Heyo hope you liked this video! What other topics in food and sustainability would you like to see us break down? It can become a future video! *Reply down below for the algorithm* :D - Melissa
@electrichris81773 жыл бұрын
Maybe something about packaging?
@marcus_priavinga12513 жыл бұрын
why does caviar cost so much ? i would like video on that
@Zinii3 жыл бұрын
You should do an episode on the clothing industry :D
@stonks84783 жыл бұрын
@@marcus_priavinga1251 The caviar fish is endangered
@donuthog3 жыл бұрын
@@Zinii Yeah, i would especially love that, as I saw an episode of patriot act about that on Netflix a while ago, and some of the stuff that was said was astonishing.
@ArtichokeHunter3 жыл бұрын
In my area, "eat local" is usually used to promote supporting small local businesses over megacorporations. I'm not used to it as an environmental argument, but it is very cool to break down how small a role transportation plays in that!
@ragnkja3 жыл бұрын
That, and to promote knowing more about what you’re buying. The process is much more transparent to someone who is in the same area as the producer than it is to someone on the other side of the world.
@eshhhhhh_073 жыл бұрын
Ya, i agree with you cuz that's what on my side
@ArtichokeHunter3 жыл бұрын
@@ragnkja Yes! You're more likely to know what labor laws apply, what reputation the company has, concerns, etc. if the company is in your area. And with something like a farmer's market you can ask questions directly.
@DeathnoteBB3 жыл бұрын
Uber Eats is using it to promote themselves
@chicken_punk_pie3 жыл бұрын
Me too
@TheRoadrunner763 жыл бұрын
The best parts of this channel are the videos that could all be categorized as "relatable young adults try to learn how to be better humans" and I absolutely love it
@jorgerangel23903 жыл бұрын
I do feel that
@joehemmann11563 жыл бұрын
My crotchety boomer energy wants to refute this by saying "young adults = children", but I really can't you're just actually correct.
@santosmurilo Жыл бұрын
Same here! o/
@hussainbharmal63833 жыл бұрын
Every AIP video: "I guess I failed but here's what I learnt"
@ThePrimevalVoid3 жыл бұрын
This is the goal I believe, we’ve been taught that failure is bad generally.
@user-nb7gp4fk7j3 жыл бұрын
Haha, so true! 😅
@werosification3 жыл бұрын
the best kind of learning 😅
@isalesme0153 жыл бұрын
Gotta love the honesty
@vidblogger123 жыл бұрын
To quote that one Twitter user roasting Sabrina: “Half your videos end in failure and a sponsorship.”
@hippyyy54573 жыл бұрын
I think you forgot to mention the most important thing: by food when it is in season!
@ragnkja3 жыл бұрын
Agreed, it’s rather of unnatural to eat the same stuff year-round. And remember: _every_ fresh food has a season. Yes, even meat, which is generally not in season in the northern hemisphere right now. In the winter, livestock has to be fed processed feed, whereas in the summer they can be left to graze, so it makes a lot more sense to slaughter them in the autumn.
@yewchoob65753 жыл бұрын
@@ragnkja don’t be silly even if they slaughtered them in the summer they have been eating processed foods for many years. It doesn’t make a difference what they had for brekkie
@ragnkja3 жыл бұрын
@@yewchoob6575 Not what they had for brekkie, no, but more what they have been eating for the past several months. Livestock that’s been fed processed feed all their lives should be classed as “slaughtered in the spring” with regards to their environmental impact no matter what time of the year it is, don’t you agree? Because they’ve basically been fed winter feed even in the summer.
@carrotman3 жыл бұрын
Is that not to minimise transportation from different climates? Because there was a graph at 3:56 in this video that shows this is not the most important thing.
@penelope5633 жыл бұрын
Besides cost savings it tastes so much better!
@finnaginfrost62973 жыл бұрын
I've literally never seen a YT video where they end up supporting the null hypothesis when it forces them to change the narrative structure of the video, except this one. Very impressed, excellent work and diligence.
@stardustfactory83113 жыл бұрын
What
@anthonynorman75453 жыл бұрын
This channel does it a lot
@garethbaus54713 жыл бұрын
@@stardustfactory8311 They didn't come to the conclusion that eating local is significantly better for the environment, despite appearing to have done a lot of research trying to show exactly that. Many people don't like doing reasurch or testing something to find that it doesn't make a significant difference one way or the other.
@Rachel-sw2pw3 жыл бұрын
I love when you brought up the “are you going to eat it?” aspect! I had never thought about how when I let food go to waste I’m not just throwing out that food- I’m also making all of the processes behind getting that food to me go to waste
@Zalera443 жыл бұрын
You aren't the only person who had food produced for them at that time. Hundreds of people's food got produced at the exact same time as yours. You don't make that much of an impact, so don't beat yourself up too much :3
@fravs223 жыл бұрын
@@Zalera44 I agree! As we saw from the video, the largest environmental impact is caused by the farming methods, which are completly out of our control as consumers. The only thing we could do would be pressure our legislators to enforce better practices in the agriculture
@rachellindholm3 жыл бұрын
@@fravs22 That's definitely not the only thing we can do. Individual impacts all add up. According to Project Drawdown, reducing food waste is one of the biggest things we can do to reduce GHG emissions and help the environment. It is incredibly important.
