For many of us, the warm light of the fridge was one of the few consolations of lockdown. But now we’re living in a harsh new reality of intermittently empty supermarket shelves and farms that are struggling to adapt to Brexit, COVID, and climate change. So how do we make our food supply chains healthier and more secure? Sarah K Mock, agriculture journalist and author of Farm: And Other F Words, and Cambridge University researcher Dolly Theis join Ros Taylor to chew on the myth of conscious consumerism, why climate change means less healthy crops, and how to sweeten the deal of cutting sugar and meat.

•  “The whole idea of conscious consumerism has been boiled down to a marketing ploy.” – Sarah K Mock.

•  “It's code red for humanity right now…our crops are less nutritious because of climate change.” – Sarah K Mock.

•  “We live in a world where being healthy is hard.” – Dolly Theis.

•  “The pandemic has showed how vulnerable having poor food has made our country.” – Dolly Theis.

•  “The fact that food is making us sick should serious alarm bells.” – Dolly Theis.

Presented by Ros Taylor. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers: Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production

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