“In the last 25 years, food has become a commodity. food is produced all across the world and the value of food is not related to the way of production, but to different factors that are external to the food production.” 

It seems a logical premise: Produce enough food for the global population and no nation should fall victim to a succession of food crises. But in a world where globalisation and the financialisation of our food system can determine where our food comes from and how much we pay for it, it’s the poorest countries that end up counting the cost. 

Award winning filmmaker and journalist, Stefano Liberti has spent much of his career grappling with these challenges and is our guest for this special episode of The Star Ingredient.

Hosted by Tokunbo Salako. 

Written and produced by Aisling Ní Chúláin, Marta Rodríguez Martínez and Naira Davlashyan. 

The theme music is by Andy Robini. 

Consulting editor: Catalina May. Solution journalism consultant: Michèle Foin.

Production coordinator: Louise Lehec. Editor-in-chief: Patrick Heery. 

Special thanks to the Slow Food movement and Terra Madre festival for its contribution to this episode.

For more information on The Star Ingredient, go to our website.

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The podcast, The Star Ingredient, was funded by the European Journalism Centre, through the Solutions Journalism Accelerator. This fund is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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