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Eat the System

Eat the System

By: darren squires
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Food is part of everyone's lives. How that meal gets to our table depends on a large, complex and interweaving system. It includes growing, distribution and commerce, health provision government and community action, culture, and so much more. Join me as I attempt to unpick, and mull over all aspects of this system. I'll be joined by guest who are experts in their individual fields, but all passionate about the system that feeds our bodies, and sometimes our souls too.

Produce by the Hull Food Partnership in association with Hull Food Partnership

Eat the System gives people who are passionate about food the opportunity to speak freely. However, their views do not necessarily represent those of Hull Food Partnership

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darren squires
Art Cooking Food & Wine
Episodes
  • OxFarmToFork
    Dec 17 2025

    If I was to try and describe the perfect food procurement supply chain it would go something like this:

    short, transparent, fair and sustainable.

    well in this month's episode Janie Bickersteth from Oxfarm to Fork tell us about an initative that hits all these points and some.

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    24 mins
  • Elspeth Hay - Feed us with Trees
    Nov 9 2025

    A month or so ago a US publisher emailed to ask if I'd like to interview Elspeth Hay, about her recently published book about harvesting nuts., called 'Feed us with Trees' Obviously I agreed, I love talking to anyone about food . But what I didn't expect was how profoundly reading the book would both change and clarify my outlook. From how traditional hunter-gathering societies managed the land, to how trees could and should play a major role in modern agriculture, prepare to discover a missing piece of the modern food system.

    You can download a copy of the book from here

    https://newsociety.com/book/feed-us-with-trees/?aff=65


    For the full episode, go to:

    https://youtu.be/z6kIB9Vrl5I

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    36 mins
  • Lucinda Place Community Orchard
    Aug 20 2025

    In this episode we're heading out of town And by 'out of town, I don't mean the countryside I mean suburban Auckland, on New Zealands North Island. This is a bit of a family affair, as the tour guide is my sister, and you hear the odd interjection from my Dad.

    You'll also need a brief orentation session, so here we go. I was there at Christmas, which is coming into summer, and when talk about the climate up north, that's closer to the equator, with hotter summer and milder winters.

    So join me on on a tour of the The Lucida Place Community Orchard.The crops might be different - I mean olives and avacadoes for goodness sake - but a lot of the issues around running a community orchard are pretty much identical.

    This was recorded on the fly, so expect lots of wildlife, wind, and the odd plane.

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    26 mins
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