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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.42,0:00:05.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last year, I was living with\Nthis indigenous family in India.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.55,0:00:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One afternoon,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.25,0:00:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the young son was eating,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.70,0:00:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at the sight of me,\Nhe quickly hid his curry behind his back.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.69,0:00:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took a lot of persuasion to get him\Nto show me what he was eating.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.99,0:00:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It turned out to be moth larvae,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.37,0:00:28.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a traditional delicacy\Nwith the Madia indigenous people.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.36,0:00:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I cried,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.60,0:00:33.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh my God, you're eating these!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.09,0:00:35.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope there's a little left for me!"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.47,0:00:38.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw disbelief in the boy's eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.95,0:00:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You ... eat these?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.39,0:00:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I love these," I replied.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.51,0:00:49.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could see he did not trust me one bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.68,0:00:55.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How could an urban, educated woman\Nlike the same food as him?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.56,0:01:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later, I broached the subject\Nwith his father,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.30,0:01:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it turned out to be\Na mighty touchy affair.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.79,0:01:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said things like,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.86,0:01:10.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, only this son of mine\Nlikes to eat it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.21,0:01:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We tell him, 'Give it up. It's bad.'
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.11,0:01:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He doesn't listen, you see.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.00,0:01:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We gave up eating all this ages back."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.76,0:01:21.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why?" I asked.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.75,0:01:25.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is your traditional food.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.11,0:01:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is available in your environment,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.72,0:01:30.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is nutritious,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.19,0:01:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and -- I can vouch for it -- delicious.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.58,0:01:35.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is it wrong to eat it?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.77,0:01:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The man fell silent.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.36,0:01:40.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I asked,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.100,0:01:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Have you been told that your food is bad,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.37,0:01:48.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that to eat it is backward,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.50,0:01:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not civilized?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.96,0:01:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He nodded silently.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.07,0:02:01.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was one of the many, many times\Nin my work with indigenous people in India
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.23,0:02:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I witnessed shame around food,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.54,0:02:08.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shame that the food you love to eat,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.20,0:02:11.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the food that has been\Neaten for generations,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.40,0:02:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is somehow inferior,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.44,0:02:14.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even subhuman.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.01,0:02:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this shame is not limited\Nto out-of-the-way, icky foods
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.18,0:02:23.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like insects or rats, maybe,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.02,0:02:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but extends to regular foods:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.23,0:02:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wild vegetables,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.24,0:02:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mushrooms, flowers --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.06,0:02:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,basically, anything that is foraged\Nrather than cultivated.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.17,0:02:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In indigenous India,\Nthis shame is omnipresent.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.95,0:02:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anything can trigger it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.31,0:02:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One upper-caste vegetarian schoolmaster\Ngets appointed in a school,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.22,0:02:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within weeks, children are telling\Ntheir parents it's yucky to eat crabs
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.69,0:02:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or sinful to eat meat.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.20,0:03:00.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A government nutrition program\Nserves fluffy white rice,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.30,0:03:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now no one wants to eat\Nred rice or millets.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.98,0:03:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A nonprofit reaches this village with\Nan ideal diet chart for pregnant women.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.34,0:03:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There you go.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.66,0:03:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the expectant mothers are feeling sad
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.04,0:03:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they cannot afford apples and grapes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.01,0:03:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people just kind of forget the fruits
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.24,0:03:21.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can be picked off the forest floor.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.61,0:03:23.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Health workers,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.09,0:03:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,religious missionaries,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.23,0:03:29.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,random government employees
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.69,0:03:32.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even their own educated children
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.69,0:03:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are literally shouting it down\Nat the indigenous people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.29,0:03:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that their food is not good enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.59,0:03:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not civilized enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.48,0:03:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so food keeps disappearing,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.97,0:03:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little bit at a time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.84,0:03:54.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm wondering if you all\Nhave ever considered
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.21,0:03:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether your communities would have\Na similar history around food.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.47,0:04:02.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you were to talk\Nto your 90-year-old grandmother,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.59,0:04:07.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would she talk about foods\Nthat you have never seen or heard of?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.63,0:04:11.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you aware how much\Nof your community's food
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.41,0:04:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is no longer available to you?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.65,0:04:16.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Local experts tell me
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.51,0:04:22.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the South African food economy\Nis now entirely based on imported foods.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.49,0:04:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Corn has become the staple,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.66,0:04:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while the local sorghum, millets,\Nbulbs and tubers are all gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.38,0:04:35.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So are the wild legumes and vegetables,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.43,0:04:39.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while people eat potatoes and onions,\Ncabbages and carrots.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.92,0:04:41.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my country,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.80,0:04:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this loss of food is colossal.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.08,0:04:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Modern India is stuck with rice, wheat
