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Can we eat enough white-tailed deer to restore forest ecosystems?
11 april 2024 · 31 min
Is it possible to eat enough white-tailed deer to keep their populations low enough to restore ecosystems? We posed this question to Bernd Blossey, professor at Cornell University who specializes in the management of invasive species and the restoration of disrupted ecological relationships. Lees meer
In this episode, we look at the history of white-tailed deer in the eastern forests of the United States, how many we would need to harvest to keep the population in check, and whether the concept of ecosystem balance is scientific or a fantasy.
This is the third and final part of our series exploring whether we can eat our way out of the problems we’ve created. Let us know what you think by sending us an email or a voice memo to podcast@tablededebates.org.
For more info and resources, visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode58
Guests
Bernd Blossey, Professor at Cornell University
Episode edited and produced by Matthew Kessler. Music by Blue dot sessions.
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Eating invasive crayfish - a solution to our ecological mess?
4 april 2024 · 21 min
Are invasive species natural? If we introduced them, do we have some responsibility to manage them? What if we could reduce their numbers through the natural process of eating? Lees meer
In this episode, Jackie Turner (TABLE) joins crayfish trapper Bob Ring to see if we can eat our way out of one of the environmental problems we’ve created - the spread of invasive American Signal Crayfish into the river Thames. We ask if these invasive crayfish are ‘natural’, how they ended up in London’s iconic river in the first place, whether they offer a promising sustainable food source, and why it is so difficult to earn a living doing what Bob Ring sees as an environmentally and ethically beneficial act.
This is the second of a three part series exploring if we can eat our way out of the problems we’ve caused. The last episode featured grasshoppers in Mexico and the next will be on white-tailed deer in forests of the eastern United States.
For more info and resources, visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode57
Guests
Bob Ring, Crayfish Trapper in London
Episode edited and produced by Jackie Turner. Music by William King and Blue dot sessions.
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Grasshoppers - agricultural pest or sustainable food?
28 maart 2024 · 25 min
What if we shifted our perspective from seeing some animal species as a problem to seeing them as an abundant and tasty source of food? Over the next few episodes, we’ll hear three "problems" in three regions: grasshoppers as pests in Mexico, invasive crayfish in London and overpopulated white-tailed deer in the United States. Lees meer
With a rising trend for traditional foods, demand for grasshoppers has exploded in Mexico in the last decade--but is it sustainable? We ask sociologist-biologist Elena Lazos Chavero about the environmental, political, cultural, and health consequences of Mexico's appetite for grasshoppers.
For more info and resources, visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode56
Guests
Elena Lazos Chavero, professor-researcher at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico.
Episode edited and produced by Matthew Kessler. Music by Blue dot sessions.
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Should food systems be more natural?
21 maart 2024 · 44 min
“Is a microbe less natural than a cow?” Lees meer
This season we ask scientists, farmers, technologists and philosophers about how natural our food systems should be. In this age where industrial technology has profoundly transformed our eating habits and the landscapes around us, we explore whether we should let nature be our ultimate guide or fully lean into the technological innovations reshaping our world.
From the traditional milpa systems of Mexico to the cutting edge laboratories of food scientists, we bring together voices across the spectrum: an economist, an indigenous leader, a food technologist and an agroecologist. Each presents their perspective on the benefits—or drawbacks—of 'natural' food systems for both human health and the planet's well-being.
For more info and resources, visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode55
Guests
Anna Lappé, Executive Director of the Global Alliance for the Future of Food
Jayson Lusk, Dean and Vice President of Agriculture at Oklahoma State University
Tania Eulalia Martinez Cruz, Director of the Food Sovereignty and Agroecology program at Land is Life
Johan Jorgensen, Founder Partner at Sweden Food Tech
Episode edited and produced by Matthew Kessler. Music by Blue dot sessions.
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Sofia Wilhelmsson on pig transport and human-animal relations (rebroadcast)
29 februari 2024 · 32 min
Sofia Wilhelmsson researches a very specific and stressful time for farmed pigs: the loading and transport of pigs on their way to slaughter. She not only considers the welfare of the animals, but also the well-being of the pig transport drivers. In our conversation we chat about the relationships that humans have with animals; what food systems actors have the most power in the pig production system; and whether we can add incentives for animal welfare and human well-being in our food systems. Lees meer
For more info, please visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode54
Interested in more podcasts about the future of meat and human-animal relations, Meat the four futures (Table, 2023)
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What is rewilding? (rebroadcast)
15 februari 2024 · 30 min
Imagine a world where nature reclaims its place in the landscape. What would that mean for food systems? Walter Fraanje joins Feed co-hosts to talk about his new publication, "Rewilding and its implications for agriculture" co-authored with Tara Garnett. Lees meer
The explainer introduces the concept of rewilding, compares different rewilding strategies across the globe, explores their relationship with agriculture and unpacks some of the related controversies. We ask Walter how does rewilding differ from conservation, why might a farmer or fisher support or be against rewilding, and what does it mean to rewild your imagination?
