that measures the parts per million of methane that might be coming out of magenta s front end at any one time. let s give that a go. i m going to get out of the way because it is a laser! there s a laser, and we all know how dangerous lasers are. so, magenta, if you don t mind. yeah, don t listen, magenta! 0k. 0h.she s licking it, she knows it s coming. she doesn t chase it like a cat does. 0h, she s. and the reading is 18 ppm. so it s been a while since she s had a lot of food. ok, she s having a clean day. all right. thank you, eileen. now, one way to cut down on cow burps is to cut down on cows, of course. but in the meantime, did you know that there is a company that is working on a way to catch the methane as it comes out? how are they doing that? cow masks, of course. true story. the masks have fans in them which suck in the methane and oxidise it and the makers say they can cut the amount of methane released by half. cow masks, everybody. eileen, that is fascinating. thank you
than it may have done! but what comes out of a cow could also be affected by what you put into a cow. this lot are eating feed created from seaweed found in the waters of hawaii, and its makers, blue ocean barns, claim it cuts emissions by 80%. but will it make your beef taste fishy? apparently not, because the thing is. bugs! come and get your lovely bugs! your tasty, nutritious bugs! spencer, what are you doing? lara, welcome to my wondrous emporium filled to the brim with fine foods from the future. oh, great, because i am absolutely starving. 0k. well, i tell you what, get your lips around these delicacies. um, ok, i m actually thinking that because our audience have gone to the trouble of coming here to join us today, that they may be more deserving of this than me. i m sure you d love to try some, wouldn t you? just here, we ve got the first course for you. help yourselves. did we fill in the forms for this? i m sure there were forms. listen, trust me, they re not bad. i ve eaten
it s from the leftover ends of loaves which the sandwich otherwise chucks in the bin. fair enough. ok, but the booze industry is responsible for a lot of emissions, isn t it? they grow the crops, they add the water, they package it, they heat up, they cool it down again. at least british breweries are focusing on the issue. total co2 emissions from it have almost halved over the past decade. crumbs! which this doesn t taste like, so fair enough. oh, but i do have something else special for you to try today. pea and tonic. pardon? pea and tonic. i think i lljust have the tonic, thanks. here you go. look, it s got actual peas in it. 0h, right, 0k. i ll explain. 0k. gin is usually made from wheat or barley, which is grown using synthetic fertiliser that contains nitrogen, but this nadar gin from arbroath is made from peas, which don t need added nitrogen to flourish. and by not using synthetic fertiliser, it saves i.5kg of carbon emissions per bottle. well, there is definitely a hint of
ok, that actually looks borderline appetising. mm hm. do you want to try? i think i may be asking you again. yeah, right, ok. just behind here, you will find that. all right. just have a taste of that. there we go, any time you are ready, and i will tell you that these are drum roll spicy crickets. yes, these dishes are made from insect packed by a british firm called bug who love bugs, obviously and they say that bugs use less water, they use less land than animals, they need less feed than animals and, in fact, they can be fed on the things that we throw away. but are they delicious? clears throat 0k. a bit of a kick! right, i do not think you re impressed by any of this! i think it s like sweet and sour chicken. ok again, that s not bad. you ll eat anything! chickpeas and sweet and sour chicken! i think you have got dinner here sorted, haven t you? totally! now, it s all very well having tasty stuff to eat, but in terms of the climate, how ourfood is produced is key.
see, in the future, we might be eating more insects than meat. they are cheap, they re richer in protein, calcium and iron and have less fats than beef, pork or chicken. best of all, there are bazillions of them. yes, i heard there are 1.5 billion per person on earth. what do you think? how do they taste? they re very crispy. crispy. you don t look too impressed. and you? like roasted chickpeas. ok, that s not bad! interesting. do you like roasted chickpeas? love them, yeah. 0k! fairenough! listen, they re not just for humans either. take a look at these. right, these are black soldier fly larvae. fancy one? no, i m not really feeling so hungry anymore. correct answer because they re for pigs. what?! because it s a way of feeding farm animals more sustainably. they re bred by beta bugs, which is a start up based in scotland. i know in certain parts of the world eating bugs is commonplace, but i still can t imagine them being on my shopping list. well, 0k. how about. . .these? ok, that