@pvic69593 жыл бұрын
yup. my mom taught me as much as a kid and now I never waste food. the only time ill throw it out is if it rots.. bad. Even then, into the compost it goes. When I was a kid, I didnt want to waste my moms efforts (shed wake up at 5am to make food before I went to school) and now that extends to everyone in the food making process. A farmer somewhere did back breaking work. I dont want his/her work go to waste
@lonestarr14903 жыл бұрын
About one third of all the food produced for the western world is never eaten. There's definitely room for improvement in that regard.
@screwaccountnames3 жыл бұрын
That coconut milk at 3:00 is the exact same brand I used in my curry last week! I live in Austria. Globalization is weird.
@ninamarie1773 жыл бұрын
Me too, I guess growing coconuts in Austria, Canada or Germany (where I live) is nearly impossible.
@Bri_Merriman3 жыл бұрын
As an Australian on the other side of the world, that’s my coconut milk of choice as well!
@ennemuk3 жыл бұрын
I buy that one too in the Netherlands!
@beakj3 жыл бұрын
It’s sometimes in my pantry in Norway too! Haha.
@maryvasilyeva60643 жыл бұрын
It's also sold in Russia))
@catman60893 жыл бұрын
What I find interesting is that a restaurant could advertise either "beef from cattle grown down the road" and "beef from cattle imported from Japan" and get the same effect. an item being either locally produced or specially imported gives the same amount of "fanciness"
@aqua40893 жыл бұрын
Yeah, if it’s local then it’s very fresh and helps the zone while if it’s imported then it means it’s good enough to be imported, something special.
@mienaikoe3 жыл бұрын
I think Japan and a few select European countries are the only places that can claim a fancy title like that. And small farms for the local side. Beef from an industrial farm down the road or beef from China doesn’t sound fancy at all.
@Mystro2563 жыл бұрын
The huge impact from beef comes from the production itself, not the transportation. In fact, beef is one of the worst environmentally impacting foods there is.
@maple22moose443 жыл бұрын
@@Mystro256 yeah, the fact that is a driving reason for deforestation, particularly of the Amazon, doesn’t help either
@lazergurka-smerlin65613 жыл бұрын
@@mienaikoe Basically the countries that are most fashionable
@dominictemple3 жыл бұрын
Hah, this reminds me a bit of the scene from The Good Place where the Judge goes down to Earth to show how simple the system is, it does not go to plan. The world is a complex and multifaceted place
@valeriopepe12693 жыл бұрын
"Let's get this ethical bread" I died
@amaja6943 жыл бұрын
i love that these videos are always a progression and demonstrate that you're allowed to change your argument through learning new info! also they're so well produced the graphics omg
@daniel.t.h.3 жыл бұрын
There is a paper about this topic called "Avoiding the local trap" by Born and Purcell. I too was shocked at first to discover that local food isn't necessarily better for the environment than imported food.
@ragnkja3 жыл бұрын
_What_ you eat and maybe also _when_ you eat it usually matters more than _where_ you eat it. Obviously, dry staples such as grains are unlikely to be very seasonal, but fresh foods always have a season when it makes most sense to eat them. Did you know that goose was traditionally eaten after the hay harvest or the grain harvest, and that having goose for Christmas was really extravagant?
@de-void18723 жыл бұрын
Also local food usually means that the land could be used for other things. Places that have cows in my countries could not grow crops but locally you could put houses there
@ragnkja3 жыл бұрын
@@de-void1872 Similarly, it isn’t considered worthwhile to try to grow grains in northern Norway because you rarely manage to grow something that’s suitable for leavened bread, so we’ve been buying that from further south for many centuries.
@de-void18723 жыл бұрын
@@ragnkja exaclty. In Australia the soil is so dry in some places that planting food just wouldn't work. We have alto of cattle farming because they don't need moist soil
@jasonreed7522 Жыл бұрын
There are other reasons to buy local beyond the assumed environmentally benefits, mainly to support your local area/community over corporations.
@atalayalunas3 жыл бұрын
when i see melisa i just think of olive milk
@pvic69593 жыл бұрын
I bet she _loves_ thats her legacy LOLOL
@IsabellaBurmester3 жыл бұрын
Same!
@zayneytem3 жыл бұрын
It was unfit for human consumption-
@jakipop33973 жыл бұрын
She deserves better, man...
@Matty0023 жыл бұрын
olive milk? you mean olive oil? lol
@Shorty241363 жыл бұрын
For me buying local is a social decision rather than environmental... I would rather support a local farmer than a chain. Further than that I grow some of my own fruit and vegetables and my husband and I are beginning to hunt to not only reduce pest animals here in Australia but also reduce our footprint and use everything an animal can provide. Hopefully in the future we will be able raise our own meat too.
@marieblackbird893 жыл бұрын
I admire you for growing some of your own fruit and vegetables, takes aalot of work. What "pests" non-human animals do you hunt? Are you going to raise "pests" non human animals?
@leoyamauchi59923 жыл бұрын
@@marieblackbird89 fun fact: pest animals can mean rabbits (in Australia) or other kinds of animals that are considered invasive due to them being introduced into the environment by humans centuries
@firstname4052 жыл бұрын
@@marieblackbird89 some native animals are now considered to have pest-level population sizes because they are no longer being sustainably hunted after white people invaded. For example, kangaroo! Fortunately, it's sold at supermarkets now, tastes delicious and is cheaper than beef!
