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As the climate and global health crises intensify, the need for meaningful change has never been more urgent. This six-episode series brings together leading voices from around the world to explore the concept of food imperialism, uncover the hidden social and environmental costs of what we eat, and examine how we can build a more just and sustainable food system. Join your hosts, Ben Eitelberg and Emma Strutt, alongside special series co-host Professor Neal Haddaway, as they dive into the complex and often unseen world of food—how it is produced, traded, and consumed across the globe. The series is edited by Kelly Allum.
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- 5 days ago32 min
Simen Sætre - The Salmon and the Tomato
This episode is a supplementary full interview with Simen Sætre from Episode 4 of the Edible Empire podcast series. Here, we explore the hidden impacts of salmon farming in northern Europe, revealing the human and environmental costs behind cheap, year-round food. What connects salmon farming in northern Europe with tomato farming in southern Spain? These two, seemingly distinct food supply chains ensure that our supermarket shelves are stocked with cheap, year-round food. What we don’t see, ...
- 1 weeks ago41 min
Professor Helena Varkkey - Deep roots—a history of oil palm
This episode is a supplementary full interview with Professor Helena Varkkey from Episode 3 of the Edible Empire podcast series. Here, we trace the global impact of the palm oil industry from its indigenous roots to modern supply chains. Dr Helena Varkkey then unpacks the political economy of Malaysian production, exposing how entrenched relationships between political elites and conglomerates shield the industry from regulation. Helena critiques the effectiveness of voluntary sustainab...
- 1 weeks ago41 min
Farwiza Farhan - Deep roots—a history of oil palm
This episode is a supplementary full interview with Farwiza Farhan from Episode 3 of the Edible Empire podcast series. Here, we trace the global impact of the palm oil industry from its indigenous roots to modern supply chains. Farwiza Farhan brings a frontline conservation perspective from Indonesia, documenting how government-incentivised monoculture plantations drive deforestation, threaten endangered species, and violate Indigenous land rights. Farwiza debates whether palm oil can e...
- 2 weeks ago46 min
Associate Professor Jonathan Robins - Deep roots—a history of oil palm
This episode is a supplementary full interview with Associate Professor Jonathan Robins from Episode 3 of the Edible Empire podcast series. Here, we trace the global impact of the palm oil industry from its indigenous roots to modern supply chains. Dr Jonathan Robins opens by detailing the pre-colonial history of oil palm in West Africa and explaining how European empires weaponised the crop to fuel the Industrial Revolution, establishing structural patterns that mirror today’s agribusi...
- 2 weeks ago48 min
Professor Jennifer Clapp - Corporate power in the food system
This episode is a supplementary full interview with Professor Jennifer Clapp from Episode 2 of the Edible Empire podcast series. Here, we explore how an increasingly monopolised system of multinational corporations operates as de facto states within the global food system, exercising power over land, labour, trade, and policy in ways that rival or exceed nation-states. If empires once flew flags, today they file annual reports. This episode examines how large agrifood corporations increasingl...
- 3 weeks ago35 min
Professor Phil Howard - Corporate power in the food system
This episode is a supplementary full interview with Professor Phil Howard from Episode 2 of the Edible Empire podcast series. Here, we explore how an increasingly monopolised system of multinational corporations operates as de facto states within the global food system, exercising power over land, labour, trade, and policy in ways that rival or exceed nation-states. If empires once flew flags, today they file annual reports. This episode examines how large agrifood corporations increasingly f...
- 3 weeks ago29 min
Professor Harriet Friedmann - What is food imperialism?
This episode is a supplementary full interview with Professor Harriet Friedmann from Episode 1 of the Edible Empire podcast series. Here, we explore how global food systems are shaped by historical power structures and capitalist mechanisms that prioritise corporate profit and "cheap food" over the health of ecosystems and human communities. Where does our food come from? Who works in the fields that produce our fruit and vegetables? Who is making profit from the food we eat? This episode set...
- 4 weeks ago33 min
Professor Raj Patel - What is food imperialism?
This episode is a supplementary full interview with Professor Raj Patel from Episode 1 of the Edible Empire podcast series. Here, we explore how global food systems are shaped by historical power structures and capitalist mechanisms that prioritise corporate profit and "cheap food" over the health of ecosystems and human communities. Where does our food come from? Who works in the fields that produce our fruit and vegetables? Who is making profit from the food we eat? This episode sets the sc...
About Edible Empire
As the climate and global health crises intensify, the need for meaningful change has never been more urgent. This six-episode series brings together leading voices from around the world to explore the concept of food imperialism, uncover the hidden social and environmental costs of what we eat, and examine how we can build a more just and sustainable food system. Join your hosts, Ben Eitelberg and Emma Strutt, alongside special series co-host Professor Neal Haddaway, as they dive into the complex and often unseen world of food—how it is produced, traded, and consumed across the globe. The series is edited by Kelly Allum.
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