The future of good food in China | Matilda Ho

Translator: Parvina Khujaeva Reviewer: Madina Juarez

I was six when I had the first chance to learn what patience means.

Men sabr-toqat nimani anglatishini bili- shim uchun birinchi imkoniyatim olti

yoshimda bo’lgan.

My grandmother gave me a magic box as a birthday present,

Mening buvim tug'ilgan kunimga sehrli qutini berdi,

which neither of us knew would become a gift for life.

ikkalamiz bilmagan edikki, hayot uchun sovg'a bo'lishini. Men

I became obsessed with magic,

sehr-joduga qiziqishim tufayli, 20 yoshimda havaskor

and at 20, I became an amateur dove magician.

kabutar sehrgari bo'ldim. Ushbu sehrli harakat mening kabutarlarimni

This act of magic requires that I train my doves

kiyimim ichida o'tirishni va kutishni o'rgatishimni talab qiladi.

to sit and wait inside my clothing.

Yosh sehrgar sifatida men ularni har doim

As a young magician, I was always in a rush to make them appear,

namoyon qilish uchun shoshardim, lekin mening ustozim menga bu sehrli harakatning

but my teacher told me

muvaffaqiyat sirini mening kabutarlarimni

the secret to the success of this magical act

libosimda sabr-toqat bilan kutib o’tirgandan keyin

is to make my doves appear only after they've waited patiently

ko'rsatish kerakligini aytdi.

in my tuxedo.

Bu sabrni o’zlashtirishim

It has to be a mindful kind of patience,

uchun bir necha yillar kerak bo’ldi.

the kind that took me some years to master.

Yetti yil oldin hayot meni Shanxayga olib kelganida,

When life took me to Shanghai seven years ago,

men o'rgangan sabotli sabr-toqat amalda deyarli qo’llab bo’lmas edi.

the mindful patience I learned became almost impossible to practice.

Hamma va har bir narsa doim shoshilinch ravishda bajarilgan Xitoyda, yaxshi hayot

In China, where everyone and everything is in a hurry,

qurish uchun 1, 3 milliarddan ortiq odamdan ustun bo’lishingiz kerak.

you need to outperform over 1.3 billion other people

Siz tizimni buzasiz,

to build a better life.

qoidalararga egasiz,

You hack the system, bend the rules,

chegaralarni chetlab o'tasiz. Xuddi shu

circumvent the boundaries.

oziq-ovqatda ham qo’llaniladi..

It is the same when it comes to food ...

lekin taom haqida gap ketganda, sabrsizlik

except that when it comes to food,

juda og'ir oqibatlarga olib kelishi mumkin.

impatience can have dire consequences.

4000 yil davomida qishloq xo'jaligiga ega bo'lgan mamlakatda, tez

In the haste to grow more, sell more,

va ko’p sotish maqsadida tabiiy boyliklarga kimyoviy va

4,000 years of agriculture in a country of rich natural resources

pestitsidlar qo’llanilishi haddan ziyod ko'payishiga sabab bo'ladi.

is spoiled by the overuse of chemicals and pesticides.

2016 yilda, Xitoy hukumati to'qqiz oyda yarim million oziq-ovqat

In 2016, the Chinese government revealed

xavfsizlik qoidalari buzilganini aniqladi.

half a million food safety violations in just nine months.

Diqqatga sazovor bo’lgan narsa shuki, dunyodagi har to'rtta diabet kasalligidan

Alarmingly, one in every four diabetics in the world

biri Xitoydan keladi. Oziq-ovqat

now comes from China.

haqidagi hikoyalar qo'rqinchli

The stories around food

va behisob, va men o'zimga

are scary and somewhat overwhelming,

sabrsizlikni sabr-toqat bilan almashtirishga vaqti keldi, deb aytdim.

and I told myself it's time to bring a mindful patience into the impatience.

Men sabr-toqat deganimda, bu kutish qobiliyatini

When I say mindful patience,

anglatmaydi. Men kutish davrida

I don't mean the ability to wait.

qanday harakat qilishni bilish demoqchiman.

I mean knowing how to act while waiting.

Shunday qilib, men Xitoyda barqaror oziq-ovqat tizimi

And so, while I wait for the day

haqiqatan ham ro'y beradigan kunni kutar ekanman,

when a sustainable food system becomes a reality in China,

mahalliy,organik hosilni oilalarga olib kelish uchun Xitoyning birinchi

I launched one of China's first online farmers market

onlayn fermerlar bozorini ishga tushirdim.

to bring local, organically grown produce to families.

