University of Greenland's Aviaja Lyberth Hauptmann on how the world's diet revolution is challenging Greenland
For a millennia, the Inuit people have managed to survive off the land of Greenland, an extreme Arctic environment. Assistant Professor Aviaja Lyberth Hauptmann has been conducting a two-year postdoc on the Greenlandic Diet Revolution, which looks at the microbiomes of traditional Greenlandic foods, an almost exclusively animal-based diet.
Aviaja's work encompasses culture, climate change, nutrition, microbiology, biotech, big industry, and politics. Full of fascinating insights, this conversation will get you thinking about what health really means for humans and the planet and how the two can and can’t be connected. It’s also an important conversation to consider how vulnerable communities fit in to our global climate solutions.
- 5:20 Overview of diet, traditions, and culture
- 10:20 Why a plant-based diet is causing problems in Greenland
- 26:00 Vision for the future food system
- 30:30 How Arctic micro-organisms create big business opportunities beyond oil & gas
- 38:00 Wisdom collected from nature and the Inuits
Join our community on Instagram and find more episodes at www.nordicfoodtech.io. Lastly, Aviaja would love to work with top chefs on how the fascinating and rare fermented foods of Greenland could be used to gain new sorts of taste. If you’re a chef listen in at 35:50 for instructions on how to get in touch!