Podcasts by Food Systems - ForumforAg

In discussion with Alex Lissitsa from 2023-12-04T09:51:53

In this episode we talk to Alex Lissitsa, President of the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club and CEO of IMC, about his current assessment of agriculture in Ukraine and the challenges being faced by gr...

In discussion with Aidan Connolly from 2023-10-16T14:49:49

In this episode we talk to Aidan Connolly, President of AgriTech Capital, about his recent book, The Future of Agriculture, which is a collection of essays reflecting the challenges and trends i...

In discussion with Mónica Andrés Enríquez from 2023-10-06T14:58:58

This week we talk to Mónica Andrés Enríquez, Executive Vice President Europe, Yara, about regenerative agriculture and how to develop and scale it in Europe and globally. This has been a core fo...

In dialogue with Emma Mikosz from 2023-10-02T12:06:59

In this special edition of the Food System Podcast, Mark Titterington discusses what the Forum has been doing over the last few months and looks ahead to the autumn and winter programme and disc...

In dialogue with Richard Heath from 2023-07-05T15:13:30

In this edition of the Food Systems Podcast, we travel to the Australian Farm Institute's (AFI) mid-year conference and talk to Richard Heath, Executive Director of the Institute, about where he...

In dialogue with Amer Badawi from 2023-06-01T10:29:58

In this special 50th Food Systems podcast, recorded live at the recent Coceral webinar, Mark Titterington talks to Amer Badawi, Head of Charters & Operations, Supply Chain Division at the United...

In discussion with Steve Statler about the food systems transformation from 2023-05-26T13:43:53

Prior to our Regional Forum in Spain this week we publish our latest Food Systems podcast where we talk to Steve Statler, Chief Marketing Officer & ESG Lead at Wiliot - Interviewer, Speaker & Wr...

In dialogue with Máximo Torero from 2023-05-08T10:55:44

In this edition of the Food Systems Podcast, we talk to Máximo Torero, Chief Economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), who explains that the agrifood system...

In dialogue with Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE from 2023-04-03T09:13:47

In this episode Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, UN Messenger of Peace, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute talks about restoring our connection to nature. She also addresses how we can still create a s...

Geopolitics of the Green Deal with Geneviève Pons from 2023-02-21T14:52:21

In this edition of the Food Systems Podcast, we talk to Geneviève Pons, CEO and Vice-Chair, Europe Jacques Delors, about the recently published paper on the geopolitics of the Green Deal and her th...

In dialogue with Janez Potočnik ”Call to Action” from 2023-02-03T09:50:15

In this episode we talk with Janez Potočnik, Chair of ForumforAg and Chairman of the RISE Foundation; Co-Chair of the International Resource Panel of the United Nations Environment Programme (UN...

Agriculture as a climate solution with Shari Rogge-Fidler from 2022-11-16T11:53:55

In this episode we discuss with Shari Rogge-Fidler, President and CEO of the Farm Foundation, based in Chicago, USA, how she thinks agriculture could provide solutions to tackle climate change. ...

False Dilemmas with Tassos Haniotis from 2022-10-12T16:36:27

The Food Systems podcast is back! IIn this first episode of our new series we talk with Tassos Haniotis,  former AGRI Director and former AMIS Chair, about Ukraine and the extent to which that c...

Fertilizers with Jacob Hansen from 2022-03-02T11:11:47

In this episode we talk with Jacob Hansen, Director General of Fertilizers Europe, about the impact the Ukraine conflict might have on fertilizer markets, the fertilizer price spike, whether org...

Steady State Economics with Brian Czech from 2022-02-16T08:13:45

In this episode we talk with Brian Czech, Executive Director for the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy, about what a steady state economy means, where and whether it overlap...

Wine and Health with Konstantinos Afianes from 2022-02-02T10:18:14

In this episode we talk to Konstantinos Afianes, co-owners of the Afianes Vineyard, about producing natural wine, climate change, life on the Greek island of Ikaria, why the inhabitants live so ...

Regenerative Agriculture in Practice with Galina Peycheva-Miteva and David Wilkinson from 2022-01-19T15:15:55

In the first podcast of 2022 we talk to Galina Peycheva-Miteva, farmer and land manager in Bulgaria, and David Wilkinson, Vice President for Agricultural Procurement, Pe...

Water and Agriculture with Melissa Ho from 2021-12-22T09:14:14

In this episode we talk with Melissa Ho, Senior Vice President for Water and Food at WWF-US, about the major global summits this year, increasing droughts and agricultural management in the America...

Agricultural Systems with Alberto Arroyo from 2021-12-08T09:13:52

In this episode we talk with Alberto Arroyo, Head of Policy and Programs at the IUCN European Regional Office, about a recent report looking into different forms of more sustainable agriculture, wh...

