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Capital, Care, and the Politics of Food Work
This thread follows the political and cultural tensions hidden inside the term agri-food: the divide between capital and care, the invisibility of labour, the power of grocery environments, and the ways convenience culture shapes what food systems value or ignore.
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This thematic path brings together conversations, durable analysis, and time-sensitive intelligence so the subject can be followed across the Future Herd archive rather than through a single episode or article.
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Episode 12: Why Culture Decides What We Eat with Raj Thandhi
Raj Thandhi — chef, recipe developer, and food educator behind Pink Chai Living — joins Jesse Hirsh to explore how culture shapes demand, why food has to 'belong' before it moves, and what diaspora cuisine reveals about the infrastructure that actually connects agriculture to everyday life.