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Birke Baehr: What's wrong with our food system
Birke Baehr: Što nije u redu sa našim prehrambenim sustavom
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11-godišnji Birke Baehr iznosi svoj stav o ključnom izvoru naše hrane -- udaljenim i ne tako živopisnim industrijskim farmama. Držeći farme izvan našeg vidokruga predstavlja se ružičasta, nestvarna slika korporativne agrikulture, tvrdi on, naglašavajući potrebu za ekološkom i lokalnom proizvodnjom hrane.
Birke Baehr - Aspiring organic farmer
Birke Baehr wants us to know how our food is made, where it comes from, and what's in it. At age 11, he's planning a career as an organic farmer. Full bio
Birke Baehr wants us to know how our food is made, where it comes from, and what's in it. At age 11, he's planning a career as an organic farmer. Full bio
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Hello. My name is Birke Baehr,
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Dobar dan. Moje ime je Birke Baehr,
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and I'm 11 years old.
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i imam 11 godina.
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I came here today to talk about what's wrong with our food system.
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Došao sam danas ovamo kako bih govorio o tome što ne valja s našim prehrambenim sustavom.
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First of all, I would like to say
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Prvo, želio bih reći
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that I'm really amazed at how easily kids are led to believe
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kako sam doista iznenađen kako je lako navesti djecu da povjeruju
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all the marketing and advertising
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u sav marketing i oglašavanje
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on TV, at public schools
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na TV-u, u javnim školama
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and pretty much everywhere else you look.
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i gotovo svugdje gdje okrenete glavu.
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It seems to me like corporations
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Čini mi se kako korporacije
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are always trying to get kids, like me,
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uvijek pokušavaju navesti djecu poput mene
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to get their parents to buy stuff
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da nagovore svoje roditelje da im kupe stvari
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that really isn't good for us or the planet.
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koje doista nisu dobre ni za nas a ni za naš planet.
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Little kids, especially,
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Malu djecu, naročito,
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are attracted by colorful packaging
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privlače šarolika pakiranja
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and plastic toys.
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i plastične igračke.
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I must admit, I used to be one of them.
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Moram priznati, bio sam jedan od njih.
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I also used to think that all of our food
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Isto tako sam mislio da sva naša hrana
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came from these happy, little farms
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dolazi s tih sretnih, malih farmi
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where pigs rolled in mud and cows grazed on grass all day.
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gdje se svinje valjaju u blatu, a krave po cijeli dan pasu travu.
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What I discovered was this is not true.
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Ono što sam otkrio jest da to nije točno.
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I began to look into this stuff
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Počeo sam promatrati te stvari
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on the Internet, in books and in documentary films,
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na Internetu, u knjigama i dokumentarnim filmovima,
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in my travels with my family.
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u putovanjima sa svojom obitelji.
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I discovered the dark side of the industrialized food system.
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Otkrio sam tamnu stranu industrijaliziranog prehrambenog sustava.
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First, there's genetically engineered seeds and organisms.
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Prvo, postoje genetski modificirane sjemenke i organizmi.
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That is when a seed is manipulated in a laboratory
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Oni nastaje kada se sjemenkom mamipulira u laboratoriju
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to do something not intended by nature --
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kako bi se stvorilo nešto što priroda nije predvidjela --
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like taking the DNA of a fish
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kao uzimanje DNK ribe
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and putting it into the DNA of a tomato. Yuck.
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i ubacivanje istog u DNK rajčice -- fuj.
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Don't get me wrong, I like fish and tomatoes,
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Nemojte me pogrešno shvatiti. Volim ribu i rajčicu,
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but this is just creepy.
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ali ovo je naprosto zastrašujuće.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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The seeds are then planted, then grown.
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Sjemenke se zatim sade, a onda uzgajaju.
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The food they produce have been proven
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Dokazano je kako hrana koju proizvode
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to cause cancer and other problems in lab animals,
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uzrokuje rak i druge probleme kod laboratorijskih životinja.
