Hear and See

Here I will collect videos and pod casts.

Apr 27, 2020

Is lab-grown food a solution to the climate crisis? This conversation with experts from around the world will explore the issues and key questions related to recent trends towards lab-grown food, that in turn could impact the amount of soil-grown food and therefore, the farmers that grow it. This session is for policymakers, journalists, activists, health experts, funders and philanthropists, farmers and anyone interested in the future of food. MODERATOR: Peter A. Minang SPEAKERS: Walter Willett, George Monbiot, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Julia Lernoud, Gunnar Rundgren

8 April 2015
Gunnar Rundgren, author of "Global Eating Disorder" and "Garden Earth,” argues that in the global marketplace the deck is stacked against small-scale farmers regardless of whether they farm organically or not, and that ultimately the monoculture model perpetuated by big ag will translate into monocultures on our plates. 

January 2015
In the book Global Eating Disorder, Gunnar Rundgren explains why we no longer can afford cheap food. He debunks the myth that consumer choice is shaping our food system and identifies the main drivers and choice architects. This speech from the launch of the book at the Swedish University of Agriculture 29 January contains some of the most pertinent perspectives of the book.