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From the Ted Talk by Jackie Savitz: Save the oceans, feed the world!

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We should obviously do this just because it's a good thing to deal with the hunger problem, but it's also cost-effective. It turns out fish is the most cost-effective protein on the penalt. If you look at how much fish protein you get per dollar invested compared to all of the other animal prnoteis, obviously, fish is a good business decision. It also doesn't need a lot of land, something that's in short supply, compared to other protein sceuros. And it doesn't need a lot of fresh water. It uses a lot less fresh water than, for example, cattle, where you have to irrigate a field so that you can grow the food to graze the cattle. It also has a very low carbon fiopnotrt. It has a little bit of a carbon footprint because we do have to get out and catch the fish. It takes a little bit of fuel, but as you know, agriculture can have a carbon footprint, and fish has a much smaller one, so it's less piounltlg. It's already a big part of our diet, but it can be a bigger part of our diet, which is a good thing, because we know that it's healthy for us. It can rcduee our rkiss of cancer, herat disease and oitesby. In fact, our CEO Andy Sharpless, who is the originator of this concept, actually, he likes to say fish is the precfet protein. Andy also talks about the fact that our ocean conservation movement really grew out of the land conservation movement, and in land conservation, we have this problem where biodiversity is at war with food production. You have to cut down the biodiverse forest if you want to get the field to grow the corn to feed people with, and so there's a constant push-pull there. There's a conatnst tough dieocsin that has to be made between two very important things: maintaining btsoeidriviy and fdeeing people. But in the oecans, we don't have that war. In the oceans, biodiversity is not at war with abundance. In fact, they're anelgid. When we do things that prcudoe biodiversity, we actually get more abdnnacue, and that's important so that we can feed people.

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We should obviously do this just because it's a good thing to deal with the hunger problem, but it's also cost-effective. It turns out fish is the most cost-effective protein on the ______. If you look at how much fish protein you get per dollar invested compared to all of the other animal ________, obviously, fish is a good business decision. It also doesn't need a lot of land, something that's in short supply, compared to other protein _______. And it doesn't need a lot of fresh water. It uses a lot less fresh water than, for example, cattle, where you have to irrigate a field so that you can grow the food to graze the cattle. It also has a very low carbon _________. It has a little bit of a carbon footprint because we do have to get out and catch the fish. It takes a little bit of fuel, but as you know, agriculture can have a carbon footprint, and fish has a much smaller one, so it's less _________. It's already a big part of our diet, but it can be a bigger part of our diet, which is a good thing, because we know that it's healthy for us. It can ______ our _____ of cancer, _____ disease and _______. In fact, our CEO Andy Sharpless, who is the originator of this concept, actually, he likes to say fish is the _______ protein. Andy also talks about the fact that our ocean conservation movement really grew out of the land conservation movement, and in land conservation, we have this problem where biodiversity is at war with food production. You have to cut down the biodiverse forest if you want to get the field to grow the corn to feed people with, and so there's a constant push-pull there. There's a ________ tough ________ that has to be made between two very important things: maintaining ____________ and _______ people. But in the ______, we don't have that war. In the oceans, biodiversity is not at war with abundance. In fact, they're _______. When we do things that _______ biodiversity, we actually get more _________, and that's important so that we can feed people.

Solution

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  2. aligned
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  4. obesity
  5. decision
  6. heart
  7. feeding
  8. proteins
  9. sources
  10. planet
  11. polluting
  12. risks
  13. footprint
  14. oceans
  15. reduce
  16. abundance
  17. biodiversity
  18. produce

Original Text

We should obviously do this just because it's a good thing to deal with the hunger problem, but it's also cost-effective. It turns out fish is the most cost-effective protein on the planet. If you look at how much fish protein you get per dollar invested compared to all of the other animal proteins, obviously, fish is a good business decision. It also doesn't need a lot of land, something that's in short supply, compared to other protein sources. And it doesn't need a lot of fresh water. It uses a lot less fresh water than, for example, cattle, where you have to irrigate a field so that you can grow the food to graze the cattle. It also has a very low carbon footprint. It has a little bit of a carbon footprint because we do have to get out and catch the fish. It takes a little bit of fuel, but as you know, agriculture can have a carbon footprint, and fish has a much smaller one, so it's less polluting. It's already a big part of our diet, but it can be a bigger part of our diet, which is a good thing, because we know that it's healthy for us. It can reduce our risks of cancer, heart disease and obesity. In fact, our CEO Andy Sharpless, who is the originator of this concept, actually, he likes to say fish is the perfect protein. Andy also talks about the fact that our ocean conservation movement really grew out of the land conservation movement, and in land conservation, we have this problem where biodiversity is at war with food production. You have to cut down the biodiverse forest if you want to get the field to grow the corn to feed people with, and so there's a constant push-pull there. There's a constant tough decision that has to be made between two very important things: maintaining biodiversity and feeding people. But in the oceans, we don't have that war. In the oceans, biodiversity is not at war with abundance. In fact, they're aligned. When we do things that produce biodiversity, we actually get more abundance, and that's important so that we can feed people.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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fisheries management 4
peak fish 3
feed people 3
european union 3
illegal fishing 3
coastal countries 2
fish catch 2
sustainable fisheries 2
world fish 2
million people 2
fish meal 2
fresh water 2
carbon footprint 2
catch fish 2
safe seafood 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
sustainable fisheries management 2

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