63 Extract. Good Root Systems: Supermarkets, true costs & moving up the tailpipe

This is an extract from the end of my conversation with Open Food Network co-founder, Kirsten Larsen, featuring the story of her personal transformation, and how to get more involved with regenerative food systems. It starts, though, with the story supermarkets trade off – the story of efficiency, economies of scale, and cheap food. And increasingly, to their credit, a story of greening – getting better with waste, for example.

But the model is still seeing the costs of cheap food being borne by farmers, landscapes, and public health.  How it works is extremely opaque.  And when crisis hits, supply chains have shown themselves to be highly vulnerable. In the end, this is a price we all pay.  So what’s the new story?  One that doesn’t play off farmers and landscapes against vulnerable eaters reliant on low cost food?  One whose supply chains don't fall in a heap when we need them most?  And one that ultimately generates more equitable, effective and regenerative distribution systems?

Title slide photo: Network co-founders Serenity Hill (left) and Kirsten Larsen (right) with their two children; supplied.

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You can hear the rest of our conversation in episode 63, Food Unincorporated: How a grass roots system went global, with Open Food Network co-founder Kirsten Larsen - https://www.regennarration.com/episodes/063-food-unincorporated

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