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With all the legitimate concerns about AIDS and avian flu -- and we'll hear about that from the brilliant Dr. Brilliant later today -- I want to talk about the other pandemic, which is cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension -- all of which are completely preventable for at least 95 percent of people just by changing diet and lifestyle. | AIDS ááČá· ááŒááșááŸááșááŻááșááœá±ážáááŻá·ááČá· áááșáááșááŒáźáž áááŹážáááșáá°áááșááŸáŻááœá±á ááČá· ááźáá±á·ááŸá±áŹááșážáááŻááșážááŸáŹ áĄáááșážáá±áŹáșááČá· Dr. Brillant ááźáááŒáŹážáááŸáŹááČá·áĄáá° áĄááŒáŹáž áá
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And what's happening is that there's a globalization of illness occurring, that people are starting to eat like us, and live like us, and die like us. And in one generation, for example, Asia's gone from having one of the lowest rates of heart disease and obesity and diabetes to one of the highest. And in Africa, cardiovascular disease equals the HIV and AIDS deaths in most countries. | ááŒáźážáá±áŹá· ááŒá
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So there's a critical window of opportunity we have to make an important difference that can affect the lives of literally millions of people, and practice preventive medicine on a global scale. | ááźáá±áŹá· áááá·áșááᯠáááșážáá»áźááČá· áá°ááœá±ááČá·áĄáááșááᯠáááșáá±áŹááșáááŻááșááČá· ááŒá±áŹááșážááČáá»ááș áá
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Heart and blood vessel diseases still kill more people -- not only in this country, but also worldwide -- than everything else combined, and yet it's completely preventable for almost everybody. | ááŸááŻá¶ážááČá·ááœá±ážááŒá±áŹ áá±áŹáá«ááœá±á áá»ááșááČá·áá±áŹáá«ááœá± áá±á«ááșážááŹážáááș ááźáááŻááșážááŒááșááŸáŹááŹáá ááááčááŹááŻá¶ážááŸáŹáá« áá°ááœá±ááᯠáááŻáá±á
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It's not only preventable; it's actually reversible. And for the last almost 29 years, we've been able to show that by simply changing diet and lifestyle, using these very high-tech, expensive, state-of-the-art measures to prove how powerful these very simple and low-tech and low-cost interventions can be like -- quantitative arteriography, before and after a year, and cardiac PET scans. | ááŹááœááșáááŻá·áááŻá¶ááá ááááșá·áááŻááČ áá±áŹááșááŒááșááŸáá·áșáááŻá·ááááșá ááœááșááČá·ááČá·áááá
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We showed a few months ago -- we published the first study showing you can actually stop or reverse the progression of prostate cancer by making changes in diet and lifestyle, and 70 percent regression in the tumor growth, or inhibition of the tumor growth, compared to only nine percent in the control group. | ááĄáááșážáááșá ááŒááČá·ááČá·á ááŻááșáá±áááŻááșááČá· ááááá±á·ááŹáá»ááșááŸáŹ ááŒááŹá áĄá
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And in the MRI and MR spectroscopy here, the prostate tumor activity is shown in red -- you can see it diminishing after a year. | ááŒáźážáá±áŹá· ááźá MRI ááČá· MR áá±áŹááșá
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Now there is an epidemic of obesity: two-thirds of adults and 15 percent of kids. What's really concerning to me is that diabetes has increased 70 percent in the past 10 years, and this may be the first generation in which our kids live a shorter life span than we do. That's pitiful, and it's preventable. | áĄááŻáĄáááœááșáá±áŹáá« áá°ážá
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Now these are not election returns, these are the people -- the number of the people who are obese by state, beginning in '85, '86, '87 -- these are from the CDC website -- '88, '89, '90, '91 -- you get a new category -- '92, '93, '94, '95, '96, '97, '98, '99, 2000, 2001 -- it gets worse. We're kind of devolving. (Laughter) Now what can we do about this? Well, you know, the diet that we've found that can reverse heart disease and cancer is an Asian diet. | áĄáᯠáá«ááœá±áᏠááœá±ážáá±áŹááșááœáČá ááŹááșááœá± áááŻááșáá°ážááá°ááœá±áá«á ááŒááșáááșáĄáááŻááș áá
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But the people in Asia are starting to eat like we are, which is why they're starting to get sick like we are. | áá«áá±ááČá· áĄáŹááŸááŹážáᏠáááŻááșááœá±áááŻá