Read the full explainer
For more info, please visit:
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Neena Prasad on the power of ultra-processed foods
18 januari 2024 · 42 min
People across the world are consuming more ultra-processed foods (UPFs). Will Latin American countries and elsewhere follow the path of the US and the UK, where over half of calories consumed now come from UPFs? Dr Neena Prasad, director of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Food Policy Program, joins us to talk about the power of and the power behind UPFs. We talk about the utility and harms of processing foods, the links between the tobacco industry and UPFs, and the public health measures advocated by the Food Policy Program. These include taxing UPFs, putting restrictions on marketing (especially to children), advancing public sector health promoting policies, and front-of-package nutrition labeling. Lees meer
For more info and transcript, visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode52
More info on Bloomberg Philanthropies' Food Policy Program
Read TABLE explainer on UPFs
Music by Blue dot sessions
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Jessica Duncan on COP28 and who shapes food policy
7 december 2023 · 55 min
Food systems are finally getting more attention at global climate conversations. But who is at the table shaping our food futures? We caught up with Jessica Duncan, Associate Professor on the Politics of Food Systems Transformations at Wageningen University, to hear her thoughts and concerns about COP 28. Lees meer
Then we re-air our conversation with Jessica Duncan from May 2021, where we talk about dialogue and participation in food policy, why we shouldn’t always be seeking consensus, and the importance of bringing local actors into global policy conversations. We unpack Jessica and Priscilla Claeys' 2020 report Covid19, Gender and Food systems and discuss what is gained by "viewing the crisis from below".
For more info and transcript, visit here.
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Presenting A CRISPR Bite: Wine
16 november 2023 · 24 min
Is CRISPR the solution to controlling the pest plaguing California’s wine industry? In this episode of A CRISPR Bite, we take you to a lab where researchers are using CRISPR technology to genetically modify a frightening insect called the Glassy-winged sharpshooter responsible for spreading a bacteria and killing vines. Lees meer
CRISPR bites is five-part podcast series hosted by food anthropologist Dr Lauren Crossland-Marr. We're excited to share one episode from the series with you today.
Listen to A CRISPR Bite, check out show notes, transcripts and more information on the podcast's website here.
For more info and episode transcript, visit here.
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Will you join the insect revolution?
26 oktober 2023 · 28 min
There are over 2,000 types of insects that people eat across the world. Some of these species could have the potential to be cultivated at scale using less land, less water, and fewer greenhouse gas emissions while supplying a nutritious protein source to many. But what does scaling insect production look like, and will people actually eat them? Lees meer
In this bonus episode, we dive deep into the world of insects as a potential food source. We visit a Swedish mealworm factory to understand the production process, and speak to researchers in Ethiopia and the Netherlands about the environmental benefits, ethical considerations, and likelihood of Europeans eating insects in the future.
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For more info and transcript, please visit: https://tabledebates.org/meat/episode9
Meat: the four Futures project webpage: https://tabledebates.org/meat
Take the values-based quiz: https://tabledebates.org/meat/quiz
Subscribe to: TABLE’s newsletter Fodder
Music by Blue dot Sessions.
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Narrowing the yield gap in Sub-Saharan Africa
5 oktober 2023 · 39 min
The yield gap refers to the difference between the potential agricultural yield that could be achieved under ideal conditions and the actual yield that farmers harvest. In sub-Saharan Africa, the yield gap is in some cases 80% meaning that farmers have the potential to double, triple or even quadruple their harvests. Lees meer
The causes of the yield gap are debated and so are the solutions to narrow it. In this conversation with Martin van Ittersum, a professor at Wageningen University, and Klara Fischer, an associate professor and senior lecturer at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, we discuss if increasing yield is the right entry point for reducing hunger in the region; if bottom-up or top-down interventions lead to a more resilient food system; and at what time-scale (short- or long-term) should we be focusing food systems solutions?
