Future Fork with Paul Newnham

Arthur Potts Dawson is a Chef, Author, and Sustainable Food Innovator. Jamie Oliver calls him The Original Green Chef, and his work with the UN Food Programme and Feed Me Seymour Health is helping to revolutionise food systems.

In this episode, Arthur reflects on the beginning of his culinary career and the evolution of his opinions about food. He emphasises the importance and impact of organisations such as the Chef’s Manifesto and the UN Food Programme and the valuable, humbling lessons he’s learnt.

Resources and links:

• UN World Food Programme website
• Feed Me Seymour Health website
• Arthur Potts Dawson on Instagram
• Arthur Potts Dawson on Facebook
• Arthur Potts Dawson on X
• Arthur Potts Dawson on LinkedIn

Connect:

• Future Fork podcast website
• Paul Newnham on Instagram
• Paul Newnham on X
• Paul Newnham on LinkedIn
• Disruptive Consulting Solutions website
• SDG2 Advocacy Hub website
• SDG2 Advocacy Hub on X
• SDG2 Advocacy Hub on Facebook
• SDG2 Advocacy Hub on LinkedIn

This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.

For many chefs, cooking was a calling, but for others, it was a way to connect with culture. In this special episode, we’re revisiting what ignited the passion for food and cooking for Asma Khan of Darjeeling Express, Pierre Thiam from Teranga and NOK by Alara, and award-winning chef and author Anahita Dhondy.

In this episode, Asma shares how her supper clubs changed the Soho foodie scene, Anahita opens up about embracing an oft-forgotten ancient Indian grain in a modern way, and Pierre discusses how a series of unfortunate events led to him discovering the wonder of chemistry in the kitchen.

Resources and links:

• Full episode: The connection between food, culture, power and racism
• Full episode: Modernising millets and embracing traditional foods
• Full episode: The importance of agricultural diversity, with Chef Pierre Thiam

Connect:

• Future Fork podcast website
• Paul Newnham on Instagram
• Paul Newnham on X
• Paul Newnham on LinkedIn
• Disruptive Consulting Solutions website
• SDG2 Advocacy Hub website
• SDG2 Advocacy Hub on X
• SDG2 Advocacy Hub on Facebook
• SDG2 Advocacy Hub on LinkedIn

This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.

In today's special episode of Future Fork, you'll hear a bean-themed retrospective featuring highlights from some of 2024's most fascinating conversations. Featuring the best bits of conversations with Eve Turow-Paul from the Food for Climate League, Dr Jean Claude Rubyogo from the Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) and Devin De Wulf the creator of Bean Parade.

In this episode, you'll hear why traditional solutions might be better than shiny innovations in solving food sustainability challenges, discover how breeding programs are creating beans that cook faster to reduce carbon emissions, and learn about New Orleans' extraordinary Bean Parade that draws 15,000 people annually and has become a force for community good.

Resources and links:

• Full episode: Shifting the perception around beans with Eve Turow-Paul

• Full episode: The power of African beans with Dr Jean Claude Rubyogo

• Full episode: How bean parades are helping rebuild New Orleans with Devin De Wulf

Connect:

• Future Fork podcast website

• Paul Newnham on Instagram

• Paul Newnham on X

• Paul Newnham on LinkedIn

• Disruptive Consulting Solutions website

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub website

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub on X

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub on Facebook

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub on LinkedIn

This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.

Reverend Tim Costello is the Executive Director of Micah Australia and a lifelong advocate for social justice issues. Micah Australia aims to empower Australian Christians to advocate for change on the world’s most urgent social justice issues including poverty, climate change, and rising conflict.

In this episode, Tim shares his lifelong mission in aiding social justice causes and highlights the fundamental role of food in human life and social justice. He discusses his career as a lawyer, minister, mayor, and CEO of World Vision and he explains how a question asked during his school years helped to shape the course of his life.

Resources and links:

• Micah Australia website

• Rev. Tim Costello AO on X

Connect:

• Future Fork podcast website

• Paul Newnham on Instagram

• Paul Newnham on X

• Paul Newnham on LinkedIn

• Disruptive Consulting Solutions website

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub website

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub on X

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub on Facebook

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub on LinkedIn

This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.

Asma Lateef is the Chief of Policy and Advocacy Impact for the SDG2 Advocacy Hub. The SDG2 Advocacy Hub coordinates global campaigning and advocacy to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture by 2030.

In this episode, Asma discusses her work as an advocate for tackling global food issues, including sustainability, nutrition, and adapting to a changing climate. She emphasises the need for collaboration in addressing these issues and highlights insights from the G20 Summit in Rio.

