I haven’t shaken the hand of a stranger, okanye umhlobo wale nto, kwisithuba esingaphezulu konyaka, Kwaye abanazo ezinye iiKhanada ezininzi.
Oku kungangabonakali njengedini elikhulu. Ubhubhane we-COVID-19 usiphange kakhulu. Abathandekayo bafa. Amashishini avaliwe. Abantwana basilele ngasemva esikolweni.
Ukuphulukana nokubanjwa ngesandla kunokuba lelona xhala lethu lincinci.
Kodwa siyazifuna. They’re more than gratuitous social gestures. They’re essential actions that forge relationships and build human connection.
Baqhekeza umkhenkce. Babonisa umdlalo wezemidlalo ekupheleni kwemidlalo. Batywina isivumelwano esivumela ukuba sithenge kwaye sithengise.
Oku kuyinyani ngokukodwa kubalimi. Nangona sixhomekeke kwisayensi esezantsi ukuvelisa nokukhusela imbewu esiyityalileyo kunye nezixhobo zobuchwephesha bokuvuna ukutya esikutyalayo, siqhuba ishishini lethu ngendlela endala. Kwaye oko kuthetha ukuxhawulana ngezandla, ungazuliseli abantu bepikseli kwiifowuni zoom.
Malunga 15 kwiinyanga ezidlule, xa umhlaba wawuqala ukuqaphela umceli mngeni we-COVID-19, Ndandikwinkomfa yasefama eVancouver—ngamanye amazwi, ibubomi njengesiqhelo kum kwilizwe lezolimo. Ngaphambi kokutshixa, I’d speak at events such as this about ten times a year, and I’d attend even more.
Unxibelelwano lomntu kunye neenkomfa kunye neentlanganiso zibalulekile kulo naliphi na ishishini, kodwa zinokubaluleka ngakumbi kubalimi. We don’t congregate in offices. When we’re working in our fields, we’re isolated. Iintsuku zinokuhamba xa sibona kuphela amalungu osapho kwaye mhlawumbi nabanye abambalwa ngaphakathi kwesangqa esincinci.
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.
Ke amafama anesizathu esikhethekileyo sokusebenzisa iindibano apho abantu banokudibana khona, funda, kunye nokuphucula. Kufuneka sisebenzise amathuba okuxhawula.
Xa ndandibuya eVancouver, iiveki ezimbalwa emva kokutshixeka kokusebenza, Kwakufuneka ndibhabhe ndiye eBelgium ukuya kumela amafama aseCanada kwinkomfa yorhwebo yezolimo. Injongo yam yayikukuchaza ukuba kutheni kwaye kutheni sizisebenzisa izixhobo zokukhusela izityalo, ukuthomalalisa uloyiko lwabathengi baseYurophu kunye nabalawuli abanyinyithekayo nanini na baliva ilizwi “glyphosate.”
Akukho mntu uqinisekileyo ngokutya kunye nendlela ekhuliswa ngayo kunabalimi—kwaye abathengi bethu bafuna ukusibona, Buza imibuzo, uve oko siza kukuthetha.
Ekugqibeleni, 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, xhawula izandla zabo.
Umsitho waseBelgium urhoxisiwe, kunjalo, kwaye ibiyinto elungileyo. Ngaphezu konyaka kamva, kunjalo, kufuneka sibuyele esiqhelweni kuba kufuneka siqale ukulungisa 15 iinyanga zonxibelelwano ezaphukileyo.
Ngaphambi kobhubhane, Ndacinga ukuba urhwebo lwaseCanada lulungele ukukhula. Sasixoxisana nje nge-USMCA, isivumelwano sethu esihlaziyiweyo ne-United States, Mekhsikho, nase Canada. Intsebenziswano yeTrans-Pacific, Esidibanisa namazwe ajikele iRim Pacific, yayifumana ingqalelo kunye namandla. Urhulumente wephondo laseSaskatchewan wade wavula iofisi yorhwebo eSingapore, so we could take advantage of TPP’s opportunities through in-person meetings.
Namhlanje, emva konyaka ngaphezulu kwemida evaliweyo, imeko yethu iziva yahluke kakhulu. Ngelixa urhwebo lwethu luhlala lusebenza, abantu sele beqhelile ukujonga ngaphakathi—and I’m worried that we’re going to hear new calls for the protectionism that is the enemy of farmers, amashishini kunye nabathengi abaxhomekeke kwiimarike zehlabathi.
Here’s a simple step in the right direction: Let’s start by allowing ukuhamba ngokukhululekileyo phakathi kweCanada neUnited States. Oku kuyakuvumela ukonyuka kokuthengwa kwemida yokuwela kunye nokuthengiswa kokufakwa kwezityalo, oomatshini kunye neenkozo. Ukwanda kokhuphiswano phakathi kwabathengi kunye nabathengisi kuya kunceda amafama kunye namashishini kumacala omabini omda.
Abantu baseKhanada nabaseMelika bobabini bayathanda ukuqhayisa ngokuba i-49th parallel ngowona mda mde ungakhuselekanga emhlabeni, zifikeleleke kubahambi kumacala omabini. Let’s go back to leaving it undefended and accessible. Singadibana kwi Ibhulorho Yoxolo empuma nakwi Uxolo entshona.
Ukuhamba simahla phakathi kweCanada neU.S. inokuba sisandulela sokuhamba simahla kwihlabathi liphela. I can’t wait to visit Belgium and talk about the importance of global trade and global connections—uxhawule izandla kwakhona.
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I-Roundtable elandelayo iya kubandakanya icandelo lenyani phambi kokudibana nomntu I-Roundtable elandelayo iya kubandakanya icandelo lenyani phambi kokudibana nomntu 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, Bheljiyam. The face-to-face event date is dependent on when travel is allowed and people feel safe. I-Roundtable elandelayo iya kubandakanya icandelo lenyani phambi kokudibana nomntu Apha.
Cofa apha ukwenza umnikelo kwiNtanethi yoMlimi weHlabathi.