The alternative to the longstanding American food policy of “cheap and lots” is to eat locally, eat seasonally and eat organic. Filmmaker Bonnie Bucqueroux and her dog Schmoopsie look at the sustainable agriculture movement, including a visit to Michigan State University’s Student Organic Farm, where Dr. John Biernbaum discusses the options people have to grow their own food or to buy from local growers.
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Great video!
That’s the most illogical crap I’ve ever heard. Do you even know what sustainable means? How could you be against something like that. Nutrition creates healthy people to do your jobs. I’m all for freedom of choice but you need to get educated.
Thank you for posting this. Excellent!!
My God! This is amazing. Thank you for your efforts!!! Please view my video about transforming farming and eating on this planet at channel eating2heaven. Keep up the great work and know you are appreciated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s simple: more food is better for everyone.
you actually said that vegetables and fruits in the winter are not a good thing.
if you are going to support the “war on obesity” then you should support the “war on terror”. they are both based on pandering and hype.
expensive food kills people. yes, you feel better about yourself because you think you’re “doing something” but you’re really killing people.
access to inexpensive and plentiful food doesn’t cause obesity. overeating causes obesity.
Well you’re an idiot. She was talking about the pesticides and agrochemicals used in nations that would supply produce in during the winter. STFU buddy. Get some of the facts straight, at least a few, when you attack someone.
You’re just right. A reasoned, well thought out position like yours has me convinced. Thanks for setting me straight. I appreciate it. I shouldn’t have made a straw man argument and called her names. My bad.
There will come a time when food cant be transported across the world. if you want fruit like strawberries in the winter, you will have to buy them in season and preserve them
Cheap access to energy is what surburbia is predicated upon. After a mere 50 years of suburban bliss no more cheap energy. Think about this for a moment please.
Large scale modern farming too is unsustainable on all fronts animal, vegetable, mineral.
So many of mankinds cancers and diseases are caused by chemicals and plastics made from OIL. WE KNOW, but most are trapped it seems in suburbia consuming and obeying.
We dirt farmers will be more respected for our wisdom and values. Soon.
sounds delicious…now i’m hungry for vegies!!! XD
The important similarity between the war on terror and the war of obeisity is that they are both perpetuated by the uneducated. The people need to know what needs to be done. In a market economy, like that of the “west,” change must come from the demand side of the equation. It must start with people shifting away from large-scale cunsumerism towards sustainable methods of prodution like the ones shown in this video.
We look forward to mangoes and melons in summers and citrus in winters. We are from a poor country. Can’t afford green houses,cold storages etc. Also we can’t pay for the transportation across 1000miles. Local food by default.
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This sounds all good and dandy.I guess this is pertaining to the united nations Agenda 21 Sustainable Development.Whats not sustainable is commercial agriculture,pasture,fossil fuels,consumerism,private property and so on.The Wildlands Biodiversity Map shows where people will live in cramped settlements after you’ve had your home taken away.This all looks good but theres more to sustainable devel than whats shown on these videos.
omg 1 of my teachers has the name biernbaum. we all used to call her beerandbong. i wonder if she has any relation to this dr. john beerandbong…
Don’t forget, THE PET FOOD INDUSTRY is KILLING our beloved pets! Who knows what was in that ‘treat.’ Same discretion needs to apply. Just wanted to let you know. Other than that, right on.
Such a great video!
Very impressive. Everything in here was right on. I don’t mean to be rude pointing out the pet food industry…Hey, the treat you gave your dog could have been right on. But I like to expose when I can, the ‘eating disorder’ we pass on to our pets, well most of us. I prepare my pet’s foods. Your video’s content and message are very important. Put this in the favorites for sure.
She is 100% abosolutely right
corporate farming care about the profits not our health
obesity=malnutrition
mal=bad
But the inconvient truth is that Americans want food to be safe, cheap and available. Organics addresses none of those needs. it is far more expensive. It is far less avilable. We use more or less the same pesticides (yes sorry to say, bugs and weeds have to be controled in organic fields too), and it is FAR less safe. The people who died in the spinach debacle? Organic spinach mixed with conventional. Sorry guys, Organic is a lifestyle choice, not a way to feed the world.
Given current food policies farming as moved to large operations in order to be sustainable financially. Assuming 5-10% net margin, you need 500,000 to 1 million dollars in sales in order to generate an income of $50,000 a year. CSA’s certainly have their place but given how society currently views food, eatting as a chore (why do we have fast food resturants) versus something to be enjoyed. We need commerical farming as it stands to support the current system of feeding the 1st world.
Yes, we need industrial ag now – but we must transition to a different way of eating. Peak oil demands changing our food system. First, eat less meat. Thousands of acres of corn & soybeans and the greenhouse, along with the methane from cows, are unsustainable. Second, we need to reinvent the small family mixed farm. Third, we must start farming as much land as we can within cities. It isn’t a question of whether we should do things differently – we must.
Even if only a small amount of our food is local, then we’ve helped the problem a little and we’re better off. Saying that Alice Waters maybe sometimes flies in shrimp ignores the fact that most of her food is local, and therefore she’s helped. Pointing out that some random person isn’t perfect is just a way to justify not doing anything to help, and it’s a way to feel better of not taking personal responsibility for your own actions.