Without farmers, you'd be hungry, naked and sober | Eric Sannerud

Prevodilac: Ivana Korom Lektor: Aleksandar Korom

So what do people usually say when you're about to give a public talk?

Šta vam ljudi obično kažu kada treba da održite javni govor?

It's to imagine that your audience is naked.

Da zamislite da su svi u publici goli.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Well, I'm doing a different trick tonight,

Večeras ću da probam jedan drugačiji trik,

and I'm going to imagine all of us without farmers,

i da zamislim sve nas bez farmera.

and well, it's not so much different.

Dobro, to i nije baš mnogo drugačije.

[Without farmers you'd be hungry, naked and sober]

[Bez farmera, bili biste gladni, goli i trezni]

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And our farmers do so much more for us

Naši farmeri rade mnogo više stvari za nas

than simply feed and clothe and provide us excellent things to drink.

od toga da nas samo hrane, oblače i prave odlične stvari za piće.

Our farmers are an important part of all of our communities,

Naši farmeri su bitan deo svih naših zajednica.

particularly our rural communities.

Posebno naših ruralnih zajednica.

And more than that,

Čak više od toga,

they're a strong driver of resilient economics.

oni su snažan pogon otpornih privreda.

Think about it this way:

Razmislite o tome na ovaj način:

When a brewer buys hops from me, grown here in Minnesota,

Kada pivar kupi moj hmelj, uzgajan ovde u Minesoti,

90 percent of that dollar stays in our state,

90 odsto tog dolara ostane u našoj državi,

compared to just 10 percent when they buy it from somewhere else.

za razliku od 10 odsto što ostane kada ga kupi negde drugde.

What that means is a lot.

To znači puno toga.

That 90 percent means local jobs.

Tih 90 odsto znači - lokalni poslovi.

It means tax revenue for better schools and roads.

To znači - poreski prihod za bolje škole i puteve.

It means support for the co-ops, the mechanics,

To znači - podrška za zadruge, bolja mehanika,

all the support staff that are needed for a farm to thrive.

svo pomoćno osoblje koje je potrebno kako bi farma uspela.

And they're our best stewards of the land.

Oni su naši najboji zaštitnici zemlje.

This quote, I think, exemplifies what our family farmers do for us

Ovaj citat, ja mislim, pokazuje šta naši farmeri rade za nas

in stewarding our shared natural resources.

čuvajući naše prirodne resurse.

"That land is a community is the basic concept of ecology,

"To da je zemlja komunalno dobro jeste osnovni ekološki koncept,

but that land is to be loved and respected as an extension of ethics."

ali tu zemlju treba voleti i poštovati kao odraz naše etike."

Now, they sure do a lot of good stuff for us.

Svakako da oni čine puno dobrih stvari za nas.

And our family farmers are great, we'd all agree.

I naši farmeri su super, svi se možemo složiti.

However,

Međutim,

the trends in agriculture today are dire.

trendovi u današnjoj poljoprivredi su veoma loši.

The average age of a farmer in America,

Prosečna starost farmera u Americi,

according to the latest agricultural census --

prema poslednjem poljoprivrednom popisu -

58.3.

58,3 godine.

Of all the farmers,

Od svih farmera,

33 percent are 65 plus.

33 odsto njih ima preko 65 godina.

That's a little caricature of my grandpa.

Ovo je jedna mala karikatura moga dede.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

He's still farming,

On se i dalje bavi poljoprivredom,

and he's much older than 65.

i dosta je stariji od 65.

But to put that in perspective,

Ali da postavimo to u perspektivu,

another important public service job, teaching,

u odnosu na jedan drugi javni posao, prosvetarstvo,

average age of teachers is 42.

gde je prosečna starost učitelja 42 godine.

Our farmers are pretty old in this country.

Naši farmeri su veoma stari u ovoj državi.

And unfortunately,

I nažalost,

when they retire, if they retire,

kada se penzionišu, ako se uopšte penzionišu,

we're not really replacing them.

mi ih zapravo ni ne menjamo.