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.17,0:04:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and diabetes.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.22,0:04:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have totally forgotten foods\Nlike huge varieties of tubers,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.42,0:05:01.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tree saps, fish, shellfish,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.28,0:05:03.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oil seeds,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.20,0:05:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mollusks, mushrooms, insects,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.31,0:05:10.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,small, nonendangered animal meats,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.46,0:05:14.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of which used to be available\Nright within our surroundings.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.80,0:05:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So where has this food gone?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.63,0:05:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why are our modern food baskets so narrow?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.90,0:05:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could talk about the complex\Npolitical economic and ecological reasons,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.07,0:05:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I am here to talk about\Nthis more human phenomenon of shame,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.59,0:05:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because shame is the crucial point
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.34,0:05:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at which food actually\Ndisappears off your plate.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.44,0:05:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does shame do?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.84,0:05:48.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shame makes you feel small,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.54,0:05:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sad,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.10,0:05:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not worthy,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.34,0:05:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,subhuman.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.54,0:05:57.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shame creates a cognitive dissonance.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.12,0:05:59.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It distorts food stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.96,0:06:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us take this example.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.55,0:06:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How would you like to have
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.74,0:06:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a wonderful, versatile staple
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.82,0:06:13.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is available abundantly\Nin your environment?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.14,0:06:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All you have to do is gather it,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.32,0:06:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dry it, store it,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.72,0:06:20.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you have it for your whole year
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.12,0:06:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to cook as many different\Nkinds of dishes as you want with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.70,0:06:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,India had just such a food,\Ncalled "mahua,"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.54,0:06:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this flower over there.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.99,0:06:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have been researching this food\Nfor the past three years now.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.65,0:06:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is known to be highly nutritious\Nin indigenous tradition
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.25,0:06:42.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in scientific knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.13,0:06:44.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the indigenous,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.02,0:06:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it used to be a staple\Nfor four to six months a year.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.74,0:06:54.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In many ways, it is very similar\Nto your local marula,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.47,0:06:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except that it is a flower, not a fruit.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.24,0:07:00.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where the forests are rich,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.19,0:07:03.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people can still get enough to eat\Nfor the whole year
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.57,0:07:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and enough spare to sell.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.29,0:07:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found 35 different dishes with mahua
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.30,0:07:13.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that no one cooks anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.22,0:07:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This food is no longer\Neven recognized as a food,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.88,0:07:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as raw material for liquor.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.16,0:07:25.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could be arrested\Nfor having it in your house.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.42,0:07:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reason? Shame.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.21,0:07:32.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I talked to indigenous people\Nall over India
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.67,0:07:35.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about why mahua is no longer eaten.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.70,0:07:38.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I got the exact same answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.24,0:07:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, we used to eat it\Nwhen we were dirt-poor and starving.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.40,0:07:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why should we eat it now?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.25,0:07:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have rice or wheat."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.57,0:07:50.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And almost in the same breath,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.89,0:07:54.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people also tell me\Nhow nutritious mahua is.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.84,0:07:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are always stories of elders\Nwho used to eat mahua.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.22,0:08:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This grandmother of ours,\Nshe had 10 children,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.21,0:08:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and still she used to work so hard,\Nnever tired, never sick."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.90,0:08:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The exact same dual narrative\Nevery single where.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.63,0:08:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How come?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.44,0:08:18.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does the same food
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.67,0:08:23.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get to be seen as very nutritious\Nand a poverty food,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.79,0:08:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost in the same sentence?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.82,0:08:28.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Same goes for other forest foods.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.65,0:08:32.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have heard story\Nafter heartrending story
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.64,0:08:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of famine and starvation,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.55,0:08:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of people surviving on trash\Nforaged out of the forest,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.46,0:08:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there was no food.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.21,0:08:45.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I dig a little deeper,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.30,0:08:49.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it turns out the lack\Nwas not of food per se
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.05,0:08:51.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but of something respectable like rice.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.40,0:08:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I asked them,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.08,0:08:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How did you learn\Nthat your so-called trash is edible?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.14,0:09:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who told you that certain\Nbitter tubers can be sweetened
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.90,0:09:06.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by leaving them in a stream overnight?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.38,0:09:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or how to take the meat\Nout of a snail shell?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.42,0:09:12.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or how to set a trap for a wild rat?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.08,0:09:17.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is when they start\Nscratching their heads,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.35,0:09:20.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they realize that they learned it\Nfrom their own elders,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.35,0:09:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that their ancestors had lived\Nand thrived on these foods for centuries
