What's wrong with our food system

I came across a video of an 11 year old boy, Birke Baehr, talks about what is wrong with our food industry. it is a really interesting video. Not only does he talk about what is wrong, but he talks about what HE can do! It is amazing that a little boy educated himself about this issue. The video really speaks for itself.

I like his quote, "Some people say organic or local food is more expensive. But is it really? With all these things I've been learning about the food system, it seems to me that we can either pay the farmer or pay the hospital."

I can relate to his talk because I stopped eating meat for the same cause. I thought it would be to expensive for me to buy organic meat, so I just cut it out of my diet all together. Since I have learned about the genetically altering of food, chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides, and irradiation of food to make it last long so it can travel thousands of miles from where it is grown to the supermarkets, I have completely changes my eating habits. I try and buy local as often as possible, utilizing the State College farmers market.

Watch the video to learn all about what Birke Baehr has to say.


http://www.ted.com/talks/birke_baehr_what_s_wrong_with_our_food_system.html