Farms: Unprocessed -- how I gave up processed foods (and why it matters) | Megan Kimble | TEDxTucsonSalon
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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. n January of 2012, Megan Kimble was a city-dwelling 26-year-old—busy and broke, living in a small apartment without so much as a garden plot to her name. But she cared about food: where it came from, how it was made, and what it did to her body. So she set herself a challenge: She would go an entire year without eating processed foods. In this talk, she discusses what makes a food processed and how those processes impact our bodies and communities. Megan Kimble is the managing editor of Edible Baja Arizona, a local food magazine serving Tucson and the borderlands, and is a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times. Her book, Unprocessed, about her year of eating only whole, unprocessed food, is forthcoming from William Morrow in 2015. Follow along at megankimble.com. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
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Making a fish on the oil is also processing food... So if she is propagating something like raw food, somebody should shut her mouse up.
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is she pregnant ? cant we please stop popping out brats at such a fast rate. Americans are 5% of the population but use 25% of the resources
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walmart makes sure this doesn't happen ,, they are here to shut down the little guy ..
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good talk, but the meat excuse is super bad
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bbbut , wtf do I eat ?
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This is great. As a seasonal eater and a CSA member myself, I've been saying this for years. Unfortunately I wish she mentioned food deserts and poor communities without access to locally grown food. I feel very fortunate to purchase my veggies and meat from a farm that is in my neighborhood.
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Meat is worse for your body than sugar. Also way worse for the environment.
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I grow as much of my own food as is practical. Right now, I'm in the middle of harvesting oranges from my 20 trees. I have so many oranges, about 5000 pounds. So, I give then to local farmer's markets for vouchers, to be cashed in later. Most of the food I eat is grown by small-operation farmers. It does not take a whole lot of effort, really! And I suggest everyone to plant a few fruit trees or nut trees and start letting it grow free food for you!
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This was excellent. I'm so glad she immediately addressed the fact that $4.50 a meal is very expensive for a lot of people but she undid it a bit when she says most of us have a few dollars more. It's another incredibly important thing separating rich from poor and just because "most" can spend more doesn't mean the 40m or so people who are food insecure in America should be left out of the conversation which is I feel what happened. When you skip past the topic to address the people who need less or no help eating well, and indeed since poverty is the most influential factor on how people eat it feels a bit abrupt to just go skip to talking about how to be less lazy rather than how to actually get good food to people who can't afford it in the first place.
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Here we go again. Another person who believes in "humane slaughter".
It's an oxymoron. Doesn't exist. Don't try to make it exist. -
The talk was smart until she started to talk about the sheep.
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What I can not process is... was she born without eyebrows ?
or does she think its a new trend that makes her look groovy ?? -
Thank you Megan, It's great to have someone like you post a good video to make sure think more about what we take in.
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Thank you for this talk. Yes for me I need to reduce the consumption of snacks (potato chips, tortilla chips, etc). I usually eat this. I can change this food into steamed/boiled corn :)
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this fucking cunt lost me when she talked about eating meat...get da fuck outta here! i wasted 15 min of my time
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Start the talk at least by 6 minutes and skip the food corporation sermon.
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This by far has been the most useless Ted Talk I've run heard. "I've been vegetarian on or off for my whole life" uuuh then you were never vegetarian. She spent two days "helping to slaughter, butcher and" ..and oh "process" and surprise surprise it didn't turn her off to eating meat. Of course it didn't turn her off. She did nothing different from what is already culturally acceptable in her own head. Except she found out that she doesn't want to do it herself. That's like saying I took drugs and you know what it didn't turn me off to drugs at all ...hahaha.
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Eating a brownie made from flour isn't a processed food because you replaced sugar with maple syrup, but eating watermelon grown in Mexico is? I don't understand how she defines "processed food." And the stuff about living with and slaughtering an animal is disturbing. I stopped watching after that.
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I don't agree with what she says about artificial sweetener affecting your appetite. It's been the best thing for me. I find the artificial sweetener just as satisfying really.