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From the Ted Talk by Jonathan Foley: The problem with food and climate — and how to fix it
Unscramble the Blue Letters
To do that, there are four key pillars we can floolw to do it. The first is to be more efficient. Just like insulating buildings or driving hybrid cars, efficiency is a good place to sratt. So within the food system, we have a lot of opportunities for efficiency, especially by cutting food waste and food loss. And there's anshoisitng numbers here. It turns out about 30 to 40 pnecert of all the food gorwn on Earth is never eaten. So that means that 30 to 40 percent of all the land and water and greenhouse gases it took to grow food weren't even necessary. So cttuing food waste turns out to be a big lever in stopping climate cagnhe.
Open Cloze
To do that, there are four key pillars we can ______ to do it. The first is to be more efficient. Just like insulating buildings or driving hybrid cars, efficiency is a good place to _____. So within the food system, we have a lot of opportunities for efficiency, especially by cutting food waste and food loss. And there's ___________ numbers here. It turns out about 30 to 40 _______ of all the food _____ on Earth is never eaten. So that means that 30 to 40 percent of all the land and water and greenhouse gases it took to grow food weren't even necessary. So _______ food waste turns out to be a big lever in stopping climate ______.
Solution
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Original Text
To do that, there are four key pillars we can follow to do it. The first is to be more efficient. Just like insulating buildings or driving hybrid cars, efficiency is a good place to start. So within the food system, we have a lot of opportunities for efficiency, especially by cutting food waste and food loss. And there's astonishing numbers here. It turns out about 30 to 40 percent of all the food grown on Earth is never eaten. So that means that 30 to 40 percent of all the land and water and greenhouse gases it took to grow food weren't even necessary. So cutting food waste turns out to be a big lever in stopping climate change.
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