264: Foodvalley: 'The global food system has to change'

<div>For years, the Netherlands has had a particularly important role to play in the global food system - but how is that role changing as <a href="https://foodmatterslive.com/discover/article/ipcc-report-april-2022-plant-based-food-tech-investment-good-food-institute-europe/">sustainability becomes an ever more pressing issue</a>?<br> <br> </div> <div>The Dutch food production system has historically been the envy of the world, a small country but a big exporter.<br> <br> </div> <div>That has usually meant <a href="https://foodmatterslive.com/discover/podcast/creating-a-sustainable-food-system-the-netherlands/">some pretty intensive farming practices</a>, but now the Netherlands is becoming a global exporter of sustainable ideas.<br> <br> </div> <div>It's in no small part down to some of the work being done at <a href="https://www.foodvalley.nl/">Foodvalley</a>, an independent international organisation, working to accelerate the transition to a <a href="https://foodmatterslive.com/discover/podcast/gunhild-stordalen-the-food-system-is-killing-us-but-we-can-fix-it-food-podcasts/">sustainable food system</a>.<br> <br> </div> <div>In this episode of the Table Talk podcast, Stefan Gates is joined by Foodvalley Managing Director, Marjolein Brasz.<br> <br> </div> <div>She explains what the organisation does, why it exists, and some of the challenges it hopes to overcome.<br> <br> </div> <div>The crux of it, is that Foodvalley identifies problems in the food system that can only be solved by bringing people together from across different sectors.<br> <br> </div> <div>The organisation focusses on innovation around sustainability and supports start-ups, corporates, and investors - anyone who falls under its umbrella term "game changers".<br> <br> </div> <div>But it's not just about th<a href="https://foodmatterslive.com/discover/article/european-region-not-ready-to-halt-obesity-levels-2025-who/">e health of the planet, Foodvalley also wants to transform our diets to be healthier too</a>.<br> <br> </div> <div>Lis