Building Better Business

Who grows our food?

Building Better Business

Show Notes

Dorothy Shaver, Global Food Sustainability Director Unilever; Nick Hoskyns, Peanut & sesame farmer & ETICO Director; + Beatrix Richards Senior Corporate Engagement Manager, Solidaridad

Despite small-scale farmers contributing a third of the global food supply, their work is often undervalued and under paid. Our three guests explain the failings of a commodity market which leaves farmers very often living in poverty. They discuss the tactics needed to improve livelihoods on the ground but also the system change required for a fair and equitable trade transformation.

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