In this episode, eminent Tasmanian agricultural scientist Bruce French, OA, Karalyn Hingston and Dr John McPhee speak with Anthea about Bruce’s voluntary mission and pioneering work to create a free database of over 30 000 edible plants to help tackle malnutrition and hunger. Listen in to hear how this amazing resource has fed the creation of Food Plant Solutions (FPS) and fuels their work around the world and here at home to help address hunger. 

In collaboration with Bruce and his wonderful database, the Food Plant Solutions team undertake research to document, produce and share ‘place and people’ based edible gardening information and community tools that are fit for purpose, people and targeted to nutrition needs and local growing conditions. 

FPS focus on what are often neglected and underutilized plants, plants that are growing in and adapted to their environment, and are high in the most beneficial nutrients. FPS materials are designed to empower people, particularly women, so that they can make informed choices on what plants to grow and eat that will nutritiously feed themselves and their families. 

There are more than 50,000 known edible plants on Earth, but fewer than 300 species reach the market and the big three – corn, wheat and rice – make up a whopping two-thirds of plant-sourced food. Increasing the agrobiodiversity of food sources diets is critical in the face of climate change, pests and quest for greater food resilience. 

Food Plants International’s database and the work that Food Plant Solutions do to create and share educational materials around the world are responding to this challenge with positive, high impact. 

To learn more and access the Food Plants International database go to: 

https://foodplantsinternational.com/

https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/

Visit Food Plant Solutions website to read more about their work, and the many countries where they make a positive difference, to volunteer or donate to help them do what they do so well at:   https://foodplantsolutions.org/

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In conversation with Professor Robyn Alders and Matthew Evans

In two special episodes Professor Robyn Alders, Matthew Evans and Anthea enjoy a wideranging conversation about ‘eating meat’ and what’s done in our name so we can eat meat and the decisions we can each make to help promote more sustainable, humane and ethical care for animals and of the environments that make our food and biodiversity possible. 

Both episodes take their cue from Matthew’s brilliant book On Eating Meat – The truth about its production and the ethics of eating it, his research and Robyn’s extensive knowledge as an internationally reknown veterinarian and expert in sustainable food and nutrition security.

Robyn and Matthew are both farmers and know an incredible amount about animals, landscapes and the health and environmental issues that travel with ‘why’ and ‘how’ we can choose to eat meat ‘better’ – for our health and for the wellbeing of the animals and places that nourish us. 

I was incredibly lucky to speak with Matthew and Robyn for my first interview for Nourishing Matters,  with Matthew joining the conversation from Fat Pig Farm in Tasmania and Robyn from her car in Crookwell to get decent reception! Thank you!

Matthew is well known as the host of Gourmet Farmer, the popular SBS TV series. A former food critic and chef, he now is a farmer, restaurateur and co-steward of Fat Pig Farm in Tasmania with his partner where he continues to research, write and share his ever expanding knowledge about ethical and sustainable food production. 

Enjoy reviews and hear Matthew talking about his book and more at: 

Interviews: Want an ethical diet? It's not as simple as going vegan, ABC 3 July 2019 @ 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-03/vegan-diet-doesnt-mean-no-animals-die-says-matthew-evans/11266420

Reviews: eg. On Eating Meat – Book Review, Eating for you @ https://eatingforyou.com.au/eating-meat-book-review/

Other Podcasts: Matthew Evans, On Eating Meat – The RegenNarration, Ep #060 @ https://www.regennarration.com/

Visit and learn more about Fat Pig Farm @  https://fatpig.farm/  and https://www.facebook.com/FatPigFarm

Robyn is an eminent Australian veterinarian who lives in NSW on her farm where she raises merino sheep. She is a Senior Consulting Fellow with the Centre for Universal Health, Chatham House, UK; Honorary Professor, Development Policy Centre, Australian National University, a Director of the Kyeema Foundation, Australia and Mozambique; current Chair of the Upper Lachlan Branch, NSW Farmers' Association, as well as being an Adjunct Professor, with the Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University.

