演讲MP3+双语文稿:为什么你应该在农贸市场购物
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【演讲者及介绍】Mohammad Modarres
Mohammad Modarres是一名社会企业家。
【演讲主题】为什么你应该在本地的农贸市场购物
【中英文字幕】
翻译者 psjmz mz 校对者Meng Xiang
00：14
It's been about a decade since the lastfinancial crisis, yet this industry has never been bigger. Legislation that wasmeant to better regulate its largest players has hurt its smaller ones,resulting in most of the industry's assets to be controlled by the top onepercent. They've become too big to fail. I'm not referring to big banks, butthe world of Big Agriculture.
距离上次金融危机已经过去了10年，然而，这个行业的规模却没有丝毫增长。旨在更好监管最大参与者的立法反而伤害了较小的参与者，导致行业的大部分资产都被前1%的公司控制。它们的规模太大了，倒闭几乎是不可能的事。我所指的不是大银行，而是大农业世界。
00:27
As a public health practitioner who hasworked with small-scale farmers in Rwanda and now as a small food businessowner who sits at the intersection between our consumers and producers, I'vebeen exposed to one of the most ecologically and economically intensiveindustries in the world, and throughout my work, I've witnessed a chillingirony. Our farmers, who feed our communities, cannot afford the very foods theygrow. Today, a handful of corporations continue to consolidate the entire foodsupply chain, from the intellectual property of seeds to produce and livestockall the way to the financial institutions who lend to these farmers. And therecent results have been rising bankruptcies for family farms and littlecontrol for those who are just trying to survive in the industry. Leftunchecked, we will head into another economic collapse, one very similar to thefarm crisis of the 1980s, when commodity market prices crashed, interest ratesdoubled, and many farmers lost everything.
作为一名曾与卢旺达的小农户共事的公共卫生从业人员，并且现在作为一名处于消费者和生产者之间的十字路的小型食品企业所有者，我接触的是世界上最生态密集和经济密集的行业之一。在工作中，我目睹了一个让人不寒而栗的讽刺现实。我们的农民，养活我们社区的人，买不起他们自己种植的食物。今天，一些公司持续地吞并整个食物供应链，从生产种子的知识产权到牲畜，一直到为这些农民提供贷款的金融机构。最近我们可以看到的所导致的结果是，越来越多的家庭农场破产，而那些只想在这个行业生存下去的人对一切则几乎没有控制力。如果任其发展，我们将面临跟1980年的农业危机很相似的另一场经济崩溃。当商品市场价格暴跌时，利率翻倍，很多农民失去了他们的一切。
01:33
Fortunately, there's a very simple,three-part solution you can be part of right now to help us transform our foodindustry from the bottom up.
幸运的是，这里有个非常简单的三步的解决方案，你现在就可以参与进来，帮助我们从底层向上改革我们的食品工业。
01:46
Step one: shop at your local farmersmarkets.
第一步：在本地农贸市场购物。
01:51
Buying from your local market andsubscribing to a community-supported agricultural produce box, better known asa CSA, may be the single greatest purchasing decision you can make as aconsumer today. Last year, American farmers made the least they have in almostthree decades, because they now own fewer parts of the supply chain than everbefore. Under exclusive contracts with Big Ag and big box stores, farmers arenot offered a fair price for their goods. In fact, the average farmer inAmerica makes less than 15 cents of every dollar on a product that you purchaseat a store. On the other hand, farmers who sell their goods at a farmers markettake home closer to 90 cents of every dollar. But beyond taking home a largershare, farmers use markets as an opportunity to cultivate the next generationof agriculturalists who shepherd our farmlands and our pastures. In our fightagainst climate change, we need them now more than ever to promote and preservediverse land use.
