowerYou Nice to hear from you! Feel free to join the Dumpster Diving San Diego group if you want to get involved here! facebook.com/groups/DumpsterDivingSanDiego

[@ImpowerYou]

+Rob Greenfield Yes. Diving is on my list! I joined last year, but since I travel so much I haven't had a chance!

[@petrinorgard4150]

Thanks for the great speech Rob! I'm chocked of the amount of food we waste...

[@tylerwhitney3443]

Solidarity. My housemates just came home with dumpster score.

[@pinesoulbaby]

Rob, I've been following your activism for quite some time so now. Was so excited when your speech uploaded!

[@emiliosantonatos5696]

Amazing! I really hope this moved people

[@cance7984]

I graciously tip my hat to both Rob Greenfield and Selina Juul for CARING about Earth's natural environment and the future survival of our civilization.

[@jeanb5895]

Those are some proper goals and suggestions I can work with! Thanks for spelling those out Rob. Your amazing.

[@erica1423]

Rob, thank you for sharing your story and encouraging us to all make a difference. :)

[@goldiefreeman8693]

Great We need stop wasting food Love your speech❤️👍 Thank so much❤️

[@ericschmidt5759]

What and how creative to do something about this. Chapeau Mr. Greenfield. Hope many follow your example. BRAVO !

[@agent7176]

This was eye opening, I had no idea there was this much food waste.

[@mcy9523]

This is a world changing action, so inspired and educated by Rob. Not wasting food is putting into my head. This also need put it into education system. Hope the world become a better place :)

[@SunriseSocialClub]

Super inspiring and informative! Great talk. Keep up the good work Sir I share your message with as many people as I can. Cheers!

[@ShoroukA]

GREAT talk!

[@Dallasbear09]

Very informative. Thank you for sharing this with us all!!!

[@abhijitdhamne1682]

You are a pure human, a human of future, great man god bless you, may each and every human should be like you.

[@wobblybobengland]

I used to work in a supermarket in England back in the eighties before Sunday shopping. My boss told me after he signed out at 5pm that I had to mark down the produce that was best before date was out before Monday but to a max of 15%. After a few weeks of then having to put the produce we didn't sell at 15% reduction in the skip (dumpster) after the store closed, I started to mark produce down to the point of half price and beyond. Word soon got around and after a while I was like the pied piper of Hamlyn with a posse of bargin chasing customers behind me, and I realised that this is all about profit because the stores know that customers will wait for someone like me who discounts too much, I carried on regardless and used to sort much of the stuff I should have thrown away to sell it to friends at a quarter of the face price, all the ingredients for full english breakfasts on a Sunday morning, we ate like Kings.

[@gabriellas.morrison228]

Thank you Rob!!!

[@chaoticdanor]

Great job Rob!

[@BradWadeNL]

Love it bro! Keep up the great work!

[@ajesusencounter8261]

Yess let's like and share this!

[@Adrian-io9ei]

Very inspirational. 🙂

[@dannyb993]

Thanks! I needed this!

[@wangmary888]

God bless you!

[@kalexambing2507]

This needs more views!

[@alinapung5155]

Inspired to reduce my own food waste and take those steps you outlined with composting being the final stage of the process 😊

[@koneko3774]

NEVER KNEW HE DID A TED TALK

[@chrm999]

Superb Rob. Count on us from Lima - Peru. ;)

[@SaiyanDom]

Awesome work brother! Namaste!

[@rifqiamanullah8789]

Awesome !

[@earthgal2000]

Shame on us!! We have to change laws so stores Can leave their good food waste out for homeless! Here were I live, it's against the law to dumpster dive. It's considered retail theft. :( Some stores even put a padlock on their dumpsters. There are people who would and should be able to eat it if they need to. This video will not be shown where it needs to be seen because Corporations don't want people to get FREE food!! grrrrr

[@phrobozz]

Most stores will gladly donate the food if you are willing to pick it up and distribute it at a separate location.

[@Robin.Greenfield]

Hi Earthgal, The grocery stores are already protected by the Good Samaritan Food Donation Act, so the law is already on their side to donate. Many stores are donating, showing that it works. We just need more to catch up with the times and stop wasting food. Sending my best!

[@pyroslavx7922]

Well i heard this argument, it is a theft, by an employee working late that "caught" me dumpsterdiving. i said "So would you prefer me stealing at your shop, or is it about the same??? i really like that phones you have, with anti-theft "thingie" taped to the back battery cover... Did you consider that a cover comes off, you know..." And the guy angryly kicked the dumpster and went back, saying he's calling the cops. So i wait, and wait, and wait. No cops arrived. I heard that so many times before, they (cops/emergency service operator) politely ask them to hang up and hire a security guy (ahem, security person, to be politically correct, i would prefer a woman if you ask me...), they don't deal with "dumpster thefts".

