Karen Mapusua: Food is the most powerful lever we have [2025]

Relationships and storytelling are keys to fixing the food system. At least according to Fiji-based Karen Mapusua, Director of the Land Resources Division at ⁠The Pacific Community⁠, enabling collaboration and technology transfer between 22 countries and territories in the Pacific Ocean. She is also president of the ⁠IFOAM Organics International World Board⁠.

What are the Pacific region's strengths and challenges when it comes to food systems, climate change and water scarcity?

We met Karen at the foodtech conference ⁠Big Meet⁠ in Stockholm during ⁠Stockholm ImpACT Days⁠, before her participation in ⁠The Stockholm Food Forum⁠.

This episode is produced in a paid collaboration with ⁠Stockholm Business Region⁠.

Podcast host: ⁠Christian von Essen⁠ // Learn more at ⁠hejaframtiden.se⁠ and ⁠subscribe to the newsletter⁠ (in Swedish).