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Byron: Food... it's something
we all need to survive.
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I'm going to put crickets
on everything.
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This is so good.
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But with the population growing,
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we need to eat smarter.
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I never been to a plant
library before.
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I'm Kari Byron.
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I travel around the world...
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Wow. There's a whale
right there.
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...seeking out stories
of inspiring people...
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This is a bug farm
in the middle of a city.
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...who are working on solutions
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to some of the biggest
challenges of our time.
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Wow, this is cool.
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There are around
8 billion people on the planet,
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and by 2050,
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that number's expected to grow
by 2 billion more.
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In order to feed everyone,
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we need to change
the way that we eat.
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Raising livestock can
deplete natural resources,
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and growing only a few kinds of
crops is weakening ecosystems.
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So my question is,
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how do we better feed
our ever-growing world?
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Raising cows, chickens,
and pigs generates
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about as much greenhouse gas
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as all the cars
and trucks on the road.
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Companies like just are
making it easier for us
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to enjoy the foods that we love
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but with less of
environmental impact.
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Just is a groundbreaking
high-tech food company
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that's creating animal products
without the animals.
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Welcome to the
just plant library.
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I've never been
to a plant library before.
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Right now, our food system
is really dependent
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on just a handful of plants
to feed animals, to feed people.
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What are the basic plants
that we're using now?
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They're mostly corn,
sugar, wheat, soy.
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So you're traveling the globe
to feed the world in a new way.
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Yeah, that's right.
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And we have thousands
of different plant materials
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that I've sourced
from all over the world,
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things like this Maya seed.
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These are harvested by the Mayan
people from the forest floor,
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and they grind them up
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and they make all sorts
of different things
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and it's very protein-rich.
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So we're looking at it
for all sorts of different ways
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that we can use it
in the food system.
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So that's just one of the plants
that we use.
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What else you got?
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These are mung beans.
These are the star of the show.
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These are grown
all over the world.
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It's a staple of Asian cuisine,
but we've actually figured out
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how to take the protein
out of it.
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And when you do that, it
actually scrambles like an egg.
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I can't believe this
looks like scrambled eggs.
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That make scrambled eggs,
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but you have to take
the green skin off.
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- Oh.
- So these are also mung beans.
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They're fairly,
like, light yellow.
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It makes for a really
great egg-like product.
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And that's kind of the secret
to this whole research program
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that we have...
Taking plants like this
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and making really cool,
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much more sustainable foods
that people love.
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Byron: The team at just has also
figured out a way to grow meat
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without slaughtering animals.
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It starts with a blood sample.
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From a very small amount
of cells,
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you have enough
to start the process.
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How do you take the cells from
collection and then grow it?
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We feed the cells
with a solution of nutrients
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that contains proteins,
sugars, vitamins,
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pretty much everything
the cells need to survive
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and that makes them multiply.
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Yes, we also have to provide
the environments,
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the temperature, the agitation.
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So to grow the meat
from the cells,
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you feed the cells,
it grows into the meat
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by keeping it just like
an animal's temperature
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and movement. Exactly.
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And then is that what's in here?
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It's kind of hard to imagine
that meat is coming from this...
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What looks like pink water.
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People expect to see meat
growing in a petri dish.
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Yeah, like a chunk of meat
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that is expanding
into the size of a nugget.
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That's what I would think.
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Exactly. And a lot of that
has to do with the fact
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that the cells are invisible.
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So that's why
we use the microscope.
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Oh, wow. So it's almost
like spider webs.
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Yes. So those webs are,
essentially, the muscle fibers
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and then they'll just
turn into chicken meat.
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- Exactly.
- Wow.
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Theoretically,
from one single animal,
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you have enough cells
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to make chicken
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Byron: This science is so new,
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there's only enough for me
to try one piece.
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So is this the famous chicken
nugget I've been hearing about?
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- Yeah. You ready to try it?
- Absolutely.
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Just like we would
any other chicken bite...
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Going to deep fry it,
take about a minute
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to cook all the way through.
- This is chicken.
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So it cooks
just like chicken, right?
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That's correct.
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G.B.D... Golden brown
and delicious.
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Looks like a nugget.
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That's crazy.
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[ Chuckles ]
Tastes like chicken.
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Look at that.
