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Ron Finley: A guerrilla gardener in South Central LA
雷恩．芬利: 洛杉磯中南部嘅遊擊園丁
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雷恩．芬利係洛杉磯中南部--係廢棄嘅空地、安全島，同埋路邊--種植果菜園。點解？因為好玩，因為唔信命，因為靚，因為為咗呢個「死係揸車外賣道上比揸車犯罪所殺嘅人仲多」既社區提供快餐以外的選擇。
Ron Finley - Gardener
Ron Finley grows a nourishing food culture in South Central L.A.’s food desert by planting the seeds and tools for healthy eating. Full bio
Ron Finley grows a nourishing food culture in South Central L.A.’s food desert by planting the seeds and tools for healthy eating. Full bio
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00:16
I live in South Central.
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我住係中南部。
00:19
This is South Central:
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中南部係咁樣嘅：
00:21
liquor stores,
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好多酒舖、
00:24
fast food,
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好多快餐、
00:26
vacant lots.
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好多空地。
00:29
So the city planners, they get together and they figure
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咁d城規劃師就合埋一起討論，
00:30
they're going to change the name South Central to make it represent something else,
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佢哋決定咗將中南部呢個名改成其他更加有意義嘅名，
00:34
so they change it to South Los Angeles,
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就改成南洛杉磯，
00:37
like this is going to fix what's really going wrong in the city.
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就好似改咗個名，呢個城市所有問題就可以解決。
00:41
This is South Los Angeles. (Laughter)
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呢度係南洛杉磯。(笑)
00:44
Liquor stores,
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好多酒舖、
00:47
fast food,
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好多快餐、
00:49
vacant lots.
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好多空地。
00:52
Just like 26.5 million other Americans,
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同其他265萬美國人一樣，
00:55
I live in a food desert,
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我住係個食物沙漠區--
00:58
South Central Los Angeles,
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洛杉磯中南部--
01:00
home of the drive-thru and the drive-by.
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揸車外賣通道之家，又係揸車犯罪嘅瘟床地。
01:04
Funny thing is, the drive-thrus are killing more people than the drive-bys.
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有趣嘅係，死係揸車外賣道上比揸車犯罪所殺嘅人仲多。
01:09
People are dying from curable diseases
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係洛杉磯中南部
01:12
in South Central Los Angeles.
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好多人都死於有得醫嘅病。
01:15
For instance, the obesity rate in my neighborhood
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譬如話，我住嘅個區嘅癡肥率，
01:17
is five times higher than, say, Beverly Hills,
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就攞離我哋八、十里距離嘅比佛利山莊唻比
01:21
which is probably eight, 10 miles away.
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就高出咗五倍。
01:24
I got tired of seeing this happening.
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我對呢種情況好厭倦。
01:28
And I was wondering, how would you feel
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咁我就開始諗，
01:30
if you had no access to healthy food,
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如果你冇辦法得到健康嘅食品、
01:33
if every time you walk out your door you see the ill effects
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如果你每次出門口都睇到呢d食物體系對你嘅
01:36
that the present food system has on your neighborhood?
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隔里鄰舍所產生嘅副影響，你會有咩感受?
01:40
I see wheelchairs bought and sold
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我睇到好多輪椅買咗又賣
01:42
like used cars.
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就好似二手車咁。
01:44
I see dialysis centers popping up like Starbucks.
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我睇住個d洗腎中心好似星巴克咁起完一間又一間。
01:48
And I figured, this has to stop.
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我就諗：呢d野要停。
01:52
So I figured that the problem is the solution.
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我發現問題嘅癥結就係解決嘅關鍵。
01:58
Food is the problem and food is the solution.
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敗也食物，成也食物。
02:01
Plus I got tired of driving 45 minutes round trip
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再加上，我唔想再來回45分鐘車程先至買到
02:04
to get an apple that wasn't impregnated with pesticides.