More info, resources and transcript found at: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode48
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Presenting M4F: Ep8. Looking back, looking forward
21 september 2023 · 37 min
Presenting the Meat: the four futures series final episode. Lees meer
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Over the last few months, we explored what the future of meat and livestock could look like. We’ve talked about how our values, ethics and where we live in the world can impact our desired futures for meat. And we did a deep dive into four potential futures - efficient meat, alternative “meat”, less meat and no meat.
To wrap up the series, we hear comments and thoughts from the listeners, and podcast host Matthew Kessler shares some personal reflections on what he learned about the future of meat and livestock after making this series.
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Visit the episode page with more resources: https://tabledebates.org/meat/episode8
Project webpage: https://tabledebates.org/meat
Take the values-based quiz: https://tabledebates.org/meat/quiz
Music by Blue dot Sessions and Epidemic sound.
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Presenting M4F: Ep7. Health, biodiversity, animal ethics
7 september 2023 · 54 min
We continue featuring the Meat: the four futures series with episode 7. Lees meer
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We've heard four distinct visions for the future of meat and livestock. But realistically, won't they all play a role? As we wrap up the series in the next two episodes, we’re going to review what’s in conflict between the four futures and how parts of them might co-exist.
In this episode we ask three experts to consider different arguments presented by the four futures as they relate to health, biodiversity and animal ethics. We ask a professor of diet and population health if it’s better to eat some, a lot, or no meat; we ask a biodiversity expert about how the different futures would help biodiversity to recover; and we ask an animal ethicist about the morality of eating animals and to interrogate the ethical cases put forward by the four futures.
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Visit the episode page with more resources: https://tabledebates.org/meat/episode7
Project webpage: https://tabledebates.org/meat
Take the values-based quiz: https://tabledebates.org/meat/quiz
Music by Blue dot Sessions and Epidemic sound.
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Presenting M4F: Ep6. Plant based
25 augustus 2023 · 1 uur 19 min
We continue featuring the Meat: the four futures series with our fourth and final exploration of four different futures for meat - Plant based no meat. Lees meer
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Should we remove animals from agriculture and our diets altogether? What if all the land that produces animal feed now could instead produce human food--or be rewilded? Would this be a planet friendly future--or impoverished and unnatural?
In this fourth and final scenario: the plant-based no meat future, we explore the motivations, the evidence and the arguments for adopting a diet that centers and celebrates plants. We visit a vegan restaurant in Stockholm, Sweden; a vegan food tech company in Lagos, Nigeria; and an animal free farm outside of Reading in the United Kingdom.
But is dietary change at a societal scale unrealistic? Is this the most sustainable, ethical and efficient approach to eating and producing food? We explore all this and more.
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Visit the episode page with more resources: https://tabledebates.org/meat/episode6
Project webpage: https://tabledebates.org/meat
Take the values-based quiz: https://tabledebates.org/meat/quiz
Music by Blue dot Sessions and Epidemic sound.
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Presenting M4F: Ep5. Less meat
13 augustus 2023 · 1 uur 10 min
We continue featuring the Meat: the four futures series with our third exploration of four different futures for meat - Less meat. Lees meer
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What if we had a more compassionate approach to farming animals, where we raised and ate fewer animals - and so meat cost more?
We speak with farmers, researchers and campaigners who don’t see farmed animals only as producers of meat and milk, but instead highlight their ability to manage landscapes and to recycle waste and nutrients. They cannot imagine sustainable cropping systems without livestock.
Is this less meat future a win-win-win for animals, people and the planet, or is it an unrealistic and elitist vision?
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Visit the episode page with more resources: https://tabledebates.org/meat/episode5
Project webpage: https://tabledebates.org/meat
Take the values-based quiz: https://tabledebates.org/meat/quiz
Music by Blue dot Sessions and Epidemic sound.
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Presenting M4F: Ep4. Alternative "meat"
27 juli 2023 · 57 min
We continue featuring the Meat: the four futures series with our second exploration of four different futures for meat - Alternative "meat". Lees meer
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What do some entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, animal activists, and environmentalists have in common? They each envision a future where meat alternatives can tackle the environmental impacts and animal suffering caused by global livestock production.
But in this futuristic vision of replacing livestock with plant-based substitutes and cultivating meat in labs from animal cells - are we living in a utopia or a dystopia?
We speak with scientists, investors, and CEOs from across the world to better understand the motivations, scientific basis, and evidence that either support or raise concerns about the future of alternative "meat".