从本地市场购买农产品并订购社区支农箱——更广为人知地被叫做CSA，也许是作为今天的消费者的你能做的最大的一个购买决定。去年，美国农民的收入是近三十年来最低的，因为他们现在拥有的供应链环节比过去少多了。在与大公司和超级卖场签订的独家合同中，农民的商品无法得到公平的价格。事实上，美国农民平均只能从你在商店购买的1美元产品中赚得不到15美分。但是，在农贸市场卖掉他们商品的农民，能在每1美元中带回家90美分。但除了带回家更高比例的钱外，农民可以利用农贸市场作为一个培养下一代负责管理我们农田和牧场的务农者的机会。在我们与气候变化的对抗中，我们远比过去更需要他们，以促进和保持多样化的土地使用。
02:58
When multigenerational farms are lost toBig Ag consolidation, our communities suffer in countless ways. Rural Americahas now jumped above the national average in violent crime. Three out fourfarmworkers surveyed have been directly impacted by our opioid epidemic. Nowoftentimes disguised as accidents, farmer suicide is now on the rise.
当聚居型农场被大型农业合并取代时，我们的社区遭受了无数的苦难。美国农村的暴力犯罪已经超过全国平均水平。接受调查的农场工人中有3/4直接受到阿片类药物流行的影响。现在经常被伪装成事故的农民自杀案件 数量正在上升。
03:23
Step two: shop at your local farmersmarkets.
第二步：在本地农贸市场购物。
03:28
(Laughter)
（笑声）
03:31
Produce from a large retail store isharvested before it's ripe to travel more than a thousand miles before itultimately sits on your shelf roughly two weeks later. Alternatively, becausemost farmers markets have proximity and production requirements, farmers travelless than 50 miles to offer you local produce with minimal packaging waste.With the advent of online grocers and trending meal kits, consumers areincreasingly disconnected with their farmers and the economics of foodproduction. Since the rise of the smartphone revolution, direct-to-consumergoods have stagnated.
为大型零售商店生产的产品都是在成熟前就已经被收割，整个运输距离超过1千多英里，他们大概需要两周才能到达你面前的货物架上。反观，因为大部分农贸市场都有邻近性和生产需求，农民只需要走不到50英里，就可以在产生最少包装废物的情况下为你提供本地出产的农产品。随着在线杂货店和流行餐包的出现，消费者越来越与农民和粮食生产经济脱节。自从智能手机革命兴起后，直接面向消费者的商品已经停滞。
04:12
While local and sustainable foods have beentrending for almost a decade, terms like "healthy" and"natural" have no legal framework in the United States. Your best betfor fresh, nutrient-rich foods without the marketing jargon? Go to your farmersmarket. Buying local is not a new idea, but turning it into a habit in today'sworld still is. If we want to avoid the high costs of cheap food, protect ourenvironment, rebuild our communities and save our farmers -- literally -- we'regoing to need to vote with our food purchases. The success of our food systemsis directly attached to us. If we want to break up Big Ag's hold on our foodsupply chain, then we're going to need to connect with our farmers. We're goingto need to rebuild relationships with the hands that feed us three times a day.Plus, two more for snacks. Come on.
虽然本地的和可持续的食品已经流行了近10年，但是像“健康”和“天然”这样的词在美国没有法律框架。你最好的选择当然是真正新鲜，营养丰富的食物，而不仅仅是这样的营销术语吧？那么，去农贸市场购物吧。在本地农贸市场购买农产品并不是个新主意，但是，把它变成习惯在今天仍然是新鲜的。如果我们想要避免本应廉价的食物变得成本高昂，保护我们的环境，重建我们的社区，并拯救我们的农民吧——不夸张地说——我们得用我们自己的方式，也就是购买食物，来出一份自己的力。饮食系统成功与否跟我们息息相关。如果我们想要打破农业巨头对我们食物供应链的掌控，那么我们就需要跟农民建立连接。我们需要与为我们提供一日三餐的双手重建联系，再加上多的两份零食。来吧。
05:18
With a government online database of morethan 8,600 farmers markets across the country, you can easily find the nearestone to you. Just think of yourself as an investor in food, where yourpurchasing power helps create a more equitable society for everyone. Oh!
政府的在线数据显示全国有8600个农贸市场，你可以轻松找到离你最近的。只需把你自己想成一个食品的投资者，在那儿，你的购买力可以帮助创造一个对每个人更平等的社会
05:37
Almost forgot step three, which maysurprise you: shop at your local farmers markets.
哦！差点忘记第三步了。这可能也会让你们惊讶：在本地农贸市场购买。
05:45
(Laughter)
（笑声）
05:46
Thank you.
谢谢。
05:48
(Applause)
（鼓掌）