To read or listen to more about Robyn’s research and work see: 

Global Hunger Index: One Health, Zero Hunger, October 2020 @ https://www.globalhungerindex.org/issues-in-focus/2020.html

A planetary health approach to secure, safe, sustainable food systems: workshop report @  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12571-018-0780-9

TEDxANU Robyn Alders, Eating for the Future @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn9FPQxzulk

In which Robyn talks about agriculture and its contribution to greenhouse emissions. She answers how do we nourish ourselves without harming the environment, how farmers and fisheries can transition to more sustainable ways of producing food and how can we drive change at a global level to think and to do food system differently.

Twitter  @Robyn Alders 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robyn.alders

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In conversation with Professor Robyn Alders and Matthew Evans

In two special episodes Professor Robyn Alders, Matthew Evans and Anthea enjoy a wideranging conversation about ‘eating meat’ and what’s done in our name so we can eat meat and the decisions we can each make to help promote more sustainable, humane and ethical care for animals and of the environments that make our food and biodiversity possible. 

Both episodes take their cue from Matthew’s brilliant book On Eating Meat – The truth about its production and the ethics of eating it, his research and Robyn’s extensive knowledge as an internationally reknown veterinarian and expert in sustainable food and nutrition security.

Robyn and Matthew are both farmers and know an incredible amount about animals, landscapes and the health and environmental issues that travel with ‘why’ and ‘how’ we can choose to eat meat ‘better’ – for our health and for the wellbeing of the animals and places that nourish us. 

I was incredibly lucky to speak with Matthew and Robyn for my first interview for Nourishing Matters,  with Matthew joining the conversation from Fat Pig Farm in Tasmania and Robyn from her car in Crookwell to get decent reception! Thank you!

Matthew is well known as the host of Gourmet Farmer, the popular SBS TV series. A former food critic and chef, he now is a farmer, restaurateur and co-steward of Fat Pig Farm in Tasmania with his partner where he continues to research, write and share his ever expanding knowledge about ethical and sustainable food production. 

Enjoy reviews and hear Matthew talking about his book and more at: 

Interviews: Want an ethical diet? It's not as simple as going vegan, ABC 3 July 2019 @ 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-03/vegan-diet-doesnt-mean-no-animals-die-says-matthew-evans/11266420

Reviews: eg. On Eating Meat – Book Review, Eating for you @ https://eatingforyou.com.au/eating-meat-book-review/

Other Podcasts: Matthew Evans, On Eating Meat – The RegenNarration, Ep #060 @ https://www.regennarration.com/

Visit and learn more about Fat Pig Farm @  https://fatpig.farm/  and https://www.facebook.com/FatPigFarm

Robyn is an eminent Australian veterinarian who lives in NSW on her farm where she raises merino sheep. She is a Senior Consulting Fellow with the Centre for Universal Health, Chatham House, UK; Honorary Professor, Development Policy Centre, Australian National University, a Director of the Kyeema Foundation, Australia and Mozambique; current Chair of the Upper Lachlan Branch, NSW Farmers' Association, as well as being an Adjunct Professor, with the Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University.

To read or listen to more about Robyn’s research and work see: 

Global Hunger Index: One Health, Zero Hunger, October 2020 @ https://www.globalhungerindex.org/issues-in-focus/2020.html

A planetary health approach to secure, safe, sustainable food systems: workshop report @  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12571-018-0780-9

TEDxANU Robyn Alders, Eating for the Future @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn9FPQxzulk

In which Robyn talks about agriculture and its contribution to greenhouse emissions. She answers how do we nourish ourselves without harming the environment, how farmers and fisheries can transition to more sustainable ways of producing food and how can we drive change at a global level to think and to do food system differently.

Twitter  @Robyn Alders 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robyn.alders

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In this Episode, Dr Angela Pattison joins me in conversation to talk about the groundbreaking Native Grains From Paddock to Plate research project that she and her team from the University of Sydney have pioneered. Their research digs in to explore how Aboriginal people sustainably produced food from native ecosystems for thousands of years, and how, with Aboriginal oversight, to bring this knowledge to modern agrosystems and foods.

Industrial food systems rely on too few crops. The quest for greater agrobiodiversity in our food systems – for health, culture and environmental benefits – is a challenge to be met if we want to secure sustainable, diverse and healthy food for the future.

Bruce Pascoe’s book Dark Emu, Black seeds: agriculture or accident has and continues to  transform the way we re-see Australian history and better understand the industry and ingenuity that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples applied to food production over millenia. It’s only seven short years since Dark Emu was published and already, its impact has been huge and continues to grow.  