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Visit the episode page with more resources: https://tabledebates.org/meat/episode4
Project webpage: https://tabledebates.org/meat
Take the values-based quiz: https://tabledebates.org/meat/quiz
Music by Blue dot Sessions and Epidemic sound.
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Presenting M4F: Ep3. Efficient meat
13 juli 2023 · 53 min
We continue featuring the Meat: the four futures series with our first exploration of four different futures for meat - Efficient meat 2.0. Lees meer
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Today we farm and eat meat at a scale not matched in human history. We raise 80 billion animals a year for food at a really low cost to the consumer. Here we look at how technology, research, and innovation have made animal agriculture much more efficient.
Do you see efficiency improvements in animal agriculture as essential for feeding a growing population? Or do you think we should eat less meat, switch to plant-forward diets or create competitive meat alternatives?
We speak with agriculture economists, pig farmers, poultry geneticists, and others who make the best case for an efficient meat future.
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Visit the episode page with more resources: https://tabledebates.org/meat/episode3
Project webpage: https://tabledebates.org/meat
Take the values-based quiz: https://tabledebates.org/meat/quiz
Music by Blue dot Sessions and Epidemic sound.
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Presenting M4F: Ep2. A complicated relationship with meat
29 juni 2023 · 42 min
Today we are presenting the second episode in the Meat: the four futures series. Lees meer
What are your first thoughts when you see a piece of steak on a plate or a big pot of chicken soup - healthy meal? piece of animal flesh? comfort food?
In this episode we explore how our values, ethics and where we live impacts our relationship with meat and livestock.
We dig into the history of the diet humans evolved to eat, visit Burkina Faso and India to hear two different solutions to meet the surging demand for meat across the global South, and talk about the ethics of eating animals in the West, where we’re often distant and detached from where meat comes from.
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Visit the episode page with more resources: https://tabledebates.org/meat/episode2
Project webpage: https://tabledebates.org/meat
Take the values-based quiz: https://tabledebates.org/meat/quiz
Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tabledebates.org/meat/newsletter
Add your voice to the podcast: https://tabledebates.org/meat/contribute
Music by Blue dot Sessions and Epidemic sound.
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Presenting M4F: Ep1. Meat the four futures
11 mei 2023 · 33 min
Here we present the first episode of a podcast that Feed co-host Matthew Kessler has been creating with TABLE and the SLU Future Food over the last year: Meat the four futures Lees meer
Food has this incredible ability to bring people together. But it can also divide us. And how can it not? The same foods that some find so nutritious, that give us such a strong sense of who we are - are also believed by others to be at the center of so many existential concerns - global malnutrition, climate change, biodiversity loss, and inequality.
Meat sits at the center of this controversy. But is it the problem or the solution? Well, that’s complicated. Meat: The Four Futures aims to bring us together on a journey where we can examine our past and our future, our decisions and the science that informs them.
The Meat the four futures podcast will explore four competing visions for meat and livestock: 1) Efficient meat 2.0, 2) Alternative "meat", 3) Less meat, and 4) Plant-based no meat. In this episode we set up the series and unpack the promises and pitfalls with each future.
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Visit the episode page with more resources: https://tabledebates.org/meat/episode1
Project webpage: https://tabledebates.org/meat
Take the values-based quiz: https://tabledebates.org/meat/quiz
Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tabledebates.org/meat/newsletter
Add your voice to the podcast: https://tabledebates.org/meat/contribute
Music by Blue dot Sessions and Epidemic sound.
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What did we learn about power? (with Tara Garnett and Sigrid Wertheim-Heck)
6 april 2023 · 50 min
For our last episode of the second season of Feed, we speak with TABLE director Tara Garnett of the University of Oxford, and TABLE strategic director Sigrid Wertheim-Heck of Wageningen University to reflect on our past 15 episodes. Lees meer
We talk about what surprised us, what we learned, and what we missed across the season. Our wide ranging conversation covered the power of language, the power of imagination, the power of narratives, non-human power and more.
If you have any comments, questions or suggestions for the show, you can write us at podcast@tabledebates.org and don’t forget to rate and review us wherever you listen.
