Matilda Ho: The future of good food in China
Matilda Ho: Il futuro del buon cibo in Cina
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.
la prima opportunità
as a birthday present,
come regalo di compleanno,
would become a gift for life.
sarebbe diventato il regalo della vita.
an amateur dove magician.
delle colombe dilettante.
requires that I train my doves
un allenamento delle colombe
in a rush to make them appear,
avevo sempre fretta di farle apparire,
of this magical act
di questo atto di magia
only after they've waited patiently
solo dopo che hanno aspettato con pazienza
some years to master.
a padroneggiare.
seven years ago,
sette anni fa,
became almost impossible to practice.
diventò quasi impossibile da praticare.
and everything is in a hurry,
over 1.3 billion other people
di 1,3 miliardi di persone
si violano le regole,
conseguenze terribile.
vendere di più,
in a country of rich natural resources
di ricche risorse naturali
of chemicals and pesticides.
di sostanze chimiche e pesticidi.
in just nine months.
sulla sicurezza del cibo in nove mesi.
diabetics in the world
nel mondo è cinese.
e in qualche modo travolgenti,
a mindful patience into the impatience.
di portare pazienza nell'impazienza.
mentre aspettiamo.
becomes a reality in China,
sostenibile diventi realtà in Cina,
online farmers market
mercati contadini online cinesi
produce to families.
organico alle famiglie.
was somewhat dismal.
and hardly any meat to sell,
e poca carne da vendere,
passed our zero tolerance test
in laboratorio passava i rigidissimi test
antibiotics and hormones.
antibiotici e ormoni.
every local farmer in China.
finché non avremmo incontrato
banane senza sostanze chimiche
of villagers on Hainan Island.
degli abitanti dell'isola Hainan.
does not have coordinates for,
su Google Maps,
in cui le mucche mangiano erba
sotto un cielo blu.
in as fast as three hours
riutilizzabili
il nostro impatto ambientale.
will continue to grow,
continuerà a crescere,
to shape the future of good food.
per dare vita a un futuro di buon cibo.
food tech accelerator and VC platform
il primo acceleratore tecnologico del cibo
the future of good food
a creare un futuro di buon cibo
as a more sustainable source of protein
come fonte più sostenibile di proteine
to keep food fresh for longer.
per conservare il cibo più a lungo.
a sustainable food system
un sistema di alimentazione sostenibile
a crime to take it slow?
è quasi un crimine?
è la pazienza --
how to act while waiting,
come agire mentre aspettiamo,
with my grandmother's magic box.
dalla scatola magica di mia nonna.
the earth from our ancestors.
la terra dai nostri antenati.
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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