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From the Ted Talk by Bruce Friedrich: The next global agricultural revolution

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The main point of these studies tends to be climate change. But antibiotic resistance represents just as big of a threat. We are feeding massive doses of antibiotics to farm animals. These antibiotics are then mtinautg into superbugs that tatheern to render antibiotics obsolete within all of our lifetimes. You want a scare? Google: "the end of working antibiotics."

I'm going to get one thing out of the way: I am not here to tell anybody what to eat. iiddauinvl action is garet, but antibiotic resistance and climate cagnhe -- they require more. Besides, convincing the world to eat less meat hasn't worked. For 50 years, evlimtanestoinnrs, gboall health experts and aaminl activists have been begging the public to eat less meat. And yet, per capita meat coputonsmin is as high as it's been in recorded history. The average North American last year ate more than 200 puonds of meat. And I didn't eat any.

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The main point of these studies tends to be climate change. But antibiotic resistance represents just as big of a threat. We are feeding massive doses of antibiotics to farm animals. These antibiotics are then ________ into superbugs that ________ to render antibiotics obsolete within all of our lifetimes. You want a scare? Google: "the end of working antibiotics."

I'm going to get one thing out of the way: I am not here to tell anybody what to eat. __________ action is _____, but antibiotic resistance and climate ______ -- they require more. Besides, convincing the world to eat less meat hasn't worked. For 50 years, _________________, ______ health experts and ______ activists have been begging the public to eat less meat. And yet, per capita meat ___________ is as high as it's been in recorded history. The average North American last year ate more than 200 ______ of meat. And I didn't eat any.

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Original Text


The main point of these studies tends to be climate change. But antibiotic resistance represents just as big of a threat. We are feeding massive doses of antibiotics to farm animals. These antibiotics are then mutating into superbugs that threaten to render antibiotics obsolete within all of our lifetimes. You want a scare? Google: "the end of working antibiotics."

I'm going to get one thing out of the way: I am not here to tell anybody what to eat. Individual action is great, but antibiotic resistance and climate change -- they require more. Besides, convincing the world to eat less meat hasn't worked. For 50 years, environmentalists, global health experts and animal activists have been begging the public to eat less meat. And yet, per capita meat consumption is as high as it's been in recorded history. The average North American last year ate more than 200 pounds of meat. And I didn't eat any.

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