For more info and transcript, please visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode39
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Food in prisons (with Lucy Vincent and Linda Kjær Minke)
9 maart 2023 · 1 uur 5 min
As this season on power in the food system comes to a close, we wanted to focus on how food is consumed in institutions - places where people typically have less agency over their own food choices. In this episode we’re focusing on food in prisons in the United Kingdom and Denmark. We're joined by Lucy Vincent, Chief Executive and Founder of the charity Food Behind Bars in the UK, and Linda Kjær Minke, a criminology professor at the University of Southern Denmark who researches food dynamics in Danish prisons. We discuss how food in prisons is procured, prepared and eaten, and how these two systems of prison food can lead to very different results for the incarcerated, for those working in prisons and – potentially – for society as a whole. Lees meer
For more info and transcript, please visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode38
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Ken Giller on the Food Security Conundrum (rebroadcast)
23 februari 2023 · 35 min
Why does agricultural research often fall short of addressing food insecurity challenges in sub-Saharan Africa? In this conversation with Ken Giller, we explore this wicked problem from a systems perspective examining the diverse drivers and experiences of smallholder farmers and the socio-ecological systems in which they are embedded. Lees meer
Ken provides a nuanced look at agroecological solutions and argues that relying solely on nature-based solutions would be inadequate to address food security problems in Africa. We also talk about the huge diversity of farmers that can be found under the banner of smallholders, an in-depth examination of the “yield gap,” and what gets lost when translating research into practice.
For more info and transcript, please visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode1-rebroadcast
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Philip McMichael on the "Corporate Food Regime"
2 februari 2023 · 51 min
What is the corporate food regime? And are we still living in it? We put these questions to our guest Phliip McMichael, emeritus professor at Cornell University who, alongside Harriet Friedman, coined the term Food Regime in 1989. In our conversation we talk about how a historical sociologist thinks about power, what voices were included and excluded in the dialogues leading up to the UN Food Systems Summit, and we flesh out Philip’s view of what a more relocalized food system would look like. Lees meer
For more info and transcript, visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode37
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Jason Clay on "Building and flying the plane as we go"
12 januari 2023 · 49 min
Jason Clay is the Executive Director of the Markets Institute at World Wildlife Fund. He comes with decades of unique experiences and a big picture view of global food systems. In our conversation we ask him how power needs to be shifted to transform the food system, what the future looks like for small farmers, and whether we should be intensifying agriculture and sparing land or extensifying agricultural production and sharing land with nature. Jason Clay also shares ideas around how to increase transparency for consumers, improve farmers livelihoods, and urgently scale up systems level solutions. Lees meer
For more info and transcript, please visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode36
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Sofia Wilhelmsson on "Pig transport and human-animal relations"
15 december 2022 · 36 min
Sofia Wilhelmmson recently completed her PhD from in 2022 from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in the department of Animal Environment and Health. She researches a particular and especially stressful time for farmed pigs: the loading and transport of pigs on their way to slaughter. She not only considers the welfare of the animals, but also the well-being of the pig transport drivers. In our conversation we chat about the relationships that humans have with animals - both wild and domesticated; what food systems actors have the most power in the pig production system; and whether we can add incentives for animal welfare and human well-being in our food systems. Lees meer
For more info and transcript, please visit our website: https://www.tabledebates.org/podcast/episode35
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Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin on "the power of regenerative movements"
1 december 2022 · 37 min
Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin is the founder and director the Regenerative Agriculture Alliance. He moved to the US from Guatemala in the 1990s. In our conversation we talk about the power of movements, why small-scale farmers in the United States are rarely successful, and the difference between ‘feeding’ the indigenous mindset versus the colonizer mindset. Lees meer
For more info and transcript, visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode34
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Jeremy Brice on "Investment, Power and Protein in sub-Saharan Africa"
10 november 2022 · 49 min
Who is investing in the food system and what are they investing in? What should the future of food, specifically protein, look like in sub-Saharan Africa? These are questions that Jeremy Brice explores in his new report: Investment, Power and Protein in sub-Saharan Africa. They are also highly relevant to the food and climate discussions happening now at COP-27 in Sharm-el Sheikh, Egypt (November 2022). Lees meer
In our chat with Jeremy Brice, lecturer at Manchester University, we discuss why the issue of protein is important in sub-Saharan Africa; we unpack three different investor visions for this region; and we reflect on the consequences of how little agricultural investment there is in the region compared to the rest of the world.
This conversation is based on a newly published TABLE report by Jeremy Brice. Here you can read the executive summary or the full report.
