I thought Ron Finley had a great TED talk. Finley made his TED talk very entertaining but also informative. I think what he is doing is great. In this growing world, space for living is starting to become a problem, but Finley proves these claims wrong. Finley's idea of utilizing extra city space is genius and I think it's a method of gardening that should be reproduced in more cities in America.
In the reading "Biotechnology Isn't Saving the World", I think the author had some similar points to Finley. Lappé brings up points about eating healthy in today's world and also talks about healthy food deserts. One of the differences between Lappé and Finley's discussion is that Lappé focuses more on politics saying that democracy is the key to solving world hunger as opposed to biotechnology.
I would also say that I enjoyed the TED talk the most. I think this is because he was funny and could connect with our generation. I thought his perspective was inspiring because he is trying to make gardening cool. He is an inspiration because if he could accomplish this in his rough environment, then we can change cities all over America.
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