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And the stated goal was to increase popular support for the Afghan government. | âááŒá±áá¬áá²á·áá²á·áááºááŸááºážáá»ááºá á¡á¬ááááºá¡á
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I don't know about this, but this is what I can decipher from this diagram in 24 seconds. | áá®á¡ááŒá±á¬ááºáž áá»áœááºáá±á¬áºááááá°ážá áá«áá±áá²á· áá«á áá®áá¬ážáá»ááºááá± áá á
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When you see a diagram like this, I don't want you to be afraid. | áá®ááá¯áá¬ážáá»ááºááᯠááœá±á·áá²á·á¡áá« áááºáá»á¬ážááá¯á·ááᯠááá·áºáááœá¬ážá
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Because simple answers may emerge. | ááá¯ážááŸááºážáá²á· á¡ááŒá±ááœá± áá±á«áºáá¬ááá¯ááºááá¯á·áá«á |
We're discovering in nature that simplicity often lies on the other side of complexity. | ááá¬ááá²á ááá¯ážááŸááºážááŸá¯áᬠáááŒá¬ááááá¯áááᯠááŸá¯ááºááœá±ážááŸá¯áá²á·á¡ááŒá¬ážáá
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And I went to the IT guys here and a gentleman mended my computer, and then he said, "What are you doing here?" | áá®á IT áá±á¬ááºáá±ážááœá±áá®ááœá¬ážáá±á¬á· áá°ááŒá®ážáááºážáá
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And I said, "Do you really?" | áá«áá²á· áá»áœááºáá "ááááºáá¬áž" |
Anyway, so you're in for a treat, because he's fantastic, and his name's Mark. | áá¬ááŒá
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Hello. My name is Birke Baehr, and I'm 11 years old. | áá²ááá¯á áá»áœááºáá±á¬á·á¡áááºá Birke Baehr á á¡áááºá áá ááŸá
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I came here today to talk about what's wrong with our food system. | áá®áá±á· áá®ááá¯áá¬áá¬á áá»áœááºáá±á¬áºááá¯á·áá²á· á
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First of all, I would like to say that I'm really amazed at how easily kids are led to believe all the marketing and advertising on TV, at public schools and pretty much everywhere else you look. | áŠážáá¯á¶ážá¡áá±áá²á· ááŒá±á¬áá»ááºáá¬á ááá±ážááœá±áᬠáá®áá®ááŸá¬á á¡áá»á¬ážááá¯ááºáá»á±á¬ááºáž ááœá±ááŸá¬áá²á· áááºááŒáá·áºáá±áᬠá¡áá±á¬áºáá»á¬ážáá»á¬ážá á
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It seems to me like corporations are always trying to get kids, like me, to get their parents to buy stuff that really isn't good for us or the planet. | áá»áœááºáá±á¬á·á¡ááŒááºáá±á¬á· á
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Little kids, especially, are attracted by colorful packaging and plastic toys. | á¡áá°ážáááŒáá·áº ááá±ážáá±á«ááºá
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I must admit, I used to be one of them. | áááºáá¶áááŸá¬á áá»áœááºáá±á¬áºáááºáž áá
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I also used to think that all of our food came from these happy, little farms where pigs rolled in mud and cows grazed on grass all day. | á
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What I discovered was this is not true. | ááœá±á·ááŸáááá¯ááºááá¬á áá«áᬠáááŸááºáá°ážáá»á |
I began to look into this stuff on the Internet, in books and in documentary films, in my travels with my family. | á¡ááºáá¬áááºááŸá¬á á
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I discovered the dark side of the industrialized food system. | á
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First, there's genetically engineered seeds and organisms. | áŠážáá¯á¶áž áá»áá¯ážááá¯ážáá®áááŒááºáá¬ážáá²á· áá
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That is when a seed is manipulated in a laboratory to do something not intended by nature -- like taking the DNA of a fish and putting it into the DNA of a tomato. Yuck. | áá
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Don't get me wrong, I like fish and tomatoes, but this is just creepy. | á¡áááºáááŸá¬ážáá²á·áŠážá áá»áœááºáá±á¬áº áá«ážáá²á· ááááºážáá»ááºáá®ážááŒáá¯ááºáá«áááºá áá«áá±áá²á· áá«áá»áá±á¬á· áá»á±á¬áá»ááºážá
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(Laughter) The seeds are then planted, then grown. | (áááºáá¶áá»á¬áž) áá±á¬áẠáá®áá
