Slow Food Goes Brussels: Food’s political power with Marta Messa

In June 2022 Slow Food elected a young and inspiring woman as Secretary General: Marta Messa. Marta is also director of Slow Food Europe, so we asked her our questions about the political power of food in the world and about the upcoming opportunities to achieve a good, clean, and fair food policy in Europe. How can we save the world through food? Why is food so political? Is Europe on the tracks to transition to sustainable food systems or are we going backwards? But also... what is Marta’s favorite winter dish? 
Tune in to find out! 

Useful links mentioned in the podcast:
- Book: "Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, From Sustainable to Suicidal" : https://markbittman.com/avj
- Book: "Oryx and Crake": https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46756.Oryx_and_Crake
- Podcast: "The Daily" by the NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/column/the-daily 

 

Do not hesitate to follow @SlowFoodEurope on Twitter, as well as @MartaMessa. And if you don’t yet follow @slowfoodyouthnetwork on Instagram, time to catch up!

Host: Alice Poiron Production
Guest: Marta Messa
Post-production: Valentina Gritti
Music: Leonardo Prieto

A project by Slow Food Youth Network

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