Oh Crop! Food Systems Podcast
Oh Crop! Food Systems Podcast
Podcast Description
Oh Crop! explores the urgent connections between environmental justice, climate change, and public health through the lens of food systems.
Join host Kat Morgan, MPH for conversations with leading researchers, farmers, activists, and changemakers who are reimagining how we grow, distribute, and think about food. We dig into the root causes of our food system's biggest challenges and spotlight the innovative solutions sprouting around the world. Whether you're a sustainability professional, climate advocate, or simply someone who eats—there's something here for you.
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The podcast focuses on a variety of topics including climate resilience, food sovereignty, and health equity, with specific episodes addressing issues such as global food aid crises, the role of agroecology in Africa, and the intersection of climate science and food systems. For example, Episode 16 features Catherine Bertini discussing a fundamental rethinking of global food aid, while Episode 15 highlights Dr. Million Belay's insights on community-controlled agriculture.
Oh Crop! explores the urgent connections between environmental justice, climate change, and public health through the lens of food systems.
Join host Kat Morgan, MPH for conversations with leading researchers, farmers, activists, and changemakers who are reimagining how we grow, distribute, and think about food. We dig into the root causes of our food system’s biggest challenges and spotlight the innovative solutions sprouting around the world. Whether you’re a sustainability professional, climate advocate, or simply someone who eats—there’s something here for you.
In this episode of Oh Crop!, host Kat Morgan sits down in Tainan, Taiwan with Dr. Maarten van Zonneveld (Head of Genetic Resource) and Dr. Lucas Pawera (Agronomist/Agroecologist) from the World Vegetable Center to discuss the critical role of gene banks in conserving vegetable biodiversity, the importance of agroecology and soil health, and other challenges and opportunities in food systems. The World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg), previously known as the Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center (AVRDC), is an international, nonprofit institute for vegetable research and development. The conversation highlights the intersections of crop diversity, gene banks, and vegetable conservation, emphasizing the need for diverse crops to ensure culturally relevant nutrition security amid global challenges. Global seed and genebanks are designed to safeguard plant genetic diversity—preserving seeds and tissues for long-term food security, climate-resilient crop breeding, and protection against loss from conflict, disease, or extinction. Check out the research below to learn about the interviewee’s research and WorldVeg’s newest initiative, Vegetables4Life.
Resources:
- https://avrdc.org/healthy-soils-for-healthy-cities/
- https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5810884
- https://avrdc.org/launching-vegetables4life/
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