Of all the farmers that we added in this country

Od svih novih farmera u našoj državi

between 2008 and 2012,

između 2008. i 2012. godine,

across the entire United States --

na teritoriji svih Sjedinjenih Država -

see if you can catch this difference --

možete da primetite razliku -

we added 2,000 under the age of 30.

njih dve hiljade ima manje od 30 godina.

I'm one of those.

Ja sam jedan od njih.

I'll be around to autograph some photos later, if you'd like.

Biću tu da potpišem autograme kasnije, ako hoćete.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

But, you know, our farmers are getting older

Dakle, naši farmeri stare

and we're not replacing them --

i nemamo zamene -

what's going on here?

šta se ovde dešava?

What are we going to do?

Šta ćemo da radimo?

And I think there's a reason folks aren't coming into it,

Postoji razlog zašto se ljudi ne bave poljoprivredom,

and that's prices.

a to su cene.

We're going to go through a couple of slides like this.

Proći ćemo kroz par slajdova kao što je ovaj.

Milk: This is the average retail price of a gallon of milk in the United States.

Mleko: Ovo je prosečna maloprodajna cena za 3,7 litara u Sjedinjenim Državama.

Four dollars forty-nine cents.

4,49 dolara.

How much do you think the farmer gets?

Šta mislite, koliko dobija farmer?

Dollar thirty-two.

1,32 dolara.

We'll try again with bread.

Da pogledamo hleb.

Average retail price of bread in America, three forty-nine.

Prosečna cena hleba u Americi, 3,49 dolara.

Farmer gets ...

Farmer dobija...

Twelve cents.

12 centi.

Audience: Oh!

Publika: Oh!

And so how are we supposed to have strong local farms

I kako onda treba da imamo jake lokalne farme,

in this scenario?

u ovakvom scenariju?

What are we supposed to do if there aren't any local farmers left?

Šta treba da radimo ako ne bude više bilo lokalnih farmera?

And this isn't just a farmer problem,

Ovo nije problem samo farmera,

it's not just something for the few of us farmers to sort out.

ovo nije nešto što bi nas par farmera trebalo da reši.

This is an all-of-us problem.

Ovo je problem svih nas.

This is rural and it's urban and it's statewide and it's nationwide.

I ruralni i urbani, svih država i cele nacije.

So what do we do about it?

Dakle, šta da uradimo povodom toga?

I'll tell you that.

Reći ću vam šta.

But first, a story.

Ali prvo, jedna priča.

The green movement, we're all kind of familiar,

Zeleni pokret, sa kojim smo svi upoznati,

started in the '60s, planting trees.

je počeo '60-ih, sađenjem drveća.

And now we've come such a long way.

I do danas je prešao veoma dug put.

Green is part of our day-to-day lives.

Pokret je deo našeg svakodnevnog života.

It's part of the day-to-day lives of Fortune 500 businesses.

Deo je "Fortune" liste 500 najuspešnijih biznisa.

It's the subject of international treaties,

Predmet je međunarodnih sporazuma,

the subject of presidential debates.

i predsedničkih debata.

You and I, we switch our light bulbs,

I vi i ja menjamo naše sijalice,

we use reusable bags.

koristimo kese za višekratnu upotrebu.

We participate in the green movement each and every day.

Mi učestvujemo u zelenom pokretu svakog dana.

Yet ...

Ipak...

and this is how we get to the idea --

I tako stižemo do ideje -

the food movement,

pokret za hranu,

relatively younger, but also somewhat familiar, I imagine.

relativno mlađi, ali isto donekle poznat, rekao bih.

You go to the grocery store,

Kad odete u prodavnicu,

you see a sign that says "Buy local,"

vidite natpise "kupujte lokalno",

you go to the farmers market, you go to the co-op,

idete na pijace, u zadruge,

you read books by prominent authors.

čitate knjige istaknutih pisaca.

The food movement to date

Pokret za hranu do danas

could be summarized as voting with your fork.

možemo da sažmemo kao glasanje viljuškom.

The idea is: you pull a dollar out of your wallet --

Ideja je: uzmete dolar iz novčanika -

how you spend that dollar affects the food system.

i načinom potrošnje utičete na prehrambeni sistem.

It supports farmers close to home.

Tako pomažete lokalne farmere.