For more info and transcript, please visit: http://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode33
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Blain Snipstal on "Battling plantation agriculture today"
27 oktober 2022 · 49 min
Blain Snipstal, former youth advocate for La Via Campesina, has thought a lot about power. We talk about how Blain sees the legacy of the plantation model of agriculture still lingering today; how the dialogues and exchanges between peasant farmers can uncover a deep analysis of the food system; and he shares from his many experiences as a farmer, an activist, and an organizer. We also touch on the power of collaborating across grassroots movements and whose knowledge counts in food debates. Lees meer
For more info and resources, please visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode32
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Vincent Ricciardi on Challenging Assumptions (rebroadcast)
13 oktober 2022 · 42 min
In our discussion, data scientist Vincent "Vinny" Ricciardi challenges the assumptions and evidence that are built into food systems debates. We talk about a few of the recent papers that Vinny co-authored, including one that asks how much of the world’s food supply is produced by smallholder farmers, a 50-year meta-analysis that compares how do small and large farms size up in terms of yields and biodiversity impact, and whether smallholders actually have access to broadband to become part of a data driven farming future. Lees meer
This episode originally aired on 3 June 2021.
Transcript available
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What is rewilding? (with Walter Fraanje)
15 september 2022 · 30 min
TABLE staff member Walter Fraanje joins Feed co-hosts to talk about his new publication, "Rewilding and its implications for agriculture" co-authored with Tara Garnett. The explainer introduces the concept of rewilding, compares different rewilding strategies across the globe, explores their relationship with agriculture and unpacks some of the related controversies. We ask Walter how does rewilding differ from conservation, why might a farmer or fisher support or be against rewilding, and what does it mean to rewild your imagination? Lees meer
Read the full explainer
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Giuliana Furci on "Without fungi we wouldn't have food"
25 augustus 2022 · 41 min
This is not a typical conversation for Feed. We're still talking about food systems, and we're still talking about power, but we're focusing on the more-than-human world, specifically, mushrooms. Giuliana Furci, founder and executive director of the Fungi Foundation, joins us to talk about how fungi are as diverse as the animal and plant kingdom; what role fungi play in sustainable food systems; the contradicting lessons that you can learn from fungi; and what power do fungi have over humans and food systems? Lees meer
For more info and transcript, please visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode30
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Joachim von Braun on an 'IP for Food'
11 augustus 2022 · 41 min
Joachim von Braun, former Chair of the Scientific Group for the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit, lays out the importance of an inclusive process and multi-disciplinary scientific collaboration to meet the calls for food system transformation. Dr von Braun joins us to talk about his experience as Chair, what he sees as the successes of the summit, and what work remains to be done. We also discuss who should be involved in knowledge production and how, and we hear his thoughts on whether we should create an Intergovernmental Panel for Food (not unlike the IPCC) that would have the power to work towards scientific consensus on food system issues. Lees meer
For more info and transcript, please visit https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode29
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Busiso Moyo on the Right to Food
21 juli 2022 · 27 min
“Everyone has the right to have access to sufficient food” is written in the South African constitution. But how is that implemented, and who is responsible for making that a reality? Scholar-activist Busiso Moyo grapples with what ‘a right to food’ actually looks like in practice. In our conversation, he shares why he sees 'right to food as a valuable framework to build a just food system. We also cover various aspects of power in the food system including: agenda setting power; power of corporations; the power of paradigms; and who has power along the value chain. Lees meer
For more info and transcript, please visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode28
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Jayson Lusk on Markets and Consumer Power
7 juli 2022 · 47 min
In this episode, Agricultural economist Jayson Lusk puts forward a vision of how science, technology and innovation are what we need for a sustainable food future, and what aspects of power he feels are getting in the way of this future. We discuss: whether having more information actually changes what food people buy; why Jayson is excited about venture capital flowing into the food system; and why he disagrees with some of the narratives and policy proposals put forward by the “food movement”. We also touch on some hotly debated topics like agricultural subsidies, GMOs, and true cost accounting. Lees meer
For more info and transcript, please visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode27/
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Parsing Grindadráp (with Tamsin Blaxter)
23 juni 2022 · 32 min
Tamsin Blaxter, researcher and writer at TABLE, joins Feed co-hosts to talk about her forthcoming publication: "Parsing Grindadráp". Grindadráp is a Faroese whaling practice that's understood both as important to local food cultures, and as barbaric, primitive and cruel. In this chat, we use grindadráp as a case study to explore: what is animal sentience? What's different about killing whales versus farmed animals? Where do older food traditions fit into the present? How does international media coverage impact local debates? And lastly, what does the evidence say about whether this is a sustainable practice? Lees meer
Read Tamsin Blaxter's blog Parsing Grindadráp here
For more info and transcript, please visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode26
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What is Ecomodernism? (with Helen Breewood)
9 juni 2022 · 15 min
In this mini-episode, TABLE staff member Helen Breewood joins Feed co-hosts to talk about her new publication, "What is ecomodernism?" The explainer describes the values, goals, and practical solutions promoted by ecomodernists; what they would mean for land use and the food system; the history of the ideas that underlie ecomodernism; and the main contestations around the values and evidence underpinning ecomodernism. We ask Helen about the explainer, the challenging review process, and how she changed her views on the topic. Lees meer
Read the full explainer here.