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.29,0:09:29.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before rice came their way,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.49,0:09:32.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and were way healthier\Nthan their own generation.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.03,0:09:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is how food works,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.90,0:09:39.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how shame works:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.49,0:09:45.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making food and food traditions disappear\Nfrom people's lives and memories
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.88,0:09:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without their even realizing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.97,0:09:52.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how do we undo this trend?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.85,0:09:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we reclaim our beautiful\Nand complex systems of natural food,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.02,0:10:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,food given to us lovingly by Mother Earth\Naccording to her own rhythm,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.72,0:10:10.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,food prepared by our foremothers with joy
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.89,0:10:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are eaten by our forefathers\Nwith gratitude,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.79,0:10:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,food that is healthy, local, natural,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.51,0:10:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,varied, delicious,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.34,0:10:25.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not requiring cultivation,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.34,0:10:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not damaging our ecology,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.50,0:10:29.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not costing a thing?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.36,0:10:32.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all need this food,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.23,0:10:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't think I have to tell you why.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.49,0:10:40.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have to tell you\Nabout the global health crisis,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.12,0:10:42.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,climate change, water crisis,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.68,0:10:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,soil fatigue,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.05,0:10:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,collapsing agricultural systems,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.06,0:10:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all that.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.04,0:10:52.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for me, equally important reasons\Nwhy we need these foods
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.36,0:10:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the deeply felt ones,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.06,0:10:57.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because food is so many things, you see.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.36,0:11:02.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Food is nourishment, comfort,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.10,0:11:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creativity, community,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.88,0:11:08.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pleasure, safety, identity
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.63,0:11:09.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so much more.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.71,0:11:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How we connect with our food
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.12,0:11:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,defines so much in our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.74,0:11:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It defines how we connect with our bodies,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.03,0:11:21.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because our bodies are ultimately food.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.19,0:11:25.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It defines our basic sense of connection
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.78,0:11:27.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with our existence.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.46,0:11:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need these foods most today
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.52,0:11:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be able to redefine our space as humans
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.40,0:11:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within the natural scheme of things.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.51,0:11:41.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And are we needing\Nsuch a redefinition today?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.69,0:11:47.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, the only real answer is love,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.26,0:11:54.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because love is the only thing\Nthat counters shame.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.57,0:12:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how do we bring more of this love\Ninto our connections with our food?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.28,0:12:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, love is, in a big way,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.09,0:12:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the willingness\Nto slow down,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.83,0:12:14.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take the time to feel,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.22,0:12:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sense, listen, inquire.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.70,0:12:22.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could be listening to our own bodies.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.88,0:12:29.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do they need\Nbeneath our food habits, beliefs
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.19,0:12:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and addictions?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.49,0:12:36.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could be taking time out\Nto examine those beliefs.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.16,0:12:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where did they come from?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.59,0:12:42.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could be going back into our childhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.01,0:12:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What foods did we love then,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.58,0:12:47.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what has changed?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.94,0:12:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could be spending\Na quiet evening with an elder,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.06,0:12:55.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listening to their food memories,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.77,0:12:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe even helping them\Ncook something they love
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.72,0:13:00.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sharing a meal.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.04,0:13:06.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love could be about remembering
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.28,0:13:08.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that humanity is vast
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.46,0:13:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and food choices differ.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.02,0:13:14.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could be about showing\Nrespect and curiosity
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.81,0:13:16.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of censure
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.69,0:13:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we see somebody enjoying\Na really unfamiliar food.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.34,0:13:25.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love could be taking the time to inquire,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.59,0:13:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to dig up information,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.45,0:13:30.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reach out for connections.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.23,0:13:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could even be\Na quiet walk in the fynbos
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.48,0:13:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see if a certain plant\Nspeaks up to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.99,0:13:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.18,0:13:42.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They speak to me all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.94,0:13:46.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And most of all,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.52,0:13:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,love is to trust that\Nthese little exploratory steps
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.30,0:13:54.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have the potential to lead us\Nto something larger,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.74,0:13:58.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes to really surprising answers.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.76,0:14:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An indigenous medicine woman once told me
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.00,0:14:06.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that love is to walk on Mother Earth
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.48,0:14:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as her most beloved child,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.11,0:14:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to trust that she values\Nan honest intention
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.89,0:14:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and knows how to guide our steps.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.81,0:14:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope I have inspired you
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.91,0:14:23.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to start reconnecting\Nwith the food of your ancestors.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.48,0:14:24.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for listening.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.96,0:14:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)