@Mystro2563 жыл бұрын
Best way to reduce your environmental impact from food is to give up or reduce beef intake... It's right in the video at 3:51.
@hobbiefox-pastrycat45682 жыл бұрын
Really any meat (although beef is the worst offender)
@marcus_priavinga12513 жыл бұрын
I just found this a year ago . And I can say for sure this channel is hidden gem and needs to supported so everyone who likes their videos go hit and subscribe . we can do this
@elbowsbuns18963 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@delightedmatt3 жыл бұрын
Super interesting to see that Greenhouse Gas chart showing that Emmissions care less about WHERE the food comes from, but about WHAT you eat. Substitute beef, dairy, lamb and chocolate in your diet? That chart looks fondly upon you.
@ragnkja3 жыл бұрын
Chocolate isn’t exactly something you should eat loads of anyway.
@Mystro2563 жыл бұрын
I laughed when I saw the beef bar go off screen... Yep, exactly why I don't eat beef.
@Draconicdisciple3 жыл бұрын
Although, even if comparatively its small that doesn't meant shaving even just a little bit of emissions off isn't good. If possible you should still stick to having foods from closer to you and eat in season.
@kirkwhite33993 жыл бұрын
The absolute cowardice of this video, which ends with a hello fresh advert... FFS
@HDFDuarte3 жыл бұрын
Despite beef producing a lot of CO2 (and mostly methane), that CO2 came from the plants that the cow ate, which was captured from the atmosphere, completing the carbon cycle, whereas the emissions from machining, packaging and transportation come from fossil fuels which is a form of CO2 that shouldn't be emitted in "normal" conditions since it is outside of the regular cycle.
@hooberfloobermoober3 жыл бұрын
Hey, I just wanna say thank you guys so much for captioning your videos, it’s really useful. I myself am not deaf or hard of hearing, but it’s useful if I don’t have headphones, or I’m in a noisy area. I feel like captions often get overlooked, so again, thank you.
@una_10bananas3 жыл бұрын
Can I just say I love the chalk sound effect when you underlined words
@MisterAppleEsq3 жыл бұрын
Hey you!
@una_10bananas3 жыл бұрын
@@MisterAppleEsq oh hi there!
@corsipong3 жыл бұрын
I'm a bit surprised: The starts by tackling the problem under the carbon footprint perspective, at 4 minutes it shows that eating local could only reduce the footprint by 6%, and then switches it's angle to talk about pesticides. The elephant in the room we get from the graph at 4 minutes is that reduicing meat and dairy is the way to go to reduce the carbon footprint, but this is not even mentioned. Does it conflicts with HelloFresh selling meat and dairy?
@crimeny3 жыл бұрын
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@Vamusika3 жыл бұрын
Exactly. It's just glossed over. Not to mention a ton of mono crops are grown in the first place for animal feed and the amount of water used for that!
@jacksgapy3 жыл бұрын
I got confused myself about the overarching message
@jorgea54263 жыл бұрын
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@graymayhem24103 жыл бұрын
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@mary-dt2eb3 жыл бұрын
i love the video, but i feel its important to talk about how the responsibility we have to the environment shouldn't be put solely on the consumer. making ethical decisions is important, but pressuring megacorporations to do better is way more important because not every consumer has the ability, time or money to make those ethical choices. Just asking people to make better decisions without acknowledging the fact that laws and companies changing would have a greater impact just feeds into this sense of guilt you're feeling.
@crimeny3 жыл бұрын
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@EmotionsNeverLie3 жыл бұрын
"If you don't know, don't be afraid to ask." I guarantee you the workers at the grocery store know just as much as you do when it comes to knowing where their foods come from.
@diegodoumecq51443 жыл бұрын
Might want to investigate commercial fishing, especially trawling and long line fishing. With some quick googling it appears that 40% of marine catch is bycatch, which amounts to 63 billion pounds of _the wrong fish_
@ragnkja3 жыл бұрын
Until quite recently, by-catch was always used, whether as human food or as bait.
@emilyblack73423 жыл бұрын
Another factor to add to the local food equation: security. Depending on who you ask, I live on either the most isolated island chain in the world or one that’s pretty high up there. That means that if we want to eat a western diet, we need to import basically everything. The usual estimates say that if imports stop, we have a week and a half before the food runs out. When we talked about eating local in school, that’s what the conversation was really about: building more the runway before crisis hits. When it comes to eating local, I’d suggest you consider that too. If all transport stopped, how long would your home have before the food runs out?
@ragnkja3 жыл бұрын
The crops - usually some kind of grains - that are staples in most of the world tend to be less central in the base diet on small islands and other places with very limited arable land and/or unfavourable growing conditions, such as cold or arid climates. Instead I expect the traditional diet where you’re from to have been heavy on seafood, just like where I’m from in northern Norway.
@emilyblack73423 жыл бұрын
@@ragnkja Not quite. The traditional staple crop was taro, supplemented with sweet potato and breadfruit. Taro was important enough that a good chunk of the local creation myth was built around it. However, taro is an acquired taste (to put it politely) and almost all of the farmland has been built over with suburbs.
