Big Question: Feast or famine?

The University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment is discovering solutions to Earth's biggest problems, including the big question of how are we going to feed a growing world without destroying the planet?

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[hillarykino]

great work! what program was used to create this?

[UMNIonE]

@hillarykino Thank you! It was done using Adobe After Effects.

[lucemorris1]

This video is amazing!

I was wondering what music you used for this?

super awesome presentation, so effective and amazing.

[UMNIonE]

@lucemorris1 The music used is just stock music that can be purchased for video production. I'm glad you liked the video--thanks!

[peteymac1971]

Great video, guys! Was this produced by someone at the U or by an outside vendor? Nice work! And makes a great point, it obviously got a lot of folks thinking...

[UMNIonE]

@peteymac1971 The video was produced internally by the Institute on the Environment at the U of M.  Thanks for the compliments! And it is great to see so much discussion on this topic. Keep watching for some more "Big Question" videos to come!

[bearhamo]

We us SO much water and land to plant GMO corn just to feed the hormone filled chickens, pigs and cows. If we stopped this factory farm practice we could stop poisoning so much of our water. We should go back to small local farming. It also cuts back on the average 1500 miles food is transported to get to your local store....but as usual big agri will win this battle because they have LOTS of money and subsidies.

Great video and great message.

[muerteverde]

Why would the banking elite want to reduce the population? They aren't suffering the ill effects of over population as the poor are. In fact, overpopulation is GOOD for the banking elite because it ensures an overabundance of labor, which depresses wages.

[happinesson]

continue the campaign on earth preservation..let's act now.it is now or never! good campaign tool..

[GreenmeGo]

That's the dilemma we are facing.

[nelrish24]

This was very cool

[angylsurfr]

This was a really well done video!

[tampabayismyhome]

i don't see other countries growing there own food. they hate us in the U.S. but want us to feed them. i say fuck them, let them die.

[funnystarchild]

About 20 nukes should take care of this problem.

[pabbyb1]

to fast to really take in music sucks flashy sales pitch not good

[checkyoursources]

Having one less child can reduce your impact by 20 times! See "One planet, One Child" or "Overconsumpulation" for more on this topic.

[melharte1]

Nice flash and dash, but the same old, obvious ignorance of the elephant in the room -- one of the most important answers is bringing our populations to sustainable levels, not trying to eke out untenable levels of foods from the land....the most important group at the table isn't mentioned -- family planners!