11-Year-Old Boy Uncovers What's Wrong with America's Food System: VIDEO

Skyfarmr

Skyfarmr

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"Birke Baehr, an 11-year-old kid from Asheville, N.C., recently gave a five-minute speech at the "TEDx: Next Generation Asheville" event....
Baehr may look like a kid and sound like a kid, but his well-articulated message is something that even most intelligent adults fail to grasp."

http://food.change.org/blog/view/11-year-old_boy_uncovers_whats_wrong_with_americas_food_system video and commentary.

I came across this article after reading the congressional food fascism legislation article, then went to the farmtoconsumer.org site http://www.farmtoconsumer.org/news/news-30september2010.htm#10after getting my feathers all ruffled.
Watching this video made me laugh and cry within the 5 minute duration and helped me unruffle my feathers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7Id9caYw-Y&feature=player_embedded video only
 
Sure. It was scripted, you could tell. He didn't just get up there and start talking but the point was still very good.
 
tom32071 said:
Sure. It was scripted, you could tell. He didn't just get up there and start talking but the point was still very good.
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I believe this was a contest, so of course, he would have been prepared (ie. scripted). Heck, I probably would of froze with stage fright, regardless of how well I knew my script.
 
Very cool speech for a 11y old boy. I really enjoyed the passion he presented his facts, that were all relevant, even if it might have been scripted. Great kid! Will forward the link.
 
Amazing speech! However, I was struck quite unpleasantly with the reaction of the audience. For example in the fish-tomato part, the kid sighed in the middle of a sentence, showing maybe that there is nothing to laugh about? IMHO he looked serious about it for the whole presentation .
 
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