Special: Overhauling EU Farm&Food Policy with Sébastien Treyer from 2021-11-24T15:08:54

In this episode, we talk with Sébastien Treyer, Executive Director of the Institute for Sustainable Development & International Relations (IDDRI), about a recent study on the shift towards agro-...

Carbon Farming with Chris Harbourt from 2021-11-09T23:24:20

In this episode we talk to Chris Harbourt, Global Head of Carbon at Indigo, about how carbon farming works in the field, how reliable the metrics and economics are, the timescale required to keep i...

Regenerative Agriculture with Ken Giller from 2021-10-28T09:33:48

In this episode we talk with Ken Giller, Professor of Plant Production Systems at Wageningen University, about what regenerative agriculture means in practice, why it is having such a moment in the...

True Cost Accounting with Adele Jones from 2021-10-14T13:25:21

In this episode we talk to Adele Jones, Deputy CEO of the Sustainable Food Trust, about true cost accounting, how it can help create clarity around...

FFA2022 with Mark Titterington and Caroline Mahr from 2021-09-24T21:59:20

In this episode we talk to Mark Titterington, Co-Founder of the FFA and Senior Adviser, and Caroline Mahr, FFA Program Director, about the coming year of FFA, EU-US relations, the shift towards ...

Digital farming with Matija Zulj from 2021-09-17T14:30:07

In this episode we talk to Matija Zulj, Founder and CEO of Agrivi, about his view on smart technologies in farming, their impact on the market and local communities, consumer confidence and trac...

Farmers&the Food Chain with Marc Rosiers from 2021-08-31T15:01:05

In this episode we talk with Marc Rosiers, Managing Director of MR Food and Agriculture Consulting, about the position of farmers in the food chain, whether true pricing can ever be implemented,...

Swiss Farming with Marc Chappuis from 2021-08-19T08:16:23

In this episode we talk with Jean-Marc Chappuis, deputy director of the Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture, about the ongoing Swiss agricultural reform package, how the country supports land m...

Agroforestry with Patrick Worms from 2021-08-05T08:53:52

In this episode we talk with Patrick Worms, President of the European Agroforestry Federation, about the benefits of agroforestry, the threat it faces from climate change, how these systems are ...

Asian Family Farming with Amirul Islam from 2021-07-21T07:50:17

In this episode we talk with Amirul Islam, Operations Manager for South and Central Asia, Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development, about the impacts of Covid-19 and climate c...

Agroecology with Emile Frison from 2021-07-06T11:09:02

In this episode we talk with Emile Frison, IPES FOOD panel member and UNFSS co-lead on the solution cluster on agroecology and regenerative agriculture, about his expectations for the UN Food Sy...

Biodiversity Strategy with Humberto Delgado Rosa from 2021-06-22T11:34:30

In this episode we talk with Humberto Delgado Rosa, Director of Natural Capital, DG Environment, European Commission, about the EU's new Biodiversity Strategy, his hopes for the UN Biodiversity Sum...

A Different CAP with Bérénice Dupeux from 2021-06-09T09:54:19

In this episode with Bérénice Dupeux, Senior Policy Officer for Agriculture at the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), about withdrawing the CAP and how it should be structured instead; income ...

Cork Forests with António Amorim from 2021-05-18T18:38:24

In this episode we talk with António Amorim, Chairman and CEO of Corticeira Amorim, about the unique ecosystem of cork forests, the impact of climate change, sustainability passports for internatio...

Sustainable Trade Deals with David Cleary from 2021-05-07T08:55:09

In this episode we talk to David Cleary, Director for Agriculture at The Nature Conservancy, about the evolution of sustainability in international trade flows, how to improve agreements like Merco...

Beyond Farming with Benedikt Bösel from 2021-04-29T16:52:55

In this episode we talk to Benedikt Bösel, a farmer east of Berlin and FFA2021 panellist, about his 'beyond farming' approach, structural inequalities in the food system, what changes he would l...

The Common Agricultural Policy with Allan Buckwell from 2021-04-21T09:19:12

 In this episode we talk with Emeritus Professor Allan Buckwell, Research Director at the RISE Foundation, about the current CAP reform, whether it is possible to scrap it, the interaction with ...

Definancialise the Food System with Carina Millstone from 2021-04-13T09:23:01

In this episode we talk with Carina Millstone, Executive Director at Feedback Global, about the problems of the shareholder economy and how it drives a lack of sustainability, how to change the sys...

Young Farmers with Samuel Masse from 2021-04-08T09:39:27

In this episode we talk with Samuel Masse, President of the European Council of Young Farmers (CEJA) and an organic wine grower, about the effects of the Farm to Fork Strategy on young farmers, ...