Resources and links:

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub website

• Asma Lateef on X

• Asma Lateef on LinkedIn

Connect:

• Future Fork podcast website

• Paul Newnham on Instagram

• Paul Newnham on X

• Paul Newnham on LinkedIn

• Disruptive Consulting Solutions website

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub website

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub on X

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub on Facebook

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub on LinkedIn

This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.

Shannon Fernando-Rubera is the Founder and CEO of Alabaster International. Alabaster International is an aid organisation that works closely with local agencies in Africa to identify communities of indigenous who are underresourced and isolated and provide them with the medical assistance they need to thrive.

In this episode, Shannon shares how her experiences as a nurse led to the creation of Alabaster International. She explains how her organisation provides much-needed healthcare to women and children in Kenya, South Sudan, and Ethiopia. Shannon also discusses Enset, the ‘false banana’ capable of feeding millions across the continent.

Resources and links:

• Alabaster International website

• Shannon Fernando-Rubera on LinkedIn

Connect:

• Future Fork podcast website

• Paul Newnham on Instagram

• Paul Newnham on X

• Paul Newnham on LinkedIn

• Disruptive Consulting Solutions website

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub website

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub on X

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub on Facebook

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub on LinkedIn

This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.

Yazen Al Kodmani is the General Manager at Emirates Bio Farm. Emirates Bio Farm is the largest organic farm in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), founded on the principles of advocating for environmental protection and the health and wellbeing of all residents of the UAE and committed to establishing a secure and sustainable food system to support healthy living and the environment.

In this episode, Yazen explains his pioneering approach to sustainable farming in the desert, the importance of water conservation, and how innovation is changing the face of the UAE’s food landscape. He also reflects on the future of organic agriculture and shares his advice for the next generation of agricultural entrepreneurs.

Resources and links:

• Emirates Bio Farm website

• Yazen Al Kodmani on LinkedIn

Connect:

• Future Fork podcast website

• Paul Newnham on Instagram

• Paul Newnham on X

• Paul Newnham on LinkedIn

• Disruptive Consulting Solutions website

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub website

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub on X

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub on Facebook

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub on LinkedIn

This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.

Dorothy Shaver is the Global Food Sustainability Director for Unilever and a founding Board Member of the Food for Climate League. For over two decades, Dorothy has operated at the meeting point between nutrition, health, and sustainability.

In this episode, Dorothy explains the unique questions that need to be addressed to create sustainable food systems on a global scale through regenerative agriculture. She reveals how businesses and consumers can support transitions to more sustainable food systems and shares how she has endeavoured to provide food options that are nutritious, sustainable, accessible and that people actually want to eat.

Resources and links:

• Unilever Australia website

• Food for Climate League website

• Dorothy Shaver on LinkedIn

• Dorothy Shaver on Instagram

Connect:

• Future Fork podcast website

• Paul Newnham on Instagram

• Paul Newnham on X

• Paul Newnham on LinkedIn

• Disruptive Consulting Solutions website

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub website

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub on X

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub on Facebook

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub on LinkedIn

This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.

Rodrigo “Kiko” Afonso is the CEO of Ação da Cidadania. Ação da Cidadania is Brazil’s largest NGO and is fighting to end hunger in Brazil and transform the lives of Brazilian people. 

In this episode, Kiko discusses the history and evolution of Ação da Cidadania and its strategies for achieving its goals. He emphasises the impact of technology in delivering aid to communities in need and the importance of political action to end hunger in Brazil.

Resources and links:

• Ação da Cidadania website

• Rodrigo “Kiko” Afonso on Instagram

• Rodrigo “Kiko” Afonso on LinkedIn

Connect:

• Future Fork podcast website

• Paul Newnham on Instagram

• Paul Newnham on X

• Paul Newnham on LinkedIn

• Disruptive Consulting Solutions website

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub website

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub on X

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub on Facebook

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub on LinkedIn

This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.

Shakuntala Thilsted is the Director of Nutrition, Health and Food Security Impact Area Platform at CGIAR. CGIAR supports and develops research and innovation in food, land, and water systems to create a sustainable, climate-resilient world. Shakuntala was also awarded the 2021 World Food Prize for her research and insights into developing holistic, nutrition-sensitive approaches to aquatic food systems.

In this episode, Shakuntala opens up about her work pioneering aquatic food systems research and why she advocates for incorporating more aquatic foods such as fish, molluscs, and seaweed into the diets of people around the world to create more holistic food systems.

Resources and links:

• CGIAR website

• Shakuntala Thilsted on X

• Shakuntala Thilsted on LinkedIn

Connect:

• Future Fork podcast website

• Paul Newnham on Instagram

• Paul Newnham on X

• Paul Newnham on LinkedIn

• Disruptive Consulting Solutions website

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub website

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub on X

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub on Facebook

• SDG2 Advocacy Hub on LinkedIn

This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.