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and people have been eating food produced this way
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A ljudi jedu ovako proizvedeno hranu
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since the 1990s.
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još od 1990-ih.
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And most folks don't even know they exist.
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A većina ljudi ni ne zna da to postoji.
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Did you know rats that ate genetically engineered corn
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Jeste li znali da su štakori koji su jeli genetski modificiran kukuruz
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had developed signs of liver and kidney toxicity?
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razvili znakove trovanja jetre i bubrega?
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These include kidney inflammation and lesions and increased kidney weight.
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To uključuje upalu bubrega i lezije te povećanu bubrežnu masu.
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Yet almost all the corn we eat
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Ipak, gotovo sav kukuruz koji jedemo
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has been altered genetically in some way.
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je genetski promijenjen na neki način.
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And let me tell you,
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Dopustite da vam kažem,
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corn is in everything.
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kukuruz je sve.
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And don't even get me started on the Confined Animal Feeding Operations
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Nemojte da uopće počnem o zatvorenim pogonima za prehranu životinja
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called CAFOS.
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zvanim CAFOS (ZPPŽ).
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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Conventional farmers use chemical fertilizers
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Konvencionalni farmeri upotrebljavaju kemijska gnojiva
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made from fossil fuels
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dobivena iz fosilnih goriva
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that they mix with the dirt to make plants grow.
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koja zatim miješaju sa zemljom kako bi biljke rasle.
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They do this because they've stripped the soil from all nutrients
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To rade jer su uništili sve hranjive tvari u zemlji
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from growing the same crop over and over again.
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od uzgoja jednog te istog usjeva iznova i iznova.
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Next, more harmful chemicals are sprayed on fruits and vegetables,
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Nadalje, voće i povrće se šprica sve štetnijim kemikalijama,
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like pesticides and herbicides,
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kao što su pesticidi i herbicidi,
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to kill weeds and bugs.
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kako bi se uništio korov i kukci.
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When it rains, these chemicals seep into the ground,
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Za vrijeme kiše, te kemikalije procure duboko u tlo,
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or run off into our waterways,
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ili se sliju u naše kanale za vodu,
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poisoning our water too.
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trujući isto tako našu vodu.
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Then they irradiate our food, trying to make it last longer,
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Zatim ozračuju našu hranu, kako bi dulje izdržala,
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so it can travel thousands of miles
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kako bi mogla putovati tisućama milja
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from where it's grown to the supermarkets.
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od mjesta gdje je uzgojena do supermarketa,
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So I ask myself,
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Stoga se pitam,
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how can I change? How can I change these things?
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kako se mogu promijeniti? Kako ja mogu promijeniti te stvari?
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This is what I found out.
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Ovo je što sam saznao.
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I discovered that there's a movement for a better way.
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Otkrio sam kako postoji pokret za bolji način.
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Now a while back,
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Prije nekog vremena,
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I wanted to be an NFL football player.
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želio sam biti nogometaš u NFL-u.
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I decided that I'd rather be an organic farmer instead.
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Nedavno sam odlučio kako bih ipak radije bio organski farmer.
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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And that way I can have a greater impact on the world.
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A na taj način mogu imati veći utjecaj na svijet.
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This man, Joel Salatin, they call him a lunatic farmer
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Ovog čovjeka, Joel-a Salatin-a, zovu ludi farmer
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because he grows against the system.
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jer uzgaja protiv sustava.
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Since I'm home-schooled,
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Kako se školujem doma,
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I went to go hear him speak one day.
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otišao sam ga jedan dan čuti kako priča.
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This man, this "lunatic farmer,"
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Taj čovjek, taj ludi farmer,
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doesn't use any pesticides, herbicides,
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ne koristi nikakve pesticide, herbicide,
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or genetically modified seeds.
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ili genetski modificirane sjemenke.
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And so for that, he's called crazy by the system.
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I zbog toga, sustav ga je proglasio ludim.
