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Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.52,0:00:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.14,0:00:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello. My name is Birke Baehr\Nand I'm 11 years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.64,0:00:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came here today to talk about\Nwhat's wrong with our food system.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.51,0:00:31.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, I would like to say\Nthat I'm really amazed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.55,0:00:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how easily kids are led to believe \N
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.76,0:00:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the marketing and advertising\Non TV, at public schools,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.75,0:00:38.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pretty much everywhere else you look.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.89,0:00:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems to me like corporations
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.76,0:00:43.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are always trying to get kids, like me,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.29,0:00:45.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get their parents to buy stuff\N
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.09,0:00:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that really isn't really good\Nfor us or the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.50,0:00:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Little kids, especially, are attracted\Nby colorful packaging and plastic toys.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.54,0:00:55.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I must admit, I used to be one of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.53,0:00:58.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also used to think that all of our food
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.11,0:00:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came from these happy little farms
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.75,0:01:02.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where pigs rolled in mud\Nand cows grazed on grass all day.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.92,0:01:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I discovered was this is not true.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.06,0:01:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began to look into the stuff\N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.90,0:01:10.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the Internet, in books,\Nand in documentary films
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.75,0:01:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my travels with my family.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.56,0:01:16.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I discovered the dark side\Nof the industrialized food system.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.64,0:01:20.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, there's genetically engineered\Nseeds and organisms.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.35,0:01:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is when a seed\Nis manipulated in a laboratory
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.27,0:01:25.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do something not intended by nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.45,0:01:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like taking the DNA of a fish
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.03,0:01:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and putting it into the DNA of a tomato.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.46,0:01:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yuck! Don't get me wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.73,0:01:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like fish and tomatoes,\Nbut this is just creepy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.73,0:01:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.03,0:01:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The seeds are then planted, then grown.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.16,0:01:41.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The food they produced\Nhas been proven to cause cancer
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.72,0:01:43.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other problems in lab animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.35,0:01:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people have been eating food\Nproduced this way since the 1990's.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.78,0:01:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most folks don't even know they exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.12,0:01:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you know that rats\Nfed genetically engineered corn
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.96,0:01:54.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have developed signs of liver\Nand kidney toxicity?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.65,0:01:58.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These include kidney inflammations,\Nand lesions and increased kidney weight.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.46,0:02:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet almost all the corn we eat
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.38,0:02:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been altered genetically in some way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.77,0:02:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And let me tell you,\Ncorn is in everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.44,0:02:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And don't even get me started
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.96,0:02:09.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the confined animal feeding\Noperations called CAFO's.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.79,0:02:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.76,0:02:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Conventional farmers\Nuse chemical fertilizers
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.84,0:02:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made from fossil fuels
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.80,0:02:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they mix with the dirt\Nto make plants grow.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.22,0:02:22.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They do this because they've stripped\Nthe soil of all nutrients
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.70,0:02:25.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from growing the same crop\Nover and over again.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.99,0:02:29.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next more harmful chemicals\Nare sprayed on fruits and vegetables
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.74,0:02:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like pesticides and herbicides\Nto kill weeds and bugs.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.54,0:02:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it rains, these chemicals\Nseep into the ground
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.20,0:02:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or run off into our waterways\Npoisoning our water too.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.14,0:02:43.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then they irradiate our food\Ntrying to make it last longer,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.29,0:02:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it can travel thousands of miles
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.23,0:02:47.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from where it's grown to the supermarkets.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.83,0:02:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I ask myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.56,0:02:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How can I change?\NHow can I change these things?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.44,0:02:54.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what I found out.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.43,0:02:57.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I discovered that there's\Na movement for a better way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.59,0:03:01.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now a while back, I wanted\Nto be an NFL football player.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.37,0:03:04.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided that I'd rather be\Nan organic farmer instead.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.62,0:03:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) (Cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.93,0:03:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.83,0:03:18.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that way I could have\Na greater impact on the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.54,0:03:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned from this guy\Nnamed Joel Salatin.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.80,0:03:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They call him a lunatic farmer\N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.63,0:03:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he grows against the system.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.74,0:03:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since I'm home schooled,\NI want to go hear him speak one day.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.96,0:03:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This man, this lunatic farmer,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.62,0:03:32.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't use any pesticides, herbicides,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.85,0:03:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or genetically modified seeds.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.73,0:03:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so for that he's called crazy\Nby the system.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.90,0:03:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to know\Nthat we can all make a difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.06,0:03:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By making different choices.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.60,0:03:45.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By buying our food\Ndirectly from local farmers
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.15,0:03:47.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or neighbors we know in real life.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.91,0:03:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people say organic\Nor local food is more expensive.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.94,0:03:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But is it really?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.23,0:03:55.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With all these things I've been learning\Nabout the food system
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.18,0:03:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it seems to me that we can\Neither pay the farmer
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.48,0:03:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or we can pay the hospital.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.64,0:04:06.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers) (Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.11,0:04:10.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know definitely\Nwhich one I would choose.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.27,0:04:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to know\Nthat there are farmers out there
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.69,0:04:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Bill Keener\Nin Sequatchie Cove Farm in Tennessee
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.20,0:04:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose cows do eat grass,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.67,0:04:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whose pigs do roll in the mud\Njust like I thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.34,0:04:21.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes I go to Bill's farm\Nand volunteer,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.39,0:04:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I can see up close and personal\Nwhere the meat I eat comes from.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.02,0:04:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to know that I believe kids\Nwill eat fresh vegetables and good food
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.72,0:04:31.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they knew more about it\Nand where it really comes from.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.71,0:04:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to know that there are farmer's\Nmarkets in every community popping up.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.82,0:04:38.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to know that me,\Nmy brother and sister
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.13,0:04:40.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually like eating baked kale chips.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.51,0:04:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I try to share this everywhere I go.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.40,0:04:45.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not too long ago my uncle said
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.47,0:04:47.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he offered my six-year old cousin cereal.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.99,0:04:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He asked if he wanted organic toasted oats
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.50,0:04:52.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the sugar coated flakes.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.52,0:04:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know the one with the big striped\Ncartoon character on the front?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.82,0:04:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My little cousin told his dad
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.52,0:05:00.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he would rather have\Nthe organic toasted O's cereal,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.29,0:05:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because Birke said\Nhe shouldn't eat sparkly cereal.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.22,0:05:04.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laugher)\N
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.27,0:05:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that my friends\Nis how we can make a difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.74,0:05:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One kid at a time.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.11,0:05:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So next time you're at the grocery store,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.14,0:05:11.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think local, choose organic,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.72,0:05:13.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,know your farmer and know your food.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.53,0:05:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.76,0:05:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) (Cheers)