It's been about a decade since the last financial crisis, yet this industry has never been bigger. Legislation that was meant to better regulate its largest players has hurt its smaller ones, resulting in most of the industry's assets to be controlled by the top one percent. They've become too big to fail. I'm not referring to big banks, but the world of Big Agriculture.
imetimia kama miaka 10, toka mtikisiko wa mwisho wa uchumi lakini bado tasnia ni kubwa sana Sheria ambazo zilipaswa kusimamia vema mashirika makubwa. yameishia kuumiza mashirika madogo, ikisababisha mali nyingi kudhibitiwa na asilimia moja ya juu. wamekuwa wakubwa sana kuanguka Simaanishi benki kubwa, lakini namaanisha ulimwengu wa Kilimo Kikubwa.
As a public health practitioner who has worked with small-scale farmers in Rwanda and now as a small food business owner who sits at the intersection between our consumers and producers, I've been exposed to one of the most ecologically and economically intensive industries in the world, and throughout my work, I've witnessed a chilling irony. Our farmers, who feed our communities, cannot afford the very foods they grow. Today, a handful of corporations continue to consolidate the entire food supply chain, from the intellectual property of seeds to produce and livestock all the way to the financial institutions who lend to these farmers. And the recent results have been rising bankruptcies for family farms and little control for those who are just trying to survive in the industry. Left unchecked, we will head into another economic collapse, one very similar to the farm crisis of the 1980s, when commodity market prices crashed, interest rates doubled, and many farmers lost everything.
Kama mtendaji wa afya ya jamii ambaye amefanya kazi na wakulima wadogo Rwanda na sasa kama mmiliki wa biashara ndogo ya chakula ambaye yuko kati ya walaji na wazalishaji nimeonyeshwa moja kati ya tasnia zinazotumia nguvu sana kiuchumi na kiikolojia duniani, na kupitia kazi yangu, nimeona kitu cha ajabu, wakulima wetu, wanaolisha jamii zetu, hawawezi kumudu chakula wanachokilima. Leo, mashirika kadhaa yanaendelea kuungana mnyororo wote wa usambazaji chakula, kutoka katika hatimiliki ya mbegu na wanyama mpaka mashirika ya kifedha yanayokopesha wakulima hawa. matokeo yake yamekuwa ongezeko la kufilisika kwa mashamba ya kifamilia na udhibiti kidogo kwa wale wanaotaka kudumu katika tasnia hii. Ikiachwa hivi, tutaenda katika anguko jingine la kiuchumi, linalofanana na anguko la kilimo la miaka ya 1980 pale ambapo bei za mazao zilipoanguka riba zilipoongezeka kwa mara mbili wakulima wengi wakapoteza kila kitu.
Fortunately, there's a very simple, three-part solution you can be part of right now to help us transform our food industry from the bottom up.
Bahati nzuri,kuna ufumbuzi rahisi wa sehemu tatu unaweza sasa hivi kuwa sehemu ya kusaidia kubadilisha tasnia ya chakula kutoka chini kwenda juu
Step one: shop at your local farmers markets.
Hatua ya kwanza: fanya manunuzi katika masoko ya wakulima
Buying from your local market and subscribing to a community-supported agricultural produce box, better known as a CSA, may be the single greatest purchasing decision you can make as a consumer today. Last year, American farmers made the least they have in almost three decades, because they now own fewer parts of the supply chain than ever before. Under exclusive contracts with Big Ag and big box stores, farmers are not offered a fair price for their goods. In fact, the average farmer in America makes less than 15 cents of every dollar on a product that you purchase at a store. On the other hand, farmers who sell their goods at a farmers market take home closer to 90 cents of every dollar. But beyond taking home a larger share, farmers use markets as an opportunity to cultivate the next generation of agriculturalists who shepherd our farmlands and our pastures. In our fight against climate change, we need them now more than ever to promote and preserve diverse land use.
Kununua toka katika soko la eneo lako husika na mazao ya kilimo katika jamii yako. yajulikanayo kama CSA, inaweza kuwa ni uamuzi bora kabisa unaoweza kufanya kama mlaji leo. Mwaka jana, Wakulima wa Marekani walipato kipato kidogo sana ndani ya miongo mitatu kwa sababu sasa wanamiliki sehemu kidogo sana ya mnyororo wa ugavi Kuliko wakati mwingine. kupitia mikataba na mashirika na maduka makubwa ya kilimo wakulima hawapati bei nzuri ya mazao yao. Kwa hakika, mkulima wa kawaida Marekani anapata chini ya senti 15 kwa kila dola moja ya bidhaa unayonunua dukani. kwa pande mwingine, wakulima wanaouza mazao yao kwenye masoko ya wakulima wanapata karibia senti 90 kwa kila dolla 1 lakini zaidi ya kuchukua kiasi kikubwa, wakulima wanatumia masoko haya kama fursa ya kujenga kizazi kijacho cha wakulima watakaolinda mashamba na wanyama wetu. katika kupambana na mabadiliko ya tabia nchi, kuhimiza na kudumisha matumizi mbalimbali ya ardhi
When multigenerational farms are lost to Big Ag consolidation, our communities suffer in countless ways. Rural America has now jumped above the national average in violent crime. Three out four farmworkers surveyed have been directly impacted by our opioid epidemic. Now oftentimes disguised as accidents, farmer suicide is now on the rise.
