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10 amazing comments from renegade gardener Ron Finley
Ron Finley, the self-described renegade gardener, gave a hit talk at TED2013 on his gardening efforts all over South Central LA. Finley is an object of my fascination for more than one reason: In the...
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TEDWeekends traces the origin of the All-American Chinese takeout
Turns out the fortune cookie that came with your chop suey isn’t actually Chinese … and neither is the chop suey. So where did they come from? Jennifer 8. Lee hunts for General TsoIn this TED Talk,...
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Ron Finley inspires young gardeners across country
David Lozano of San Antonio was inspired to plant a community garden after watching Ron Finley’s talk. Photo: courtesy of David Lozano Ron Finley is motivating people across the country to pick up a...
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Jamie Oliver gears up for Food Revolution Day on May 17
Tomorrow is a holiday, and one you can celebrate simply by eating. Jamie Oliver, who won the TED Prize in 2010, has declared May 17 as Food Revolution Day. Jamie Oliver's TED Prize wish: Teach every...
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X Marks the Spot: A crowdsourced meal for 2000, plus this week’s TEDx talks
This glorious spread of food at TEDxSydney was crowdsourced from local growers. Photo: courtesy of TEDxSydney Catering a TEDx event can be — how do you say it? – costly. So we think it’s so cool that...
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Why your brain doesn’t want you to lose weight: Sandra Aamodt at TEDGlobal 2013
Photo: James Duncan Davidson Standing on the TED stage looking stunning in a blue dress, neuroscientist and author Sandra Aamodt reveals that three and a half years ago on New Year’s Eve, she made a...
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Meet the new meat: A TEDx talk to pair with the first lab-grown hamburger
Yesterday, the first lab-grown hamburger was cooked. And eaten! And according to The Week, it didn’t taste too bad. This lab-grown patty took two years and $325,000 to produce. And as sources...
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No more citations for curbside veggies in Los Angeles
Ron Finley proudly stands beside his curbside vegetable forest during a gardening party the week after TED2013. Photo: Nick Weinberg Planting a vegetable garden beside a road is no longer a fineable...
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What is it about bees? Three experts discuss why they’re fascinating, why...
Marla Spivak speaks on the beauty and tragedy of bees. Photo: James Duncan Davidson In 1945, there were 4.5 million bees in the United States. Today, there are just about 2 million. It’s been a subtle...
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Exclusive video: How to make a cocktail from strawberry DNA
DNA. It’s what encodes the genetic material of every living thing. And it also makes a yummy cocktail. This video, which stars TED Fellow synthetic biologist Oliver Medvedik, shows you how to make a...
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A new playlist: The joy of eating
To celebrate TED Talks’ 1 billionth view last week, we launched TED playlists – which you can think of as mix-tapes for the mind. Starting today, we’ll be rolling out two new playlists every week....
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Goodbye to sugar? Homaro Cantu on how to trick your taste buds
Homaro Cantu and Ben Roche can only be described as the mad scientists of food. These two pioneer unique food delivery systems — think maki rolls printed on flavored paper, a dessert disguised as...
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New playlists: “Our brains: predictably irrational” and “What’s wrong with...
TED playlists are collections of talks around a topic, built for you in a thoughtful sequence to illuminate ideas in context. This weekend, two new playlists are available: “What’s wrong with what we...
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The oomph of umami: Barb Stuckey at TED2013
Photos: James Duncan Davidson You think your food tastes good, but food inventor Barb Stuckey thinks you could be doing better. In her book, Taste What You’ve Been Missing, Stuckey explores the science...
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A visit to Ron Finley’s LA garden — plus 5 more TED Talks about growing your...
In today’s TED Talk, guerilla gardner Ron Finley tells the story of how he was issued a citation, and then a warrant for his arrestRon Finley: A guerilla gardener in South Central LA, all for planting...
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Spatzle in space: Fellows Friday with Angelo Vermeulen
Angelo Vermeulen taking soil samples for microbial analysis during the shakedown mission at MDRS in Utah. Photo: Kate Greene. Can real food be cooked on Mars? Thanks to the work of artist, biologist...
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Jamie Oliver sets eyes on a Guinness World Record with his Food Revolution
Jamie Oliver hopes to get one million kids cooking for Food Revolution Day. Photo: David Loftus Jamie Oliver’s third annual Food Revolution Day is tomorrow on Friday, May 16. This year, among the many...
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Cook the recipe that chef Teresa Corção made on the TEDGlobal stage
A close-up of Trooper’s Beans, the manioc dish prepared during Teresa Corção’s talk. Photo: James Duncan Davidson/TED Manioc — otherwise known as yucca, cassava, mogo or tapioca — is a root that hails...
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Thanksgiving dinner with Aunt Bertha: A quick way to find free holiday meals
No, Aunt Bertha will not pinch your cheeks. That’s because she is not actually a person. Aunt Bertha is a service, created by TED Fellow Erine Gray, that connects people in need of food, healthcare and...
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Gone “whole” fishin’: A Q&A with TED ebook author Maria Finn, champion of...
Seafood is delicious, not to mention extremely healthy. But from where TED Book author Maria Finn sits, there are even more benefits to eating fish and shellfish — because they offer anyone the...
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