Carolyn Steel: How food shapes our cities

http://www.ted.com Every day, in a city the size of London, 30 million meals are served. But where does all the food come from? Architect Carolyn Steel discusses the daily miracle of feeding a city, and shows how ancient food routes shaped the modern world.

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[ddAdmire]

i think it's so sad the amount of people who don't understand this subject. i guess it comes down to things that scare us we choose not to believe. even if you disagree with most of the information presented you must understand the concept that most of us havent a clue of where are food has come from, what has been sprayed on it and how long ago it was picked prior to reaching the grocery store. when is the last time any one of us has purchased a ripe tomato at the store that tasted good.

[Glendale Walter]

this women is very smart and she has some correct views on food. Today we dont eat as fresh as we would like.Fresh food has been replaced by Mcdonalds, burgerking and kentucky fried chiken. We dont eat as a family. Now we feed our kids ramen noodles like its a major food group. And the amount of Msg = Monosodium Glutimate is rediculus. Msg should be banned just as food additives and food coloring should also be banned due to high blood pressure and diabetes and most cancers today.

[Jye Sarcich]

Same the video won't even load just sitting in class doing nothing

[Eric Bergman]

only watching this for school...

[SchumacherCollegeUK]

For anyone interested in the teachings of Carolyn Steel, she is visiting Schumacher College, Devon UK this autumn to take a course titled 'Awakening our Relationship with Food' - go to the College website for more details.

worldwideweb(dot)schumachercol­lege(dot)org(dot)uk(slash)cour­ses(slash)awakening-our-relati­onship-with-food

[Glendale Walter]

the governments of the world is deceiving us on the dangers of this that why the truth is hard to reveil to everyone.

[doidletp]

I thought her ideas were nonsensical. What was she really saying? That we should all be growing our own food in our back yards? People don't grow their own food because nobody wants to do it. Its hot, sweaty, dirty, and miserable work. Agricultural mechanization is a beautiful thing to anybody who has actually grown anything more than a couple tomatoes and flowers in their backyard.

[SnapTactics]

to say msg and food coloring should be banned is ignorant. People can educate themselves on those topics, should not be controlled by any one government or group

[gruelin1]

blah blah blah meat bad blah blah blah loss of nature blah blah blah unealthy blah blah blah destruction of the land blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

enough, this is tiresome