FoodTalk
Food talks are inspiring and educational conversations about different ingredients. The setup is simple. We invite a chef who prepares food with a selected raw material in focus. The raw material is not only the main number on the plate, it also plays the main role in a conversation held between the chef and other experts, for example a producer and a researcher, with different connections to the raw material and the place.
Conference 6: The system behind the food: Where is the crisis?
Reformaten held its sixth conference in the series ”Don’t let food silence your mouth” on April 8, 2022, and this time we wanted to understand the structures behind the food system in Sweden.
Key issues during conferences
Which actors are there? Where are base ends taken? How is money distributed? What governing documents exist today and at what levels?
Conference 5: Sustainable restaurants: How do we get there?
Reformaten held its fifth conference in the series ”Don’t let the food keep your mouth shut” on September 13, 2021 and arranged talks about sustainable restaurants, in collaboration with MAT2021. During three panel discussions, Reformaten examined different aspects of this multifaceted topic. We find out what is actually sustainable when it comes to restaurants, how it differs between ”fine dining” and ”fast food”, highlight the obstacles and challenges that exist and discuss how to think in order to start working more sustainably as a restaurant owner.
Conference panels
Panel 1: In what ways can restaurants work with sustainability?
Participant: Thomas Eidefors, concept and business developer in the restaurant and hospitality industry
Monica Carlsson, co-owner/finance and sustainability manager PM Hotel/ PM & Vänner Restaurang
Panel 2: What is required for fast food to be sustainable?
Participant: Rune Kalf-Hansen, chef and founder of Kalf & Hansen
Johan Jureskog, chef and restaurant owner
Panel 3: What structures need to be in place for the sustainability work to work?
Participant: Annie Månsson, sustainability consultant at U&We who runs the Sustainable Restaurants network
Per Styregård, journalist and author
Conference 4: Don't let food silence you
During Reformaten’s fourth conference on June 17, 2021, the question was: Is there political support for sustainable food consumption. During the live-streamed event, the results of the Food Barometer were released, where we investigated whether the politicians will want to make it easy to eat right. We have received responses from all eight parties in the Riksdag.
Participants for conference 4:
- Elin Röös, researcher and assistant university lecturer, SLU
- Olga Grönvall Lund, Reformaten
- Klara Peterson, Reformaten
- Pia Lindström, Public Health Agency
- Anna-Karin Quetel, Norwegian Food Agency
- Anna Richert, senior food expert, WWF
- Zeina Mourtada, food creator and blogger
- Patricia Eustachio Colombo, researcher, Karolinska Institutet
- Sara Jervfors, director of nutrition, Södertälje municipality & project manager for MatLust EU
- Jan Bertoft, Secretary General, Swedish Consumers
- Anette Jansson, interest policy and prevention expert, Heart-Lung Foundation Karin Brynell, CEO, Swedish Grocery
Conference 3: Don't let food silence you
During the Reformation’s third conference on March 25, 2021, the focus was on health. How does food actually affect the health of the earth, people and society?
Conference panels
- Presentation Reformaten & Input from research and psychology
- ”Consumer’s health”
- A conversation about how the Swedish Food Agency produces our dietary advice and what we should actually eat
- “The health of the earth”
- ”The health of the producer”
- ”The health of society”
- Afterword
Conference 2: Don't let food silence you
On December 10, 2020, we gathered at Mosebacke winter garden for conference #2 in the Reformation’s conference series ”Don’t let food silence your mouth”. We discussed, among other things, how we can support small and medium-sized Swedish farmers and whether all food is really food.
Conference panels
Panel 1: ”How can we support our small and medium-sized Swedish farmers?” The conversation is led by Rebecca Öhnfeldt, with Joel Holmdahl (farmer with an agroecological focus), Gunnar Rundgren (agricultural consultant, writer and small farmer) & Elin Rydström (organic farmer).
Panel 2: ”How do we enable each tax-financed portion benefits the health of humans and the planet?” The conversation is led by Jonas Bane, with Ulrika Backlund (dietitian, Swedish Food Agency), Anna Lindelöw Mannheimer (founder of Frisk Mat), & Susann Ask (chairman of the National Association of Dietitians).
Panel 3: “Is all food really food? ” The conversation is led by Jonas Bane, with Anna Richert (senior food expert WWF), Sebastien Boudet (baker) & Mats Eric Nilsson (journalist and author).
Conference 1: Don't let food silence you
We need to start talking about what needs to be done to make both people and the planet feel better. On Thursday, September 3, 2020, some of Sweden’s most influential people on the food front gathered to start the discussion about how we build the world’s most sustainable food system.
Selected program items:
- Maria Monciu, author, bridge builder, JärvaMaten: the bridge between Järva and inner city about why is it so important to include Järva in the food and climate issue?
- Elin Röös, researcher Swedish University of Agriculture on sustainable food systems from a broad and interdisciplinary systems perspective.
- Environmental councilor Katarina Luhr on various strategic decisions that change things in the long term.
- Anna Lindelöw Mannheimer, chairman of the association Frisk mat about how we can use the public meal to improve public health.
- Anton Järild and Charlotte Bladh André from Organic Sweden about what investments are being made for sustainable food – politics and market.
- Beatrice Rindevall, environmental journalist on what responsibility do journalists have and what is the media’s role in it all?
- Mambona Bojang and Herman Rasmuson, chefs Fryshuset about how we want to create a sustainable school kitchen for students and the planet.