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So I've been working with a lot of the big food companies. They can make it fun and sexy and hip and crunchy and convenient to eat healthier foods, like -- I chair the advisory boards to McDonald's, and PepsiCo, and ConAgra, and Safeway, and soon Del Monte, and they're finding that it's good business. | áá«ááČá· áĄá
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The salads that you see at McDonald's came from the work -- they're going to have an Asian salad. At Pepsi, two-thirds of their revenue growth came from their better foods. | MacDonald ááŸáŹááŒááșáááČá· áĄááŻááșáᏠáĄááŻááșááČá·áĄáá»ááŻážáá«á áĄáŹááŸáĄááŻááșááᯠá
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And so if we can do that, then we can free up resources for buying drugs that you really do need for treating AIDS and HIV and malaria and for preventing avian flu. Thank you. | ááźáááŻááŻááșááŒáááș AIDS HIV ááŸááșáá»áŹážáá±áŹáá«ááœá± ááŻááááŻá·ááČá· ááŒááșááŸááșááŻááșááœá±ážááᯠááŹááœááșáááŻá· ááááșáááŻáĄááșááČá·áá±ážáá«áž ááœá±áááșáááŻá· áááșážááŒá
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Do you ever feel completely overwhelmed when you're faced with a complex problem? | ááŸáŻááșááœá±ážááČá·ááŒáżááŹáá
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Well, I hope to change that in less than three minutes. | áá±áŹááșážááŒáźá áá«ááᯠááááá
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So, I hope to convince you that complex doesn't always equal complicated. | ááŸáŻááșááœá±ážááŒááșážáááŻáᏠáĄááŒáČáááșáž ááŸáŻááșááŸááșáááșááŸáŻ áááŻááșááŹááᯠáááșáá»áŹážáááŻá· áááșáá¶ááŹáĄá±áŹááș ááŻááșáááŻá· áá»áŸá±áŹáșááá·áșáá«áááșá |
So for me, a well-crafted baguette, fresh out of the oven, is complex, but a curry onion green olive poppy cheese bread is complicated. | áá»áœááșáá±áŹá·áĄááœááș ááŻáá·áșáááŻááČá ááŻááșááŒáźážá
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I'm an ecologist, and I study complexity. I love complexity. | áá»áœááșáá±áŹáșáᏠáá±ááá±ááááŹááŸááș áá
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And I study that in the natural world, the interconnectedness of species. | áá«ááᯠáááŹááá±áŹáááČááŸáŹ áá±á·ááŹáá«áááșá áá»ááŻážá
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So here's a food web, or a map of feeding links between species that live in Alpine Lakes in the mountains of California. | ááźáá±áŹá· áĄá
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And this is what happens to that food web when it's stocked with non-native fish that never lived there before. | áá«ááá±áŹá· áĄáČááźááŸáŹáĄáááșá ááá±áá°ážááČá· ááŹáááááșážáááŻááșááČá· áá«ážááœá± áá±ááŹááČá·áĄáá« áĄá
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All the grayed-out species disappear. | ááźážáááŻážáá±áŹááș áá»ááŻážá
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Some are actually on the brink of extinction. | áá
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These effects were all unanticipated, and yet we're discovering they're predictable. | ááźáááŻááŒá
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So I want to share with you a couple key insights about complexity we're learning from studying nature that maybe are applicable to other problems. | ááźáá±áŹá· áá»áœááșáá±áŹáș áĄááŻáá»áŸáá±áá»ááșááŹá ááŸáŻááșááœá±ážááŸáŻááœá±ááČá·áááșáááșááČá· áĄááááá»ááČá· áĄááœááșážááá±áŹ áá
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First is the simple power of good visualization tools to help untangle complexity and just encourage you to ask questions you didn't think of before. | ááááá
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For example, you could plot the flow of carbon through corporate supply chains in a corporate ecosystem, or the interconnections of habitat patches for endangered species in Yosemite National Park. | á„ááᏠáá±á«ááșážá
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The next thing is that if you want to predict the effect of one species on another, if you focus only on that link, and then you black box the rest, it's actually less predictable than if you step back, consider the entire system -- all the species, all the links -- and from that place, hone in on the sphere of influence that matters most. | áá±áŹááșáá
