Name: 【TEDx】我們的糧食系統究竟出了什麼問題 (What's wrong with our food system | Birke Baehr | TEDxNextGenerationAsheville)
Uploaded: 2016-01-19T02:45:00.000Z
Duration: 5 min 22 s

Hello. My name is Birke Baehr and I'm 11 years old.

I came here today to talk about  what's wrong with our food system.

今天我想要談談食品系統的問題

First of all, I would like to say that I'm really amazed

小朋友這麼容易被牽著鼻子走, 輕信那些廣告和行銷手法

all the marketing and advertising  on TV, at public schools,

and pretty much everywhere else you look.

that really isn't really good  for us or the planet.

Little kids, especially, are attracted by colorful packaging and plastic toys.

小小孩特愛彩色包裝和塑膠玩具

I also used to think that all of our food

where pigs rolled in mud and cows grazed on grass all day.

on the Internet, in books, and in documentary films

I discovered the dark side of the industrialized food system.

First, there's genetically engineered  seeds and organisms.

首先是基因改造過的種子或生物

That is when a seed is manipulated in a laboratory

意思是在實驗室裡對種子動手腳

I like fish and tomatoes, but this is just creepy.

我喜歡魚和番茄, 但這種組合讓人很不舒服

The food they produced has been proven to cause cancer

And people have been eating food produced this way since the 1990's.

從1990年開始, 人們吃的就是這種食物

很多人甚至不知道有基改這回事

Did you know that rats fed genetically engineered corn

have developed signs of liver and kidney toxicity?

These include kidney inflammations, and lesions and increased kidney weight.

has been altered genetically in some way.

And let me tell you, corn is in everything.

on the confined animal feeding  operations called CAFO's.

Conventional farmers use chemical fertilizers

that they mix with the dirt to make plants grow.

They do this because they've stripped  the soil of all nutrients

from growing the same crop over and over again.

Next more harmful chemicals are sprayed on fruits and vegetables

接下來噴灑更毒的農藥和除草劑

like pesticides and herbicides to kill weeds and bugs.

When it rains, these chemicals  seep into the ground

or run off into our waterways poisoning our water too.

Then they irradiate our food trying to make it last longer,

from where it's grown  to the supermarkets.

"How can I change? How can I change these things?"

I discovered that there's  a movement for a better way.

Now a while back, I wanted  to be an NFL football player.

I decided that I'd rather be an organic farmer instead.

And that way I could have a greater impact on the world.

I learned from this guy named Joel Salatin.

Since I'm home schooled, I want to go hear him speak one day.

And so for that he's called crazy by the system.

因此以主流眼光來看,他是個瘋子

I want you to know that we can all make a difference.

By buying our food directly from local farmers

Some people say organic or local food is more expensive.

有人說有機或在地的食物比較貴

With all these things I've been learning  about the food system

it seems to me that we can  either pay the farmer

I know definitely which one I would choose.

I want you to know that there are farmers out there

我想告訴大家,其實有很多好農夫

like Bill Keener in Sequatchie Cove Farm in Tennessee

比如田納西一間農場的比爾∙基諾

and whose pigs do roll in the mud just like I thought.

Sometimes I go to Bill's farm and volunteer,

so I can see up close and personal where the meat I eat comes from.

因此能親眼看到我吃的肉從哪來

I want you to know that I believe kids will eat fresh vegetables and good food

if they knew more about it and where it really comes from.

小朋友們會選擇吃新鮮的好食物

I want you to know that there are farmer's markets in every community popping up.

其實每個社區都有新興農夫市集

I want you to know that me, my brother and sister

he offered my six-year old cousin cereal.

He asked if he wanted  organic toasted oats

You know the one with the big striped cartoon character on the front?

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【TEDx】我們的糧食系統究竟出了什麼問題 (What's wrong with our food system | Birke Baehr | TEDxNextGenerationAsheville)

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