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不含豐富殺蟲劑嘅蘋果。
02:08
So what I did, I planted a food forest in front of my house.
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於是，我就係屋企門前種咗一片食物森林。
02:13
It was on a strip of land that we call a parkway.
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位置就係個條又長又窄，我哋所謂嘅公園道路上高。
02:15
It's 150 feet by 10 feet.
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大概係150呎長，10呎闊。
02:19
Thing is, it's owned by the city.
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問題係，它係屬於市政府嘅。
02:21
But you have to maintain it.
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但係必須由你自己去維持。
02:24
So I'm like, "Cool. I can do whatever the hell I want,
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我就諗：「咁就得啦，既然呢個係我自己嘅責任去維持，
02:28
since it's my responsibility and I gotta maintain it."
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咁我想點搞都得啦。」
02:32
And this is how I decided to maintain it.
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咁我就決定咗咁樣搞。
02:35
So me and my group, L.A. Green Grounds, we got together
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我同洛杉磯綠地組織嘅會員係埋一起
02:38
and we started planting my food forest, fruit trees,
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合力種植我嘅食物森林、果樹，
02:40
you know, the whole nine, vegetables.
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你知啦，就係Whole 9，蔬菜。
02:42
What we do, we're a pay-it-forward kind of group,
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我哋做嘅野就好似「將愛將出去」個類型嘅組織，
02:45
where it's composed of gardeners from all walks of life,
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我哋嘅園丁係唻自各行各業，
02:50
from all over the city, and it's completely volunteer,
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唻自城市各個角落，百分百義務性質，
02:53
and everything we do is free.
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而且我哋所做嘅一切係全面免費嘅。
02:54
And the garden, it was beautiful.
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個果園好靚。
02:58
And then somebody complained.
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跟住就有人去投訴。
03:00
The city came down on me,
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市政府d人搵到我，
03:02
and basically gave me a citation saying that I had to remove my garden,
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咁佢地就係同我講咗一段律法，大致上就係叫我拆咗我個果園，
03:07
which this citation was turning into a warrant.
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如果唔係，就會變成法庭傳票。
03:09
And I'm like, "Come on, really?
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我當時嘅應係：「唔係掛?
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A warrant for planting food on a piece of land
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為咗一笪你完全唔關心嘅地上高種嘅食物，
03:15
that you could care less about?" (Laughter)
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你情願發張傳票?」（笑）
03:18
And I was like, "Cool. Bring it."
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咁我米諗住：「是但啦，話知你。」
03:20
Because this time it wasn't coming up.
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因為呢次件事冇搞到好大。
03:24
So L.A. Times got ahold of it. Steve Lopez did a story on it
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跟住洛杉磯時報報導，史盧匹整咗篇相關報道，
03:29
and talked to the councilman,
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他仲同議員傾過，
03:32
and one of the Green Grounds members,
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同埋綠地組織其中一名成員，
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they put up a petition on Change.org,
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佢哋係Change.org 發起咗簽名請願書，
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and with 900 signatures, we were a success.
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我哋爭取到900個簽名，我哋係相當城功嘅。
03:39
We had a victory on our hands.
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勝利係我哋嘅掌握之中。
03:41
My councilman even called in and said how they endorse
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議員仲打電話俾我，同我講他哋點支持、
03:44
and love what we're doing.
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點鐘意我哋依家做緊嘅野。
03:47
I mean, come on, why wouldn't they?
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我覺得：梗係啦，點解佢哋會唔鐘意呀?
03:50
L.A. leads the United States in vacant lots that the city actually owns.
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洛杉磯嘅空地面積係全美之冠。
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They own 26 square miles of vacant lots.
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他哋有26平方里的空地。
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That's 20 Central Parks.
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相當於20個中央公園。
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That's enough space to plant 725 million tomato plants.
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呢個空間係足夠種7.25億棵西紅柿樹。
04:10
Why in the hell would they not okay this?
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佢哋有乜鬼理由會唔鐘意?
