Are Humans Running Out Of Food??

Population growth is slowing down but lots of people are very worried about how we'll feed 10 billion people without wrecking the planet more than we already have. Here's a look at some of the biggest ideas. Check out gatesnotes.com/ to read more about ideas like these that "swing for the fences"

Your local Whole Foods has a dumpster full of super crops that nobody eats.

I´ve read a several times that todays agryculture can feed already 14 billion people. It´s just a problem of wasting food, distribution of food and also animal feeding. I am not vegetarian but I eat more plant based food and less animal products than years ago. Maybe that´s a helpful part as well...

1/3 of all food is wasted. We are workikg hard to put that down, that is also part of the solution

What this video fails to mention is that the GMO's are patented and the farmers are forbidden to make seeds and improve the plant for their own climate/environment. The farmers are dependent on the big companies like Monsanto to get the seeds they need. This high dependency is the real problem with GMO's.

ah yes, infinite growth on a finite planet.

Props to the graphics department for this video, because it's BEAUTIFUL!

With a population of less than 8 billion, we already produce enough food to feed 11 billion people. The problem is one of food distribution not food production. We choose not feed everyone. We choose to let children go hungry & starve.

What we have been doing for thousands of years making very slow gmos....

2:22 I thought it's real until it moves itself 😆

"Doing things the same way farmers have done them for thousands of years, just doing them better with modern science" If only we could introduce the traits we want directly into plants without waiting for chance to yield the right genetic combination....oh wait, it's called GMO, and apparently many people think that not knowing which exact genes turn up in a newly cultured plant is better than being able to pick them ourselves based on logic ^^

I have seen several videos about indoor vertical farming. I don't know if it's going to take over but the possibilities look promising. It's water efficient and they can adjust nutrients to overcome soil deficiency and effect taste.

Is anyone gonna talk about fixing the environment rather than thinking about adapting to the broken environment and making it more broken.

You should have mentioned indoor super farms using LED and climate control to make it an ideal environment for the plants to grow

The current global agricultural output is estimated to be able to feed 12-13 billion people, way more than the 7 billion needed. Yet 40% is wasted, 1 billion people are starving, and a sizable share of the remainder is overweight. The issue is a structural consequence of the global capitalist economy, of the production of food as commodities instead of as essentials. The issue is NOT some dense hypothetical Malthusian scenario. Also, the Gates Foundation is the Gates' tool for tax evasion and PR that costs them a vanishing fraction of their huge wealth, their hoarded loot from wage theft and the like.

Good video. And I for one appreciate the positivity!

Hey Joe, could you make a video about generosity and willingness to give? How people that have less are often willing to give more (proportionally)?

Huge fan of your channels! Thank you for posting!  I would be interested to know how having more people doing small scale farming with in city centers, using regenerative practices, and selling food directly to neighbors, could help alleviate this issue. Things like using rooftops to harvest water and grow food on in urban areas. Or using front and back yards to grow food and biking to transport to markets in suburban areas. Which only scratches the surface.

The plant the robot was "trying crazy futurist things we never try before" at 6:15 is actually deadly poisonous, a Dieffenbachia. Try not that crazy next time, Mr. Robot! D:

Exponential growth in consumption is not sustainable. Nature always bats last!