Can't upvote. Kid was obviously giving a thoroughly memorized speech probably given to him by adults to push their own brand of idiocy. Yes kids believe what they see on TV, guess what that means they also believe the tripe about organic farming being better. Or indeed anything other piece of information you hand them and tell them is real. Genetically manipulated food is what keeps the world fed you holier than thou stuck up pricks. Learn some real facts not just this rote repetition of nonsense you come up with to make everything sound horrible unless we do things your way. This must be the dumbest thing I've seen on TED. So sad.

Amen, RadHazG. Listening to him reminds me of Marjoe Gortner, the man who became a ordained preacher at the age of four. At a very young age, Marjoe's parents forced him to repeat scriptures from the Bible, line after line, under the threat and execution of mock-drowning. He would then be sent to revival meetings with the intent of making money. Eventually, this tore him apart and he revealed all his secrets in the documentary film, "Marjoe", at the age of 20.

Now, this kid is obviously not Marjoe. I doubt he was threatened and coerced into doing this, but the spirit of child indoctrination still leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Not a single point during that presentation was backed up by any scientific article or journal; it was just a kid reciting what his parents crafted for him backstage. And the hucksters in the audience just ate it up; laughing at the right moments, cheering at the right points. If that wasn't a kid up there but a grown man, it would not elicit that kind of response. It's as if they were there merely for the spectacle, enjoying a child being put on stage as a parrot, or a performing monkey. What a bunch of rubes.

And as for the whole organic farming and slow food issue, I've always held this short and simple opinion: better that than starve. That's it. Either you grow bio-engineered foods, or you go organic, and 2 billion of our citizens will starve overnight. Barring land reclamation, land is a finite resource. There's only so much prime farming land to go around. Meanwhile, the population is growing at an exponential rate. We need better farming technologies not only to feed this burgeoning population, but also to prepare against things such as pests, droughts, floods, and other natural disasters. So keep your 2 dollar apple; I'm going to support the farmers who keep food on the table, and not the ones who massage my ego.

If you think organic isn't better, you've been brainwashed by the likes of Monsanto and their paid for "science".
There are a long list of scientists who try to tell the truth about GMO crops, they end up fired from their jobs and their research is hidden from the public.
Here is a small sampling.
http://tinyurl.com/32jgprl
This is a bright kid. Whether or not he wrote his speech, he is telling us the truth, whether or not we want to hear it.
Sadly many do not.