04:15
Growing one plant will give you 1,000, 10,000 seeds.
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一樖植物可以提供一千、一萬粒種子。
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When one dollar's worth of green beans
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以價值一蚊的青豆唻計，
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will give you 75 dollars' worth of produce.
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係可以產生到價值75蚊嘅產品。
04:26
It's my gospel, when I'm telling people, grow your own food.
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我成日都同d人講自己種食物啦，呢個就係我所傳嘅道。
04:29
Growing your own food is like printing your own money.
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自己種嘢食就好似印自己d銀紙咁。
04:32
(Applause)
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(掌聲）
04:39
See, I have a legacy in South Central.
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你睇吓，我成個屋企都係晒中南部。
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I grew up there. I raised my sons there.
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我係個邊大。我d仔又係係個邊大。
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And I refuse to be a part of this manufactured reality
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依家呢個現實社會其實係人為製造出來嘅，
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that was manufactured for me by some other people,
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而我就拒絕咗呢種其他人為我所製造出來嘅嘢，
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and I'm manufacturing my own reality.
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我要製造我自己嘅現實生活。
04:57
See, I'm an artist.
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其實，我係一名藝術家。
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Gardening is my graffiti. I grow my art.
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花草樹木就係我嘅塗鴉。我栽種我自己嘅藝術。
05:03
Just like a graffiti artist, where they beautify walls,
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就好似一名塗鴉家咁，佢哋美化咗d牆，
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me, I beautiful lawns, parkways.
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我就美化咗d草地、公園道路。
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I use the garden, the soil, like it's a piece of cloth,
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我用個果園、d泥就好似用塊布咁，
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and the plants and the trees,
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而d花草樹木
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that's my embellishment for that cloth.
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就係這塊布上嘅點綴飾物。
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You'd be surprised what the soil could do
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如果你將塊地當成你嘅畫布，
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if you let it be your canvas.
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它嘅變化係你所預料唔到嘅。
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You just couldn't imagine how amazing a sunflower is
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你係冇辦法想像到一朵向日葵有幾靚，
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and how it affects people.
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亦都估唔到它對人的影響有幾大。
05:35
So what happened?
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咁，究竟發生咗咩事哩?
05:38
I have witnessed my garden become a tool for the education,
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我親眼證實咗自己嘅果園變成咗一種教育工具，
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a tool for the transformation of my neighborhood.
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用唻改善我個社區嘅工具。
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To change the community, you have to change the composition of the soil.
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要改變社區，就要先改變泥土嘅成份。
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We are the soil.
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我哋就係d泥土。
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You'd be surprised how kids are affected by this.
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呢d野對細路仔嘅影響係會令到你好驚訝。
06:01
Gardening is the most therapeutic
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園藝係最有治療功效嘅，
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and defiant act you can do,
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亦都係你可以做嘅最大膽嘅行為，
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especially in the inner city.
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尤其是係城市入邊。
06:11
Plus you get strawberries.
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而且，你仲可以攞到士多啤梨。
06:13
(Laughter)
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(笑)
06:17
I remember this time,
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我記得有次
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there was this mother and a daughter came,
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有對母女過唻，
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it was, like, 10:30 at night, and they were in my yard,
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個次大概係夜晚十點半左右，佢哋唻到我個果園，
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and I came out and they looked so ashamed.
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然之後我行咗出去，佢哋睇起唻好羞愧。
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So I'm like, man, it made me feel bad that they were there,
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佢哋出現係個邊，呢件事俾我覺得好難受，
06:32
and I told them, you know, you don't have to do this like this.
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我就同佢哋講話，其實你哋唔洗咁樣。
06:35
This is on the street for a reason.
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之所以種係條街度係有原因嘅。
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It made me feel ashamed to see people
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睇到住係我附近嘅人係餓住個肚嘅，
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that were this close to me that were hungry,
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令到我好羞愧。
06:43
and this only reinforced why I do this,
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而呢件事亦都令我重申強調我之所以咁樣做嘅理由。
06:46
and people asked me, "Fin, aren't you afraid
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有d人會問我：「范，你唔驚
06:49
people are going to steal your food?"
