Brent Kim: From Farm to Fork and Beyond

Species Unite

elizabeth novogratz

Society & Culture, Philosophy

5 • 911 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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“My colleague and I went out to Arizona because there was a community that was concerned about the expansion of an egg laying operation, essentially in their backyard. At full capacity, that operation was slated to house 12 million birds. 12 million birds. It's like New York City, but with chickens.” – Brent Kim

We know that what we eat has an enormous impact on billions of animals, our health and the health of the planet. If we fail to change our diets and the food system, the planet will face increasingly severe environmental, social, and economic consequences, many of which are already beginning to unfold. We know this, we know that there is much we could be doing about it, on large and small scales, yet the urgency is not there.

I think the more knowledge we have, the more we are willing to demand change and even change ourselves. So, I wanted to go deeper into the food system to get a better understanding of its impact on public health, the planet, ecosystems and social justice, and mostly - to hear about how we change it.

This episode marks the beginning of a special four-part series with some of the experts from the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future.

This conversation is with Brent Kim. Brent is a program officer for the Center’s Food Production and Public Health program. His research spans issues from farm to fork with published works on sustainable diets, climate change and industrial food, animal production, food and agriculture policy, soil safety, and urban food systems. He and I talk about much of it, how to change it and solutions for a much better future.

Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future https://clf.jhsph.edu/

Brent Kim https://clf.jhsph.edu/about-us/staff/brent-kim

Unconfined Podcast (from the Center for a Livable Future) https://clf.jhsph.edu/unconfined-podcast

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0:00.0	Species.
0:07.0	Species.
0:09.0	Unite.
0:10.0	My colleague and I went out to Arizona because there is a community that was concerned
0:17.0	about the expansion of an egg laying operation, essentially in their backyard.
0:22.6	At full capacity, that operation was slated to house 12 million birds.
0:27.4	12 million birds. It's like New York City, but with chickens.
0:40.1	Hi, I'm Elizabeth Novagrats.
0:42.1	This is Species Unite.
0:47.7	We have a favor to ask if you like today's episode and you have a spare minute.
0:57.5	Could you please rate and review Species Unite on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. It really helps people to find the show.
1:13.6	We know that what we eat has an enormous impact on billions of animals on our health and the health of the planet. If we fail to change our diets in the food system, the planet will face increasingly severe environmental, social, and economic consequences,
1:21.6	many of which we are already beginning to see. We know this. We know that there is much more we could be doing about it
1:29.3	on large and small scales. Yet the urgency just isn't there. And I think the more knowledge that we have,
1:36.8	the more we are willing to demand change and even change ourselves. So I wanted to go deeper into
1:43.2	the food system to get a better understanding of
1:45.9	its impact on public health, the planet, ecosystems, and social justice, and mostly to hear about
1:52.8	how we actually change it. This episode marks the beginning of a special four-part series with some of the
1:59.4	experts from Johns Hopkins Center for a
2:02.5	livable Future. And this conversation is with Brent Kim. Brent is a program officer for the center's
2:09.0	food production and public health program. His research spans issues from farm to fork. He has
2:14.7	published works on sustainable diets, climate change, industrial food and animal
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