:01:02
Gleaning, that's the old way.
:01:05
My mother'd say, '' Pick everything up
so nothing gets wasted''.
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But sadly we no longer do
:01:14
because machines
are so efficient nowadays.
:01:17
But before, I used to glean
:01:20
together with my neighbors,
:01:22
for wheat, and rice too.
:01:26
I would put my big apron on
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and we'd go gleaning ears of wheat,
:01:35
lovely ears we would find.
:01:41
A whole day in the sun,
with gnats and mosquitoes biting,
:01:45
it wasn't too nice,
:01:46
but we liked it.
:01:49
Evenings, we were exhausted. Once
home with our bags and our aprons
:01:54
we'd have a good time laughing
and drinking coffee together.
:02:00
I was born in that farmhouse,
and I'll die there too.
:02:04
- But not quite yet!
- OK, thank you very much.
:02:06
Thanks very much, all of you.
:02:08
I'm mixed up,
you've confused me now.
:02:13
Yes, I've always gleaned.
:02:16
I remember, with my grandmother
and my brothers and sisters.
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Before, during the war, they had
to glean, they were starving.
:02:25
They pounded the grain
to make flour,
:02:29
for bread.
:02:31
We no longer pick these days,
we no longer glean to eat.
:02:35
There are still
a few gleaners of corn around.
:02:42
Gleaning might be extinct
:02:44
but stooping has not vanished
from our sated society
:02:48
Urban and rural gleaners
all stoop to pick up
:02:52
There's no shame,just worries
:02:54
Yeah, food, grub
:02:57
It's bad, sad, man