The future of good food in China | Matilda Ho

翻译人员: Yankun Hu 校对人员: Helen Chang

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

我六岁那年第一次知道了“耐心”这个词的意思

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

我外祖母给了我一个神奇的盒子作为我的生日礼物

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

我们那时都不知道这个礼物会成为我重要的一部分

I became obsessed with magic,

我疯狂爱上了魔术

and at 20, I became an amateur dove magician.

20岁时，我变成了一个业余的鸽子魔术师

This act of magic requires that I train my doves

这种魔术需要对鸽子进行训练

to sit and wait inside my clothing.

训练他们耐心等在我的衣服角落

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

作为一个年轻魔术师，我总是迫不及待得让它们现身

but my teacher told me

但是我的老师告诉我

the secret to the success of this magical act

这个魔术成功的秘密

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

就在于让我的鸽子“耐心”等待后

in my tuxedo.

华丽现身于我的礼服

It has to be a mindful kind of patience,

这是一种有意识的耐心

the kind that took me some years to master.

这种意识需要长年累月的培养

When life took me to Shanghai seven years ago,

当我七年前回到上海

the mindful patience I learned became almost impossible to practice.

我几乎无法保持这种有意识的耐心

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

在中国， 每个人总是急急忙忙的

you need to outperform over 1.3 billion other people

你需要胜过其他13亿人

to build a better life.

才可能拥有更好的生活

You hack the system, bend the rules,

你需要破解这个系统，熟知它的准则

circumvent the boundaries.

并且打破它的边界

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

这个道理对于食物也同样适用

except that when it comes to food,

但是当我们谈论食物时

impatience can have dire consequences.

不耐心的人往往导致最糟糕的结果

In the haste to grow more, sell more,

当人们匆忙地种植，抛售

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

这个拥有四千年农耕历史和丰富自然资源的国家

is spoiled by the overuse of chemicals and pesticides.

正在一点一点被农药和杀虫剂吞噬

In 2016, the Chinese government revealed

2016年，仅仅短短九个月内

half a million food safety violations in just nine months.

中国政府就批报了超过五十万个食品安全违规违法行为

Alarmingly, one in every four diabetics in the world

更值得我们敲响警钟的是，每四个糖尿病患者

now comes from China.

就有一个来自中国

The stories around food

这些关于食物的故事

are scary and somewhat overwhelming,

让我们感到恐惧和担忧

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

我告诉自己，我们需要教会大家怎么变得耐心

When I say mindful patience,

而这种耐心

I don't mean the ability to wait.

不仅仅只是学会等待

I mean knowing how to act while waiting.

更是学会一种有意义的有目标的等待

And so, while I wait for the day

所以我等着这一天

when a sustainable food system becomes a reality in China,

等待一种可持续的食物供给模式在中国成为现实

I launched one of China's first online farmers market

我创办了中国第一家农产品销售网站

to bring local, organically grown produce to families.

把当地的生产的，有机的农产品带给家庭

When we went live, 18 months ago,

18个月前，我们的网站开始运营

the food we could sell then was somewhat dismal.

但是我们销售的产品非常有限

We had no fruit and hardly any meat to sell,

没有人能通过我们的网站销售水果和肉类

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

因为那些产品都达不到我们所指定的产品标准

towards pesticides, chemicals, antibiotics and hormones.

这些标准涵盖了杀虫剂，化肥，抗生素和各种激素

I told our very anxious employees

我告诉我们心焦的员工

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

我们永远不放弃寻找，直到见过每一个农民为止

Today, we supply 240 types of produce

今天，我们销售超过240种产品

from 57 local farmers.

这些产品来自57个当地的农民和农场

After almost one year of searching,

在我们努力寻找了一年以后

we finally found chemical-free bananas

我们终于在海南岛一个村民的后院里

grown in the backyards of villagers on Hainan Island.

找到了纯天然无污染的香蕉

And only two hours away from Shanghai,

距离上海两个小时的地方

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

有一个连谷歌地图都没有标识的小岛上

we found a place where cows eat grass

我们找到了吃着天然牧草

and roam free under the blue sky.

生活得无忧无虑的奶牛

We also work hard on logistics.

我们也致力于发展物流网络

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

在最快三小时内我们就可以送货上门

on electric vehicles,

并且用的还是纯电动的交通工具

and we use biodegradable, reusable boxes

我们使用的包装盒都是可降解可回收的材料

to minimize our environmental footprint.

以此来降低我们的碳排放足迹

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

我坚信我们这个产业可以一直成长下去

but it will take time,

虽然可能要花费很多时间

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

还要花费更多的人力物力

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

所以去年我成立了中国第一个食品科技加速交流论坛

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

来帮助新兴企业

the way they want,

用他们的方式改变中国的食物现状

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

无论是使用可食用的昆虫作为优质蛋白质来源

or using essential oils to keep food fresh for longer.

还是使用精油来保持食物新鲜

So, you may still ask:

那么你可能会问了

Why are you trying to build a sustainable food system

你所做的关于可持续食物的发展

by driving a patient movement

用的怎么是“耐心”的进行方式

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

特别是在中国这样一个慢慢做几乎是种罪过的国家

Because, for me,

因为对于我来说

the real secret to success is patience --

成功的秘诀就在于耐心

a mindful kind of patience

这种有意识的耐心

that requires knowing how to act while waiting,

教会我们如何在耐心等待的同时作出行动

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

我通过我外祖母的魔法盒子学会的这种耐心

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

毕竟，地球并不是我们继承的祖先遗产

We borrow it from our children.

而是从我们的后代借来的

Thank you.

谢谢大家

(Applause)

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