Episode 98: Lauren Baker on Agroecology

The Checkout and Lauren Baker, Global Alliance for the Future of Food discuss:

THE POLITICS OF KNOWLEDGE

Understanding the Evidence for Agroecology, Regenerative Approaches, and Indigenous Foodways

https://futureoffood.org/insights/the-politics-of-knowledge-compendium/

Lauren Baker, Ph.D., has more than 20 years of experience facilitating cross-sectoral research, policy, and advocacy for sustainable food systems in non-profit, academic, business, policy, and philanthropic contexts. Lauren’s expertise ranges from researching agricultural biodiversity in Mexico to negotiating and developing municipal food policy and programs. At the Global Alliance, Lauren’s work is focused on the intersections between food systems and health, climate change, agroecology, and true cost accounting. Previously, Lauren led the Toronto Food Policy Council, a citizen advisory group embedded within the City of Toronto’s Public Health Division, and was the Founding Director of Sustain Ontario — the Alliance for Healthy Food and Farming. Lauren teaches in the Global Food Equity program at the University of Toronto and is a research associate with Ryerson University’s Centre for Studies in Food Security.

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Lauren Baker

1:00 – What motivated you to build a compendium of agroecogology?

5:00 – What was discussed at the UN Food Summit you attended?

7:00 – Can agroecology feed the world?

11:00 – Is agroecology scalable?

15:30 – Can agroecology provide meaningful livlihoods?

18:00 – Can agroecology help solve climate change?

24:00 – How can agroecology be molded with the current framework for the globalized food system? 

28:30 – What is agroecology, exactly? 

31:30 – How do we prevent agroecology from being gentrified and commodified?

37:00 – What are the next steps for furthering agroecology?

39:00 – Closing thoughts.