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And we're discovering, with our research, that's often very local to the node you care about within one or two degrees. | ááŻáá±ááááá± ááááŸáááŹáá±ááŹá áááŒáŹáááááŻáááᯠááźáááźáá
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So the more you step back, embrace complexity, the better chance you have of finding simple answers, and it's often different than the simple answer that you started with. | áá«ááŒá±áŹáá·áș áá±áŹááșááŻááșááŒáźáž áááșááČáááșááČááŸáŻááᯠáááșáá¶ááŒáá·áșáá± áááŻážááŸááșážááČá·áĄááŒááœá±ááᯠááœá±á·ááŸááááŻá· áĄááœáá·áșáááŻáá±áŹááșážáá±áá«á áááșáĄá
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So let's switch gears and look at a really complex problem courtesy of the U.S. government. | ááźáá±áŹá· ááźááŹááŒá±áŹááșážááŒáźážá áĄáá±áááááșáĄá
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This is a diagram of the U.S. counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan. | áá«áááŹá· áĄáŹááááșáá
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It was front page of the New York Times a couple months ago. | ááœááșááČá·ááČá· ááá áááá±áŹááșá New York Times ááááșážá
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Instantly ridiculed by the media for being so crazy complicated. | á
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And the stated goal was to increase popular support for the Afghan government. | âááŒá±ááŹááČá·ááČá·áááșááŸááșážáá»ááșá áĄáŹááááșáĄá
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Clearly a complex problem, but is it complicated? | ááŸáŻááșááœá±ážááČá· ááŻá
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Well, when I saw this in the front page of the Times, I thought, "Great. Finally something I can relate to. | áá±áŹááșážááŒáźá áá«ááᯠTimes ááČá· áá»ááșááŸáŹááŻá¶áž ááŸáŹááœá±á·áá±áŹá· á
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I can sink my teeth into this." | ááźááŸáŹááŸá
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So let's do it. So here we go for the first time ever, a world premiere view of this spaghetti diagram as an ordered network. | ááźáá±áŹá· ááŻááșááŒááĄá±áŹááșá á
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The circled node is the one we're trying to influence -- popular support for the government. | á
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And so now we can look one degrees, two degrees, three degrees away from that node and eliminate three-quarters of the diagram outside that sphere of influence. | ááźáá±áŹá·áá»áŹ áĄáČááźááŻá¶ááŸááșááá± áááźáááźá áááźáááźá áááźáááźááᯠááŒáá·áșáááŻá·áááŒáźáž á©ááŹááœáŸááșáž áááșáááșáĄááŒááșá ááŹážáá»ááșááČá· áááŻá¶áááŻá¶ááᯠáááșááŸáŹážáááŻááșáá«áááșá áĄáČááźáááșáááșááČááŸáŹ ááŻá¶ááŸááșáĄáá»áŹážá
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Within that sphere, most of those nodes are not actionable, like the harshness of the terrain, and a very small minority are actual military actions. | ááŒá±ááŒááșáĄáá±áĄááŹáž ááŒááșážáááșážááŒááșážáá»ááŻážáááŻáá±á«á· ááŒáźážáá±áŹá· áĄáááșážáá±ážáááșááČá· áĄáá±áĄááœááșááᏠáááá·áș á
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Most are non-violent and they fall into two broad categories: active engagement with ethnic rivalries and religious beliefs and fair, transparent economic development and provisioning of services. | áĄáá»áŹážá
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I don't know about this, but this is what I can decipher from this diagram in 24 seconds. | ááźáĄááŒá±áŹááșáž áá»áœááșáá±áŹáșááááá°ážá áá«áá±ááČá· áá«á ááźááŹážáá»ááșááá± áá á
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When you see a diagram like this, I don't want you to be afraid. | ááźáááŻááŹážáá»ááșááᯠááœá±á·ááČá·áĄáá« áááșáá»áŹážáááŻá·ááᯠááá·áșáááœáŹážá
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I want you to be excited. I want you to be relieved. | áááșáá»áŹážáááŻá·ááᯠá
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Because simple answers may emerge. | áááŻážááŸááșážááČá· áĄááŒá±ááœá± áá±á«áșááŹáááŻááșáááŻá·áá«á |
We're discovering in nature that simplicity often lies on the other side of complexity. | áááŹáááČá áááŻážááŸááșážááŸáŻáᏠáááŒáŹáááááŻáááᯠááŸáŻááșááœá±ážááŸáŻááČá·áĄááŒáŹážáá
