Episode 7. Transitioning to Fossil Free Food
Episode Summary
What would a food system free of fossil fuels look like by 2050? What insights surprised the experts featured in this series? And what trade-offs must we navigate to shape this future? In our final episode, we shift from acknowledging the 'fossil fuel problem in food' to exploring actionable solutions..
About the Experts
Anna Lappé is an internationally recognized expert on food systems and the Executive Director of the Global Alliance for the Future of Food. A national bestselling writer, Anna is the co-author or author of three books on food, farming, and sustainability including Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It.
Raj Patel is a member of the IPES-Food panel, a film-maker, best-selling author, and a research professor in the Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Austin. His research on political ecology and food systems has been widely translated and taught, particularly his book “Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System” (2012). He recently completed an award-winning documentary project on climate change, gender and agroecology: The Ants & The Grasshopper.
Darrin Qualman is Director of Climate Crisis Policy and Action with the National Farmers Union in Canada. He is a long-term thinker, a civilizational critic, a researcher and data analyst, and an avid observer of the big picture. He is the author of Civilization Critical: Energy, Food, Nature and the Future.
Galina Angarova is Executive Director of the SIRGE Coalition (Securing Indigenous Peoples' Rights in the Green Economy). Galina is the former Executive Director of Cultural Survival. She has represented the Indigenous Peoples’ Major Group at the UN on issues such as the Sustainable Development Goals and the Post-2015 Development Agenda and has led Indigenous experts to review safeguards for Indigenous Peoples for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Green Climate Fund.
Molly Anderson is a member of the IPES-Food panel, and a specialist in hunger, food systems, and multi-actor collaborations for sustainability. She is the author of Transforming Food Systems: Narratives of Power (2024). Molly holds the William R. Kenan Jr. Chair in Food Studies at Middlebury College, Vermont.
References and Recommended Resources
Book: More and more and more: an all-consuming history of energy. (Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, 2024).
Interview article: Energy expert Vaclav Smil on how to feed the world without trashing it. (New Scientist We
Lighthouse investigation: Poison PR. (2024)ekly, 2024):
Mother Jones: How the Fossil Fuel Industry Convinced Americans to Love Gas Stoves (Rebecca Leber, 2021)
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