Biz online ishni boshlaganimizda, 18 oy oldin, biz sotishimiz mumkin

When we went live, 18 months ago,

bo'lgan oziq-ovqat biroz moyil edi.

the food we could sell then was somewhat dismal.

Bizda sotuvda meva va deyarli hech qanday go’sht ham

We had no fruit and hardly any meat to sell,

yo'q edi, laboratoriyamizdagi pestitsidlar, kimyoviy moddalar,

as none that was sent to the lab passed our zero tolerance test

antibiotiklar va gormonlar bo'yicha nol tolerantlik testini o'tkazganimizda

towards pesticides, chemicals, antibiotics and hormones.

o’tolmagani sabab. Men juda xavotirli xodimlarimizga Xitoyda joylashgan har bir

I told our very anxious employees

fermerni uchratmagunimizgacha taslim

that we would not give up until we've met every local farmer in China.

bo'lmaymiz dedim. 57 mahalliy fermerlardan 240 turdagi

Today, we supply 240 types of produce

mahsulotni yetkazib beramiz. Taxminan bir

from 57 local farmers.

yil mobaynida izlanishlar olib borilgandan

After almost one year of searching,

biz Xaynan orolida qishloq aholisi oromkurslarida

we finally found chemical-free bananas

etishtirilgan kimyoviy moddalardan holis bo’lgan bananlarni

grown in the backyards of villagers on Hainan Island.

topdik. Shanxaydan faqat ikki soat uzoqlikda,hatto Google

And only two hours away from Shanghai,

Xaritasining koordinatalari ham bo'lmagan bir orolda,

on an island that even Google Maps does not have coordinates for,

biz sigirlarning o’t yeydigan va ko'k osmon ostida aylanadigan

we found a place where cows eat grass

joyni topdik. Bundan tashqari,

and roam free under the blue sky.

logistika sohasida ham ko'p mehnat qilamiz.

We also work hard on logistics.

Mijozlarning buyurtmalarini elektr transport

We deliver our customers' orders in as fast as three hours

vositalarida uch soatgacha tezda etkazib beramiz va atrof-muhitga

on electric vehicles,

ziyon kamaytirish uchun biyobozunur

and we use biodegradable, reusable boxes

qutilarni qollaymiz.

Shubhasiz, bizning takliflarimiz

to minimize our environmental footprint.

o'sib boraveradi, lekin bunga vaqt talab etiladi, men

I have no doubt that our offerings will continue to grow,

yaxshi ovqatlanish kelajagi uchun ko'proq odamlarga ehtiyoj

but it will take time,

borligini bilaman. O'tgan yili men Xitoy

and I know a lot more people are needed to shape the future of good food.

oziq-ovqat texnologiyasini tezlashtiruvchi va

VC platformasini asos qiladigan, yaxshi ovqatlanishni

So last year, I founded China's first food tech accelerator and VC platform

istaganlar uchun shakllantirishga muvaffaq bo'ldim masalan, hoh bu qutulish mumkin

to help start-ups to shape the future of good food

bo'lgan hasharotlarni barqaror proteinning manbasi orqali yoki

the way they want,

kerakli moylarni uzoq vaqt toza

be that through using edible insects as a more sustainable source of protein

tutish orqali. Hali ham so'rashingiz mumkin: "Nima uchun sekin harakat qilish

or using essential oils to keep food fresh for longer.

deyarli jinoyat deyilgan mamlakatda sekin harakatini boshqarib,barqaror

So, you may still ask:

oziq-ovqat tizimini qurishga harakat

Why are you trying to build a sustainable food system

qilyapsan deb?" Chunki men uchun

by driving a patient movement

muvaffaqiyatga erishish sabr orqali,

in a country where it's almost a crime to take it slow?

aql-idrok talab qiladigan sabr bilan kutishdadir, buni men

Because, for me,

buvimning sehrli qutisidan

the real secret to success is patience --

o'rgangan edim.

a mindful kind of patience

Axir, biz ota-bobolarimizdan yerni

that requires knowing how to act while waiting,

meros qilib olmaymiz. Biz uni farzandlarimizdan qarzga olamiz.

the kind of patience I learned with my grandmother's magic box.

Rahmat.

After all, we do not inherit the earth from our ancestors.

(Olqishlar)

We borrow it from our children.

Thank you.

(Applause)