Pulls just like chicken.
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I keep thinking
it's like chicken,
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but it's actually chicken.
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There's a chicken running
around alive right now,
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and I'm still eating its meat.
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- Recognize these?
- Yeah, I was looking
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at this downstairs with Udi.
These are mung beans.
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This is what makes up our egg.
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I'm actually really excited
about this
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'cause my kid won't eat eggs.
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She's a vegetarian,
and I've been looking for
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a protein source.
- Very cool.
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Cooks just like scrambled eggs
so far.
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Kind of break it up
a little bit.
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You can see the curds.
They build up nicely.
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I guess the real test is,
does it taste like an egg?
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That's an egg.
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That tastes like eggs.
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I'm really excited about this.
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This is mung bean?
- Yeah.
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- This is wild.
- We really need to find a way
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to make food more affordable
for everyone,
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make it more available
for everyone
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and find better ways
of doing it.
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And this, I think, is by far one
of the best ways to do it.
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I mean, this is definitely
the future of food.
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That is crazy.
- It's exciting.
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We have a line
of edible-insect snacks.
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Mmm.
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How many crickets
do you grow at one time?
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- We're hosting like 30,000.
- That's crazy.
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With the ever-growing
population,
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the world just needs
to find more food options.
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Well, there's over 2,000
different kinds of bugs
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around the world
that are edible.
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These tiny herds
might just be the solution
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to sustainable protein.
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- Monica?
- Hey.
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- Hi.
- How's it going? Come on in.
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Monica Martinez is the owner
of Don Bugito
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and has been experimenting
with entomophagy,
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the practice of eating insects.
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We have a line
of edible-insect snacks,
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and this is where we raise
and breed
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and farm crickets and mealworms.
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- Crickets and mealworms.
- Yes.
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This is a bug farm
in the middle of a city.
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In the middle of Oakland,
we have an edible-insect farm.
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What got you into
farming insects?
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[ Laughs ] That's
the million-dollar question.
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80% of the world eats insects.
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I grew up in Mexico.
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In Mexico, we have over
500 varieties of insects.
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So we eat insects,
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but I realized that I had
to introduce Americans
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to the culture
of eating insects.
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And what better way
to introduce Americans
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than using my culture,
which was cooking Mexican food?
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Byron: Monica raises crickets
and mealworms,
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which are not
actually worms at all.
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They're beetle larvae.
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Let's see. These guys,
they look pretty big.
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So we just going to dump them,
and then...
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Whoa? Can I touch them?
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Weird. Oh, my gosh.
They're so smooth.
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What do you make with these?
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So these guys come to be
the toffee...
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The brittle Bugitos.
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So these guys in flavor
are very close to nuts.
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So they taste really good
with sweet stuff.
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You can make
a pecan pie with them.
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- Mmm.
- Yeah.
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Ooh.
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Is this the bug mansion?
- Cricket mansion.
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What's up with all
the egg cartons?
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So the egg cartons act
as the condominiums.
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So this is like
a five-star residence...
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[ Both laugh ]
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...for crickets.
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You can see down here.
- Whoa!
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So they like to hop up and down.
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They get into the little holes,
all the egg cartons.
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Oh, you see the carrots,
how they're eating?
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So they are drinking water
from the carrots
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and also eating the carrots.
- Yeah.
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But they don't need much water.
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They're very, very resourceful.
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Byron: These crickets get a
majority of their water from vegetables.
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Compare that to the nearly
2,000 gallons of water
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it takes to raise
and feed a single cow.
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How many crickets
do you grow at one time?
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So right here,
we're hosting like 30,000.
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Isn't that crazy?
- What?
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And we can feed more in here.
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How old before
they are made into food?
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Five, six months
you get already an adult,
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and you can harvest it.
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That's crazy.
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Also we eat the whole insect
as opposed as a cow,
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we only eat 40% of a cow,
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60% of the cow gets disposed.
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- Gets wasted.
- Yeah.
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With the population
growing as fast as it is,
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this really is
a very sustainable way
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of making protein.
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Okay, I'm dying to try this.
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So, these are like
chocolate clusters.
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Inside is like one
or two crickets, whole crickets.
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Mmm. It's good.
