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What's wrong with our food system - Birke Baehr

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11-year-old Birke Baehr presents his take on a major source of our food -- far-away and less-than-picturesque industrial farms. Keeping farms out of sight promotes a rosy, unreal picture of big-box agriculture, he argues, as he outlines the case to green and localize food production. (Filmed atTEDxNextGenerationAshevillen.)

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Find out more about Birke Baehr. Interested in finding out more about CAFOs and how animals are being treated before slaughter? Visit this CDC page with more interesting links about Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations. See how others are taking healthy eating into their own hands. Ron Finley provides organic food for his South Los Angeles neighborhood by planting it in his own neighborhood. Find out the location of your neighborhood farmer’s market.

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