Prophets, Wizards & The Quest to Value Nature

How is global policy valuing life in our food system? Alexandra is joined by Tristan Quinn-Thibodeau & Alberta Guerra, food policy experts at the international NGO ActionAid, to discuss COP26’s legacy, nature based solutions, policymakers’ faith in technological wizardry and more!

Where does agricultural meet conservation? And what tools, approaches and relationships can lead to dynamic change? In this special Alexandra is joined by four experts for a roundtable discussion hosted by The Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies. Dr Camilla Moonen - from the Agroecology Group at Sant'Anna, Diego Guidotti - CEO of the agritech company Aedit, Andrea Gennai -from the Foreste Casentinesi National Park + University of Pisa and Lorenzo Costa - Permaculture systems designer, farmer and communicator, Tuscany. 

How is tech changing how we manage life in our food system? In this special Alexandra is joined by three experts for a roundtable discussion hosted by IIASA. Steffen Fritz and Juan Carlos Laso Bayas - from the Novel Data Ecosystems Research Group of IIASA and Tamme van der Wal, an Information Management expert specialising in the data revolution from Wageningen University and a Commercial Manager at Akkerweb.

What does fast developing technology mean for life in our food system? And how does what we observe change our understandings of nature? We caught up with Prof Mark Maslin - Agritech and Anthropocene expert at University College London and co-founder of Rezatec: Innovative Geospatial AI Ltd, Michelle Nijhuis - Science writer, Prof Derek Stewart - Dir. of The James Hutton Institute's Advanced Plant Growth Center and Dr Youri Martin - Biodiversity Engineer at the Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology ~ to find out! Episode Show notes: https://linktr.ee/prophets_wizards_pod

So how can we value nature in our food system hands-on? And what are the social contexts in play? We catch up with Dr Lee-Ann Sutherland - Dir. of the James Hutton Institute's International Land Use Study Center, Cristóbal Reina- olive farmer + hunting society president and Bertrand Frézel - Peasant Farmers' Union Rep, to continue our quest... Episode show notes: https://linktr.ee/prophets_wizards_pod

How do we culturally value nature? We talk things over and catch up with Patrick Holden - founder of The Sustainable Food Trust, Prof Ian Bradley - Cultural Historian and Isabelle Doussan - Legal Expert... Episode show notes: https://linktr.ee/prophets_wizards_pod

So how can we better value nature in our food system financially? We catch up with Prof Stefanie Engel - an expert on sustainable incentives, Dr Timothée Parrique - an ecological economist, Siim Sellis - a conservationist farmer and Clare Buckerfield - a farm advisor, to continue our quest... Episode show notes: https://linktr.ee/prophets_wizards_pod

We catch up with science writer Charles Mann, creator of the Prophet-Wizard continuum, to discuss why it's such a useful way to look at life and land use in our food system. Plus, find out what's coming up on Foodlands...Episode show notes: https://linktr.ee/prophets_wizards_pod

Introducing Foodlands - join expert guests from across the global north on a quest to better value nature in our food system.