@logically-pastel17953 жыл бұрын
I'm disappointed that you showed a graph that shows how much meat production affects the environment, but didn't talk about it at all. It's much cheaper to reduce meat consumption than to buy all organic.
@crimeny3 жыл бұрын
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@graymayhem24103 жыл бұрын
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@Charlotte-jm3ce2 жыл бұрын
The point of the video was transportation.
@skatermcgee32203 жыл бұрын
The most ironic sponsorship ever
@alinedangelo95633 жыл бұрын
You forgot to talk about the most important part of having a more sustainable diet: look at that graph you showed and avoid the foods at the top. Meats especially always have a much larger footprint than other foods, whether local or not. Their production is just too resource-intensive to be sustainable at the amount that most people consume them.
@graymayhem24103 жыл бұрын
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@hinatahyuuga1203 жыл бұрын
My only problem with that sentiment is there are people who can nto eat a very plant based diet. There are people who are allergic to wheat, corn and soy. All of which are heavily in the vegan and vegetarian diets. And some people bodies in studies have sjow to not be able to handle the full switch over and they grow extremely ill.
@clothcat30713 жыл бұрын
@@hinatahyuuga120 I'm a meat eater and agree with Alines statement, especially the "at the amount most people consume them" part. The drive to intensively farm for meat is the root of the high carbon footprint.
@rosaliestewart73553 жыл бұрын
@@hinatahyuuga120 and there are people who can't do various other things for the environment so what's your point? we shouldn't try to eat less meat because some people can't go vegan?
@sweetpeabee49833 жыл бұрын
@@rosaliestewart7355 I think their point is that when people say "we should avoid meat", putting it in the frame of "we" isn't very inclusive of people who genuinely want to cut meat but can't for various reasons. It can come across as shaming people, even when that isn't the intention. To be clear, I agree that "we" should try to avoid consuming meat, dairy, etc. I just find that often, when people post "but sometimes people can't stop eating meat for xyz health reason," it's because they want to justify why they're not a bad person and do care, really, and they want to be validated in that. Which isn't really a point, when it comes down to it, just insecurity. 🤷🏻♀️
@oliversdouglas3 жыл бұрын
The single most environmentally impactful thing you can do in respect to your diet is cut out meat & dairy - something very briefly highlighted by the graph at 3:53. Others have commented about it too and it did feel like an omission - especially since even if you don't want to be vegan (I'm not) just *reducing* the amount of meat & dairy you consume is still going to reduce your carbon footprint massively. Otherwise, great video as always folks - I'd just liked to have seen some more reference to an important part of this discussion :)
@sparksbet3 жыл бұрын
I don't begrudge her for not including it, but yeah, it's a shame she didn't mention it. She could've integrated it into the ad read too -- I recently started a Hello Fresh membership, and even though I get some meals with meat and fish, they have a lot of appealing vegetarian and vegan options as well, which has encouraged me to eat fewer meat-based meals even though I don't plan on becoming a vegan or vegetarian. It's a missed opportunity, but nice to discuss in the comments.
@jakeA09032 жыл бұрын
So true!!
@sophieward72253 жыл бұрын
I'm regularly astounded by the animation on this channel! It's so minimal and effective and is clearly planned out with great care. Love you guys!
@shibebaka28093 жыл бұрын
Always happy to see a video from you, glad I'm this early
@adsapphirewind61313 жыл бұрын
Lets go get a map *SHOWS JOHN HARRIS* lmao that broke me
@jj533683 жыл бұрын
Immediately subscribed 😆
@EcceJack3 жыл бұрын
(can... someone tell me who John Harris is? xD because I did *not* get that part)
@connormcgee47113 жыл бұрын
@@EcceJack His channel is Johnny Harris, and he makes videos pretty similar to these ones (in production), but he focused a lot on geopolitical issues, hence making tons of animated maps for his videos
@astererratum65463 жыл бұрын
I was more concerned about the price. Lol. Never seen a $100 map before.
@EcceJack3 жыл бұрын
@@astererratum6546 Same! :D
@joshuab45863 жыл бұрын
The whole “eat local” movement reminds me of companies blaming consumers for plastic pollution when in reality it’s big companies like Nestle that pollute more than billions of consumers. It’d make more sense to me if they promoted the money going back into the immediate economy when buying local. No idea if that’s even a necessary thing tbh, just see it plastered everywhere.
@piemonkey5ponypuppy3 жыл бұрын
A lot of the eat local movement, from my experience at least, IS about directly supporting the farmers and small businesses in our communities. I'm surprised that this part of it was completely glossed over in the video.
@seanamisano62163 жыл бұрын
hmm strange how the topic of animal farming wasn’t mentioned at all in this video
@alex60273 жыл бұрын
Yea, it seemed a bit odd
@kirkwhite33993 жыл бұрын
Probably didn't wanna piss off their sponsor
@pyRoy63 жыл бұрын
The weirdest part was that they put up the damn chart, which clearly shows that the typical consumer will make a HUGE difference by omitting animal products. Doesn't take much thought, strategy, calculations...but has the effect of coming pretty close to an optimal solution.
@nuloom3 жыл бұрын
@@pyRoy6 and it’s way better than searching for ways to cut off single %’s of your food emissions with a magnifying glass. Seriously either it’s the sponsor or it’s the prioritising of temporary pleasure over planet, own health (cardiovascular diseases go brr), and personal ethics.