Insect Protein with Katharina Unger from 2021-04-01T11:39:38

In this episode we talk to Katharina Unger, Founder of Livin Studios and Livin farms, about insect protein. What does the insect farm look like, what are the best opportunities for this growing ...

Farm to Fork Strategy with Jeroen Candel from 2021-03-09T16:57:03

In this episode we talk with Jeroen Candel, assistant professor in food and agricultural policy at Wageningen University, about the producer and institutional sides of the Farm to Fork Strategy....

Achieving Sustainability with Erik Fyrwald from 2021-02-23T17:59:28

In this episode we talk to Erik Fyrwald, Chief Executive Officer of Syngenta Group, about combatting climate change, setting goals to achieve sustainability, regenerative agriculture, the role o...

Behind the FFA Scenes with Caroline Mahr from 2021-01-26T17:03:30

In this episode we talk to Caroline Mahr van Everdingen, Program Leader for the Forum for the Future of Agriculture, about what it's like to organise the FFA, going digital in the age of Covid-1...

Eating Meat with Philip Lymbery from 2021-01-12T15:29:28

In this episode we talk to Philip Lymbery, CEO of Compassion in World Farming and author, about sustainable and humane meat consumption, lab-grown meat and its possible effects on society, as we...

Startups with Christine Gould from 2020-12-14T13:56:37

In this episode we talk to Christine Gould, CEO of Thought For Food, about startups, breaking through, the lessons of success and failure, and where she sees the biggest gaps.

Sustainable diets with Brent from 2020-11-30T11:17:17

In this episode we talk to Brent Loken, Global Food Lead Scientist at WWF, about sustainable diets, reducing meat consumption, what the perfect farm looks like and how fast we will need to make ...

New Zealand Farming with Ben O'Brien from 2020-11-16T12:56:54

In this episode we talk with Ben O'Brien, Director - Europe for New Zealand Beef and Lamb, about farming without subsidies, the potential for CAP and trade in agriculture, and look ahead to New ...

European Policy with Tassos Haniotis from 2020-11-03T16:19:31

In this episode we talk with Tassos Haniotis, Director of Strategy, Simplification and Policy Analysis, DG AGRI, European Commission about the next CAP reform, the impact of the Farm ...

Session 2: Rewarding agriculture’s potential solutions for biodiversity and climate change from 2020-10-27T15:14:23

Session 1: Sustainable business models: paying for the transition from 2020-10-27T15:04:47

Opening speech of FFA by Janez Potočnik from 2020-10-27T15:00:53

Sustainable livestock with John Gilliland from 2020-10-20T16:07:13

In this episode we talk with John Gilliland, Director of Agriculture and Sustainability at Devenish Nutrition, about how to sustainably manage livestock on grassland, the importance o...

Food systems dashboard with Lawrence Haddad from 2020-10-06T12:39:36

Food Systems talks with Lawrence Haddad, 2018 World Food Prize winner and Executive Director of the GAIN Alliance, about his new Food Systems Dashboard. During this wide-ranging conversation, we...

Zero-Waste Shopping with Jeanette Wong and Tom Pell from 2020-09-21T17:44:48

We talk about sustainable shopping with Jeanette Wong and Tom Pell, who run The Clean Kilo, the UK's largest no-waste, zero plastic supermarket. We discuss consumer behaviour, how they influence...

Sustainable finance with Alexander El Alaoui from 2020-09-08T11:25:10

In this episode, we talk about sustainable finance with Alexander El Alaoui, an independent financial advisor, Senior Advisor to the Foundations Platform F...

Climate action with Terry Tamminen from 2020-08-25T12:54:29

Food Systems talks about Climate Action with Terry Tamminen, former CEO of the DiCaprio Foundation, former chief advisor to Arnold Schwarzenegger, and current head of 7th Generation A...

Organic farming with Felix Prinz zu Löwenstein from 2020-08-10T14:56:31

In the third episode, Food Systems talks to Felix Prinz zu Löwenstein, Chairman of the Bund Ökologische Lebensmittelwirtschaft about his views on organic farming, its expanded role un...

Short supply chains with Julia Köhn from 2020-07-27T12:11:36

In the second episode, Food Systems talks to Julia Köhn, founder and CEO of Pielers.de, about her views on how farmers can use digital tools to sell directly to consumers, how the CAP...

Systemic Change with FFA Chairman, Janez Potočnik from 2020-07-08T20:35:09

In our first episode, Food Systems talks to FFA Chairman Janez Potočnik about his views on the concept of systemic change. He also tackles the role of new EU policies like the Green Deal and lay...