Author Emily King brings her book Re-food to life, breaking our food system down into bite sized podcast episodes.

Re-food with Emily King

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Author and food systems expert, Emily King, reads an audio version of the book Re-food in podcast format. In Re-food, Emily advocates for a food systems approach to Aotearoa New Zealand’s troubled food networks – one that takes into account the full paths and processes from the farm to the family table. The book looks at the best path forward to address challenges we face with soils, waterways, climate change, food waste, packaging, unhealthy diets and a lack of access to food. Written in three parts: Grow, Make and Nourish, Re-food traverses the food system and unpacks its issues along the wa...

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Author Emily King brings her book Re-food to life, breaking our food system down into bite sized podcast episodes.

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Education

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thecrunch.substack.com

Latest episode

Jul 7, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 23 - Nourish: Accessing Good Food - The Real Trouble 07.07.2026

In this episode Emily King explores access to food, sharing positive stories of community groups addressing dire shortages of food. Get full access to The Crunch at thecrunch.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 22 - Nourish: But We’re Sick 30.06.2026

In this episode Emily King goes deeper into the impacts of the food system on human health and how that links into earlier discussions in Grow and Make. Get full access to The Crunch at thecrunch.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 21 - Nourish: Food Is Life 23.06.2026

In this episode Emily King explores what we should eat and whether there really is such a thing as a sustainable diet. Get full access to The Crunch at thecrunch.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 20 - Make: Food Waste - Lost in the System and The Change We Need to Make 16.06.2026

In this episode Emily King examines food loss and waste. She also looks at the changes we need to make in order to redesign a food system that doesn’t waste food or have excessive packaging, including approaches like the circular economy for food. Get full access to The Crunch at thecrunch.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 19 - Make: Overpackaging - Human and Ecological Health Impacts 09.06.2026

In this episode Emily King continues to unpack the packaging woes in the food system looking at plastics, different types of packaging, and what you can do about it. Get full access to The Crunch at thecrunch.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 18 - Make: Overpackaging - Processing Food 02.06.2026

In this episode Emily King explores the quagmire of packaging in the food system and both sides of it: those responsible for making it and those responsible for disposing of it. Get full access to The Crunch at thecrunch.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 17 - Grow: Supporting Our Growers 26.05.2026

In this episode Emily King explores the pressures our growers face including soils being paved for housing and what that means for our national food system. Emily unpacks a different way of understanding costs in the food system with True Cost Accounting. Get full access to The Crunch at thecrunch.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 16 - Grow: What We Send Away 19.05.2026

In this episode Emily King explores how much food we produce, our curious nutrient balance of imports and exports, along with labeling, transparency, and traceability, including food fraud and how to detect it. Get full access to The Crunch at thecrunch.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 15 - Grow: Feeding Ourselves 12.05.2026

Thanks for reading The Crunch! This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to The Crunch at thecrunch.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 14 - Grow: Returning to Regenerative Agriculture 05.05.2026

In this episode Emily King explores practical and bold solutions to the issues raised in the first part of the book, Grow. Solutions explored include regenerative agriculture and offsetting. Get full access to The Crunch at thecrunch.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 13 - Grow: The Change We Need to Grow 28.04.2026

In this episode Emily King explores practical and bold solutions to the issues raised in the first part of the book, Grow. Get full access to The Crunch at thecrunch.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 12 - Grow: Climate Change - Reining It In and Adapting 21.04.2026

In this episode Emily King discusses how we adapt to climate change and what that means for our farmers, growers and communities. Get full access to The Crunch at thecrunch.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 11- Grow: Climate Change - Aotearoa New Zealand’s Food and Climate Change 14.04.2026

In this episode Emily King discusses different farming practices and their associated impact on climate change. Get full access to The Crunch at thecrunch.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 10 - Grow: Climate Change - Emissions Across the Food Chain 07.04.2026

In this episode Emily King looks at climate pollution across the food chain and explains different gases and their role in the food system. Get full access to The Crunch at thecrunch.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 9 - Grow: Climate Change - The Issue of Our Time 31.03.2026

The Crunch is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. In this episode Emily King discusses the connections between climate change and our food system, looking at what we eat, and how our food is grown, along with solutions. Thanks for reading The Crunch! This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to T...

Episode 8 - Grow: Water - Working out Water Impacts 24.03.2026

The Crunch is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. In this episode Emily King talks about how much water is in your food, exploring what makes up a water footprint and how much water you use when you grow, make and eat food. Thanks for reading The Crunch! This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access...

Episode 7 - Grow: Water - Lessons from Lake Taupō 17.03.2026

The Crunch is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. In this episode Emily King talks about water. Taupō catchment is an example of farmers who have to farm differently to improve impacts on freshwater, along with green water and blue water. Thanks for reading The Crunch! This post is public so feel free to share it. G...

Episode 6 - Grow: Te Ao Māori - The Māori World View 10.03.2026

In this episode Emily King shares more about the food systems of Māori, the indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand. Dr Jessica Hutchings explains the Māori food system and the Hua Parakore framework. Get full access to The Crunch at thecrunch.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 5 - Grow: Farming and Growing 03.03.2026

In this episode Emily King looks at different approaches to farming, such as organic, biodynamic and regenerative and conventional farming. She discusses scale, traces the history of farming in Aotearoa New Zealand, and how we got to where we are today with our farming systems. Get full access to The Crunch at thecrunch.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 4 - Grow: Everybody Fertilises 24.02.2026

In this episode Emily King traces the history of synthetic fertilisers and how we got to where we are today with large scale applications. She asks why we don’t just trust natural processes and production. Emily shares some tips you can do to Re-food based on this chapter of the book. Get full access to The Crunch at thecrunch.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 1 - Introducing the food system 19.02.2026

In this episode Emily King introduces the food system, giving an overview of the book and what it means to take a food systems approach. Get full access to The Crunch at thecrunch.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 2 - Grow: From the Soil to the Sky 17.02.2026

In this episode Emily King starts to unpack the food system, beginning with why we need a healthy environment for a healthy food system. Soil, water and air is needed for the longevity of food production. Get full access to The Crunch at thecrunch.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 3 - Grow: Falling for Soil 16.02.2026

In this episode Emily King gives us good reasons to fall in love with soil, including microbes and why soil is crucial for plant growth and food production. Get full access to The Crunch at thecrunch.substack.com/subscribe

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