Speaking Green Communications Water Energy Food Nexus 03092016 final

1. Is Producing the food we eat a waste of water and energy we need? -Insights into the Water Energy Food Nexus Alameda Kiwanis Club Wednesday March 9, 2016 by Tony Green Speaking Green Communications 2016
2. Alternative Energy Environment Advanced Materials Water Conservation “I believe if people in general had a better understanding of how alternative/clean technologies worked there would much less comprehension and fear toward adopting these technologies.” A voice for sustainability Speaking Green Communications Copyright @ Speaking Green Communications 2016 Website : http://www.speakinggreencommunications.com
3. Agenda 1. Opening Thought 2. Glimpse of the Future 3. Challenges and More Challenges 4. Food/Water 5. Energy/Food 6. Water/Energy 7. Water – Energy – Food Nexus 8. To Think About 9. Questions and Answers Speaking Green Communications 2016
4. These were the words of John Beddington, Chief Scientific Adviser to the British Government in 2009 when talking about the relationships between food, energy, water and the climate. Speaking Green Communications 2016 http://steps-centre.org/wp-content/uploads/Water-and-the-Nexus.pdf Opening Thought- “A perfect storm”
5. http://steps-centre.org/wp-content/uploads/Water-and-the-Nexus.pdf Speaking Green Communications 2016 Glimpse of the Future
6. http://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/9783319057460-c2.pdf?SGWID=0-0-45-1486976-p176660640. Challenges and more Challenges Speaking Green Communications 2016
7. Cause for Increase on Demand? Copyright @ Speaking Green Communications 2016
8. Water Energy Food Copyright @ Speaking Green Communications 2016 Water Energy Food Nexus
9. Copyright @ Speaking Green Communications 2016 Water/Food Food Water Energy
10. What takes more water to produce? Beef by factor of 3 1/2 Food “and Water” for thought Copyright @ Speaking Green Communications 2016 Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/13/food-water-footprint_n_5952862.html
11. Overview of the Processes require to produce the food we eat Copyright @Speaking Green Communications 2016
12. There are a wide variety of food processing operations are be divided into four broad categories.  Ambient temperature processes. These include cleaning and sorting; peeling, chopping and shredding and milling; - filtration, centrifuging, expression, extraction and membrane processes; mixing, blending and forming.  Thermal processes. These are processes involving heating and include pasteurization and sterilization; evaporation; and various cooking processes. Low temperature processes; chilling and freezing.  Fermentation processes  Post processing operations; packaging and storage Food Processing Overall Copyright @ Speaking Green Communications 2016 http://sst-web.tees.ac.uk/external/U0000504/Notes/ProcessPrinciples/Balance/Balance.html
13. About the Water Required – How is used? Copyright @ Speaking Green Communications 2016 Fruit % Water Content Cranberries 87 Grapefruit 91 Water Melon 92 Orange 87 Strawberries 92 Pineapple 87 Grapes 81 Apple 84 Banana 74 Peach 88 Vegetable % Water Content Potato 79 Zucchini 95 Cucumber 96 Spinach 92 Tomato (Red) 94 Broccoli 91 Lettuce 96 Celery 95 Eggplant 92 Spinach 92 Prepared by Sandra Bastin, Foods and Nutrition Specialist and Kim Henken, Extension Associate for ENRI.
14. Water Energy Food Energy/Water Copyright @ Speaking Green Communications 2016
15. The term Water-Energy nexus refers to the fact that water and energy are inseparable/connected. This is because: Water is required to produce energy. Energy is required to make use of water. Water /Energy Separable? Source: Meeting the Needs of the Water Energy Nexus CEP April 2011 Copyright @ Speaking Green Communications 2016
16. Water Nexus Overview http://www.ncsl.org/research/environment-and-natural-resources/overviewofthewaterenergynexusintheus.aspx Copyright @ Speaking Green Communications 2016
17. Source: https://www.slideshare.net/ElectrochemicalSociety/the-waterenergy-nexus-opportunities-and-challenges?from_m_app=ios Water Nexus Overview Copyright @ Speaking Green Communications 2016
18. Water Energy Food Copyright @ Speaking Green Communications 2016 Energy/Food
19. Source: Food is an Energy Issue Getting to a Sustainable and Climate-Friendly Food and Farming System by Heather Schonover Water Nexus Overview Copyright @ Speaking Green Communications 2016
20. Energy use in the US food system Retail food services 4% Commercial food services 7% Agricultural production 21% Transport 14% Processing 16% Packaging 7% Household storage and preparation 31% Copyright @ Speaking Green Communications 2016
21. Energy Used In Producing Food Energy to make fertilizers and pesticides Fuels for tractors and other equipment Fuels for heating and ventilation of farm buildings, livestock and poultry facilities Electricity for irrigation (if used), lighting, buildings Embodied energy in equipment and buildings http://faculty.geog.utoronto.ca/Harvey/Harvey/books/Energy%20New%20Reality/ENR%20Volume%201/ENR%20Volume%201%20Chapter%207%20(Agriculture).ppt. Copyright @ Speaking Green Communications 2016
22. http://www.irena.org/documentdownloads/publications/irena_water_energy_food_nexus_2015.pdf Water Energy Food Illustration Copyright @ Speaking Green Communications 2016
23. Water Energy Food to Think About Copyright @ Speaking Green Communications 2016 Renewable energy resources such as solar, wind and tidal are readily available and do not require fuel processing and associated water inputs The agri-food supply chain accounts for 30% of the world’s energy consumption and is the largest consumer of water resources, accounting for approximately 70% of all freshwater use.
24. Water Energy Food to Think About Copyright @ Speaking Green Communications 2016 Getting your food locally goes a long way to reducing the water and energy footprints When you Waste Food, you Waste Water as well as Energy
25. Why Book Tony? Tony’s background in clean- tech which includes experience in water, energy, chemicals and the environment and his communication skills refined from this time in sales/marketing will ensure attendees will walk away with timely information and insights presented in an easy to absorb manner. Email: tonygreen@speakinggreencommunications.com for more information Copyright @ Speaking Green Communications 2016
26. Questions & Answers Copyright @ Speaking Green Communications 2016

