because in different cultures it would be the reverse.

在不同的文化中情况可能是相反的
So you see how these different properties

可以看出这些这些不同属性
of food affect whether we would even consider it a food.

是如何影响我们判断何为食品的
Farms are an interesting part of this.

农业扮演了一个非常有趣的角色
There was a time when people were very close to their food.

有一段时期人类与食物的联系很紧密
They were physically close to it and psychologically close to it.

身体上和心理上都是如此
The food was raised locally.

食物都在当地种植
Excuse me.

不好意思
If you think back to New Haven in the 1950s or 1940s, or 1930s,

若回顾上个世纪30到50年代的纽黑文
a lot of the food, much more then is the case today,

比起今天很多的食物都是产于当地
was grown locally and was sold in markets and so there might have been

然后拿到市场上去销售你和你所吃的
one person or one step that resided between you and your food.

食品之间可只隔着一个人或一道工序