Alison, one of our amazing CA’s has found this brilliant YouTube that is not only hilarious but also inspiring and educational. Dan Barber presents ‘How I Fell In Love With A Fish’ in one of the TED conferences.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EUAMe2ixCI
Dan Barber is Executive Chef and co-owner of Blue Hill restaurants in the USA and an avid food and agricultural policy writer. He has received many awards for his restaurants and also been recognized by President Barack Obama for his endeavours to “blur the line between the dining experience… (whilst) bringing the principles of good farming to the table”
TED the forum in which this presentation takes place is a “nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.” It brings people together from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, and Design. Sharing ideas in a public forum in 18-minute presentations, free for all to learn.
This presentation is Barber’s “Recipe for the Future”. He delves in to the world of farming fish and shows there are huge benefits if you simply do it correctly. The idea is that if you can create a fish farm that:
- does not need to be fed;
- has no impurities;
- is farmed extensively not intensively; and
- measures its’ success on the health of its’ predators
we can create a world where communities can feed themselves sustainably.
Lets move away from the agricultural business plan that is eroding or diminishing our natural resources and look towards an ecological model.
His example is this magnificent ecological fish farm in south-west Spain. His contact is a man named Miguel who is a biologist and is described as 3 parts Charles Darwin and 1 part Crocodile Dundee! They prove that an ecological farm is possible! Barber falls in love with these fish because “even their skin tastes good!”. Farming doesn’t need to be detrimental to the environment. Farmers need to work with their environments instead of against them and not only will our desired resource flourish but so will the ecosystem and its’ inhabitants.
A fascinating and compelling speaker. Take 18 minutes of your time and hear what Barber has to say and be sure to let us know what you think.
Our resources:
For more information of Dan Barber please click the link
http://bluehillfarm.com/food/overview/team/dan-barber
For more information on TED please click the link
Blue Line
January 1, 2012 at 11:25 pm
Great Post thank you so much