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So for any problem, the more you can zoom out and embrace complexity, the better chance you have of zooming in on the simple details that matter most. | áá«ááŒá±áŹáá·áș áááșááŻá
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Thank you. | áá»á±áá°ážáááșáá«áááșá |
(Applause) | (áááșááŻááșáá¶áá»áŹáž) |
Thank you very much. | áá»á±ážáá°áž áĄáá»áŹážááŒáźážáááșáá«áááșá |
Now, I've got a story for you. | ááČáááŸááșáááŻá·áĄááœááș ááŹááșáááșážáá
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When I arrived off the plane, after a very long journey from the West of England, my computer, my beloved laptop, had gone mad, and had -- oh! -- a bit like that! -- and the display on it -- anyway, the whole thing had burst. | áá»áœááșá áá±ááŹááșááááșážáá±áŹá· áĄááșáčááááș áĄáá±áŹááșáááŻááșážá ááŸááșáá»áŹážááœááșážááČá·áááźážáá±áŹááșááŸáŹ áá»áœááșá ááœááșááŒá°ááŹá áá»á
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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?" | ááźá IT áá±áŹááșáá±ážááœá±ááźááœáŹážáá±áŹá· áá°ááŒáźážáááșážáá
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and I said "I'm playing the cello and I'm doing a bit of singing," and he said, "Oh, I sort of play the cello as well." | áá»áœááșáá "áá»áœááșá ááá±áŹáááŻážááŒáźáž ááźáá»ááșáž áááșážáááșážáááŻááŸáŹáá«á" áá°á "áĄááŻážá áá»áœááșáá±áŹáșáááșáž ááá±áŹááᯠááźážáá±áŹá·ááźážáá«áááșá" |
And I said, "Do you really?" | áá«ááČá· áá»áœááșáá "ááááșááŹáž" |
Anyway, so you're in for a treat, because he's fantastic, and his name's Mark. | ááŹááŒá
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(Applause) I am also joined by my partner in crime, Thomas Dolby. | (áááșááŻááșáá¶áá»áŹáž) áá»áœááșáááČá· áĄáá±áŹáș Thomas Dolby áááșáž ááźáĄááŸáŻááČááŸáŹ áá«áááșáá«áááșá |
(Applause) This song is called "Farther than the Sun." | (áááșááŻááșáá¶áá»áŹáž) ááźááźáá»ááșážááᯠ"Farther than the Sun" áááŻá·áá±á«áșáá«áááșá |
(Music) â« Strung in the wind I called you â« â« but you did not hear ... â« â« And you're a plant that needs poor soil â« â« and I have treated you too well â« â« to give up flowers ... â« â« Oh, I have been too rich for you ... â« â« Farther than the sun from me â« â« Farther than I'd have you be â« â« And I go north, I get so cold â« â« My heart is lava under stone â« â« You are not worthy â« â« You are not worthy ... â« â« With your calculating eyes â« â« spinning figures â« â« you cannot see me â« â« You cannot see me ... â« â« And if I tell myself enough â« â« I'll believe it â« â« You are not worthy â« â« The sea, it freezes over ... â« â« to trap the light â« â« And I'm in love with being in love â« â« and you were never quite the one â« â« In Gerda's eyes â« â« Fragments of what you've become â« â« And all the moths that fly at night â« â« believe electric light is bright â« â« You are not worthy â« â« You are not worthy â« â« With your calculating eyes â« â« Spinning figures â« â« You cannot see me, no â« â« And if I tell myself enough â« â« I'll believe it â« â« You are not worthy â« â« Farther than the sun from me â« â« Farther than I'd have you be â« â« And I go north, I get so cold â« â« My heart is lava under stone â« â« You are not worthy â« â« You are not worthy â« â« With your calculating eyes â« â« Spinning figures â« â« You cannot see me, no ... â« â« And if I tell myself enough, I'll believe it â« (Applause) Thank you very much. | (ááźááá¶) áá±ááČááŸáŹ ááœááșáááșážáááŻá· áááșážáááŻáá±á«áșááČá·áááș áá«áá±ááČá· áááșážáááŒáŹážáá°ážááœááșá áááșážáᏠááŒá±áá¶á·áá¶á·áááŻáĄááșááČá· áĄáááșáá
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Hello. My name is Birke Baehr, and I'm 11 years old. | ááČáááŻá áá»áœááșáá±áŹá·áĄáááșá Birke Baehr á áĄáááșá áá ááŸá
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I came here today to talk about what's wrong with our food system. | ááźáá±á· ááźáááŻááŹááŹá áá»áœááșáá±áŹáșáááŻá·ááČá· 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. | áŠážááŻá¶ážáĄáá±ááČá· ááŒá±áŹáá»ááșááŹá ááá±ážááœá±áᏠááźááźááŸáŹá áĄáá»áŹážáááŻááșáá»á±áŹááșáž ááœá±ááŸáŹááČá· áááșááŒáá·áșáá±áᏠáĄáá±áŹáșáá»áŹážáá»áŹážá 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»áœááșáá±áŹá·áĄááŒááșáá±áŹá· á
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Little kids, especially, are attracted by colorful packaging and plastic toys. | áĄáá°ážáááŒáá·áș ááá±ážáá±á«ááșá