And that's all well and good, but where are we going?

I to je sve dobro, ali kuda zapravo idemo sa tim?

How do we get to our renewable-energy moment

Kako doći do našeg trenutka za obnovljivu energiju

like the green movement did?

kao što je zeleni pokret došao do svog?

And this, I think, is what we need to do.

Ovo je, mislim, ono što treba da uradimo.

Just voting with our fork is not solving the issues

Glasanje viljuškom ne rešava probleme

that our farmers are facing.

sa kojima se farmeri suočavaju.

And so we need to do more than that.

I zato moramo da uradimo više od toga.

I believe we must move on from just voting with our fork

Umesto da glasamo samo viljuškom

to voting with our vote.

treba da koristimo i naš politički glas.

We need to take our dollars

Naš novac, i dalje,

and continue to spend them locally.

treba da trošimo na lokalne proizvode.

We also need to show up at the ballot box for our farmers.

Ali potrebno je i da radi farmera izađemo na glasačka mesta.

This is bigger than just buying local strawberries

Ovo je značajnije od toga da kupujemo

once a year at a pick-your-own.

lokalno uzgojene jagode jedanput godišnje.

This is a year-round effort that we must make together

Ovo je jednogodišnji trud koji moramo zajedno da uložimo

to make the change we need.

da bismo postigli neophodnu promenu.

Changes like fair pricing for farmers.

Promene kao što su fer cene za farmere.

That's quotas, supply management,

A to su kvote, upravljanje lancem snabdevanja,

guaranteed prices.

zagarantovane cene.

Changes like fair and open trade.

Promene kao što su fer i otvoreno tržište.

That means ending trade wars.

To znači kraj trgovinskim ratovima.

And yeah, of course it means voting.

I naravno, da to znači glasanje.

Now we all knew that one already, though.

Mada, svi to već znamo.

For example, it's working.

Na primeru, to deluje.

Hey, who's that?

Hej, ko je to?

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Just this year in Minnesota,

Ove godine u Minesoti

we've passed a historic, first-in-the-country tax credit.

smo izglasali istorijski, prvi poreski kredit.

The Beginning Farmer Tax Credit.

Početni poljoprivredni poreski kredit.

It incentivizes our transition of land

Koji podstiče tranziciju zemljišta

from the existing generation to the next generation.

iz ruku trenutne generacije, u ruke buduće generacije.

That was done by a handful of us young farmers --

To je učinilo nas nekoliko mladih farmera -

we certainly don't have money, you saw that earlier.

a mi svakako nemamo puno para, videli ste već.

We don't have political experience.

Nemamo političkog iskustva.

But we showed up, and we made our voices heard.

Ali smo izašli, i postarali se da se naš glas čuje.

And thanks to the support of farmers and non-farmers alike,

Zahvaljujući podršci farmera i drugih,

we got something incredible done here in this state.

postigli smo nešto neverovatno u našoj državi.

If we can do it, anybody can do it.

Ako smo mi u tome uspeli, mogu i drugi.

Now, that was all light and fuzzy and feels pretty happy.

Sve je ovo sjajno i bajno i osećaj je super.

Skeptics in the audience, you're here.

Skeptici u publici, ovde ste.

That would be me, if I were here.

I ja bih bio da sam na vašem mestu.

Skeptics are thinking,

Vi se pitate,

"Wow, what do we need to change about our food system?"

"Oho, šta to treba da se menja u našem prehrambrenom sistemu?"

Farmers are great.

"Farmeri su super.

We have unlimited food, and it's real cheap, too,

Imamo neograničenu količinu hrane, koja je jeftina,

isn't that great?

zar to nije odlično?"

Well, unfortunately,

Nažalost,

in the '80s and the '90s in this country, we went down a path of policy

'80-ih i '90-ih godina je u našoj državi donet niz zakona

that could be described as "get big or get out."

čija se politika može opisati kao "igraj na sve ili ništa".

And what "get big or get out" means is you maximize production

"Igraj na sve ili ništa" znači uvećanje proizvodnje

while minimizing costs.

uz umanjenje troškova.

On its face value, that sounds pretty simple.

