Episode 122: Lindsey Allen & Point Of Origin

The Checkout speaks with Lindsey Margaret Allen, founder of Point of Origin, about our favorite topics: supply chains and sustainability.

Lindsey Margaret Allen is a producer, writer, and food sustainability expert based in Long Beach, CA. After years of working with farmers, agribusinesses, and sustainability executives across multiple countries in Africa and Europe, Lindsey founded a production company to develop and host Point of Origin, a docuseries tracing the world's most compelling supply chains back to the people and communities that keep them thriving. She has bylines in Life & Thyme and Civil Eats. She is a former Fulbright Scholar, has an MS in Environment and Development from the London School of Economics, and holds a BSc from Santa Clara University. @LindseyMAllen_ on Twitter/@lindseymargaretallen on Instagram

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Episode #122 Notes

1:00 - How did you get interested in supply chains?

8:45 - What’s the vision for Point of Origin?

11:00 - Colonization and the food system.

15:10 - Why is food getting so expensive?

18:00 - The war in Ukraine and it’s impact on food and the supply chain.

21:00 - IMF, structural adjustment, and colonization.

28:00 - Examples of what can be done improve and make supply chains more just.

34:50 - What’s next for Point of Origin.