
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


What do Yorkshire beaches, Sierra Leone’s new food strategy, and New York City school lunches have in common? For Corinna Hawkes, they all shaped her journey toward understanding how systems shape food. In this episode, we trace her path from a childhood fascination with shifting sands to her current role at the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization. Along the way, we ask: what does it actually mean to ‘take a systems approach’ to food? What type of leadership skills are needed to fix food systems today? And why do the best solutions sometimes require slowing down, not speeding up?
For more info, transcript and resources, visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/
episode88
Read the report: Transforming food and agriculture through a systems approach (FAO, 2025)
Want to share your reflections on the episode? Send us an email or voice memo to [email protected]
Guest
Episode hosted, edited and produced by Matthew Kessler. Music by Blue dot sessions.
By TABLEdebates.org4.9
2222 ratings
What do Yorkshire beaches, Sierra Leone’s new food strategy, and New York City school lunches have in common? For Corinna Hawkes, they all shaped her journey toward understanding how systems shape food. In this episode, we trace her path from a childhood fascination with shifting sands to her current role at the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization. Along the way, we ask: what does it actually mean to ‘take a systems approach’ to food? What type of leadership skills are needed to fix food systems today? And why do the best solutions sometimes require slowing down, not speeding up?
For more info, transcript and resources, visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/
episode88
Read the report: Transforming food and agriculture through a systems approach (FAO, 2025)
Want to share your reflections on the episode? Send us an email or voice memo to [email protected]
Guest
Episode hosted, edited and produced by Matthew Kessler. Music by Blue dot sessions.

268 Listeners

344 Listeners

570 Listeners

433 Listeners

416 Listeners

842 Listeners

2,206 Listeners

1,483 Listeners

464 Listeners

152 Listeners

176 Listeners

89 Listeners

613 Listeners

411 Listeners

229 Listeners