NFO Ep 12: Is exponential growth possible on a finite planet?

Is exponential growth possible on a finite planet? How we might balance growth and profit with maximum social and ecological benefit?

In the latest New Food Order podcast episode, hosts Danielle Gould ( Food-Tech Connect ) and Louisa Burwood-Taylor (AgFunder) discuss two differing viewpoints on growth with regenerative economics pioneer John Fullerton ( Capital Institute ) and venture capitalist Manuel E. Gonzalez (AgFunder).?

Included in the discussion is Sara Eckhouse , executive director of FoodShot Global , about using integrated capital investment models that combine funding from multiple types of financial instruments to fund solutions that address social and environmental issues.

Topics covered in this episode include:

• ??The failures of the current financial system and the business models within it
• ??The potential benefits of restructuring the ownership of large multinational food companies
• ??The failure of the growth and efficiency principles in our current financial system to account for their impact on people and planet
• ??Whether we need to build a new system from the ground up with alternative principles and priorities? to cope with our current crises
• ??What those principles might be
• ??The potential negative impacts of a model that doesn’t center growth
• ??How Integrated Capital works and is able to develop novel ideas that could be missed by other financing structures

??Listen and subscribe: https://pod.fo/e/1618da

??New Food Order is brought to you by AgFunder and Food Tech Connect, and is hosted by Danielle Gould and Louisa Burwood-Taylor.

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