The big corporations that dominate our agricultural system say that farming on an industrial scale is necessary to prevent mass starvation. But is chemical-intensive, mono-crop agriculture really the best way to feed the world? Organic farmer Brent Preston weaves personal experience and compelling analysis of our global food system to argue that overproduction of food is at the root of many of the world’s biggest problems. Brent Preston worked as a human rights investigator, aid worker, election observer and journalist on four continents before finding his true calling as a farmer. In 2003 he and his wife, Gillian Flies, abandoned successful careers in Toronto, packed up their two young children, and moved to a run-down farm outside Creemore, Ontario. Since then, they have built The New Farm into a thriving business and a leading light in the good food movement, providing vegetables to some of the best restaurants in Canada and raising over half a million dollars to make local, organic food accessible in low income communities. Brent writes for the Huffington Post and the Globe and Mail. His first book, The New Farm: Our Ten Years on the Front Lines of the Good Food Revolution, was published by Random House Canada in May. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]
