Matteo De VosMar 82 minFFS 044 - The Ground Zero IngredientEverything begins with a seed. Seeds are both a story of loss and a story of hope in our food system. On the one hand, we are rapidly losing seed diversity, ...
Matteo De VosFeb 13 minGeorge Monbiot's bet serves as a warning to farmers— adapt or perishWithout transformative change on our farms, technological alternatives will become the only alternative. Farmers must adapt, or perish.
Matteo De VosFeb 23, 20192 minFFS 041 - On the Frontlines of FoodThe continued expansion of industrial-scale chemical-intensive agriculture around the world relies on one central powerful myth: only industrial agriculture ...
Matteo De VosDec 18, 20182 minFFS 039 - The Invisible ABCD Giants and the Financialisation of FoodFour grain trading giants - collectively known as the ABCDs - dominate international grain trade in our global food system. Knowing who they are and what the...
Matteo De VosDec 15, 20186 minThe Perennial Promise for HumankindTen thousand years ago, the bulk of the world's arable landscapes consisted of woodlands, grasslands, and rainforests. Today, annual cereal grains have strip...
Matteo De VosNov 23, 20181 minFFS 038 - The Fuel Empowering Kenyan FarmersThe global fertilizer market is a $200 billion industry. But who does it serve? Produced in large-scale, centralised facilities in developed countries, conve...
Matteo De VosSep 22, 20181 minFFS 034 - Wizards and ProphetsAre you a Wizard or a Prophet? Two largely forgotten 20th century thinkers – Norman Borlaug and William Vogt – continue to shape our competing visions of the...
Matteo De VosFeb 16, 20181 minFFS 027 - A World Without ChocolateIs chocolate going ‘extinct’? Are we heading towards a ‘world without chocolate’? In this episode, we explore what lies behind these recent media headlines t...