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d人來偷你d食物咩?」
06:51
And I'm like, "Hell no, I ain't afraid they're gonna steal it.
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我就話啦，「梗係唔會啦，我唔驚佢哋會來偷嘢食。
06:53
That's why it's on the street.
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呢個就係點解嘢係條街度嘅原因。
06:55
That's the whole idea.
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呢個就係我嘅目的。
06:58
I want them to take it, but at the same time,
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我希望佢哋去攞，但係係同一時間，
07:00
I want them to take back their health."
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我希望佢哋可以恢復健康。
07:04
There's another time when I put
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仲有一次，
07:06
a garden in this homeless shelter in downtown Los Angeles.
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我係洛城市中心嘅一間流浪漢之家度種咗個果園。
07:12
These are the guys, they helped me unload the truck.
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就係連d人，佢哋幫手將d嘢係個貨車度搬落唻。
07:15
It was cool, and they just shared the stories
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所有嘢都好順利，之後佢哋就開始分享佢哋嘅故事，
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about how this affected them and how
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講呢件事對佢哋嘅影響，
07:20
they used to plant with their mother and their grandmother,
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講番佢哋之前點同佢哋媽咪、嫲嫲一起種嘢，
07:23
and it was just cool to see how this changed them,
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睇到呢d嘢對佢哋嘅影響，我係好開心，
07:26
if it was only for that one moment.
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即使只不過係那一刻都好。
07:32
So Green Grounds has gone on to plant
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咁，到依家綠地組織已經種咗
07:35
maybe 20 gardens.
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大概20個果園。
07:37
We've had, like, 50 people come to our dig-ins
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我們試過有大概50個人幫手耕種，
07:41
and participate, and it's all volunteers.
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同埋參與d活動，呢d全部都係義工。
07:44
If kids grow kale, kids eat kale.
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如果d細路種甘藍菜，咁佢哋就食甘藍菜。
07:47
(Laughter)
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(笑)
07:49
If they grow tomatoes, they eat tomatoes. (Applause)
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如果佢哋種西紅柿，咁佢哋就食西紅柿。（掌聲)
07:54
But when none of this is presented to them,
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但係如果佢哋係未曾見過呢d嘢，
07:57
if they're not shown how food affects the mind and the body,
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如果冇人俾佢哋見清楚d食物係點樣影響身心，
08:01
they blindly eat whatever the hell you put in front of them.
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佢哋就會好盲目咁你擺嘜鬼係佢哋面前，佢哋就食嘜鬼。
08:05
I see young people
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我見過好多候生仔
08:07
and they want to work,
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係想搵份工做，
08:10
but they're in this thing where they're caught up --
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但係佢哋被呢個現實社會捉住咗--
08:12
I see kids of color and they're just on this track
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我識得好多有色人種嘅細路仔，
08:16
that's designed for them,
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佢哋就係跟住已經為佢哋舖好嘅路唻行，
08:19
that leads them to nowhere.
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到最後，就係邊度都去唔度。
08:21
So with gardening, I see an opportunity
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所以，跟住呢個園藝計劃，我睇到一線光明，
08:24
where we can train these kids
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我哋可以訓練呢d細路
08:26
to take over their communities,
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去接管佢哋嘅社區，
08:29
to have a sustainable life.
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去發展一段有意義嘅人生。
08:33
And when we do this, who knows?
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當我哋咁樣做嘅時候，有邊個知道會發生咩事。
08:35
We might produce the next George Washington Carver.
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我哋有可能會培養出喬治·華盛頓·卡弗二世。
08:38
but if we don't change the composition of the soil,
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但係，如果我們唔改變泥土嘅成份，
08:40
we will never do this.
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我哋就唔會有呢d野。
08:42
Now this is one of my plans. This is what I want to do.