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Elena Lazos Chavero on Scale, Seeds and Sovereignty (rebroadcast)
26 mei 2022 · 47 min
In our conversation with social anthropologist Elena Lazos Chavero (National University of Mexico), we discuss how her research interests were formed around rainforest conservation, food systems and indigenous rights in Veracruz, Mexico. Elena explains how local and global food systems as well as urban and rural communities are highly dependent on each other. We also explore what the food sovereignty movement in Mexico stands for today. Lees meer
This episode originally aired on 19 April 2021.
For more info and transcript, please visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode7-rebroadcast
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Jennifer Clapp on Commodifying Food (rebroadcast)
12 mei 2022 · 54 min
Has the increasing commodification of food and financialization of the food system left us more vulnerable to food crises? We speak with Jennifer Clapp about the 20th century history of food policy that led us to this moment, how the Covid-19 food crisis is different than previous ones, and how diversity, in all of its forms, is essential to building a resilient food system. Lees meer
This episode was originally broadcast on 25 March 2021.
For more info and full transcript, please visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode5-rebroadcast
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An open-ended discussion on power in the food system
28 april 2022 · 59 min
On 8 December 2021, TABLE hosted an open-ended discussion about power in the food system with representatives from civil society, academia, media and the private sector. At TABLE we recognise that our own biases and perspectives will influence how we think about power in the food system so the purpose of the event is to hear a range of different views and understandings of power. This kick off event helps us think about who and what shapes, controls and influences past, present and future food systems. Lees meer
Event panelists:
Media: Eddy Wax - Reporter covering food and agriculture for POLITICO in Brussels.
Academia: Wendy Godek - Professor of Politics and International Relations with focus on Latin American food and agriculture politics
Civil society: Shefali Sharma - Director of Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) Europe
Private: Sahil Shah - Co-founder of agri-tech company Sustainable Seaweed and policy consultant
Moderator: Matthew Kessler, Project coordinator forTABLE at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
We're curious to hear your views about power in the food system. Continue the conversation on our community platform.
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Herman Brouwer and Joost Guijt on Power in Multi-stakeholder Partnerships
7 april 2022 · 55 min
In this episode we explore the role of power in multistakeholder partnerships (MSPs) with two people who are no strangers to this topic - Herman Brouwer and Joost Guijt, at Wageningen University and Research. In this conversation we ask: what are MSPs, do they actually work, and what are the different ways that power plays out in them? We learn how different food stakeholders perceive MSPs differently, whether the UN Food Systems Summit could be considered a successful MSP, and what are some tips and tracks for dealing with power in MSPs. Lees meer
For more info and transcript, please visit https://tabledebtes.org/podcast/episode23/
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Channa Prakash on GMs, Golden Rice, and the Green Revolution
17 maart 2022 · 51 min
In the third episode on power in the food system, we speak with Dr Channa Prakash, professor of crop genetics, biotechnology and genomics at Tuskegee University in the United States. Channa has been actively involved in enhancing the societal awareness of food biotechnology issues around the world. We speak with Channa about who decides what ends up on our table, discuss how his personal story connects to the Green Revolution, and unpack how he sees ideology as getting in the way of science. We also learn how Channa approaches food systems debates as we discuss Golden Rice, the Green Revolution, and different efforts to promote Organic farming across South Asia. Lees meer
For more info and transcript, please visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode22
Follow Channa on Twitter: @AgBioWorld
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Julie Guthman on Capital, Tech and Alternative Food
3 maart 2022 · 46 min
In our second conversation exploring power in the food system, we speak with Julie Guthman, professor and food geographer at UC Santa Cruz. We ask her: how is Silicon Valley trying to transform the food system, who within Silicon Valley has the most power, and how does their vision compare with the Organic food movement? We discuss the different ways 'sustainability' is understood in these two different worlds and the broader structures that define or limit their competing visions. We also chat about how Julie's views on the Alternative Food Movement have evolved over time, and how Silicon Valley might be different if venture capitalists took her "101: Intro to Food and Ag'" class. Lees meer
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For more info and transcript, please visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode20
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Phil Howard on Corporate Consolidation
17 februari 2022 · 40 min
In the first Feed episode about power we speak with Phil Howard, author of Concentration and Power in the Food System, a book that asks "who controls what we eat?" We dive right into big questions, asking whether Phil Howard’s ideal food future is compatible with capitalism. We also talk about the rise of organics, how is power distributed within corporations, how a US farmer’s prospects about staying a small and diversified operation has diminished over time, and how food corporations intent on growing cope with the fact that human stomachs remain the same size. Lees meer
For more info and transcript, please visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode20
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Introducing Season Two: Power in the food system
3 februari 2022 · 6 min
We kick off our second season introducing our new theme power in the food system. Across the season we’ll speak with researchers, farmers, activists and others to dig into what kind of power shapes food systems, if this needs to change, and how. Lees meer
Send us an e-mail to podcast@tabledebates.org with what aspects of power you’d like to us to explore and which guests you’d like us to speak to.