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Good Morning. For those of you who do not know me my name is Tony Green and I would like share with you some insight into the Water Energy Food Nexus.
If you would like to hear any more of these topics these are the topics have given presentations on.
My website and social media would be the best way to stay up to date on my future events.
Here is a brief overview of what I would like to share with you:

I will discuss the intense water and energy requirements for the food we consume and I will touch on the effects of climate change
which will require all of us to think about how we can reduce our water and energy footprints of the food to ensure sufficient resources are available for
future generations. As the examples will show the water/energy/food connection are present in more things associated with our daily lives then you might think

Any questions on what you would like to get out on today’s talk?
'A perfect storm'. These were the words of John Beddington, Chief Scientific Adviser to the British Government in 2009 when talking about the relationships between food, energy, water and the climate. For those of you who might not be aware - A nexus is an interconnection or a relationship

My question is “what would lead to anyone something like that?”

http://steps-centre.org/wp-content/uploads/Water-and-the-Nexus.pdf
He was taking a look at the future which is summarized on this slide

By the year 2030 ( Only 14 years away) in order to support the global population:

We will need

50% Energy
50% More Food
30% More Fresh Water

Where will this come from ?
Summary of the Water Energy Food Nexus are as follows

Climate change – less water, increasing drought and more volatility in rainfall will effect the availability of water

2. Energy intensity of farm operations – fossil fuels and GHG emission versus adoption of Renewable Energy Technologies

3. Water intensity of farm operations – irrigation Most water used for agriculture

4. Biofuel must not compete with food - Food for Energy Secondary methods generation to produce biofuel without using what could be used for food production.