[@kindred1113]

WOW, THAT WAS AMAZING...I never thought of it that way////You are sure making a difference in peoples life....MINDY

[@miracleshappen4483]

What Rob is saying is so obvious that you wonder why did we have to cause so much destruction to get it. I have a MA in linguistics, basically my field of expertise is education. What's the purpose of education if everything we do is self destructive? Sometimes it seems that the real war is the war between our Divine connection to all and our ego. If ego wins, we are all dead! 💖🤗🙏😁😍😘

[@helenmyork1]

Funny, The solution of donating to a non-profit just delays the food waste. One of the dumpsters I dive belongs to a local food-bank. They throw away what they think they can't give away... and they try to scare me away by telling me they will call the police! I feed people then animals with this food!

[@Robin.Greenfield]

+Kiljoy York Keep up the good work! Yes some nonprofits do throw away some food and donating food is not the ONLY solution however it is indeed a good part of the puzzle. It's not accurate that "donating to a non-profit just delays the food waste" because only a small percentage of food is wasted at these nonprofits. Much love to you!

[@geoffroymb]

+Rob Greenfield Why would you suggest to feed it to animals to make more "food"? Aren't you against the animal agriculture industry and factory farms and their incaculable environmental impact, their poor affect on people's health and the constant abuse and murder of innocent beings?

[@koneko3774]

+Geoff MB there's a video of him eating a live critter/bug. Pretty sure he's for sustainability

[@nanisoula]

Kiljoy York for all the food they think they cant give away you can recolect it and make a Disco Soup to feed needless people.

[@appa609]

Hey man I'm with you. I'll eat anything that I believe to be safe.

[@noticiascvoce]

I loved Rob !!!!

[@seedaholicgardens9085]

Rob Greenfield, Rob Finley, Rob Thorne(my late father), What is in a name indeed?!

[@qristv1912]

good talk! good speaker! good ideas! the fast food industry wastes food too. I saw two steak burritos thrown in the trash because somebody got the order wrong. ive heard mcdonalds is bad about throwing food out too

[@transformationalpianolifec1643]

Amazing man doing amazing work

[@6ftS]

our local SPAR marks down yesterday's rolls less than half price and I always end up buying them. They are still good food and I save a ton. Sometimes they also do that with yesterdays pies and sweet bakes as well. waste not want not....

[@acousticjeremy5074]

True and well said

[@buryk3701]

crazy story!!! great work!! keep going

[@paytimeforREDRUM]

i love this guy

[@patriciaking7892]

Not having money worries will be such a blessing for me. Money is necessary for protection, but it can become a burden to the mind.

[@angrybird202]

You always allow money to make it's self so you don't have to worry about it

[@iaf4454]

super cool!!!😀😀😀😀😮😮😮😮😮

[@helenmyork1]

Dumpster-Divers Unite!

[@wandiii9725]

I live in south africa. One time i went to a grocery store(Pick n Pay) In Fourways at night, they were almost about to close. I went to go get a quick stack at the cooked food section, and when i was done ordering i noticed that there was a lot of cooked food still left over. I asked what they were going to do with it and the lady said, they throw all the left overs away every night. I thought i should have my snack for free since it will be thrown out in a few minutes.

[@jennflprofileupdated8931]

Loves!!

[@denisestathatos4147]

our food bank picks up the rescued food from the supermarket I shop at.

[@MayMayboris]

id marry him lol !!!! such a great talk !!! :D

[@vlogabond9582]

Rob, my man! Love it! I'll be in San Diego sometime soon, I'll shoot you an email. Lets see if we could meet up! I'd love to interview you or go dumpster diving with you for one of my videos!

[@the7FMA]

Very well done.

[@AnnieSimsie]

I used to work at a supermarket for 2 years. They throw out food that is perfectly normal and still good to eat. A perfectly looking banana was thrown out just because "it will have a bit of browning spot by tomorrow, not looking good". They throw out on average 4 full trolleys of food (vegetables, fruits, bread, etc). what is worst is that how the distribution and how they store eggs is very bad. We will have many eggs breaking in the store and what is even worst is that a whole pack of eggs (12-24 packs) will all get throw out if there is 1 egg broken inside the pack. I lose count on how many perfectly good eggs that I have to throw out. we have 200 staff and we're not allowed to take some of them home.

[@KelThaFunkeeGaming]

wow i saw a clear bag of tomatoes and other produce thrown out by this school near me. Was tempted to grab some but didn't want to get sick

[@sizzla123]

Excellent

[@matthewcollins4764]

The university of Arkansas thing was cool since I live there

[@transformationalpianolifec1643]

Inspired!

[@riyashah4966]

i love this omg

[@patriciaking7892]

Rob, you're barefoot. You handsome dude lol.

[@marcowidmer3773]

In Europe there is this App called Too Good To Go, which fights food waste and is also a good way for the businesses to turn some losses to revenue. I think they started to launch in New York as well.