Pale mashamba ya vizazi kadhaa yanapochukuliwa na makampuni makubwa ya kilimo, jamii zetu zinapata shida kwa namna nyingi. Kiwango cha uhalifu wa kutumia nguvu Marekani vijijini kimepanda kuzidi wastani wa kitaifa wakulima watatu kati ya wanne waliohojiwa wameathirika moja kwa moja na mlipuko wa madawa ya kulevya mara nyingi ikifichwa kama ajali, kujiua kwa wakulima kunazidi kupanda
Step two: shop at your local farmers markets.
Hatua ya pili: nunua katika masoko ya wakulima katika eneo lako
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Produce from a large retail store is harvested before it's ripe to travel more than a thousand miles before it ultimately sits on your shelf roughly two weeks later. Alternatively, because most farmers markets have proximity and production requirements, farmers travel less than 50 miles to offer you local produce with minimal packaging waste. With the advent of online grocers and trending meal kits, consumers are increasingly disconnected with their farmers and the economics of food production. Since the rise of the smartphone revolution, direct-to-consumer goods have stagnated.
mazao kutoka maduka makubwa yanavunwa kabla hayajaiva ili kusafiri zaidi ya maili elfu moja kabla ya kufikishwa dukani kama wiki mbili hivi baadae mbadala wa hali hii, ni kwa kuwa masoko mengi ya wakulima yako karibu na maeneo ya uzalishaji, wakulima wanasafiri chini maili 50 kukupatia mazao ya eneo husika bila uharibifu mwingi wa vifungashio kukiwa na ongezeko la wanunuzi mtandaoni na vyakula vilivyoandaliwa kabla wateja wanazidi kutohusiana na wakulima wao na uchumi wa uzalishaji chakula Toka kuibuka kwa mapinduzi ya simu janja huduma ya bidhaa moja kwa moja kwa mteja imefifia
While local and sustainable foods have been trending for almost a decade, terms like "healthy" and "natural" have no legal framework in the United States. Your best bet for fresh, nutrient-rich foods without the marketing jargon? Go to your farmers market. Buying local is not a new idea, but turning it into a habit in today's world still is. If we want to avoid the high costs of cheap food, protect our environment, rebuild our communities and save our farmers -- literally -- we're going to need to vote with our food purchases. The success of our food systems is directly attached to us. If we want to break up Big Ag's hold on our food supply chain, then we're going to need to connect with our farmers. We're going to need to rebuild relationships with the hands that feed us three times a day. Plus, two more for snacks. Come on.
Lakini vyakula vya eneo husika na endelevu vimeshika chati kwa miaka karibia kumi, maneno kama "ya kiafya" na "asilia" hayana mfumo wa kisheria nchini Marekani. Unataka kubahatisha chakula kizuri chenye virutubisho vingi bila maneno ya wauzaji? Nenda kwenye soko lako la wakulima. Kununua vitu vya eneo husika sio wazo jipya, lakini kufanya hilo kama tabia katika dunia ya leo bado ni kitu kipya. kama tunataka kuondokana na gharama kubwa ya chakula rahisi kulinda mazingira yetu, kujenga upya jamii zetu. na kuwaokoa wakulima wetu --kwa hakika -- tunahitaji kupiga kura kwa manunuzi yetu ya chakula. Mafanikio ya mifumo yetu ya chakula ina uhusiano wa moja kwa moja nasi. Kama tunataka kuvunja kuhodhiwa kwa mnyororo wa ugavi wa chakula na makampuni makubwa tutahitaji kuwa na uhusiano na wakulima wetu tutahitaji kujenga mahusiano na mikono inayotulisha mara tatu kwa siku. na mara mbili kwa ajili ya vitafunwa. Inawezekana
With a government online database of more than 8,600 farmers markets across the country, you can easily find the nearest one to you. Just think of yourself as an investor in food, where your purchasing power helps create a more equitable society for everyone. Oh!
Kukiwa na hifadhidata ya mtandaoni ya serikali ya masoko ya wakulima zaidi ya 8,600 nchi nzima. unaweza kirahisi kupata lililo karibu nawe. Jifikirie tu kama mwekezaji katika chakula, ambapo nguvu yako ya manunuzi inasaidia kutengeneza jamii yenye uwiano kwa kila mtu. Oh!
Almost forgot step three, which may surprise you: shop at your local farmers markets.
Nilitaka kusahau hatua ya tatu, ambayo inawez kukushangaza: nunua kwenye masoko ya wakulima wa eneo husika.
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Thank you.
Asante
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