Name: 【TEDx】我們的食物系統發生什麼事了 (TEDxAsheville - Birke Baehr - What it means to speak at TEDx)
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Hello, my name is Birke Baehr, and I'm 12 years old.

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I came here today to talk about the power of ideas worth spreading.

The talk you just watched me perform was just 442 days ago,

That day I was excited, nervous and inspired.

Little did I know what type of profound effect

About a month later, my talk was posted on the Internet.

Little did I know that it would be shared and viewed by many different people.

I watched in amazement as the number of views started to rise.

I was even more amazed when Ashley Cooper,

the director of TEDxNextGenerationAsheville,

told me that TED was interested in putting my talk on TED.com.

for me to be speaking at different events and groups.

I started a website and a Facebook page too,

what I was continuing to learn about food and farming

I'm pretty sure that my talk, that you just watched,

and it may still be the most viewed TEDx talk today.

TED.com posting of my presentation has around 500,000 views.

When the organizers of TEDxAsheville asked me to tell my story,

and what has happened since my talk, I wasn't sure.

many different people and groups were contacting me.

And one thing that I wasn't interested in was acting,

The main thing was that I really just wanted

to keep spreading my message about food and farming.

the Nevada County grown and Sustainable Food And Farm Conference

to speak there at the end of January of this year, I said "Yes".

I was fortunate enough to speak alongside other food activists and farmers,

like Dr. Will Winter, Aaron Lucich, Mark McAfee,

and the most truly humbling part was that I got to introduce my hero,

All great people and great speakers on the subject of food and farming.

It was a wonderful experience that I'm so thankful for

and an opportunity for me to spread my message

And not only did I get to speak, but I also got to meet,

and really talk with these other inspirational advocates,

Corbin Billings, with the documentary film "Bite Size"

about childhood obesity, interviewed me and Joel Salatin too,

about what's going on with our food system.

Meredith McKissick, with the Organic Growers School,

invited me to come speak at the Ignite-Agriculture event.

I was even lucky enough to get a scholarship

to the Organic Growers School Spring event.

And I was very excited to speak at Ignite.

where I would be filmed on IL Senso Della Vita.

When translated, means "The meaning of life."

I can't pronounce in Italian what they call me,

but when translated, it means "The little organic farmer."

While in Rome,  I also spoke at John Cabot University

I really enjoyed speaking to the college students,

and I also did a question and answer session, too.

During my Italian adventure, I stayed and worked on an organic farm.

Next, I was asked to be filmed for another documentary film.

My Grand Dad and I met the film crew in Santa Barbara, California.

I think it was pretty neat being filmed on the West Coast.

to speak at the TEDxKnoxville kickoff party.

An event to promote the first ever TEDx event

I think it's such a great thing to see TEDx

popping up in different cities, like Knoxville.

I've also spoken at local Sertoma and Kiwanis clubs in the Knoxville area.

Over the summer, I've helped one of my grand dad's neighbor,

I helped him plant, harvest, and I even got up really early

And after all that work, I still want to be a farmer.

In September, I spoke at the TEDxRedmond event

with a bunch of other kids my age and older,

who have a passion for something that they really care about.

And the main thing that I took away from that event

is how you shouldn't wait to speak your mind.

And one of the things I said in my TEDx talk,

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