Fork The System
Welcome to Fork The System — a podcast spotlighting the innovators, researchers, and advocacy leaders reimagining how we feed the world. Each episode will feature a professional working to build sustainable and ethical food systems.
New episodes monthly (every second Tuesday) with your host, Sherry Shu, a fourth-year student at Western University’s Ivey Business School.
Feedback on the episodes is always appreciated at https://bit.ly/forkthesystemfeedback.
Fork The System
Oscar Barrero Leal on problems with protectionist policy and the value of farming cooperatives
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Our fourth guest is Oscar Barrero Leal. Oscar recently finished his Doctorate in International Economic Law at Middlesex University and is now an Assistant Professor at the University of Ibagué in Colombia. Oscar teaches and conducts research in the intersections of global food systems, food security, public policy, and economic law. Oscar wrote his thesis on the rice trade — specifically, how international policies governing the global rice trade affected domestic Colombian rice markets.
Welcome to Fork The System — a podcast spotlighting the innovators, researchers, and advocacy leaders reimagining how we feed the world.
Feedback Form: bit.ly/forkthesystemfeedback
Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15mzuxvfSZW6C5Fv85Bn8pLgqx6OqvGrs_9RdaAqrFFQ/edit?usp=sharing
Substack Recap: https://forkthesystem.substack.com/p/a-recap-of-fork-the-system-episode-4cc?r=5s965p