Food System
topic on 4 shows · 5 statements across 4 episodes
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5 statements about Food System, every show
Justin Mares: Most food consumed in the U.S. is ultra-processed
“When you look at our food system today, the majority of what people are eating is ultra processed crap.”
Dave Ricks: The US is the least metabolically healthy large country
“I think we are the least healthy metabolic big country, and probably the reason for that is the food we feed ourselves.”
Wenzel: Startups Alone Cannot Disrupt the Food System
“Because you can't just have only startups, because they just won't be able to disrupt the system, right? So you need everybody else on board as well.”
Webber: The US food system consumes up to 15% of national energy
“Different people do the analysis and come up with anywhere between like eight and 15% of national annual energy consumption is for the food system.”
Webber: The US spends nine energy units per food unit ingested
“So the food we need to ingest in the United States is about one quad of energy a year, and we consume about a hundred quads of energy over the course of a year. One quad of that is in the food we eat, but there's another, say, nine quads of energy to grow and …”