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I mean, this is only one way
that you can eat them,
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but I actually cook
a lot of meals with insects,
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and I would love to cook
one meal for you.
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Byron: Monica cooks at a place
called Kitchentown,
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a shared space
where local businesses
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can work together and grow.
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We're going to make
some tostadas,
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and then this is
the Chile-lime crickets.
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So these guys, now,
they're tangy,
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spicy, crunchy.
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That is so good.
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I want to put these on top of,
like, a salad or something.
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So how much protein is in
this cricket I'm eating?
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For 100 grams of beef,
you get 23% to 27% protein.
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For 100 grams of crickets,
you get like 37% of protein.
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So that's higher.
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- So this is a health food.
- It's way healthy.
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Doesn't have cholesterol,
doesn't have saturated fats.
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I mean, when you talk to people
10 years ago
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about eating insects,
it was a completely weird idea
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in the United States, right,
but it's catching up.
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We usually use
the Sushi example.
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Like 15 years ago,
Sushi, raw fish,
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it was such a weird thing
for Americans...
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- And now it's everywhere.
- ...And now it's everywhere.
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So does using foods that people
already love and eat
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all the time make it easier
to introduce bugs into a diet?
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Yes, I think so.
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Tacos, tostadas,
this type of Mexican food,
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they already know it.
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Instead of putting chicken,
you can use crickets.
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I eat tacos all the time,
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and I think that using something
that I eat all the time anyway
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is the perfect introduction
to trying something new.
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Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
- That's a good one.
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Messy but delicious.
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That is good.
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I wouldn't know
that these were bugs.
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They're crunchy,
they're really flavorful,
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and this guacamole is amazing.
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Before we finish,
I have something else for you.
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Really?
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Please say dessert.
Please say dessert.
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- Dessert.
- Yes!
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♪♪
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Vanilla ice cream with some
caramelized toffee mealworms.
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[ Gasps ]
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Mmm.
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This is incredibly delicious.
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That is really good, right?
[ Chuckles ]
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I'm taking this with me.
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[ Laughs ]
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♪♪
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♪♪
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Is this my beekeeping suit
right here?
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If we didn't have
those beautiful bees
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to cross-pollinate squash,
cucumbers, tomatoes,
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we wouldn't have those things.
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1/3 of the food
that we eat every day
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relies on pollination,
and mainly by bees.
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But bee populations
are rapidly dying out.
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That's why the team
behind Detroit hives
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are creating urban bee farms
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to help preserve their role
in our delicate ecosystem.
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Hi.
- Hey, how's it going?
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Come check out why Detroit is
the place to be to be.
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To bee. [ Laughs ]
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Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi.
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Is this my beekeeping suit
right here?
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Yep.
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I always wanted
to try on one of these.
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Byron: Detroit has a lot
of vacant lots,
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and while they're no longer
being used by people,
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they are filled
with native flowers,
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the perfect spot
for honeybees to thrive.
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These vacant lots have
tons of wildflowers.
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And here at Detroit hives...
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Both: We believe bees
is the bee's knees.
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[ Laughter ]
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No one's spraying any chemicals
in these vacant lots.
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That is actually boosting
the native population.
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So I imagine not having the
pesticides is really important,
310
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and that's why bees thrive in
urban areas versus rural areas.
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- Absolutely. Absolutely.
- Absolutely. Yeah.
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Byron: Wildflowers provide
a source of nectar and pollen
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for bees to survive off of.
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In turn, as they move
from plant to plant,
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they spread the pollen and help
our crop supplies reproduce.
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Bee conservation is a
really hot issue right now.
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I mean, why are
saving bees important?
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So just imagine walking
into a grocery store
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and not having
any fresh produce.
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Squash, cucumbers, tomatoes.
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If we didn't have
those beautiful bees
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to cross-pollinate,
we wouldn't have those things.
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They also pollinate clover,
right?
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- Yes.
- Absolutely.
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So that means
that it also impacts
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the dairy-and-cattle industry.
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- Definitely.
- Absolutely.
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Byron: It's clear that bees
play a huge part
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in keeping up with feeding
the world's population.
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So Timothy and Nicole are doing
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all they can to educate
their local community.
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Now, before we perform
our hive inspections,
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we like to season our smoker.
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And today, we season
with some cedarwood.