5. Energy intensity of food transport – Transporting Food Especially in California with export so much of agriculture it produces

Images: 1) Climate Change. 2) Water and Energy to Farm, 3) irrigation , 4) biofuel, 5) transportation

Now I will delve into some of the particulars of Food with Energy and Water
What I driving the demand for water energy and Food?
A few things:
1. Rapid economic growth, (Money)
2. expanding populations - larger urban areas (People)
3. increasing prosperity (More Dollars for all)

are ALL driving up demand for energy, water and food.
Now I’d like to look at each of the three legs of the Water Energy Nexus Triangle.
First I’ll start off with Water and Food
Water in Food
Now looking at the amount of water in our food

Beef or Chicken which one takes more water to produce?
The answer is Beef by a factor or 3 ½

Why? (Water to produce the food which feeds the cow)
These foods have processes which are used to produce these products in large volume for our consumption
As it turns out, the nature of these processes have a major impact on the water use or water footprint and
energy use required to produce the product. Refers to everything on the menu.
There are a wide variety of food processing operations involving a range of physical and chemical processes. They may be divided into four broad categories, however.

Water: cleaning, Heating, chilling, freezing, boiling, fermentation (yeast)
Energy: Heating, chilling, freezing, boiling, fermentation (yeast)

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Ambient temperature processes. which includes cleaning and sorting; various size reduction processes - eg. peeling, chopping and shredding and milling; physical separations - filtration, centrifuging, expression, extraction and membrane processes; mixing, blending and forming.

Thermal processes. These are processes involving heating and include pasteurization and sterilization; evaporation; and various cooking processes. Low temperature processes; chilling and freezing.

Fermentation processes

Note: when yeast is used water must be there to create an aqueous solution so that the yeast can move around and be able to freely come into contact with all the sugars

Post processing operations; packaging and storage
Here is a slide which discusses how much water is the fruit and vegetables we eat. These range for 96% at the highest to 79% at the lowest
As you can see there is more water in all of these items than anything else.
Water and Energy
Before we get started what is Water Energy Nexus? Where have you heard the term?

A Nexus refers to a connection The term Water-Energy nexus refers to the fact that water and energy are inseparable. This is because:

Water is required to produce energy. Water is employed in the production of most forms of turbine generated electricity,
either directly (hydropower, geothermal) or indirectly (washing, cooling).

Energy is required to make use of water. Energy is needed to extract move, treat, deliver -use. and dispose of water This energy is primarily in the term of mechanical or electrical energy
This image here shows examples of the connection and inseparably some of which we will touch on in more detail. In included in the drawing are:
1. Cooling Towers in Power Plants
2. Waste Water Treatment Plants
3. Dams
4. Mining
5. Pumping our Water

The Red Flows are energy and the Blue Flows are water
Here is a Overview of the Water Energy Nexus based on what is required to produce water and energy
Add anything to add ?
Finally I will cover Energy and Food
Energy used in producing food, Energy used in transporting and processing food, Energy used to make packages for food
Energy used by food retailers, Energy used by consumers in getting, storing and cooking food

The following energy consuming processes are used in food

*Processing
*Agricultural Production
*Disposal
*Consumption – cooking
*Retail – refrigeration during storage
This gives a breakdown of the Energy Use by Process
Energy from not only a process viewpoint but an equipment point of view
This gives another view of the interplays.
Water in the center which is where I think it should be
Renewable energy resources such as solar, wind and tidal are readily available and do not require fuel processing and associated water inputs

The agri-food supply chain accounts for 30% of the world’s energy consumption and is the largest consumer of water resources, accounting for approximately 70% of all freshwater use
Getting your food locally goes a long way to reducing the water and energy footprints.

When you Waste Food, you Waste Water as well as Energy.

We as a planet need to manage these so that it will work for everyone.
And with that I will take questions..

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