Mohammad Modarres: Why you should shop at your local farmers market
Mohammad Modarres: De ce ar trebui să cumpărați din piețele agricole locale?
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,
de la ultima criză financiară,
n-a fost niciodată mai mare.
to better regulate its largest players
să reglementeze mai bine jucătorii mari,
to be controlled by the top one percent.
fiind controlate de procentul din vârf.
small-scale farmers in Rwanda
cu micii producători din Rwanda,
din sectorul alimentar
between our consumers and producers,
dintre consumatori și producători,
economic și ecologic din lume,
intensive industries in the world,
cannot afford the very foods they grow.
nu își permit propriile alimente produse.
continue to consolidate
continuă să consolideze
to produce and livestock
a semințelor, la produse și animale,
who lend to these farmers.
care le împrumută bani acestor fermieri.
rising bankruptcies for family farms
falimentelor pentru fermele de familie
trying to survive in the industry.
să supraviețuiască în industrie.
into another economic collapse,
spre un alt colaps economic,
the farm crisis of the 1980s,
s-au prăbușit,
three-part solution
foarte simplă, în trei părți,
from the bottom up.
industria alimentară de jos în sus.
your local farmers markets.
de la piețele fermierilor locali.
agricultural produce box,
pe care o puteți lua azi
purchasing decision you can make
made the least they have
au avut cea mai mică producție
fewer parts of the supply chain
din lanțul de aprovizionare
with Big Ag and big box stores,
cu Big Ag și marile magazine,
a fair price for their goods.
un preț corect pentru produsele lor.
on a product that you purchase at a store.
dolar pe care îl cheltuiți în magazin.
their goods at a farmers market
care își vând produsele la piețele locale
90 cents of every dollar.
cu o cotă mai mare,
of agriculturalists
următoarea generație de agricultori
and our pastures.
pământurile și pășunile noastre.
we need them now more than ever
avem nevoie de ei mai mult ca oricând
folosirea diversă a pământului.
are lost to Big Ag consolidation,
sunt pierdute pentru consolidarea Big Ag,
suferă în nenumărate moduri.
the national average in violent crime.
media națională a criminalității violente.
have been directly impacted
chestionați au fost afectați direct
e în creștere.
your local farmers markets.
la piața locală.
is harvested before it's ripe
sunt culese înainte de a fi coapte
before it ultimately sits on your shelf
până ajung într-un final pe raft
piețelor fermierilor
most farmers markets
production requirements,
și au cerințe de producție,
to offer you local produce
pentru a vă oferi produse locale
and trending meal kits,
și a mâncărurilor preambalate,
of food production.
și de știința producerii alimentelor.
the smartphone revolution,
la consumator a stagnat.
au fost la modă aproape un deceniu,
have been trending for almost a decade,
in the United States.
nutrient-rich foods
proaspete și bogate în nutrienți,
nu e o idee nouă,
in today's world still is.
în zilele noastre, este.
the high costs of cheap food,
costurile ridicate ale mâncării ieftine,
with our food purchases.
cu cumpărăturile pe care le facem.
is directly attached to us.
depinde direct de noi.
on our food supply chain,
în lanțul aprovizionării cu alimente,
to connect with our farmers.
cu fermierii noștri.
to rebuild relationships
three times a day.
de trei ori pe zi.
of more than 8,600 farmers markets
de peste 8.600 de piețe agricole
the nearest one to you.
as an investor in food,
un investitor în alimente,
a more equitable society for everyone.
ajută crearea unei societăți echitabile.
la piețele agricole locale.
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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