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To mark 50 episodes on the podcast, I share my own evolving thoughts on food. I reflect on the state of agriculture and on what...

Guilt and shame are deeply present in our relationship with food. How do we harness these emotions for good? When it comes to eating...

From its more humble origins to its modern-day status as a dominant yet destructive wonderbean, the story of soy concerns us all. Soy is...

The EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has become Europe’s problem child. Vested interests behind one of the Union’s oldest policies...

What is the future of protein, and of animal agriculture? Can we raise animals sustainably or should we move beyond meat? To feed a...

Everything 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...

2019 was the year of climate strikes. Animal rights activists, emboldened by a new wave of mass civil disobedience, are determined to end...

To transcend infighting in the food movement, finding our common ground is as important as targeting our common enemy.

The continued expansion of industrial-scale chemical-intensive agriculture around the world relies on one central powerful myth: only...

We are on the cusp of a post-antibiotic era. The golden age of miracle drugs may be coming to an end. To understand why, award-winning...

Four grain trading giants - collectively known as the ABCDs - dominate international grain trade in our global food system. Knowing who...

The global fertilizer market is a $200 billion industry. But who does it serve? Produced in large-scale, centralised facilities in...

When we stop treating dirt like dirt, when we accept it’s neither ‘dirt cheap’ nor ‘dirt poor’, we will come to realise it is the most...

The end of Capitalism is nigh. Or we should certainly hope so. Raj Patel makes a convincing case for the urgent need to think beyond...

Monsanto has been found guilty in the world’s first-ever court case over claims its Roundup herbicide causes cancer. It faces thousands...

Are you a Wizard or a Prophet? Two largely forgotten 20th century thinkers – Norman Borlaug and William Vogt – continue to shape our...

What role can livestock play in a sustainable food system? In "Meat: A Benign Extravagance", Simon Fairlie lays out a convincing case as...

The urban-rural divide is more pronounced than ever. The 'last acceptable prejudice' - that against rural people and places - is not only...

In this episode, we talk to Patrick Holden about the hopes and fears of British farming after Brexit. Patrick is a pioneer of the modern...

Shifting mindsets at the grassroots level lies at the heart of The Art of Living’s approach to sustainable agriculture. An epidemic of...