Wao Podcast: navigating New Zealand's food systems into the future with Jane Lloyd.
This episode couldn’t come at a better time. The Southern Lakes Food Resilience Report has just been released, revealing the Southern Lakes will need at least double if not triple today’s food supply by 2050. To mark this moment, we revisit insights from Jane Lloyd, food resilience expert and Wao Summit speaker from 2025. Her kōrero sets the stage for Food Resilience Day at the Wao Summit on 31 October, where the report’s findings will be explored through tours, kōrero and action-focused sessions. Listen in, read the report, and join the movement to build a fair and resilient food system at wao.co.nz.
Jane Lloyd is a leading voice in food systems, bringing her expertise back to New Zealand to tackle pressing issues like food resilience and climate change. Her passion for creating sustainable solutions is evident as she advocates for a non-partisan approach to food system resilience, recognising its critical role in our economy and wellbeing.
Jane's insights are not only timely but essential, as food systems around the world are coming under significant pressure. Jane highlights the need for a collaborative effort to address the challenges facing our food systems today, so that we are in a better position for tomorrow.
So what do we need to do as a country, and what can we do at a local or even household level? Jane doesn’t profess to have all the answers, but she offers a lot of insight to get the thinking rolling.
Let’s hear what Jane has to say about food systems, food resilience and climate change in New Zealand.