Name: 【TED】Birke Baehr: What's wrong with our food system
Uploaded: 2013-12-04T09:11:46.000Z
Duration: 5 min 47 s

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

我今天來到這裡是為了談論我們的糧食系統究竟出了什麼問題

that I'm really amazed at how easily kids are led to believe

這使我很驚奇地發現孩子們是很容易被

and pretty much everywhere else you look.

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

對於我們或者對於環境來說也是不好的.

我必須承認，我曾經是其中之一。

I also used to think that all of our food

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

那裡整天總有些豬滾在泥裡和牛在草地上放牧。

on the internet, in books and in documentary films,

I discovered the dark side of the industrialized food system.

我發現了工業化食品體系黑暗的一面.

First there's genetically engineered seeds and organisms.

That is when a seed is manipulated in a laboratory

這就是當一所實驗室為一顆種子

to do something not intended by nature --

and putting it into the DNA of a tomato -- yuck.

Don't get me wrong, I like fish and tomatoes,

不要誤會我，我喜歡魚和番茄，

to cause cancer and other problems in lab animals.

會導致實驗室中的動物患上癌症和其他問題.

And people have been eating food produced this way

而人們一直在吃這種生產方式的食品

And most folks don't even know they exist.

大多數人甚至不知道它們的存在。

Did you know rats that ate genetically engineered corn

你知道當老鼠吃了基因工程的玉米

had developed signs of liver and kidney toxicity?

便逐漸出現肝、 腎毒性的跡象嗎？

These include kidney inflammation and lesions and increased kidney weight.

這些包括腎臟炎症、病變、和增加腎重量。

的基因都是以某種方式去改變的。

And don't even get me started on the confined animal feeding operations.

但請不要讓我由密閉飼養作業開始.

所謂 CAFOS(美國集中動物飼養中心)。

Conventional farmers use chemical fertilizers

that they mix with the dirt to make plants grow.

他們把污垢混合，使植物生長。

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

這些行為是因為他們已把土壤中所有的營養

from growing the same crop over and over again.

從一遍又一遍的種植中剝奪殆盡了。

Next, more harmful chemicals are sprayed on fruits and vegetables,

接下來，更多水果和蔬菜被噴上有害化學物質，

When it rains, these chemicals seep into the ground,

下雨的時候，這些化學物質會滲入地表,

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?

我可以怎樣改變？我怎樣才能改變這些東西？

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

我發現有一個更好的運作模式。

我想成為一個 NFL(美國欖球聯盟)的運動員。

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

但是現在我寧願成為一個有機的農民。

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

而且那樣的話我可以對世界產生更大的影響力。

This man, Joel Salatin, they call him a lunatic farmer

這個是 Joel Salatin，人們叫他瘋狂的農夫

因為他是反對這些作物系統的。

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

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

by buying our food directly from local farmers,

通過直接從當地的農民購買食物,

or our neighbors who we've known all our lives.

或我們的鄰居，認識我們生活的人。

Some people say organic or local food is more expensive,

有些人說有機食品的價格相比當地的食物是較昂貴的，

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

我一直在學習有關食品系統中所有的事情,

it seems to me that we either pay the farmer,

Now I know definitely what one I would choose.

現在我肯定知道我會選擇哪一個。

I want you to know that there are farms out there --

我想讓你知道，那裡有一些農場 --

like Bill Keener in Sequachie Cove Farm in Tennessee --

比如 在田納西州 Sequachie Cove Farm 農場的 Bill Keener

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

就如同我想像中有豬在泥中翻滾

Sometimes I go to Bill's farm and volunteer,

我有時和志願者去比爾的農場，

kids will eat fresh vegetables and good food

孩子們會選擇吃新鮮的蔬菜和良好的食物