{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"181: What Can Vegetables Teach Us About the Future? with Ali Francis","description":"Industrialization has undoubtedly and profoundly shifted our relationship with food globally, and it can be hard to remember the work being done outside of commercialized growing to remain connected to the land through vegetables. What stories are held in the diversity of vegetable species across the globe? Today\u2019s guest, Ali Francis, is here to explore their fascinating and curious lives! Ali is an Australian-born journalist and former Bon App\u00e9tit reporter living in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Cut, BBC, The Guardian, TASTE, and other publications. She\u2019s the co-founder of Best Food Blog, a journalist-owned publication about eating. Ali also writes Anyway!, a newsletter about building meaningful lives in these bizarre modern times. Her first book, The Curious Lives of Vegetables: An Artful Exploration of the Wonderful World of Edible Plants, Their History, and Their Crucial Role in Our Future is out now, and is a wild quest to uncover the stories we don\u2019t usually hear about plants. In today\u2019s conversation, Ali touches on how her and the book\u2019s artist Adriana Picker tackled such an immense and robust task of sharing plant narratives through writing and gorgeous illustrations, what factors have contributed to the declining biodiversity of vegetables in the world, how colonial naming conventions shaped our relationship to vegetable varieties, and the important role that seed savers play in building more vibrant, flavourful futures. Resources: Ali\u2019s Website The Curious Lives of Vegetables Anyway! Newsletter Best Food Blog Instagram: @alifrancis.me ","author_name":"AnthroDish","author_url":"https:\/\/anthrodish.com","html":"