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We have some dry herbs
and spices, but we love
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to top off our smoker
with a little bit of lavender.
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Oh, I love lavender.
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Byron: Lavender helps calm
the bees down,
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and by blowing smoke
into the hive,
340
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the bees think it's on fire,
so they start eating up
341
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all the honey,
thinking they have to move.
342
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So they're less likely
to sting us
343
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when their bellies
are extremely full with honey.
344
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I'm less cranky when my belly
is full, too.
345
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Yeah. [ Laughs ]
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So we're going to go inside
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and see what the bees
are doing in here.
348
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I like being this close.
I've always wanted to do this.
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Byron: You can tell apart
the different types of bees
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by what they're doing.
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The queen bee
is the largest of the bunch
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and the only one
who can reproduce.
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And so she'll go out
and the drones
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will actually race
to get to her.
355
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That's why they have
these large eyes,
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so she's easy to spot.
357
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The rest are female worker bees.
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Wow, this is cool.
359
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Each worker bee has
a specific job from nurse bees,
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builder bees,
or even undertaker bees.
361
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The undertaker bee
is responsible for cleaning out
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all the bees inside the hive.
363
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- Wow.
- Yeah.
364
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They pick them up
and fly them away.
365
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Honeybees are so efficient
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very efficient
and very organized.
367
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Byron: The most impressive
are the forager bees
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who use the position of the sun
to form a sense of direction
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so they know where they've been
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and how to get back
to their hive.
371
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So when these foragers
are going out and collecting
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all that nectar and pollen,
they come back to the hive
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and tell the other worker bees,
"hey, I found a good source,"
374
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and they do this
by the waggle dance.
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- What's the waggle dance?
- So the waggle dance is
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when they're waggling
their body.
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That's how the girls know
to go out to that space
378
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and bring it back in.
379
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I had no idea how sophisticated
honeybees are.
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That is so cool.
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Byron: Beyond all they do
to keep crops growing,
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bees also continually provide
a sustainable source of food...
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Honey.
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Ah.
- Oh, yeah.
385
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- And it just oozes right out.
- Yeah.
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Paule: Try it.
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- Mmm.
- There you go.
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It's almost fruity and floral.
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- Absolutely. Absolutely.
- Yeah.
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- It's good.
- This is so good.
391
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Yeah. [ Laughs ]
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If honeybees disappeared,
what would happen?
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We'd start to see high costs
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in a lot of our local groceries.
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Also, you'll start to see
a lot of the vegetation
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that wouldn't be able to grow.
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Decline in the supply
of food that we have.
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So how can people
help conserve bees?
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Plant-pollinator habitats,
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planting native wildflowers
in your region.
401
00:16:22,314 --> 00:16:25,494
Also say no to chemicals,
no pesticides, no insecticides.
402
00:16:25,518 --> 00:16:27,029
Let your lawn grow naturally.
403
00:16:27,053 --> 00:16:29,865
It's okay to have some clovers,
some dandelions.
404
00:16:29,889 --> 00:16:32,201
Well, I think I might have to do
some beekeeping of my own.
405
00:16:32,225 --> 00:16:34,770
I'm fascinated by this process.
406
00:16:34,794 --> 00:16:40,443
♪♪
407
00:16:40,467 --> 00:16:42,812
So, it's all sourced locally,
and you're eating locally,
408
00:16:42,836 --> 00:16:44,480
what's on your plate
is representative
409
00:16:44,504 --> 00:16:46,682
of what's happening here
in the ocean.
410
00:16:46,706 --> 00:16:49,385
- Ooh, you got a fish?
- Yep.
411
00:16:49,409 --> 00:16:50,408
Oh, yeah. Oh.
412
00:16:52,444 --> 00:16:59,462
♪♪
413
00:16:59,486 --> 00:17:02,999
I love seafood, but overfishing
the world's oceans
414
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has brought many species
to the brink of extinction.
415
00:17:06,026 --> 00:17:08,738
Thankfully, there are dedicated
fishing operations
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00:17:08,762 --> 00:17:11,596
that are doing their part
to keep our ecosystem healthy.
417
00:17:14,500 --> 00:17:15,544
Hey, guys.
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00:17:15,568 --> 00:17:16,879
- Hey.
- Hey, Kari.