@pyRoy63 жыл бұрын
@@nuloom You're right. Promoting (or, at least, mentioning) plant-based eating seems particularly suitable for this channel's audience for that very reason. It gets the job done, and it's simple enough for most people to do without having to do a lot of thinking every day. There were some hilarious, pizzagate-level accusations about Sabrina... but I think you're probably closer to the truth. Putting the chart in might have been their way of pushing back against the sponsor.
@skycaptain393 жыл бұрын
"I should really put a big red pin or something where I am" *puts a blue pin Bruh
@ragnkja3 жыл бұрын
“Or something” seems right. At least it’s bigger than the other pins.
@user-qh2xz2bf1l3 жыл бұрын
She probably just didn't have a red pin
@YOEL_443 жыл бұрын
@@user-qh2xz2bf1l Yo yo yo, don't point us with that gun, I'm sure it was just an observation, chill bro
@user-qh2xz2bf1l3 жыл бұрын
@@YOEL_44 haha
@eldarr0uge4823 жыл бұрын
Wow that looks like a LOT of plastic packaging with hello fresh, that's kinda weird to put it as an eco friendly service/product to buy.
@MyHappyDonuts3 жыл бұрын
I really liked the video, but if you think about it, you kinda made a video about the environmental impact of food transportation, sponsored by a company that... actually transports food, which may seem like your point is biased!
@Z3R0902103 жыл бұрын
Listing where something was produced makes it sound so much more fancy lol
@gosiahasal1823 жыл бұрын
I thought that was required by law? In my grocery stores even produce that isn't packaged always has country of import listed next to the price
@maple22moose443 жыл бұрын
@@gosiahasal182 interesting, by any chance would you be okay saying where, I’d like to find out more,
@563spaceman3 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure that's standard here too, in Serbia
@gosiahasal1823 жыл бұрын
@@maple22moose44 i live in Poland, it might be an European Union thing
@ymi_yugy31333 жыл бұрын
That looks overwhelming and expensive. I think forgoing beef will be good enough for now.
@stanorange3 жыл бұрын
That lil Johnny Harris pop up is everything.
@the12thstar553 жыл бұрын
agreed.
@Kevindude88683 жыл бұрын
Wtf how do you not have at least 1 mil subs, your content is so professional and well done it blows my mind that i didn't hear of you sooner! Keep up with the great work!! :DD
@Q2693 жыл бұрын
Individual efforts is necessary in the long run, but won't hold a candle to corporate regulations; so if you want to fight, then fight for the cause.
@ragnkja3 жыл бұрын
How much does the argument that “pre-portioned ingredients cause less waste” rely on the amounts being right for you? Because if I make 1.3 times as much as I need, it doesn’t really matter if everything is proportioned correctly, it’s still too much food. Sure, I could eat it later, but those awkward tiny leftovers that aren’t enough to be even a small lunch are the ones that are most likely to be thrown out.
@lisas9937 Жыл бұрын
I'm with you. I tried Hello Fresh for a while. But, as a single person, being forced to order a minimum of 3 meals for 2 people resulted in a LOT of food waste. Each bag would essentially make 3 meals for me because the portions were so big. So, by the time I got to the 3rd bag, the produce and bread had gone bad. I had to throw it out, get into my car and drive to the grocery store for replacements. Besides, my boxes came via UPS and Hello Fresh didn't actually indicate where most of the ingredients came from.
@ajuanjojj3 жыл бұрын
Having a "save the enviroment video" while being sponsored by a service that packs 5 single use plastic bags/containers for each meal kind of defeats the purpose :/
@memali29392 жыл бұрын
Except...it doesn't
@ArtichokeHunter3 жыл бұрын
I love foraging. I don't think it's reasonable to eat exclusively as local as personally picking it in the park, but it's so much fun and I feel much more in touch with what I'm eating not only in terms of environmental impact but like... what part of the plant is it, how it needs to be treated and prepared for use, and what it offers me that commercial crops don't. #eatyourinvasives
@ragnkja3 жыл бұрын
Anecdotal evidence seems to indicate that locals in my village have managed to eradicate caraway (which is blacklisted here in Norway) from the village by collecting the seeds for their own use. I doubt it’s going to be as easy to get rid of goutweed, but at least I don’t feel guilty about picking all the newest and tastiest shoots every so often each spring and early summer. If I “accidentally” pick so much that it no longer thrives in the garden, there’s probably someone nearby who will let me harvest in theirs, right?
@peyton93823 жыл бұрын
This video was super cool, but I think y'all fell into the corporate trap that we, as individual consumers, are responsible for the environmental impact of our products. Corporations produce more than 70% of the global emissions! So just don't feel too guilty or bad about yourself if you can't afford/ don't have the time to choose the sustainable options, we need to be holding politicians and corporations responsible for their harmful actions
@oliverwilson113 жыл бұрын
True, but people should be aware that the result of holding those politicians and corporations responsible is going to be a world in which people who currently eat a lot of environmentally harmful foods (like beef) will end up eating a lot less of them.
@cameronhaines8828 Жыл бұрын
Corporations produce 70% of global emissions true... but ultimately it is people who consume what these corporations produce, and that's why they produce. Production and consumption are really two sides of the same coin.
