De Balie Podcast

We look back on a variety of programmes from last season in De Balie Podcast. This time with: The Biodiversity Buffet with Dan Saladino. Whether your on the road, at the campsite or at the beach, De Balie is always within reach this summer. With two programmes to listen to each week.Amidst the worldwide loss of food diversity and our increasing reliance on a limited number of crops and corporations, there lies an opportunity for ecological and cultural enrichment. Instead of prioritizing bulk over quality, a diverse food culture can serve to nourish both ourselves and our environment. Can we tune the Dutch food system to respond to the dynamics and diversity of our unique delta landscape?Throughout the past several decades, our approach to food has leaned heavily towards homogenization, diminishing both the variety in our natural environment and in what we consume. Of the roughly six thousand different plants once consumed by human beings just three of these—rice, wheat, and corn—now provide half of all