Hello and welcome to another episode of I Wei with Jamele Jamil, a bookcast against shame.

I would like to just give you a little heads up that today's episode is not not intense.

We are talking about the state of food, especially in the United States, but also

kind of all around the world. Now this is a subject I've become increasingly interested in,

not in a kind of diet-cultury way. I'm super sensitive to the fact that God

knows we don't need to think about more reasons why we should be restrictive around food,

especially those of us who've struggled with eating disorders, but there are also some reasonable

conversations to be had about the quality of the food we have. No one's saying that we should

deny ourselves, but are there better ways to source our food? Are there better ways to prepare our food?

Do we need to be a bit more mindful of processed food and foods that are cooked and restaurants?

Do we need to start to kind of prepare ourselves for the fact that the food industry,

especially in places like America and even the UK,

are in a little bit of trouble.

So my guest this week is Oliver English and he is a filmmaker, a chef and an advocate.

He comes from a family of chefs and really, really knows his shit about food.

I'm in this episode he takes me through the history of pesticides and agriculture and

meat farming and breaks down what currently isn't working about our incredibly

unsustainable system.

And to just reassure you, he's also very hopeful in that he lays out some very helpful and

very helpful and pragmatic and practical ways in which the United States and the UK and other countries who are struggling

can build their way back before it's too late. It's just an interesting listen. If you are someone like me

who struggles with digestive issues and doesn't always know why and tends to feel like your body is just persecuting you.

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