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I must admit, I used to be one of them. | áááșáá¶áááŸáŹá áá»áœááșáá±áŹáșáááșáž 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·ááŸááááŻááșáááŹá áá«áᏠáááŸááșáá°ážáá»á |
I began to look into this stuff on the Internet, in books and in documentary films, in my travels with my family. | áĄááșááŹáááșááŸáŹá 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. | áŠážááŻá¶áž áá»ááŻážáááŻážááźáááŒááșááŹážááČá· 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. | áĄáááșáááŸáŹážááČá·áŠážá áá»áœááșáá±áŹáș áá«ážááČá· ááááșážáá»ááșááźážááŒááŻááșáá«áááșá áá«áá±ááČá· áá«áá»áá±áŹá· áá»á±áŹáá»ááșážá
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(Laughter) The seeds are then planted, then grown. | (áááșáá¶áá»áŹáž) áá±áŹááș ááźáá
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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°áááŻá·ááŻááșááČá·áĄá
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And most folks don't even know they exist. | áá°áĄáá»áŹážá
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Did you know rats that ate genetically engineered corn had developed signs of liver and kidney toxicity? | áá»ááŻážáááŻážááźáááŒá±áŹááșážááŹážááČá· ááŒá±áŹááșážááᯠá
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These include kidney inflammation and lesions and increased kidney weight. | áá»á±áŹááșáááșáá±áŹááșááŹá áĄááŹááœá±ááČá· áá»á±áŹááșáááșáĄáá±ážáá»áááș áááŻážááŹááœá±áá«áááșá |
Yet almost all the corn we eat has been altered genetically in some way. | áá»áœááșáá±áŹáșáááŻá·á
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And let me tell you, corn is in everything. | ááŒáźážáá±áŹá· ááŒá±áŹáá«áá
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And don't even get me started on the Confined Animal Feeding Operations called CAFOS. | CAFOS(ááŸá±áŹááșááááș áááčááá«áá»áœá±ážááČá· 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. | (áááșáá¶áá»áŹáž) áááŹážáááŻážáá»áááșáááŹážááœá±á áĄáááșááœá±ááŒáźážá
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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«ááŻááșááČá·áĄááŒá±áŹááșážá ááźážááŸá¶áá
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Next, more harmful chemicals are sprayed on fruits and vegetables, like pesticides and herbicides, to kill weeds and bugs. | áááŻáá±ážááŒá
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When it rains, these chemicals seep into the ground, or run off into our waterways, poisoning our water too. | áááŻážááœáŹáá±áŹá· ááźááŹááŻáá
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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±áŹááș áá°áááŻá·á á
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So I ask myself, how can I change? How can I change these things? | ááźáá±áŹá· áááŻááșáááŻááșááᯠáá±ážáááșá áá«ááœá±ááᯠáááșááᯠáá«ááŒá±áŹááșážáááŻááșááČá |
This is what I found out. | áá«á áá»áœááșáá±áŹáș ááœá±á·ááŸáááŹáá«á |
I discovered that there's a movement for a better way. | áááŻáá±áŹááșážááČá· áááșážáá
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Now a while back, I wanted to be an NFL football player. | áááá±áŹááș áá±áŹááșááŒááșáááŻááșáááș áá»áœááșáá±áŹáșá NFL áá±áŹááŻá¶ážáááŹážááŒá
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I decided that I'd rather be an organic farmer instead. | ááźáĄá
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(Applause) Thank you. | (áááșááŻááșáá¶áá»áŹáž) áá»á±ážáá°ážáááșáá«áááșá |
And that way I can have a greater impact on the world. | ááźáááșážááČá· áááčááŹááᯠáááŻááŒáźážáá»ááșááČá· áĄáá»ááŻážáááșáá±áŹááșááŸáŻáá±ážáááŻááșáááș |
This man, Joel Salatin, they call him a lunatic farmer because he grows against the system. | ááźáá°á Joel Salatin áá°á·ááᯠáááșáááŹáž áĄáá°ážáááŻá· áá±á«áșááŒáááșá áá°áᏠá
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Since I'm home-schooled, I went to go hear him speak one day. | áá»áœááșáá±áŹá·á áĄáááșááŸáŹááČ á
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This man, this "lunatic farmer," doesn't use any pesticides, herbicides, or genetically modified seeds. | ááźáá°á ááź"áááșáááŹáž áĄáá°áž"áᏠáááŻážáááșáá±ážááœá±á áá±á«ááșážáááșáá±ážááœá±á (áááŻá·) áá»ááŻážáááŻážááźáááŒá±áŹááșážááŹážááČá· áá
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