Matilda Ho: The future of good food in China
Matilda Ho: Viitorul hranei sănătoase în China
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.
dată ocazia să învăț ce înseamnă răbdarea.
as a birthday present,
o cutie magică,
would become a gift for life.
că va deveni un cadou veșnic.
de tot ce ținea de magie,
an amateur dove magician.
cu porumbei.
requires that I train my doves
ca eu să îmi dresez porumbeii
costumului meu.
in a rush to make them appear,
grăbită să îi fac să apară,
of this magical act
only after they've waited patiently
după ce au așteptat răbdători
some years to master.
să o stăpânesc.
seven years ago,
became almost impossible to practice.
era aproape imposibil de practicat.
and everything is in a hurry,
și totul e în grabă,
over 1.3 billion other people
altor 1.3 miliarde de persoane
vorbim despre hrană,
de a vinde mai mult,
in a country of rich natural resources
într-o țară cu resurse naturale bogate
of chemicals and pesticides.
a chimicalelor și pesticidelor.
in just nine months.
ale normelor de siguranță în doar 9 luni.
diabetics in the world
unul din patru diabetici din lume,
a mindful patience into the impatience.
laolaltă așteptarea atentă și nerăbdarea.
în timp ce aștepți.
becomes a reality in China,
va deveni o realitate în China,
online farmers market
agricole online din China
produce to families.
produse locale, crescute organic.
acum 18 luni,
was somewhat dismal.
era oarecum nediversificată.
and hardly any meat to sell,
și foarte puțină carne,
passed our zero tolerance test
laborator nu trecea testul de intoleranță
antibiotics and hormones.
antibiotice și hormoni.
nerăbdători
every local farmer in China.
cu fiecare fermier local din China.
of villagers on Hainan Island.
de pe Insula Hainan.
does not have coordinates for,
Google Maps nu are coordonate,
și pe partea de logistică.
in as fast as three hours
chiar și în trei ore
reutilizabile
asupra mediului.
will continue to grow,
pe care le oferim vor fi mai diversificate
to shape the future of good food.
pentru a crea hrană sănătoasă.
food tech accelerator and VC platform
tehnologic și platformă cu capital de risc
să contureze viitorul hranei sănătoase,
the future of good food
as a more sustainable source of protein
ca sursă de proteine sustenabilă
to keep food fresh for longer.
pentru a menține hrana proaspătă mai mult.
a sustainable food system
un sistem alimentar sustenabil
a crime to take it slow?
al lucrurilor aproape este o crimă ?
este răbdarea...
how to act while waiting,
în timp ce aștepți,
with my grandmother's magic box.
cu ajutorul cutiei magice.
the earth from our ancestors.
de la strămoșii noștri.
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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