Matilda Ho: The future of good food in China
مەتیڵدا هۆ: داهاتوی خواردنی باش لە چین
TED Fellow Matilda Ho is shaping the startup landscape to create more sustainable food systems in China. Full bio
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to learn what patience means.
فیرببم ئارامی مانای چییە.
as a birthday present,
وەک دیاری لە دایک بوونم،
would become a gift for life.
دەبێتە دیاریەک بۆ ژیان.
an amateur dove magician.
کۆترێکی چادووگەر.
requires that I train my doves
وای لێکردم مەشق بە کۆترەکانم بکەم
in a rush to make them appear,
بۆئەوەی دەریان بخەم،
of this magical act
only after they've waited patiently
ماوەیەک لە ئارامی دەربکەون
some years to master.
چەند ساڵێکی پێویست بوو تا شارەزابم.
seven years ago,
حەوت ساڵ پێش ئێستە،
became almost impossible to practice.
ئەستەم بوو لەوێ ئەزموونی بکەم.
and everything is in a hurry,
over 1.3 billion other people
یاساکان دەشکێنی
باسەکە دێتە سەر خواردن،
ئازار.
in a country of rich natural resources
بە سەرچاوەی سروشتی کشتوکاڵ دەکەن
of chemicals and pesticides.
بەکارهێنانی ماددە کیمیاییەکانەوە.
in just nine months.
نیو ملیۆن ئاسایشی خۆراک زیانی پێگەیشتووە.
diabetics in the world
نەخۆشی شەکرە لە جیهان
a mindful patience into the impatience.
وهۆشیاریە بۆ ئەو نائارمییە.
دەکەین لەکاتی چاوەڕوانی.
becomes a reality in China,
online farmers market
دوکانەکانی ئۆنلاین دەستم پێکرد
produce to families.
بەرهەمی خۆماڵی بۆ خێزانەکان.
١٨ مانگ بەر لە ئێستە
was somewhat dismal.
هەندێک مەترسیدار بوو.
and hardly any meat to sell,
بەدەگمەن گۆشت بۆ فرۆشتن هەبوو،
passed our zero tolerance test
تاقیگە بۆ پشکنینی
antibiotics and hormones.
دژەبەکتریا وهۆڕمۆنەکان.
every local farmer in China.
جوتیارەکان نەکەوێت لە چین.
بێ مادەی کیمیاییمان دۆزیەوە
of villagers on Hainan Island.
لە دورگەی هاینان.
does not have coordinates for,
گۆگڵیش ڕێکخستنی بۆ نەکراوە،
in as fast as three hours
بە خێرایی تەنها لەماوەی سێ کاتژمێردا
بۆ کاری بچووک
will continue to grow,
زیاتر دەبن،
to shape the future of good food.
بۆ پێکهێنانی خواردنێکی باشتر لە داهاتوودا.
food tech accelerator and VC platform
و سەکۆی ڤی سیم دۆزیەوە
the future of good food
خواردنێکی باش لەداهاتوودا
as a more sustainable source of protein
وەکو سەرچاوەیەکی بەردەوامی پڕۆتین
to keep food fresh for longer.
بۆپاراستنی خواردن بۆماوەیەکی درێژتر.
a sustainable food system
خۆراکی بە هێز بنیاد بنێی
a crime to take it slow?
بەرەو سستی دەیبات؟
how to act while waiting,
لە کاتی چاوەڕوانیدا،
with my grandmother's magic box.
سحراویەکەی داپیرەم فێری بووبووم.
the earth from our ancestors.
لە باووباپیرانەوە بۆ نەماوەتەوە.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Matilda Ho - Serial entrepreneur, investorTED Fellow Matilda Ho is shaping the startup landscape to create more sustainable food systems in China.
Why you should listen
Matilda Ho is the founder and managing director of Bits x Bites, China's first food tech accelerator and VC fund that invests in entrepreneurs tackling global food system challenges.
With a mission to shape the future of food, Bits x Bites is a big step forward to inspire China’s entrepreneurial community to bring new ideas to solve global issues. It also serves as a critical catalyst to give startups the confidence and connections to prosper and make a meaningful and scalable impact. Bits x Bites has invested in companies that include a silkworm-based snack food startup, a drinkable salad CPG startup and a young company building weatherproof, cloud-connected farms to enable local food production by anyone anywhere.
In addition to Bits x Bites, Ho has founded Yimishiji, one of China's first online farmers markets to bring organic and local produce to families. Yimishiji stands alone as a farm-to-table e-commerce platform that has engineered food education and transparency into the entire supply chain and customer experience, effectively reshaping the relationship between Chinese consumers and farmers.
Prior to entrepreneurship, she filled leadership roles at IDEO and BCG (The Boston Consulting Group) in both Shanghai and Washington DC. She holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. She currently serves as an advisor on the board of Shinho, China’s first and largest organic condiment company.
Ho is an emerging voice on food sustainability and entrepreneurship. She has been featured in articles by Fast Company, South China Morning Post and Inc. In 2017, she was named a TED Fellow and a GLG Social Impact Fellow.
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