For more info and transcript, please visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode19
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Food systems investors on COP (part 2)
22 december 2021 · 35 min
What does it actually look like to influence large companies to change their practices? In this conversation with shareholder advocates Annalisa Tarizzo and Thomas Peterson from Green Century Capital Management, we discuss how food systems investors use their unique leverage and work with other stakeholders including agribusiness, NGOs and policymakers to build a sustainable food system. This episode is part two of three of a mini-series on COP-26. Lees meer
For more info and transcript, please visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode18
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Why isn’t food on the COP agenda? (part 1)
9 december 2021 · 40 min
Why was food absent from the climate agenda in COP-26, the global gathering that took place in Scotland in November 2021? In this bonus episode, we speak with different people who attended or advocated at COP for food to be more central to the climate agenda. We hear from a youth activist (Vera Röös), a representative of civil society (Pete Ritchie at Nourish Scotland) and a politician (Secretary of International Affairs Marta Suplicy in São Paulo), who say we cannot reach emission reduction targets without looking at food systems. In part two of this episode we will speak to policy and finance experts to hear some other perspectives on COP-26. Lees meer
For more info and transcript, please visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode17
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Pat Mooney and Charles Godfray debate the future of food systems
26 oktober 2021 · 43 min
Just three decades ago, the world looked very different: smartphones wouldn't appear for another 15 years, and in the world of food, the organic and local farming movements looked very different than they do today. Moving three decades into the future, what might food systems look like in 2050? We speak with Charles Godfray, director of the Oxford Martin School, and Pat Mooney, executive director of the ETC group, and ask what their ideal food future is, how to get there and what they are most concerned about. Lees meer
For more info and transcript, please visit: http://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode16
To view the whole event: https://tabledebates.org/research-library/recording-table-launch-event-should-future-food-be-global-or-local
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What scale for the food system?
30 september 2021 · 36 min
In the final episode of our first season, we share our main findings and reflections from the past 14 conversations we had about scale in food systems. We present our guests' different views on whether local or global food systems are more sustainable and resilient, and whether that is even the right question to ask. We discuss the need for a diversity of scales and why both small and large farms and long and short supply chains are important. Finally, we examine whether large-scale elements of food systems make it difficult for smaller scale systems to survive and thrive. Lees meer
For more info and transcript, please visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode15
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Elin Röös, Johan Karlsson and Robin Harder on "Values in Food Systems Models"
26 augustus 2021 · 45 min
In our conversation today with three researchers from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Elin Röös, Robin Harder and Johan Karlsson), we discuss what food systems models can and cannot tell us about what type of future food system we'd like to create, previous projects modeling food systems at different scales (bioregion, country, continent), and how our values influence what questions we ask from a model and how we interpret its results. Lees meer
For more info and transcript, please visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode14
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Felipe Roa-Clavijo on "Feeding the village, nation, or world"
29 juli 2021 · 44 min
In our conversation with Felipe Roa-Clavijo (author of The Politics of Food Provisioning in Colombia: Agrarian Movements and Negotiations with the State), we discuss different narratives around food provisioning in Colombia, and find out which groups are promoting these different visions - to feed the village, feed the nation and feed the world. We talk about what it was like to be in the room during the negotiations between agrarian movements and the government, how Colombia's food system compares to the rest of Latin America, and why food can offer a valuable entry point to addressing systemic issues. Lees meer
For more info and transcript, visit: tabledebates.org/podcast/episode13