Listen in to hear more about the world’s oldest breads, and future directions to grow, harvest and enjoy native grains as foods for the future. Hear from Angela about the challenges and opportunities for ‘factory’ and ‘pantry’ farming options and more.

Angela and her team released their first Native Grains From Paddock to Plate report during NAIDOC Week 2020 along with an incredible series of webinars. They’ve also produced a series of short videos and other resources that you can access, listen to or watch for free. 

Read the report from the one year Native Grains from Paddock to Plate study at:

https://www.sydney.edu.au/content/dam/corporate/documents/faculty-of-science/research/life-and-environmental-sciences/sia-native-grains-paddock-to-plate.pdf

Access the webinars, short videos and learn more about the research findings by visiting the University of Sydney website link at: 

https://www.sydney.edu.au/science/our-research/research-areas/life-and-environmental-sciences/indigenous-grasslands-grain.html

In conversation with: 

Dr Angela Pattison
Plant Breeding Institute, Narrabri, NSW

School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney 

Twitter @AngePattison

Foodswell

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Anthea Fawcett

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The Global Syndemic, Food in the Anthropocene and calls for the great food transformation are just some of the not so little big things we're going to talk about in this episode with Dr. Jessica Bogard and Dr. Mario Herrero.

Mario is a Chief Research Scientist at CSIRO Agriculture and Food and an honorary professor of agriculture and food systems at the University of Queensland. Jessica is an accredited dietitian and public health nutritionist at CSIRO and a member of Mario's team. They are both involved in sustainable agriculture, food systems and nutrition research. And they were both contributors to one or more of the changemaking International reports that we'll be discussing today. 

To hear more Nourishing Matters to Chew On go to the Foodswell website www.foodswell.org/nourishing or SUBSCRIBE wherever you get your podcasts. 

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Foodswell

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Twitter: @foodswell1

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Foodswell-800405613378218

Instagram: @nourishing_matters and @foodswellaustralia

Anthea Fawcett

Facebook: @anthea.fawcett.1

Instagram: @foodswell1

Dr Jessica Bogard

Web: https://people.csiro.au/B/J/Jessica-Bogard

Twitter: @bogard_jessica

Dr Mario Herrero

Web: https://people.csiro.au/H/M/Mario-Herrero

Twitter: @GlobalFoodTeam

IMPORTANT LINKS:

The Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition, and Climate Change: The Lancet Commission Report, https://www.thelancet.com/commissions/global-syndemic

Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems, full report@  https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)31788-4/fulltexthttps://theconversation.com/how-to-feed-a-growing-population-healthy-food-without-ruining-the-planet-108994

CSIRO Agriculture and Food, https://www.csiro.au/en/Research/AF

Credit to @Fredji for the theme music "Happy Life" 

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Dr. Phillip Baker, Research Fellow at the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University, talks to Anthea Fawcett about the rise of ultra processed foods and their environmental and other impacts

"The ABCs war on waste has been incredibly successful in raising awareness about waste. But what about a war on the waste of what's inside the packaging? are we throwing good food after bad junk foods? We know they're not great for us, for our waistlines, our physical health, and even for our mental health...it makes absolutely no sense to junk the planet for junk food." 

To hear more Nourishing Matters to Chew On go to the Foodswell website www.foodswell.org/nourishing or SUBSCRIBE wherever you get your podcasts. 

WE HOPE YOU HAVE LIKED THIS TASTE OF OUR NEW PODCAST, WE WILL BE GOING ON BREAK FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON BUT PLEASE JOIN US IN 2021 FOR MORE "NOURISHING MATTERS TO CHEW ON".