@pianoforte6113 жыл бұрын
Intuitively, if shipping only adds a few cents to the cost of a good, then it probably doesn't add that much to CO2 emission or resource consumption. But its nice to have a quantitative analysis. But I still buy local when I can because local produce tastes better. Fresh strawberries are completely different from strawberries picked unripe and shipped across the world.
@random232873 жыл бұрын
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@answerinprogress3 жыл бұрын
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@EnderElectrics3 жыл бұрын
Not anymore!
@eshhhhhh_073 жыл бұрын
how you commented 15 hours agooooooooooooooo
@random232873 жыл бұрын
@@eshhhhhh_07 I was watching the food playlist and they put it on there ahead of time
@eshhhhhh_073 жыл бұрын
@@random23287 🤯😱😳😨😵😲howww, Actually the case was my pc was hanging so i thought that KZbin has become unresponsive, so it's showing me wrong time. Thanks for the clarification 😅😂😂🤣🤣💁🤭💜
@sofie7423 жыл бұрын
Really loved the video - only critique is that I think it's maybe slightlyyyyyyy irresponsible to not discuss the disproportionate negative affect animal agriculture has on the environment & GHG emissions
@ennemuk3 жыл бұрын
As someone who's studied environmental impacts, I cackled a bit when you said tracking where all your food was from would be easy 😂 they don't make it easy for us huh.
@marcyslu65233 жыл бұрын
Hey where are your references? My team is working on a similar project in Iceland and I would love to look at any of the articles/data you used
@pufflemaster3483 жыл бұрын
I love the detail at 1:36 of the “map of shame” text being motion tracked onto the map. Great video!
@DancingSpacePotato3 жыл бұрын
Because you asked nicely I’ll stick around for the ad read
@pooghopink35723 жыл бұрын
This video has a LOT more information than what other creators do and there's a lot of though behind the video
@pia69193 жыл бұрын
I love how she completely glosses over animal agriculture, even tho she mentioned it in the video, while also promoting something that doesn't cater to vegans.
@ragnkja3 жыл бұрын
What about other dietary restrictions, such as allergies and intolerances? Because that’s also something I don’t dare to take for granted.
@pia69193 жыл бұрын
@@ragnkja i don't think i get your question. Are you asking how people with allergies can go vegan?
@ragnkja3 жыл бұрын
@@pia6919 No, I’m asking if they (Hello Fresh) assume that people have no dietary restrictions. Because you and I both know that that isn’t the case.
@derekw1043 жыл бұрын
Hello Fresh has vegan meal options though?? Unless I'm just living in an alternate reality, who knows
@pia69193 жыл бұрын
@@derekw104 for all I know they only have a vegetarian option
@Greenpunked3 жыл бұрын
If you like plants and care how your food is grown, you can try growing something simple on your balcony like tomatoes. That makes an impact i would guess.
@ellaaurora3 жыл бұрын
this was interesting, kinda confused though about how you can not even mention the impact of animal agriculture vs a plant-based food in a video about the sustainability of what we buy and eat. to my understanding that is the biggest factor in this issue and it feels misleading to not bring it up
@graymayhem24103 жыл бұрын
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@WinWolfGaming3 жыл бұрын
I have been bingging your videos all day I'm excited for this, always well edited
@dunnejos84233 жыл бұрын
Or.... You could recognize the vast majority of pollution, environmental damage and petroleum accidents are perpetrated by megacorporations who have no monetary incentive to reduce their impact. It's great to do what you can to reduce your waste production, buying local etc, but I the reality is that these corporations are probably producing 100 times more waste and environmental impact than you could do in your lifetime.
@justrecentlyi54443 жыл бұрын
Buying products from companies that use practices that do less damage is an important part of creating that incentive for them to lessen their environmental impact. Legislation and voting for it is another important way, but even though the fault primarily lies with the corporations, we cannot sit back, do nothing, and expect them to change the practices that gave them their success.
@dunnejos84233 жыл бұрын
@@justrecentlyi5444 that's incredibly neo liberal rhetoric. There's no evidence at all that suggests supporting brands that are eco friendly even create a dent in the amount of harm done by megacorporations. The vast majority of waste isn't even done by regular citizens. Neither is the amount of water waste, industrial pollution etc. We can't get to a better environmental state through consumerism, that's absolutely absurd and honestly irresponsible. You know what will work? Legislative action, direct action, direct protest, etc. This is why the most affective climate groups recognize capitalism itself as a detriment to the environment.
@justrecentlyi54443 жыл бұрын
I'm not suggesting that it is even a major part of the solution, but it certainly can't hurt to "vote with your wallet" when it's within your means to do so.
@Lewez983 жыл бұрын
One thing I'd like to note with regards to industrial farming and its impact on soils is that there are many techniques that can mitigate or minimize effects such as soil compaction and erosion, and the effects of monocultures on soil nutrient levels. These practices are put broadly under sustainable agriculture. They can include things such as strategic crop rotation to restore/maintain soil nutrient levels and soil stability, which can include rotating out certain crops in a season or shifting where they are on your land. And this hasn't been widely adopted to my knowledge, but there are different forms of and ways to deploy pesticides and herbicides that can have a lesser impact on non-target crops and water systems than traditional methods such as spraying. That's only scratching the surface, but granted many of these techniques definitely need to be more widespread. It's likely hard to find out whether or not producers are using these methods unless they're local and you go ask yourself, but knowing whether or not it was farmed using industrial practices isn't necessarily an indicator of its environmental impact, as there are ways to use industrial farming methods sustainably.
