Hirby Family Weblog, 2nd Edition » TED http://www.hirby.org/blog2 Our news and notes Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:46:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Louise Fresco on feeding the whole world with Wonder Bread http://www.hirby.org/blog2/2009/06/30/louise-fresco-on-feeding-the-whole-world-video-on-ted-com/ http://www.hirby.org/blog2/2009/06/30/louise-fresco-on-feeding-the-whole-world-video-on-ted-com/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:08:44 +0000 Steve http://www.hirby.org/blog2/?p=186 I listened recently to Louise Fresco’s TED talk contrasting artisanal bread and the culture that prizes it with its industrial counterpart (Wonder Bread) and arguing that something like sustainable Wonder Bread is essential to feeding the planet as its population grows to 9 billion. TED puts this talk in the “Unconventional Explanations” category, and the moniker certainly fits. There’s a lively series of comments about the talk on the TED site.

Louise Fresco on feeding the whole world | Video on TED.com.

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