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Foodswell

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Twitter: @foodswell1

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Foodswell-800405613378218

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Anthea Fawcett

Facebook: @anthea.fawcett.1

Instagram: @foodswell1

Dr Phillip Baker 

Web: https://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/people/phil-baker

Twitter: @PhilBakerNZ

IMPORTANT LINKS:

Baker, Phillip, Priscila Machado, Thiago Santos, Katherine Sievert, Kathryn Backholer, Michalis Hadjikakou, Cherie Russell et al. "Ultra‐processed foods and the nutrition transition: Global, regional and national trends, food systems transformations and political economy drivers." Obesity Reviews (2020), pp. 1-22.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343478299_Ultra-processed_foods_and_the_nutrition_transition_Global_regional_and_national_trends_food_systems_transformations_and_political_economy_drivers

Narrative Review Paper:

Elizabeth, L., Machado, P., Zinöcker, M., Baker, P., & Lawrence, M. (2020). Ultra-processed foods and health outcomes: a narrative review. Nutrients, 12(7), 1955.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32630022/

Conversation article:

The Rise of Ultra-Processed Foods and why they’re really bad for our health

https://theconversation.com/the-rise-of-ultra-processed-foods-and-why-theyre-really-bad-for-our-health-140537

Rise of Commercial Milk Formulas, the first ultra-processed foods;

Baker, P., Melo, T., Augusto Neves, P., Machado, P., Smith, J., Piwoz, E., ... & McCoy, D. (2020). First‐food systems transformations and the ultra‐processing of infant and young child diets: The determinants, dynamics and consequences of the global rise in commercial milk formula consumption. Maternal & Child Nutrition, e13097.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mcn.13097

https://theconversation.com/sweet-power-the-politics-of-sugar-sugary-drinks-and-poor-nutrition-in-australia-95873

https://theconversation.com/fat-nation-the-rise-and-fall-of-obesity-on-the-political-agenda-72875

https://theconversation.com/fat-nation-why-so-many-australians-are-obese-and-how-to-fix-it-23783 

Credit to @Fredji for the theme music "Happy Life" 

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Anthea Fawcett talks to Arnagretta Hunter, eminent Cardiologist, senior lecturer for ANU and Chair of the Commission for the Human Future about the implications of their recently released report "The Need for Strategic Food Policy in Australia". 

"The really powerful messages from the report is the interdependence and interrelated issues here that you can't can't really address food security without considering climate change" Arnagretta Hunter 

To hear more Nourishing Matters to Chew On go to the Foodswell website www.foodswell.org/nourishing or SUBSCRIBE wherever you get your podcasts. 

WE HOPE YOU HAVE LIKED THIS TASTE OF OUR NEW PODCAST, WE WILL BE GOING ON BREAK FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON BUT PLEASE JOIN US IN 2021 FOR MORE "NOURISHING MATTERS TO CHEW ON". 

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FoodswellWeb: https://www.foodswell.org.au

Twitter: @foodswell1

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Foodswell-800405613378218

Instagram: @nourishing_matters and @foodswellaustralia 

Anthea Fawcett

Facebook: @anthea.fawcett.1

Instagram: @foodswell1

Dr Arnagretta Hunter 

Web: https://climate.anu.edu.au/about/people/academics/dr-arnagretta-hunter

Twitter: @cbr_heartdoc

Instagram: @arnagretta

IMPORTANT LINKS:Commission for the Human Future: https://humanfuture.net

The Need for Strategic Food Policy in Australia Report: https://humanfuture.net/node/112

Credit to @Fredji for the theme music "Happy Life" 

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Introducing the NOURISHING MATTERS TO CHEW ON podcast hosted by Anthea Fawcett and presented by Foodswell. 

Nourishing Matters to Chew On is a podcast that takes its cue from big picture, healthy and sustainable food system agendas and digs in to explore what these change agendas mean for us here, in Australia. It looks at how we produce and enjoy food in a Climate Change future, as well as how we value the people, places and animals that nourish us. 

Join host Anthea Fawcett - sustainability advocate and founder of Foodswell and farmer's daughter - as she journeys across our food and agricultural landscape to speak with inspiring people in the field who are enabling change toward more sustainable and resilient food system.

SUBSCRIBE TO NOURISHING MATTERS TO CHEW ON wherever you get your podcasts. The first 3 episodes will go live on 10th December 2020. 

Nourishing Matters to Chew on is proud to be part of the Climactic network of podcasts. Check out all of their Climate Positive podcasts at www.climactic.fm

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Foodswell

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Twitter: @foodswell1

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Foodswell-800405613378218

Instagram: @nourishing_matters and @foodswellaustralia

Anthea Fawcett

Facebook: @anthea.fawcett.1

Instagram: @foodswell1

Credit to @Fredji for the theme music "Happy Life" 

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