Birke Baehr: What's wrong with our food system

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Hello. My name is Birke Baehr,

Dobar dan. Moje ime je Birke Baehr,

and I'm 11 years old.

i imam 11 godina.

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

Došao sam danas ovamo kako bih govorio o tome što ne valja s našim prehrambenim sustavom.

First of all, I would like to say

Prvo, želio bih reći

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

kako sam doista iznenađen kako je lako navesti djecu da povjeruju

all the marketing and advertising

u sav marketing i oglašavanje

on TV, at public schools

na TV-u, u javnim školama

and pretty much everywhere else you look.

i gotovo svugdje gdje okrenete glavu.

It seems to me like corporations

Čini mi se kako korporacije

are always trying to get kids, like me,

uvijek pokušavaju navesti djecu poput mene

to get their parents to buy stuff

da nagovore svoje roditelje da im kupe stvari

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

koje doista nisu dobre ni za nas a ni za naš planet.

Little kids, especially,

Malu djecu, naročito,

are attracted by colorful packaging

privlače šarolika pakiranja

and plastic toys.

i plastične igračke.

I must admit, I used to be one of them.

Moram priznati, bio sam jedan od njih.

I also used to think that all of our food

Isto tako sam mislio da sva naša hrana

came from these happy, little farms

dolazi s tih sretnih, malih farmi

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

gdje se svinje valjaju u blatu, a krave po cijeli dan pasu travu.

What I discovered was this is not true.

Ono što sam otkrio jest da to nije točno.

I began to look into this stuff

Počeo sam promatrati te stvari

on the Internet, in books and in documentary films,

na Internetu, u knjigama i dokumentarnim filmovima,

in my travels with my family.

u putovanjima sa svojom obitelji.

I discovered the dark side of the industrialized food system.

Otkrio sam tamnu stranu industrijaliziranog prehrambenog sustava.

First, there's genetically engineered seeds and organisms.

Prvo, postoje genetski modificirane sjemenke i organizmi.

That is when a seed is manipulated in a laboratory

Oni nastaje kada se sjemenkom mamipulira u laboratoriju

to do something not intended by nature --

kako bi se stvorilo nešto što priroda nije predvidjela --

like taking the DNA of a fish

kao uzimanje DNK ribe

and putting it into the DNA of a tomato. Yuck.

i ubacivanje istog u DNK rajčice -- fuj.

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

Nemojte me pogrešno shvatiti. Volim ribu i rajčicu,

but this is just creepy.

ali ovo je naprosto zastrašujuće.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

The seeds are then planted, then grown.

Sjemenke se zatim sade, a onda uzgajaju.

The food they produce have been proven

Dokazano je kako hrana koju proizvode

to cause cancer and other problems in lab animals,

uzrokuje rak i druge probleme kod laboratorijskih životinja.

and people have been eating food produced this way

A ljudi jedu ovako proizvedeno hranu

since the 1990s.

još od 1990-ih.

And most folks don't even know they exist.

A većina ljudi ni ne zna da to postoji.

Did you know rats that ate genetically engineered corn

Jeste li znali da su štakori koji su jeli genetski modificiran kukuruz

had developed signs of liver and kidney toxicity?

razvili znakove trovanja jetre i bubrega?

These include kidney inflammation and lesions and increased kidney weight.

To uključuje upalu bubrega i lezije te povećanu bubrežnu masu.

Yet almost all the corn we eat

Ipak, gotovo sav kukuruz koji jedemo

has been altered genetically in some way.

je genetski promijenjen na neki način.

And let me tell you,

Dopustite da vam kažem,

corn is in everything.

kukuruz je sve.

And don't even get me started on the Confined Animal Feeding Operations

Nemojte da uopće počnem o zatvorenim pogonima za prehranu životinja

called CAFOS.

zvanim CAFOS (ZPPŽ).

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Conventional farmers use chemical fertilizers

Konvencionalni farmeri upotrebljavaju kemijska gnojiva

made from fossil fuels

dobivena iz fosilnih goriva

that they mix with the dirt to make plants grow.

koja zatim miješaju sa zemljom kako bi biljke rasle.

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

To rade jer su uništili sve hranjive tvari u zemlji

from growing the same crop over and over again.

od uzgoja jednog te istog usjeva iznova i iznova.

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

Nadalje, voće i povrće se šprica sve štetnijim kemikalijama,

like pesticides and herbicides,

kao što su pesticidi i herbicidi,

to kill weeds and bugs.

kako bi se uništio korov i kukci.

