Mohammad Modarres: Why you should shop at your local farmers market
Mohammad Modarres: Per què hauries de comprar als mercats de pagès?
Mohammad Modarres developed the first-ever Zabihah Halal and Glatt Kosher "Interfaith Meat" to make faith-based foods more accessible. Full bio
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since the last financial crisis,
des de l'última crisi financera,
to better regulate its largest players
a regular els jugadors més grans
la majoria dels seus actius
to be controlled by the top one percent.
per caure.
small-scale farmers in Rwanda
amb pagesos a Ruanda
d'una empresa petita alimentària,
between our consumers and producers,
i productors,
a una de les indústries
intensive industries in the world,
més intenses del món,
d'una ironia esgarrifosa.
amb cultius que no poden pagar.
cannot afford the very foods they grow.
continue to consolidate
continuen consolidant
de subministrament d'aliments,
fins productes i bestiar
to produce and livestock
who lend to these farmers.
donen préstecs als agricultors.
rising bankruptcies for family farms
les fallides a les granges familiars
trying to survive in the industry.
tracten de sobreviure en la indústria.
a un altre col·lapse econòmic,
into another economic collapse,
dels anys 80,
the farm crisis of the 1980s,
dels productes bàsics
three-part solution
molt senzilla, en tres parts,
from the bottom up.
la indústria alimentària de baix a dalt.
your local farmers markets.
compreu als mercats de pagès.
agricultural produce box,
agrícoles sustentats per la comunitat,
purchasing decision you can make
made the least they have
els pagesos nord-americans
en gairebé tres dècades,
fewer parts of the supply chain
que mai.
with Big Ag and big box stores,
amb els Gegants i les grans superfícies,
a fair price for their goods.
un preu just pels seus productes.
als Estats Units
on a product that you purchase at a store.
de producte que es compra a botiga.
their goods at a farmers market
venen als mercat de pagès
90 cents of every dollar.
90 cèntims per cada dòlar.
com oportunitat
of agriculturalists
d'agrònoms
and our pastures.
les nostres terres.
contra el canvi climàtic
we need them now more than ever
l'ús divers de la terra.
are lost to Big Ag consolidation,
per la consolidació dels Gegants,
de moltes maneres.
the national average in violent crime.
la mitjana nacional en crims violents.
have been directly impacted
a tres de cada quatre
disfressat com a accidents,
your local farmers markets.
Compreu als mercats de pagès.
is harvested before it's ripe
d'una gran botiga minorista es cullen
milers de quilòmetres
before it ultimately sits on your shelf
unes dues setmanes més tard.
most farmers markets
production requirements,
i producció,
to offer you local produce
per oferir-vos productes locals
and trending meal kits,
i els kits de menjar ràpid,
més desconnectats
of food production.
de l'economia de la producció d'aliments.
dels telèfons intel·ligents
the smartphone revolution,
al consumidor s'han estancat.
have been trending for almost a decade,
i sostenibles fa gairebé una dècada
in the United States.
als Estats Units.
nutrient-rich foods
d'aliments frescos i rics en nutrients
in today's world still is.
avui en dia, sí que ho és.
the high costs of cheap food,
dels aliments barats,
salvar els nostres agricultors
with our food purchases.
amb les nostres compres de menjar.
is directly attached to us.
està directament vinculat a nosaltres.
on our food supply chain,
de la nostra cadena d'alimentació,
to connect with our farmers.
amb els nostres agricultors.
to rebuild relationships
three times a day.
tres cops al dia.
of more than 8,600 farmers markets
de més de 8.600 mercats locals
the nearest one to you.
el més proper a vosaltres
as an investor in food,
com a inversors en menjar
ajuda a crear una societat més equitativa
a more equitable society for everyone.
em descuido del tercer pas.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mohammad Modarres - Social entrepreneurMohammad Modarres developed the first-ever Zabihah Halal and Glatt Kosher "Interfaith Meat" to make faith-based foods more accessible.
Why you should listen
As the founder of Abe's Eats, Mohammad Modarres is working to create a more inclusive and equitable food system for all. With past lives as the cofounder of a biotech company, award-winning political cartoonist and creative strategist for nonprofits and public companies alike, he's always sought to produce products and programs that break barriers and bring people together. Today, he uses the power of food to foster interfaith unity and inclusivity by making the growing need for faith-based (religious) Halal and Kosher foods more accessible and more inclusive.
A public health practitioner by training, Modarres entered the food world by accident when he produced the first two-in-one "Interfaith Meat" that is both (Zabihah) Halal and (Glatt) Kosher. The product was made for his "Shabbat Salaam" dinner, which was meant to bring friends together to foster community as a response to the rising wave of anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim bigotry after the 2016 US election cycle. In just over a year, more than 1,000 attendees have participated in Shabbat Salaam, while Interfaith Meat helps early adopters save on time, money and inventory space and reduce food waste.
Through the TED Residency program, Modarres incubated Abe’s Eats, a food brand that offers Interfaith Meat and other food products. In his journey to produce Interfaith Meat, he has worked with food experts and religious leaders, given talks on regenerative agriculture and its impact on carbon soil and now promotes food production that benefits the local American rancher and farmer.
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