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00:17:16,903 --> 00:17:19,248
Byron: Real good fish
is a community-supported fishery
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00:17:19,272 --> 00:17:23,319
that provides fresh, local fish
directly to people in the area.
421
00:17:23,343 --> 00:17:25,654
We like to say is you're eating
with the ecosystem.
422
00:17:25,678 --> 00:17:27,323
What's on your plate
is representative
423
00:17:27,347 --> 00:17:29,325
of what's happening here
in the ocean.
424
00:17:29,349 --> 00:17:31,694
So it's all sourced locally.
You're eating locally.
425
00:17:31,718 --> 00:17:34,430
Exactly. And also
it's something that's seasonal.
426
00:17:34,454 --> 00:17:35,998
Why is it important
to eat seasonally?
427
00:17:36,022 --> 00:17:37,767
A lot of people don't realize
a lot of their seafood
428
00:17:37,791 --> 00:17:39,535
is traveling all over the world
to get here.
429
00:17:39,559 --> 00:17:41,771
Even in these coastal
communities in California,
430
00:17:41,795 --> 00:17:43,272
some of the seafood's
caught here
431
00:17:43,296 --> 00:17:45,107
shipped on a shipping container
to China,
432
00:17:45,131 --> 00:17:46,642
processed there, and
then shipped back because...
433
00:17:46,666 --> 00:17:48,244
- Oh, wow.
- ...The processing labor
434
00:17:48,268 --> 00:17:50,146
is so much less expensive
over there.
435
00:17:50,170 --> 00:17:51,680
Byron: So eating locally
and eating seasonally creates
436
00:17:51,704 --> 00:17:54,183
less of a carbon footprint.
- Absolutely.
437
00:17:54,207 --> 00:17:55,451
So when do we get
to go fishing hungry?
438
00:17:55,475 --> 00:17:57,987
Because all this fish talk,
I'm thinking I'm hungry.
439
00:17:58,011 --> 00:17:59,822
I want a fish taco.
440
00:17:59,846 --> 00:18:00,823
Let's go.
441
00:18:00,847 --> 00:18:03,192
Monterey bay has
a diverse ecosystem
442
00:18:03,216 --> 00:18:05,516
with a wide variety of sea life.
443
00:18:08,253 --> 00:18:10,533
There's a whale right there.
444
00:18:10,557 --> 00:18:12,535
Oh, wow.
445
00:18:12,559 --> 00:18:15,538
With over 500 species
in the bay,
446
00:18:15,562 --> 00:18:18,307
real good fish works
to broaden people's horizons
447
00:18:18,331 --> 00:18:19,909
when it comes to eating seafood.
448
00:18:19,933 --> 00:18:21,877
What kind of fish
do you catch out here?
449
00:18:21,901 --> 00:18:23,779
Jenn: We're going to try to
catch some Halibut today,
450
00:18:23,803 --> 00:18:25,870
some rockfish, some lingcod.
451
00:18:27,372 --> 00:18:29,118
Alan: Yes.
452
00:18:29,142 --> 00:18:33,089
The average American eats
15 pounds of seafood a year,
453
00:18:33,113 --> 00:18:35,491
but it's mostly the same
four species...
454
00:18:35,515 --> 00:18:38,494
Salmon, tuna,
pollock, and shrimp.
455
00:18:38,518 --> 00:18:42,465
So imagine a lot of people just
only targeting those species
456
00:18:42,489 --> 00:18:45,000
and not really celebrating
the rest.
457
00:18:45,024 --> 00:18:47,002
It's not sustainable.
It's not regenerative.
458
00:18:47,026 --> 00:18:48,804
It's not kind of giving back.
459
00:18:48,828 --> 00:18:51,040
So if you eat
just one kind of fish,
460
00:18:51,064 --> 00:18:53,375
you're going to put
too much pressure on it
461
00:18:53,399 --> 00:18:54,810
and they might be driven
to extinction.
462
00:18:54,834 --> 00:18:57,680
Exactly. Eating a lot
of different things
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00:18:57,704 --> 00:18:59,615
is going to kind of
spread out the pressure.
464
00:18:59,639 --> 00:19:02,151
Real good fish practices
hook-and-line fishing,
465
00:19:02,175 --> 00:19:04,820
but most commercial operations
use nets,
466
00:19:04,844 --> 00:19:07,556
which end up trapping
all kinds of things.