Lako je uzeti ovo zadravo za gotovo.

However, that shift turned our farmers from a venerated class

Međutim, ta promena je dovela do toga da farmeri,

and a valued class in our society

nekada poštovana i cenjena društvena klasa,

into a cost to be minimized.

postane trošak koji treba da se smanji.

That shift made it so that my great-grandfather,

Ta promena je dovela do toga, da moj pradeda

who supported the family with six cows,

koji je izdržavao svoju porodicu sa 6 krava,

that same dairy,

da sada toj istoj farmi,

trying to support their family, has to be 600 cows today.

treba 600 krava kako bi uspela da izdrži porodicu.

Six-thousand-cow dairies are not unheard of.

NIje nečuveno da bude i po 6000 krava na jednoj farmi mleka.

What happens when there's this one dairy farm

Šta se dešava kada postoji samo jedna farma mleka

in an entire county,

u celom okrugu,

where there used to be hundreds?

gde ih je nekad bilo na stotine?

The same could be said with corn or beans or field crops.

Isto bi se moglo reći i za kukuruz, pasulj ili poljske useve.

What happens when it takes 10,000 acres for one person to support themselves?

Šta se dešava kada je potrebno 40 kvadratnih km da se jedna osoba izdržava?

When it used to only take 40.

A nekada je bilo potrebno samo 0.16 kvadratnih kilometara.

We know what happens, we read about it in the news.

Znamo šta se dešava, čitamo o tome u novinama.

Broadly determined, rural decline,

Široko zahvaćeno, celo područje propada,

but schools close, schools consolidate,

škole se konsoliduju i zatvaraju,

post offices close, grocery stores close.

pošte i prodavnice se zatvaraju.

People leave,

Ljudi odlaze,

the community suffers and goes away.

cela zajednica strada i odlazi odatle.

I believe all of us in this audience with ties to rural Minnesota

Verujem da svi mi koji smo u vezi sa ruralnom Minestotom,

know this story well.

znamo dobro ovu priču.

This is not a problem that we can solve with farmers markets and good intentions.

Ovo nije problem koji možemo da rešimo pijacama i dobrim namerama.

We have to do more for our farmers.

Moramo više da uradimo za naše farmere.

Policy got us into this mess,

Politika nas je dovela do ovog nereda,

and policy can get us out.

i politika nas može izbaviti iz njega.

American farmers are only getting older, fewer and poorer,

Američki farmeri su sve stariji, siromašniji i sve ih je manje,

yet they are crucial to our state.

a ipak, oni su presudni za našu državu.

They're the vibrancy in our rural communities.

Oni su živost naših ruralnih zajednica.

They're the drivers of economic growth and stability,

Oni su pokretači privrednog rasta i stabilnosti,

and they are our best protectors of our shared resources

i oni su najbolji zaštitnici naših prirodnih resursa

of land, water and air.

zemlje, vode i vazduha.

So we have to do better for them.

Tako da moramo da uradimo više za njih.

So join me, would you?

Pridružite mi se, hoćete li?

Let's fight for our farmers.

Hajde da se borimo za naše farmere.

You can see it,

Vidite da

we're already doing it in Minnesota, having great success.

već radimo to u Minesoti, sa velikim uspehom.

And together, we can do even more.

Zajedno možemo da uradimo još više.

And we must.

I moramo.

So we were voting with our fork before,

Dakle, do sada smo glasali viljuškom,

and we want to keep doing that.

i želimo da nastavimo sa tim.

But if I could have one idea for you to go home with today,

Ali ako bih vam dao jednu ideju sa kojom ćete danas da odete kući,

it's vote with your vote.

to je da iskoristite svoj glas.

And so to that end,

Sa tim ciljem,

on the count of three, I'd like all of us to say it together.

kada izbrojim do tri, voleo bih da kažemo to svi u glas.

Are you ready?

Da li ste spremni?

OK, one,

Okej, jedan,

two,

dva,

three.

tri,

Audience: Vote with your vote.

Publika: Iskoristi svoj glas.

Very nice, thank you.

Vrlo dobro, hvala vam.

I think you got it.

Mislim da ste shvatili.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)