Feed

About Feed

Is local or global more sustainable? What role should meat play in our diets? Who holds power in the food system? In a polarized world, this podcast explores the visions, values and evidence behind these debates. Feed, a project of TABLE, is in conversation with diverse experts who are trying to transform the food system. Originally established as a collaboration between the University of Oxford, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), and Wageningen University & Research (WUR), the TABLE network has since grown to include la Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) and la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. This podcast is operated by SLU. For more info, visit https://tabledebates.org/podcasts/

Publisher

TABLEdebates.org

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Feb 2021

Latest episode

24 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

4 of 115 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   24 Sept 2026

   Plant protein without pretending

   Host [Host Name] explores innovative plant-based food futures with [Guest Name], a food scientist, moving beyond meat imitation.

2. 

   23 Jul 2026

   Bonus. The hidden costs of biosecurity

   After the 2018 African Swine Fever outbreak led to the culling of over a hundred million pigs, China moved toward larger, more biosecure, high-rise hog farms. Human geographer Ray Chan takes us inside these operations. He argues that biosecurity isn't only about preventing disease. He calls it a form of governance, deciding whose risk gets prioritized and how both people and animals are expected to behave. For more info, transcript and resources, visit: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/ episo...

3. 

   9 Jul 2026

   Bonus. The futures of China's countryside

   China's countryside isn't heading toward one future. Sociologist Forrest Zhang walks us through four different scenarios: suburbanizing villages turned tourist destinations, industrial-scale grain belts managed by smart phones, intensive vegetable farms facing a looming labor crisis, and aging villagers returning to subsistence farming. We explore the shift from socialist to capitalist agriculture, and ask whether the next era may take a "sustainability turn,” a door opened by a shrinking pop...

Inside a recent episode

Feeding 1 in 6. Small mighty fish farms

Published 11 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Its climate gives it something no other Chinese province has, year-round warm water. Hainan, because of the tropical climate, it gives the privilege to stock the seedlings in a very early time so they can become the very first supplier to the whole country of the shrimp seedlings. So Hainan becomes, they call it a nickname of the Silicon Valley of shrimp for the hatchery. 60 to 80% of the shrimp fingerlings farmed across China dart their lives in Hainan. Hainan has another distinction that sets it apart from every other province in China. Hainan is still very interesting. I think it's the only province in China now that have the higher amount of production from the wild fishery than aquaculture. […]

Who has been a guest on Feed

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Lena Kaufmann
• Michelle King
• Zhang Hongzhou
• Fengwei Ina Liu
• Ryan Britt

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

23 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

85 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 37 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

34

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

97

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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