Episode 234: Ashka Naik - What's in a Name and Why Does it Matter What We Call It?
In this deeply insightful episode, we welcome Ashka Naik, PhD candidate and Director of Research and Policy at Corporate Accountability, a global human rights and social justice NGO. Ashka joins Vera and Molly to explore how food systems have been colonized by powerful industry players, and why the words we use to describe what we eat matter more than ever.
We unpack the political, historical, and spiritual dimensions of what Ashka calls "violent processing"—a system that has robbed us of biodiversity, cultural wisdom, ancestral practices, and even language itself. Drawing connections between…
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