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    FFS 049 - Where I stand on food today
    Matteo De Vos
    • Aug 26, 2021
    • 3 min

    FFS 049 - Where I stand on food today

    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...
    FFS 048 - Meat and Shame: an appetite for change
    Matteo De Vos
    • May 13, 2021
    • 1 min

    FFS 048 - Meat and Shame: an appetite for change

    Guilt and shame are deeply present in our relationship with food. How do we harness these emotions for good? When it comes to eating...
    FFS 047 - Soy: a destructive wonderbean
    Matteo De Vos
    • Feb 17, 2021
    • 1 min

    FFS 047 - Soy: a destructive wonderbean

    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...
    FFS 046 - Will the EU CAPitulate?
    Matteo De Vos
    • Dec 16, 2020
    • 1 min

    FFS 046 - Will the EU CAPitulate?

    The EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has become Europe’s problem child. Vested interests behind one of the Union’s oldest policies...
    FFS 045 - The Future of Protein
    Matteo De Vos
    • Aug 1, 2020
    • 1 min

    FFS 045 - The Future of Protein

    What is the future of protein, and of animal agriculture? Can we raise animals sustainably or should we move beyond meat? To feed a...
    FFS 044 - The Ground Zero Ingredient
    Matteo De Vos
    • Mar 8, 2020
    • 2 min

    FFS 044 - The Ground Zero Ingredient

    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...
    FFS 043 - Bodies on the Line
    Matteo De Vos
    • Jan 26, 2020
    • 2 min

    FFS 043 - Bodies on the Line

    2019 was the year of climate strikes. Animal rights activists, emboldened by a new wave of mass civil disobedience, are determined to end...
    FFS 042 - Finding our Common Ground
    Matteo De Vos
    • Dec 16, 2019
    • 2 min

    FFS 042 - Finding our Common Ground

    To transcend infighting in the food movement, finding our common ground is as important as targeting our common enemy.
    FFS 041 - On the Frontlines of Food
    Matteo De Vos
    • Feb 23, 2019
    • 2 min

    FFS 041 - On the Frontlines of Food

    The continued expansion of industrial-scale chemical-intensive agriculture around the world relies on one central powerful myth: only...
    FFS 040 - Factory Farmed Superbugs
    Matteo De Vos
    • Jan 19, 2019
    • 2 min

    FFS 040 - Factory Farmed Superbugs

    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...
    FFS 039 - The Invisible ABCD Giants and the Financialisation of Food
    Matteo De Vos
    • Dec 18, 2018
    • 2 min

    FFS 039 - The Invisible ABCD Giants and the Financialisation of Food

    Four grain trading giants - collectively known as the ABCDs - dominate international grain trade in our global food system. Knowing who...
    FFS 038 - The Fuel Empowering Kenyan Farmers
    Matteo De Vos
    • Nov 23, 2018
    • 1 min

    FFS 038 - The Fuel Empowering Kenyan Farmers

    The global fertilizer market is a $200 billion industry. But who does it serve? Produced in large-scale, centralised facilities in...
    FFS 037 - The Dirty History of Soil
    Matteo De Vos
    • Nov 2, 2018
    • 2 min

    FFS 037 - The Dirty History of Soil

    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...
    FFS 036 - Chicken Nugget Capitalism
    Matteo De Vos
    • Oct 18, 2018
    • 1 min

    FFS 036 - Chicken Nugget Capitalism

    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...
    FFS 035 - Monsanto on Trial
    Matteo De Vos
    • Oct 5, 2018
    • 1 min

    FFS 035 - Monsanto on Trial

    Monsanto has been found guilty in the world’s first-ever court case over claims its Roundup herbicide causes cancer. It faces thousands...
    FFS 034 - Wizards and Prophets
    Matteo De Vos
    • Sep 22, 2018
    • 1 min

    FFS 034 - Wizards and Prophets

    Are you a Wizard or a Prophet? Two largely forgotten 20th century thinkers – Norman Borlaug and William Vogt – continue to shape our...
    FFS 033 - A Case for Eating Meat
    Matteo De Vos
    • Sep 7, 2018
    • 1 min

    FFS 033 - A Case for Eating Meat

    What role can livestock play in a sustainable food system? In "Meat: A Benign Extravagance", Simon Fairlie lays out a convincing case as...
    FFS 032 - The Last Acceptable Prejudice
    Matteo De Vos
    • Jul 10, 2018
    • 1 min

    FFS 032 - The Last Acceptable Prejudice

    The urban-rural divide is more pronounced than ever. The 'last acceptable prejudice' - that against rural people and places - is not only...
    FFS 031 - Farmers Facing Brexit
    Matteo De Vos
    • Jun 26, 2018
    • 1 min

    FFS 031 - Farmers Facing Brexit

    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...
    FFS 030 - Meditating Farmers: building social capital
    Matteo De Vos
    • May 7, 2018
    • 1 min

    FFS 030 - Meditating Farmers: building social capital

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