El Niño Begins, Patagonias Paul Lightfoot on Being in the Business of Making Food Systems Better @thefoodtank
El Niño Begins, Patagonias Paul Lightfoot on Being in the Business of Making Food Systems Better  @thefoodtank
Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
On Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg, Dani speaks with Paul Lightfoot, General Manager of Patagonia Provisions. They discuss how the brand is proving it’s possible to grow profits while investing in sustainable practices, awakening eaters to the harms of fossil fuel based agriculture, and the business risks that are paying off.

Plus El Niño — predicted to be one of the strongest on record — has begun, researchers discover a new gene that helps rice crops withstand heat, a project operating across Latin America and African countries is helping 10,000 farmers transition to sustainable farming, and more.

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El Niño Begins, Patagonia's Paul Lightfoot on Being in the Business of Making Food Systems Better

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