A scientific breakthrough that could transform how we produce food | David Friedberg

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🗓️ 24 June 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Agriculture fundamentally changed the way humans live — but at a cost, using up huge tracts of land and wreaking havoc on the environment, even as millions still go hungry. Entrepreneur and investor David Friedberg paints a picture of the evolution of agriculture and introduces a scientific breakthrough — "boosted breeding" — that might just transform how the world produces food. (This conversation was recorded live with head of TED Chris Anderson.)

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0:15.0	I'm your host, Elise Hugh.
0:17.0	I'm about to sound like Captain Obvious here, but we humans need to eat food to survive.
0:22.0	But this primary need is far more need to survive,
0:24.0	but this primary need is far more fraught now
0:25.0	that growing food through agriculture
0:28.0	is threatening our planet's land and resources.
0:30.0	Entrepreneur David Freiburg
0:32.0	is working on how to transform agriculture for a more resilient future.
0:37.0	He sat down with head of Ted Chris Anderson in 2024 to take us through the past, present, and an innovative future for feeding humanity after the break.
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