@prodanalexandru2193 жыл бұрын
3:55 well looking at graph the best way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is by going vegan, but i guess that's too much sacrifice for the planet.
@graymayhem24103 жыл бұрын
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@prodanalexandru2193 жыл бұрын
@Caitlyn McMunn i'm just pointing out the hypocrisy, if you feel ashamed maybe you should reconsider your lifestyle choices.
@anotherrandomperson9174 Жыл бұрын
This was super validating and interesting! Thank you so much for taking us with you ^-^
@Mirabell973 жыл бұрын
...how did you not even mention animal agriculture?
@SolarSeaSlug3 жыл бұрын
I love you guys' videos. Teaching the internet ten to twenty minutes at a time that learning is more important than success :)
@dementiasorrow3 жыл бұрын
It's Morning in Brazil and your video is the first thing I watched and it's the best! I think that we have to work hard to exercise the power of choice as a consumer. It shouldn't be that hard but it's the way it is now.
@eshhhhhh_073 жыл бұрын
But it night 🌃 herein 🇮🇳India Stay safe and sound, buddy 👐☮💁💜
@okaysonal3 жыл бұрын
The animations and narration to them on this particular video were beautiful!
@andersonneil22933 жыл бұрын
One counterpoint to "buy local" I've heard from freakanomics is that while there is more energy expenditure for transportation, more is saved by the product being produced in a place that is best for the product. Tbh, as a consumer your actions make almost no difference from an environmental effect. It's much better to find a group of folks and pressure your politicians to put in place more effective legislation.
@fhaiye023 жыл бұрын
The packaging of hello fresh uses a lot of plastic
@ragnkja3 жыл бұрын
Another concern I have about pre-packaged ingredients is that not everyone needs the same amount of food. For example, what’s barely enough for a man who does quite physically strenuous work is _way_ too much for me as a petite woman whose job isn’t exactly very physical.
@fhaiye023 жыл бұрын
Yes! I agree with that.
@alix85033 жыл бұрын
I know no one ever wants to hear this, but the single biggest thing you can do to reduce your food's environmental impact is to eat plants instead of animal-based products. Any time you buy meat, eggs, dairy, etc. that animal had to eat every day for months before you get it on your plate. In factory farms, they're usually fed soy and corn, notably from the Amazon region. And a whopping 99% of animals raised for food in the United States (as an example, the stats are similar almost everywhere) are in factory farms. The impact of plant food vs animal food is not even comparable. If you want to lower your environmental footprint, please eat fewer (or ideally no) animals.
@hinatahyuuga1203 жыл бұрын
But that brings in to questions affordability. A lot of the stuff that's bad over all for the environment is cheap to buy. So poor families like most of the US don't have the financial access to even think about eating vegetarian or vegan diets.
@oliverwilson113 жыл бұрын
@@hinatahyuuga120 The vast majority of people can afford to eat less meat and in particular less beef. Less meat is usually the cheaper option (though NO meat is sometimes more expensive). If you can't afford to eat less meat then you are not the problem, climate footprint is almost entirely a function of how much money you spend. The person you're responding to is NOT saying poor families need to spend more on food.
@pyRoy63 жыл бұрын
@@hinatahyuuga120 That's why I have to hustle so bad. I need to make $80k or else I can't afford my rice and beans.
@hinatahyuuga1203 жыл бұрын
@@pyRoy6 what's worse is there are people out there who think that we can afford to eat cheaper then we already do. I get food exclusively from a food bank and still don't have spending money or saving money
@pyRoy63 жыл бұрын
@@hinatahyuuga120 Although your situation makes sense, the point is that plant-based food is generally the cheaper option, excluding specialty products. Animal products are made affordable through subsidies.
@user-ry3oj3re1n3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this quality video! From stats, illustration, the methodology ❤️ keep on inspiring and educating us
@user-ry3oj3re1n3 жыл бұрын
Congratulations to all the team behind this
@dariailie89413 жыл бұрын
Holy heck I am so ridiculously early. Love your channel!
@jessislistless3 жыл бұрын
My KZbin algorithm has finally hit gold. I really enjoyed this video. I personally prefer local food because it supports our local economy and small business
@seanc61283 жыл бұрын
A consumer can only choose from the options available. Just to maybe relieve some of the guilt.
@santosmurilo Жыл бұрын
Wow! People from in north america (Canada and USA, to be clear) have a totally different vision about local/eco food. I live in Brazil and when we think about local and eco food, we are talking about buying from local producers in the neighborhood and the ones that have a multiculture farming. Eco food is related to the non use of pesticides. And you people do really import a lot of food, even the "simplest" ones. That's why climate researches states that the developed countries are the ones who most contribute to climate changes... Btw, thanks to Melissa for bringing this type of content. We may be different in culture, but we love in the same planet, and that's the only one we know!