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I want you to know that we can all make a difference
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Želim da znate kako svi mi možemo napraviti razliku
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by making different choices,
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ako drugačije biramo,
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by buying our food directly from local farmers,
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ako kupujemo našu hranu direktno od lokalnih farmera,
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or our neighbors who we know in real life.
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ili naših susjeda koje poznajemo cijeli svoj život.
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Some people say organic or local food is more expensive,
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Neki ljudi kažu kako je organska ili lokalna hrana skuplja,
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but is it really?
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no je li stvarno?
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With all these things I've been learning about the food system,
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Od svih stvari koje sam naučio o prehrambenom sustavu,
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it seems to me that we can either pay the farmer,
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čini mi se da možemo platiti farmera,
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or we can pay the hospital.
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ili možemo platiti bolnicu.
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
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Now I know definitely which one I would choose.
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Definitivno znam koje bih ja odabrao.
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I want you to know that there are farms out there --
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Želim da znate kako tamo postoje farmeri --
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like Bill Keener in Sequatchie Cove Farm in Tennessee --
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kao Bill Keener na Sequachie Cove farmi u Tennesseeju --
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whose cows do eat grass
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čije krave pasu travu
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and whose pigs do roll in the mud, just like I thought.
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i čije se svinje valjaju u blatu, baš kao što sam i zamišljao.
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Sometimes I go to Bill's farm and volunteer,
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Ponekad odem do Billove farme i volontiram,
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so I can see up close and personal
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kako bih osobno i izbliza vidio
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where the meat I eat comes from.
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odakle meso koje jedem dolazi.
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I want you to know that I believe
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Želim da znate kako vjerujem
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kids will eat fresh vegetables and good food
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da će djeca jesti svježe povrće i dobru hranu
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if they know more about it and where it really comes from.
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kada saznaju više o njoj i od kuda zapravo dolazi.
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I want you to know that there are farmers' markets
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Želim da znate kako postoje farmerske tržnice
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in every community popping up.
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u svakoj zajednici, koje samo niču.
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I want you to know that me, my brother and sister
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Želim da znate kako ja, moj brat i sestra
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actually like eating baked kale chips.
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doista volimo jesti pečeni čips od kelja.
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I try to share this everywhere I go.
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Pokušavam to podijeliti gdje god krenem.
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Not too long ago,
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Ne tako davno,
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my uncle said that he offered my six-year-old cousin cereal.
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moj ujak je rekao kako je ponudio žitarice mom šestogodišnjem rođaku.
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He asked him if he wanted organic Toasted O's
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Pitao ga je želi li organske tostirane "O" žitarice
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or the sugarcoated flakes --
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ili pahuljice obložene šećerom --
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you know, the one with the big striped cartoon character on the front.
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znate, one s velikim prugastim likom iz crtića na prednjoj strani.
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My little cousin told his dad
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Moj mali rođak je rekao svom tati
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that he would rather have the organic Toasted O's cereal
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kako bi radije organske tostirane "O" žitarice,
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because Birke said he shouldn't eat sparkly cereal.
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jer, reče Birke, ne bi smio jesti svjetlucave žitarice.
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And that, my friends, is how we can make a difference
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I tako, prijatelji moji, možemo napraviti razliku
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one kid at a time.
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dijete po dijete.
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So next time you're at the grocery store, think local,
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Idući put kada ste u trgovini, razmišljajte lokalno,
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choose organic, know your farmer and know your food.
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odaberite organsko, znajte svog farmera i znajte svoju hranu.
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Birke Baehr - Aspiring organic farmerBirke Baehr wants us to know how our food is made, where it comes from, and what's in it. At age 11, he's planning a career as an organic farmer.
Why you should listen
At age 9, while traveling with his family and being "roadschooled," Birke Baehr began studying sustainable and organic farming practices such as composting, vermiculture, canning and food preservation. Soon he discovered his other passion: educating others -- especially his peers -- about the destructiveness of the industrialized food system, and the alternatives. He spoke at TEDxNextGenerationAsheville in 2010.
Baehr volunteers at the Humane Society and loves working with animals.
Birke Baehr | Speaker | TED.com