Emma-Kate Rose has over three decades of experience in working in business, social justice, environmental sustainability, food system advocacy, and political activism. In 2006, she co-created a start-up developing a car sharing service in Brisbane and after selling it in 2008, she joined Food Connect, a social enterprise aiming to create a world where everyone has access to healthy, fresh, ecologically-grown food that is fair to growers, eaters, and the planet. With Emma-Kate, we talked about the need to re-localise food production and distribution closer to cities, the challenges of managing a fair and sustainable food system in today’s political environment, the importance of trust, and how to turn climate despair intro creative energy. For all the references mentioned in this episode: http://gosimone.org/food-sovereignty/episode-7-emma-kate-rose-on-creating-a-sustainable-food-system-and-turning-climate-despair-into-a-creative-energy/