Tedtalk Analysis

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The TedTalk by Jonathan Foley was very informative, interesting, and powerful. I can sum-up the whole presentation by one sentences. "The world is heading into global crises in agriculture and we as children of the this planet need to talk and come up with solutions to stop it.” What are the problems we facing? Well, here are some facts as of 2009 ...

1. In the next 30 years the population will increase by 2 billion, which means the consumption of meat and dairy food will increase, as well as the cost of the energy cost and bio-energy production.

2. The size and flow of many rivers across the world decreased.

3. Water pollution has increased because of the high usage in fertilizer.

4. Agriculture is responsible for 30% of greenhouse

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