I haven’t shaken the hand of a stranger, kana shamwari yechinhu ichocho, mune rinopfuura gore, uye havana kana yakawanda yevamwe maCanada.
Izvi zvinogona kutaridza kunge chibairo chikuru. Iyo COVID-19 denda yakatibira isu zvakanyanya. Vadiwa vakafa. Mabhizimusi akavhara. Vana vakasara kumashure mukufunda kwavo.
Kurasikirwa kwekubatana maoko kungave kuri kushoma pane kwedu kunetseka.
Asi isu tinovada ivo kumashure. They’re more than gratuitous social gestures. They’re essential actions that forge relationships and build human connection.
Vanopwanya chando. Ivo vanotaura zvemitambo panopera mitambo. Ivo vanoisa madhiri anotibvumidza isu kutenga uye kutengesa.
Izvi zvinonyanya kuitika kuvarimi. Kunyangwe isu tichivimba nesainzi-yekucheka kugadzira nekuchengetedza mbeu dzatinodyara nemichina yepamusoro-soro kukohwa chikafu chatinorima, isu tinoita bhizinesi redu rakawanda nenzira yechinyakare. Uye izvo zvinoreva kukwazisana maoko munyama, kusasimudzira vanhu vane pikisheni paZoom mafoni.
About 15 mwedzi yapfuura, apo nyika payakanga ichitanga kucherechedza dambudziko re COVID-19, Ini ndaive kumusangano wepurazi muVancouver—nemamwe mazwi, hwaive hupenyu samazuva ese kwandiri munyika yezvekurima. Pamberi pekuvhara, I’d speak at events such as this about ten times a year, and I’d attend even more.
Iko-mu-munhu kubatana kwemisangano nemisangano kwakakosha kune chero indasitiri, asi zvinogona kuve zvakanyanya kukoshesa kuvarimi. We don’t congregate in offices. When we’re working in our fields, we’re isolated. Mazuva anogona kuenda patinoona chete nhengo dzemhuri uye pamwe vamwe vashoma mukati mediki denderedzwa.
I’ve joked that on our farm in rural Saskatchewan, we haven’t had to adopt special pandemic practices because we were social distancing long before anybody had ever heard of COVID-19.
Saka varimi vane chikonzero chakakosha chekutora mukana wekuungana uko vanhu vanogona kusangana, dzidza, uye kugadzirisa. Tinofanira kutora mikana yekukwazisana.
Pandakanga ndadzoka kubva kuVancouver, mavhiki akati wandei mushure mekuvharwa kwekushanda, Ini ndaifanirwa kubhururuka kuenda kuBelgium kunomiririra varimi veCanada pamusangano wekutengeserana wezvekurima. Chinangwa changu chaive chekutsanangura mashandisiro uye nei tichishandisa zvirimwa-zvekudzivirira maturusi, kudzikamisa kutya kwevatengi veEuropean uye vatongi vanotsunzunya pese pavanonzwa izwi “glyphosate.”
Hapana munhu anonyengetedza pamusoro pechikafu uye kuti chinokura sei kupfuura varimi chaivo—uye vatengi vedu vanoda kutiona, bvunza mibvunzo, inzwai zvatinotaura.
Pakupedzisira, it will be very difficult to change the hearts and minds of skeptics who don’t know much about food production if we can’t look them in the eye and yes, zunza maoko avo.
Chiitiko muBelgium chakamiswa, Eheka, uye ndiyo yaive sarudzo chaiyo. Rinopfuura gore gare gare, zvisinei, tinoda kuti tidzokere pane zvakajairwa nekuti tinofanirwa kutanga kugadzirisa 15 mwedzi yekubatana kwakaputsika.
Pamberi kwedenda, Ndakafunga kuti kutengeserana kweCanada kwaive kwakagadzirira kuwedzera. Isu tanga tangotaurirana nezveUSMCA, chibvumirano chedu chakagadziridzwa neUnited States, Mekisiko, uye Canada. Iyo Trans-Pacific Kubatana, iyo inotibatanidza isu nenyika dzakakomberedza Pacific Rim, yakanga ichiwana kutariswa uye kuwedzera. Hurumende yedunhu reSaskatchewan yakatovhura hofisi yekutengeserana muSingapore, so we could take advantage of TPP’s opportunities through in-person meetings.
Nhasi, mushure megore rinopfuura gore remiganhu yakavharwa, mamiriro edu anonzwa zvakasiyana zvakanyanya. Ipo edu ekutengesa pacts achiramba achishanda, vanhu vajaira kutarisa mukati—and I’m worried that we’re going to hear new calls for the protectionism that is the enemy of farmers, bhizinesi nevatengi vanovimba nemisika yepasirese.
Here’s a simple step in the right direction: Let’s start by allowing kufamba kwakasununguka pakati peCanada neUnited States. Izvi zvinobvumidza kuwedzera kwekutenga-pamuganhu kutenga uye kutengeswa kwezvirimwa, michina nezviyo. Kukwikwidzana kwakawedzera pakati pevatengi nevatengesi kwaizobatsira varimi nemabhizinesi kumativi ese emuganhu.
MaCanada nemaAmerican vese vanoda kuzvirumbidza kuti iyo 49th yakafanana ndiyo muganho wakarebesa usina kudzivirirwa munyika, inowanikwa kune vafambi mumativi ese ari maviri. Let’s go back to leaving it undefended and accessible. Tinogona kusangana ku Runyararo Bridge kumabvazuva ne Rugare Arch kumadokero.
Kufambisa kwemahara pakati peCanada neU.S.. inogona kuve mutungamiriri wekusununguka kufamba pasirese. I can’t wait to visit Belgium and talk about the importance of global trade and global connections—uye kukwazisana maoko zvakare.
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Charles Peeters murimi mudunhu reGoias muBrazil uye inhengo yeGlobal Farmer Network vari kugamuchirwa kune vachakwikwidza ku 2021 Global Farmer Network Roundtable and Leadership Training. Tentatively scheduled to be held during summer 2021, the next Roundtable will include a virtual component prior to meeting in person in Brussels, Bherujiyamu. The face-to-face event date is dependent on when travel is allowed and people feel safe. vari kugamuchirwa kune vachakwikwidza ku apa.
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