@TheLeafiniwa3 жыл бұрын
I guess one argument for local food is that you are more familiar with the regulations farmers need to follow
@Charlotte-jm3ce2 жыл бұрын
It usually tastes better too because it is fresher))
@Trisha-zi2er3 жыл бұрын
These videos just keep on getting better
@marinak13113 жыл бұрын
Great video -- super informative and thought-provoking! Buuuuut can't believe you didn't even mention animal agriculture, when it was literally the elephant in the room (in the video)
@kirafish64653 жыл бұрын
Something I'd love to see talked about more is the environmental impact of eating meat/animal products, but in a way that doesn't shame people who still want to eat meat. Even eating a few less meat-based meals per week can do great things for the environment!!!!
@user-nb7gp4fk7j3 жыл бұрын
You made me want to do the same research for my region! 😅
@jovankarabatic37603 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad i bumped into this channel. Been watching your videos for the past 2 hours
@rlamacraft3 жыл бұрын
I think better advice is to buy seasonally. That way, you’re buying food that was produced without as much need for industrialised techniques e.g. without the need for heated greenhouses
@haritskamaaluddin53342 жыл бұрын
You know what’s really cool from this channel? Even Their sponsored video also bring me joy not only about how they tell the product, but the product is cool as well 🤟, like this Hello fresh things, I love what they did. Keep it up guys!
@teodorapetkovic3 жыл бұрын
Eating pineapple from God knows where with this video proved to be a fun combination! Also, I have never bought a map either? Where do people by maps???
@zipperace50483 жыл бұрын
I just found this channel and it is so underrated
@lulucool453 жыл бұрын
once again you illustrate the failure of trying to save the environment through individual consumer decisions
@Soraya1Bahaji3 жыл бұрын
In Germany there's a label for Food, thats produced more environmentally and animal friendly, it's called "bio", and it limits use of pestisides and all sorts of stuff
@jdcano65823 жыл бұрын
I would like if Melissa can share the recipes she made. I really want to try that meat/rice dish she made :) any clues?
@anshjain36173 жыл бұрын
I like mallisa's quiet and chill attitude !
@justmasum29963 жыл бұрын
eating plant based is probably the best thing u can do for the environment.
@tmathur19983 жыл бұрын
@@emmanuelvln It is true for the most part, but there is a massive gray area. A lot of animal based products are better for the environment rather than increasing the demand for things like palm oil, avacado, soy and many fruits.
@Vamusika3 жыл бұрын
@@tmathur1998 absolutely false. Animal products take up too much land, water and cause way too much pollution in terms of waste and methane etc. They can never be compared to plant based products. And it's very disengenous to say that if animal products are consumed, palm oil and avocados consumption increases. Animal products have the biggest impact on resources and hence, that should be the first thing to go from our plates as they're not even necessary and also cause a lot of suffering
@tmathur19983 жыл бұрын
@@Vamusika 1) Again, there's a lot of gray area here. I am suggesting that plant based vs animal based is not the right way to discourse the environmental impact. It should be based on any individual ingredient's impact on the environment. 2) I didn't suggest that increasing animal based consumption will increase palm oil consumption, I suggested the alternative. Plant based alternative isn't always better.
@T-minus-infinite3 жыл бұрын
I actually drive past the cinnamon toast crunch factory on my daily commute. On the days that its running, the smell is great, sometimes I try to guess which cereal theyre making
@mattie14783 жыл бұрын
youve shown a graph that compares the impact of different food groups and then didn't even mention how meat and dairy are like 10x worse than eggs and plant based foods.......... which is... weird...... why show that graph and not mention a major factor that influences how environmentally friendly our dietary choices are.............. or do you think its so obvious that everyone knows this already cause im pretty sure very few people do, considering that im a grad student in natural sciences and when we had a class on environmental management like half the group was learning about the huge impact of meat and dairy for the first time in their lives
@crimeny3 жыл бұрын
this!!!!
@Vamusika3 жыл бұрын
It's clearly not obvious to her as she's eating all of the above herself
@graymayhem24103 жыл бұрын
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@TheLeafiniwa3 жыл бұрын
I buy local vegetables during summer because they taste sweeter due to weather conditions they are grown under
@ragnkja3 жыл бұрын
And due to the fact that you’re eating them when they’re at their best.
@midnightdarkchocolate3 жыл бұрын
I know I’m slacking when I just realized she changed her Channel name
@l7dco3 жыл бұрын
Same😭😭
@Tr4sh_can343 жыл бұрын
nerdy and quirky, Sabrina, Sabrina and friends and Answer in progress
@weirdral3 жыл бұрын
This video was just gorgeous to watch. This is so well done. I love the topic and everything, but the graphics are just amazing.
@rio85293 жыл бұрын
Going vegan and engaging in political action can also influence the emissions of our food
@marimarb49893 жыл бұрын
It made me happy when you said your coffee is from Colombia 🇨🇴
@Charlotte-jm3ce2 жыл бұрын
I think the best coffee comes from columbia))
@lav3nderbees3 жыл бұрын
do you have a podcast? also if not you should totally make one! (if you want to of course)
@s0dani3 жыл бұрын
The production value of these videos is amazing… the graphics and photography are so good I thought I was watching a Vox video
@zac45393 жыл бұрын
Just don't eat meat lol. It will make much more of a difference
@harshchelani98963 жыл бұрын
I just noticed that she has the radio/podcast voice 😅 liked the texture of her voice.