Show Notes
Your feedback, your questions and what’s coming next.
Season one sparked more conversation than we expected. In this episode your three co-hosts Amanda, Peter, and Nick work through the feedback, comments, and questions that came in after season one, covering weeds, kauri dieback, and genetic modification. The GM debate generated the most heat, and what came out of it was bigger than the technology itself, a conversation about ownership, oversight, food security, and food sovereignty, brought into sharp focus by COVID and a recent fuel crisis. We also celebrate a remarkable community effort, a 14,000 tree kauri refuge being established at Taieri Beach as a seed bank while science works toward a solution for kauri dieback.
The episode closes with a preview of season two, which turns the lens on the biosecurity system itself.
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Chapters:
00:00 Welcome Back 00:26 Season One Feedback 01:32 Weeds Episode Praise 02:19 Hay Fever and Pine Trees 05:26 The GM Debate Reactions 06:51 Can We Go There 08:06 GM Hype vs Reality 09:55 Food, GM and Imports 15:06 Fuel Crisis and Food Security 16:31 A Tool, Not a Category 18:55 Ownership and Sovereignty 20:52 A Food Security Wake Up Call 22:10 GMO Power and Oversight 22:52 Hybrid Seeds Explained 24:04 The Canterbury Seed Economy 25:02 Capitalism and Our Food System 26:16 Beetroot and Identity 28:09 A Kauri Refuge Forest 32:20 Weed Funding and Biocontrol 36:31 Agapanthus and Prevention 37:19 Season Two Tease 39:07 Thanks and Sign Off Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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