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依家，呢個就係我其中一個計劃。呢個就係我想做嘅野。
08:45
I want to plant a whole block of gardens
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我想種一大片嘅果園
08:49
where people can share in the food in the same block.
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俾d街坊可以一起分享d食物。
08:52
I want to take shipping containers
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我想將貨櫃
08:54
and turn them into healthy cafes.
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變成有益嘅咖啡廳。
08:57
Now don't get me wrong.
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嗱，唔好誤會我。
08:59
I'm not talking about no free shit,
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我唔係話嘜鬼都唔洗錢，
09:02
because free is not sustainable.
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因為免費係冇辦法可以維持落去嘅。
09:05
The funny thing about sustainability,
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維持係一件好得意嘅嘢，
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you have to sustain it.
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就係你必需維持落去。
09:09
(Laughter) (Applause)
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(笑) (掌聲)
09:13
What I'm talking about is putting people to work,
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我所講梗嘅係俾d人有份工作，
09:15
and getting kids off the street, and letting them know
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俾d細路仔有地方可以去，唔使係條街度，同時俾佢哋體會吓
09:18
the joy, the pride and the honor in growing your own food,
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自己種嘢食、搞個農作物市場
09:23
opening farmer's markets.
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嘅樂趣、自豪，同埋榮耀，
09:26
So what I want to do here,
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我而家係度想做嘅嘢，
09:28
we gotta make this sexy.
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首先我哋必需要做呢樣嘢搞到好有噱頭。
09:30
So I want us all to become ecolutionary renegades,
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咁，我係想大家都變成環保革命大叛軍、
09:35
gangstas, gangsta gardeners.
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黑幫、幫派園丁。
09:36
We gotta flip the script on what a gangsta is.
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我哋要改寫有關黑幫嘅劇本。
09:41
If you ain't a gardener, you ain't gangsta.
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如果你唔係園丁，那你就唔係黑幫份子。
09:42
Get gangsta with your shovel, okay?
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要加入黑社會，就要攞起你個鏟，明冇?
09:47
And let that be your weapon of choice.
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等個鏟成為你所選擇嘅武器。
09:50
(Applause)
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(掌聲)
09:57
So basically, if you want to meet with me,
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基本上，如果你想見我，
10:03
you know, if you want to meet,
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即係你知啦，就係如果你想見面嘅話，
10:06
don't call me if you want to sit around in cushy chairs
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如果你淨係想坐係度
10:10
and have meetings where you talk about doing some shit --
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開個會，講埋晒你想咩嘢嘅廢話
10:13
where you talk about doing some shit.
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講埋晒你想咩嘢嘅廢話嘅話，咁你就唔好打電話唻搵我。
10:17
If you want to meet with me, come to the garden
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如果你係想同我見面嘅，咁就唻果園度，
10:20
with your shovel so we can plant some shit.
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帶埋你個鏟，我哋一起種d嘢。
10:23
Peace. Thank you.
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係咁多，多謝。
10:26
(Applause)
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(掌聲)
10:30
Thank you. (Applause)
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多謝。 (掌聲)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ron Finley - GardenerRon Finley grows a nourishing food culture in South Central L.A.’s food desert by planting the seeds and tools for healthy eating.
Why you should listen
Artist and designer Ron Finley couldn’t help but notice what was going on in his backyard. “South Central Los Angeles,” he quips, “home of the drive-thru and the drive-by.” And it's the drive-thru fast-food stands that contribute more to the area’s poor health and high mortality rate, with one in two kids contracting a curable disease like Type 2 diabetes.
Finley’s vision for a healthy, accessible “food forest” started with the curbside veggie garden he planted in the strip of dirt in front of his own house. When the city tried to shut it down, Finley’s fight gave voice to a larger movement that provides nourishment, empowerment, education -- and healthy, hopeful futures -- one urban garden at a time.
Ron Finley | Speaker | TED.com