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The food they produce have been proven to cause cancer and other problems in lab animals, and people have been eating food produced this way since the 1990s. | áá°ááá¯á·áá¯ááºáá²á·á¡á
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And most folks don't even know they exist. | áá°á¡áá»á¬ážá
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Did you know rats that ate genetically engineered corn had developed signs of liver and kidney toxicity? | áá»áá¯ážááá¯ážáá®áááŒá±á¬ááºážáá¬ážáá²á· ááŒá±á¬ááºážááᯠá
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These include kidney inflammation and lesions and increased kidney weight. | áá»á±á¬ááºáááºáá±á¬ááºáá¬á á¡áá¬ááœá±áá²á· áá»á±á¬ááºáááºá¡áá±ážáá»ááẠááá¯ážáá¬ááœá±áá«áááºá |
Yet almost all the corn we eat has been altered genetically in some way. | áá»áœááºáá±á¬áºááá¯á·á
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And let me tell you, corn is in everything. | ááŒá®ážáá±á¬á· ááŒá±á¬áá«áá
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And don't even get me started on the Confined Animal Feeding Operations called CAFOS. | CAFOS(ááŸá±á¬ááºáááẠááá¹ááá«áá»áœá±ážáá²á· á
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(Laughter) Conventional farmers use chemical fertilizers made from fossil fuels that they mix with the dirt to make plants grow. | (áááºáá¶áá»á¬áž) ááá¬ážááá¯ážáá»áááºááá¬ážááœá±á á¡áááºááœá±ááŒá®ážá
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They do this because they've stripped the soil from all nutrients from growing the same crop over and over again. | áá«áá¯ááºáá²á·á¡ááŒá±á¬ááºážá áá®ážááŸá¶áá
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Next, more harmful chemicals are sprayed on fruits and vegetables, like pesticides and herbicides, to kill weeds and bugs. | ááá¯áá±ážááŒá
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When it rains, these chemicals seep into the ground, or run off into our waterways, poisoning our water too. | ááá¯ážááœá¬áá±á¬á· áá®áá¬áá¯áá
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Then they irradiate our food, trying to make it last longer, so it can travel thousands of miles from where it's grown to the supermarkets. | áá±á¬áẠáá°ááá¯á·á á
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So I ask myself, how can I change? How can I change these things? | áá®áá±á¬á· ááá¯ááºááá¯ááºááᯠáá±ážáááºá áá«ááœá±ááᯠáááºááᯠáá«ááŒá±á¬ááºážááá¯ááºáá²á |
This is what I found out. | áá«á áá»áœááºáá±á¬áº ááœá±á·ááŸááá¬áá«á |
I discovered that there's a movement for a better way. | ááá¯áá±á¬ááºážáá²á· áááºážáá
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Now a while back, I wanted to be an NFL football player. | áááá±á¬áẠáá±á¬ááºááŒááºááá¯ááºááẠáá»áœááºáá±á¬áºá NFL áá±á¬áá¯á¶ážááá¬ážááŒá
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I decided that I'd rather be an organic farmer instead. | áá®á¡á
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(Applause) Thank you. | (áááºáá¯ááºáá¶áá»á¬áž) áá»á±ážáá°ážáááºáá«áááºá |
And that way I can have a greater impact on the world. | áá®áááºážáá²á· ááá¹áá¬ááᯠááá¯ááŒá®ážáá»ááºáá²á· á¡áá»áá¯ážáááºáá±á¬ááºááŸá¯áá±ážááá¯ááºááẠ|
This man, Joel Salatin, they call him a lunatic farmer because he grows against the system. | áá®áá°á Joel Salatin áá°á·ááᯠáááºááá¬áž á¡áá°ážááá¯á· áá±á«áºááŒáááºá áá°áᬠá
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Since I'm home-schooled, I went to go hear him speak one day. | áá»áœááºáá±á¬á·á á¡áááºááŸá¬áá² á
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This man, this "lunatic farmer," doesn't use any pesticides, herbicides, or genetically modified seeds. | áá®áá°á áá®"áááºááá¬áž á¡áá°áž"áᬠááá¯ážáááºáá±ážááœá±á áá±á«ááºážáááºáá±ážááœá±á (ááá¯á·) áá»áá¯ážááá¯ážáá®áááŒá±á¬ááºážáá¬ážáá²á· áá
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And so for that, he's called crazy by the system. | áá®á¡ááœáẠá
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I want you to know that we can all make a difference by making different choices, by buying our food directly from local farmers, or our neighbors who we know in real life. | ááá
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