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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.)

Why do conventional farmers have to use chemical fertilizer mixed with fossil fuel and dirt to make plants grow?

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