[@paulkerkhoff4974]

Nice Presentation

[@gabrieln3613]

This a reality folks, unfortunate but true. I design eco-communities, farms, gardens, food systems, greenhouses, etc. with a team of 8-10, each with degrees from Naturopathic doctor, architect, permaculture farmers, certified food producer, regenerative agriculture, etc. and I have been in this type work for many years. Part of my background was in Oregon and I lived for 6 months on site, working with a non-profit that had 40-60 volunteers (only 2 hr shifts), 2 minivans, a home garage turned into food packaging place (2 refrigerators, freezers, walk-in cooler, etc.) and weekly, 52 weeks per year, we would visit 35-40 places (produce dept. & deli's at groceries, bakeries, farmer's market booths at end of shows, etc.) and pick up food that was set aside, that otherwise would be destined for the dumpsters as this gentlemen is finding. Perfectly good food, maybe a spot on an apple, yogurt approaching "sell by" date but to make room from new stock it was being let go, milk, cheeses, deli dishes, breads with a dimple on top "not perfect" and other foods being discarded as newer stock arrived. Pick-ups were daily and brought back to the house garage. Then re-packaged into custom boxes, tailored each for the group receiving and what they could use....a head-start school, migrant workers camp, couple churches that gave away meals, food pantry (like discounted dented canned goods) and the boxes were delivered with the minivans and all for free. This cycle and flow of food coming in and quickly be custom boxed to go out was 7 days a week year-round. The incoming boxes of food were weighed and this amounted to average 10,000 to 12,000 pounds of food every week being gifted......great food that was destined for the dumpsters like what these people found in this video. I am also keenly aware of this as part of our work is when we design gardens we also teach people how to grow their own food at home. Great work here by Mr. Rob Greenfield to set an example and bring this reality to people's consciousness. BTW, the organization that rescued food I described and lived/worked with, all started by one lady, just seeing a need and acting. She had been doing this 18 years when I was there in 2011 so that is for 29 years now.

[@charlescayton8035]

I love your videos are so interesting to me

[@CWCNILTDAntrim]

CaterWaste thumbs up!

[@valerieleuba]

I saw that grocery stores lock dumpsters in 2020! I asked if I could have what they are throwing away and the manager said it is a liability to the store!!

[@vLogPhase]

WOW never knew we are doing a very unethical thing by buying perfect food 🤯

[@YoTVWorld]

As a child growing up in the 1960s my mom would dumpster dive when the food stamps would run out around mid to late month.

[@peacenotwar9267]

You said it all let government and big companies do something serious not about counting profits

[@wowgrab7553]

It disgusts me that so much food is being THROWN AWAY while tons of people are STARVING!! I highly support #DonateNotDump!

[@satjiwan]

10:50 start of Good Samaritan food donation laws and then 13:30 for expiration/bestby/sellby dates. (Freshness not safety).

[@nanibush1]

At 10:00 is a man in Equador with plantains! being rejected for sale.....NOT bananas! We are talking about 10 X's the cost !

[@johnevans8522]

When are you coming to Miami?? I am here to help!

[@tomhatcher8309]

I like how he just throws the banana

[@bernieboyce2350]

great

[@chelaynedukart375]

Good points. I had some questions. Why were you not going to let people eat the food you sourced from dumpsters? Why not start a homeless food program with all the food you sourced or continue to source?Also why hasn't anyone thought of a liability waiver relieving anyone of the ability to sue if one did get food poisoning? I think you have great points, continue fighting the good fight

[@Robin.Greenfield]

Hello Chelayne, Thanks for your questions. Here are the answers: -Why were you not going to let people eat the food you sourced from dumpsters? It's not that I wasn't going to let people eat the food. It's that the more important thing to me was to create visuals that would create mass awareness and conversation that would result in changes that will feed millions of people, rather than just me feeding dozens of people a few times. So creating the visual is what was important. I didn't know when I started that people would want to eat the food either. I was blown away to see how quickly the food would go once the demonstration was up and I invited people to take the food. -Why not start a homeless food program with all the food you sourced or continue to source? Many of those exist already. It's an important part of the solution and I am very thankful for everyone doing this. It won't solve the problem though. It doesn't hack at the roots of the issue. I want to work toward change in the system, not just feed a small number of people. -Also why hasn't anyone thought of a liability waiver relieving anyone of the ability to sue if one did get food poisoning? Grocery stores are already protected by the Good Samaritan Food Donation Act, so the law is already on their side to donate. This is nationwide and has existed since 1996. A waiver is not needed.

[@eliassrouji9272]

Does this law also apply in Canada ? Can grocery stores or restaurants be sued if they donate food?

[@oursomedaytv]

This guy is crazy! but good crazy :)

[@angrybird202]

Drug needles are in dumpsters.I say no to diving

[@elnamaepedersen1061]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@merianquiniano3924]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@marjambham7903]

We feed the neighbors’ pets and wildlife with our old food

[@twilightprincelink]

Probably easier to get rid of grocery stores and malls. The massive amount of packing that goes into all of these useless things, most of which get thrown out, is far more litter then one person having a moment of weakness. I'm sure you've never had a moment like that even in your worst of moments..... and also the only reason the litter existed in the first place is because people go to them because they feel like they need to to survive.

[@harrisonjones6775]

I'm watching you