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How to apply permaculture principles in the kitchen?
In this new episode of our podcast, the roles are reversed: our host Louise Browaeys is the interviewee this time! And in the role of the presenter, we find the talented Matthieu Brillard, who usually handles the technical side.
Louise Browaeys is not only specialized in nutrition, she is also, in her rare free time, a permaculturist.
She elevates permaculture to an art in everyday life and is the author of “Permaculture au quotidien” published by Terre Vivante.
According to Yves Cochet, permaculture is not just another way of gardening: “it is another way of designing and acting in the world” end of quote. And today we are going to discuss this alternative way of designing and acting… in the kitchen.
Permaculture is an ethic with 12 principles, and today we will try to apply these 12 principles in the kitchen.
Guest: Louise Browaeys
An agronomic engineer (AgroParisTech) with a specialization in nutrition, Louise has worked for ten years in the fields of agriculture, food, and ecology.
She is the author or co-author of several books on topics such as food, ecology, permaculture, and corporate social responsibility. Notably: “La part de la terre: l’agriculture comme art” (Delachaux et Niestlé, 2014), “Permaculture au quotidien” (Terre Vivante, 2018), “Le régime planétaire” (La Plage, 2020).
She is the (regular) host of the podcast Révolutions Alimentaires, produced by Darwin Nutrition.
The questions
- Can you explain permaculture in a few words?
- Why connect permaculture and cooking?
- Why is a permaculture kitchen necessarily good for health?
- What would be the main principles of a permaculture kitchen?
- How can our diet be concretely inspired by permaculture?
- Can you repeat some of the 12 principles of permaculture and show us how they are illustrated in the kitchen?
- Give us one or two particularly permaculture recipes?
Resources to go further
- Permaculture au quotidien, Editions Terre Vivante, Louise Browaeys
- Je cuisine écolo ou presque, Editions Larousse, Louise Browaeys & Hélène Schernberg
- Le régime de santé planétaire, Editions La Plage, Louise Browaeys & Hélène Schernberg
- Petit manuel de cuisine punk, Editions Terre Vivante, Louise Browaeys & Hélène Schernberg
