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From the Ted Talk by Mike Velings: The case for fish farming

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In the last 50 years, golabl meat consumption has more than quadrupled, from 71 million tons to 310 million tons. Something slaiimr has been going on with milk and eggs. In every society where incomes have risen, so has protein comuponitsn. And we know that gllolaby, we are getting richer. And as the middle class is on the rise, so is our global population, from 7 billion of us today to 9.7 billion by 2050, which means that by 2050, we are going to need at least 70 percent more protein than what is available to humankind today. And the latest prediction of the UN puts that population number, by the end of this curtney, at 11 boiilln, which means that we are going to need a lot more protein.

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In the last 50 years, ______ meat consumption has more than quadrupled, from 71 million tons to 310 million tons. Something _______ has been going on with milk and eggs. In every society where incomes have risen, so has protein ___________. And we know that ________, we are getting richer. And as the middle class is on the rise, so is our global population, from 7 billion of us today to 9.7 billion by 2050, which means that by 2050, we are going to need at least 70 percent more protein than what is available to humankind today. And the latest prediction of the UN puts that population number, by the end of this _______, at 11 _______, which means that we are going to need a lot more protein.

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Original Text

In the last 50 years, global meat consumption has more than quadrupled, from 71 million tons to 310 million tons. Something similar has been going on with milk and eggs. In every society where incomes have risen, so has protein consumption. And we know that globally, we are getting richer. And as the middle class is on the rise, so is our global population, from 7 billion of us today to 9.7 billion by 2050, which means that by 2050, we are going to need at least 70 percent more protein than what is available to humankind today. And the latest prediction of the UN puts that population number, by the end of this century, at 11 billion, which means that we are going to need a lot more protein.

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