467
00:19:07,580 --> 00:19:09,525
This is what's called bycatch,
468
00:19:09,549 --> 00:19:11,627
and that extends
to more than just fish.
469
00:19:11,651 --> 00:19:15,297
It's other species
like turtles and dolphins
470
00:19:15,321 --> 00:19:16,899
and, you know, other things
471
00:19:16,923 --> 00:19:18,767
that can get in the nets,
as well.
472
00:19:18,791 --> 00:19:21,070
And then what do you do with
the fish that you don't want?
473
00:19:21,094 --> 00:19:23,339
I think, generally,
if there's no market for it,
474
00:19:23,363 --> 00:19:26,008
then they just kick it
over the side or...
475
00:19:26,032 --> 00:19:27,009
- Like trash.
- Yep,
476
00:19:27,033 --> 00:19:27,910
just sort of throw it away.
477
00:19:27,934 --> 00:19:29,111
Jenn: And so many cases,
478
00:19:29,135 --> 00:19:31,881
it's really great fish still,
but it's just
479
00:19:31,905 --> 00:19:33,015
it might be a species
480
00:19:33,039 --> 00:19:34,917
that people have
never seen before,
481
00:19:34,941 --> 00:19:35,985
so they don't know
how to cook it.
482
00:19:36,009 --> 00:19:38,554
So we'll pay the fishermen
to keep it
483
00:19:38,578 --> 00:19:41,290
and we'll sell it
to our members.
484
00:19:41,314 --> 00:19:43,626
You know, and I think a really
important part of feeding
485
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a growing population
is understanding that we need
486
00:19:47,053 --> 00:19:50,266
to increase the diversity
of foods that we're eating.
487
00:19:50,290 --> 00:19:51,867
So it's not just about
what we eat,
488
00:19:51,891 --> 00:19:54,236
it's about how we eat.
- Exactly.
489
00:19:54,260 --> 00:19:56,405
Byron: We catch something?
490
00:19:56,429 --> 00:19:57,806
You've got a fish?
- Yep.
491
00:19:57,830 --> 00:20:00,009
You want to reel it in?
- Yeah.
492
00:20:00,033 --> 00:20:02,033
[ Jenn chuckles ]
493
00:20:04,102 --> 00:20:05,848
Oh, yeah. Oh, oh, yeah.
494
00:20:05,872 --> 00:20:08,217
- Oh, he's a little guy.
- Beautiful.
495
00:20:08,241 --> 00:20:10,286
There we go. Caught a rockfish.
496
00:20:10,310 --> 00:20:13,289
- Yeah, look.
- Nice job.
497
00:20:13,313 --> 00:20:14,290
Alan: Oh, nice.
A little gopher rockfish.
498
00:20:14,314 --> 00:20:16,292
- We got a fish.
- Yeah.
499
00:20:16,316 --> 00:20:18,594
- Yeah, we can eat that, right?
- Yeah, absolutely.
500
00:20:18,618 --> 00:20:20,763
Put that on your plate
for dinner tonight.
501
00:20:20,787 --> 00:20:23,332
Yes. Saw a whale.
502
00:20:23,356 --> 00:20:26,368
Caught a fish. Best day ever.
503
00:20:26,392 --> 00:20:28,426
[ Jenn laughs ]
504
00:20:32,231 --> 00:20:34,243
If we want to keep feeding
the world's population,
505
00:20:34,267 --> 00:20:36,645
we have to be smart
about how we do it.
506
00:20:36,669 --> 00:20:39,014
I don't think it's about
producing more food.
507
00:20:39,038 --> 00:20:41,984
I really think it's about
using the plants and proteins
508
00:20:42,008 --> 00:20:43,752
that we already have.
509
00:20:43,776 --> 00:20:44,920
Whether it's doing our part
510
00:20:44,944 --> 00:20:47,756
to save the bees
that help pollinate our food
511
00:20:47,780 --> 00:20:51,794
or coming up with inventive
dishes to satisfy our cravings,
512
00:20:51,818 --> 00:20:55,097
embracing these creative
and sustainable ideas
513
00:20:55,121 --> 00:20:58,155
is certainly food for thought.