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
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