When it rains, these chemicals seep into the ground,

Za vrijeme kiše, te kemikalije procure duboko u tlo,

or run off into our waterways,

ili se sliju u naše kanale za vodu,

poisoning our water too.

trujući isto tako našu vodu.

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

Zatim ozračuju našu hranu, kako bi dulje izdržala,

so it can travel thousands of miles

kako bi mogla putovati tisućama milja

from where it's grown to the supermarkets.

od mjesta gdje je uzgojena do supermarketa,

So I ask myself,

Stoga se pitam,

how can I change? How can I change these things?

kako se mogu promijeniti? Kako ja mogu promijeniti te stvari?

This is what I found out.

Ovo je što sam saznao.

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

Otkrio sam kako postoji pokret za bolji način.

Now a while back,

Prije nekog vremena,

I wanted to be an NFL football player.

želio sam biti nogometaš u NFL-u.

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

Nedavno sam odlučio kako bih ipak radije bio organski farmer.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

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

A na taj način mogu imati veći utjecaj na svijet.

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

Ovog čovjeka, Joel-a Salatin-a, zovu ludi farmer

because he grows against the system.

jer uzgaja protiv sustava.

Since I'm home-schooled,

Kako se školujem doma,

I went to go hear him speak one day.

otišao sam ga jedan dan čuti kako priča.

This man, this "lunatic farmer,"

Taj čovjek, taj ludi farmer,

doesn't use any pesticides, herbicides,

ne koristi nikakve pesticide, herbicide,

or genetically modified seeds.

ili genetski modificirane sjemenke.

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

I zbog toga, sustav ga je proglasio ludim.

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

Želim da znate kako svi mi možemo napraviti razliku

by making different choices,

ako drugačije biramo,

by buying our food directly from local farmers,

ako kupujemo našu hranu direktno od lokalnih farmera,

or our neighbors who we know in real life.

ili naših susjeda koje poznajemo cijeli svoj život.

Some people say organic or local food is more expensive,

Neki ljudi kažu kako je organska ili lokalna hrana skuplja,

but is it really?

no je li stvarno?

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

Od svih stvari koje sam naučio o prehrambenom sustavu,

it seems to me that we can either pay the farmer,

čini mi se da možemo platiti farmera,

or we can pay the hospital.

ili možemo platiti bolnicu.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

Now I know definitely which one I would choose.

Definitivno znam koje bih ja odabrao.

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

Želim da znate kako tamo postoje farmeri --

like Bill Keener in Sequatchie Cove Farm in Tennessee --

kao Bill Keener na Sequachie Cove farmi u Tennesseeju --

whose cows do eat grass

čije krave pasu travu

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

i čije se svinje valjaju u blatu, baš kao što sam i zamišljao.

Sometimes I go to Bill's farm and volunteer,

Ponekad odem do Billove farme i volontiram,

so I can see up close and personal

kako bih osobno i izbliza vidio

where the meat I eat comes from.

odakle meso koje jedem dolazi.

I want you to know that I believe

Želim da znate kako vjerujem

kids will eat fresh vegetables and good food

da će djeca jesti svježe povrće i dobru hranu

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

kada saznaju više o njoj i od kuda zapravo dolazi.

I want you to know that there are farmers' markets

Želim da znate kako postoje farmerske tržnice

in every community popping up.

u svakoj zajednici, koje samo niču.

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

Želim da znate kako ja, moj brat i sestra

actually like eating baked kale chips.

doista volimo jesti pečeni čips od kelja.

I try to share this everywhere I go.

Pokušavam to podijeliti gdje god krenem.

Not too long ago,

Ne tako davno,

my uncle said that he offered my six-year-old cousin cereal.

moj ujak je rekao kako je ponudio žitarice mom šestogodišnjem rođaku.

He asked him if he wanted organic Toasted O's

Pitao ga je želi li organske tostirane "O" žitarice

or the sugarcoated flakes --

ili pahuljice obložene šećerom --

you know, the one with the big striped cartoon character on the front.

znate, one s velikim prugastim likom iz crtića na prednjoj strani.

My little cousin told his dad

Moj mali rođak je rekao svom tati

that he would rather have the organic Toasted O's cereal

kako bi radije organske tostirane "O" žitarice,

because Birke said he shouldn't eat sparkly cereal.

jer, reče Birke, ne bi smio jesti svjetlucave žitarice.

And that, my friends, is how we can make a difference

I tako, prijatelji moji, možemo napraviti razliku

one kid at a time.

dijete po dijete.

So next time you're at the grocery store, think local,

Idući put kada ste u trgovini, razmišljajte lokalno,

choose organic, know your farmer and know your food.

odaberite organsko, znajte svog farmera i znajte svoju hranu.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)