Food, Technology, and the Stories We Tell with Fiona Delaney
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What is Fiona Delaney's first food memory and its significance?
Welcome back to the Bites and Bites podcast. I'm your host, Kristin King, and happy new year. This episode is a special one, and I know I say that quite frequently, but I really do mean it this time. It's the final episode of season two, and I chose it with a lot of intentionality because sometimes the best way to close a year isn't by speeding up, it's by slowing down. Today's conversation is with Fiona Delaney, founder of Origin Chain Network and someone whose way of thinking and storytelling really stays with you. Fiona doesn't just talk about food and technology. She talks about the land, memory, community, and what happens when systems grow so large that we forget the people inside them. This episode weeds together so many of the questions we've been circling all season about food systems, technology, trust, and the stories we tell ourselves about how it all works.
Whether you've listened to every episode this year, or you're just finding the podcast now, this conversation gives you a moment to pause and reflect. Season three is coming, and I'm generally excited about where we're headed to next. But first, settle in. I think you're really going to enjoy this one. I love when I start our interview with someone and I didn't hit record and they've said some glorious gem things already and I'm like, oh crap, so here we are. But we're gonna quickly start and then hopefully we can get back to those gem moments and I'm sure we will.
How does the 'Salmon of Knowledge' relate to Irish storytelling?
Favorite food and favorite food memory, they do not need to be the same thing. Favorite food? I don't know. I can't pick. Do you have a favorite food fixation currently?
Are you stuck on something at the moment? Things like seeds, nuts, seeds. Yeah. Anything that is giving me more bang for my buck in terms of nutrition and omega-3 and that sort of thing. I'm like super into trying to find natural ways to supplement the supplements. or avoid the supplements so maybe that intelligent micro nutrition not that I'm hugely intelligent but I'm curious about it and exploring it so maybe that's my food fixation right now my favorite food memory though is and I bet if you have like a farming community or an outdoorsy community that listens to your podcast my favorite food memory ever is going fishing with my dad Like I was really young. Well, he was kind of young, too, then, I guess.
And it was my first time going fishing with him and, you know, digging up worms and trudging the fields and heading down to the river and finding a good spot and all that kind of stuff and casting my little worm into the river and catching a trout. Wow.
What challenges do farmers face in the modern food system?
And yeah. And I reeled it in myself. I think I was maybe five. Wow. And treading back up the fields, my dad having like killed the fish, which was a little bit traumatic. But anyway, brought it home and my mom, my dad had caught some fish as well. And we brought the fish home and my mom cooked them for breakfast. And I can just remember the taste of the crispy skin and the beautiful, beautiful taste. tasty flesh and just licking my fingers and being so proud that I had like that this was what fish that you catch yourself tastes like the freshness the crisp and then your mom cooks it with love and you're like I'm just I'm the eldest so I was like providing for my siblings I felt very hungry to be honest
That is my favorite ever food memory. And I don't know if you know this. Well, I'm Irish and we have this old myth, which is about the salmon of knowledge. And you can Google it if you want to. But anyway, so there's this powerful story about, you know, like a warrior who comes to know it all, all the knowledge in the world because he ate his fish. Not his fish, actually.
Why is trust important in agricultural communities?
It was his boss's fish. He was cooking it for his boss and burnt his finger and kind of, you know, put his thumb in his mouth. And that's why he got all the knowledge and his boss didn't. So there's all this little trickster fish lore that I kind of love. And obviously, I see myself as a bit of a warrior or a bit of a pioneer. It was probably a better way of saying I'm not so much of a fighter, but...
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is Fiona Delaney's first food memory and its significance?
0:19–1:37
2
How does the 'Salmon of Knowledge' relate to Irish storytelling?
1:37–2:47
3
What challenges do farmers face in the modern food system?
2:47–3:55
4
Why is trust important in agricultural communities?
3:55–4:40
5
How have local food systems changed over time?
4:40–5:32
6
What complexities do people face in understanding food sourcing?
5:32–6:14
7
How does technology impact the future of agriculture?
6:14–7:19
8
What lessons can we learn from the stories we tell about food?
7:19–59:56
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