Strategizing the local food economy – Christian Jochnick

Christian Jochnick, a Swedish entrepreneur, started his career in social projects for urban youth. After experiencing the challenges around finance in the philanthropic world, he decided to go back to university to get an MSc from the London School of Economics. He then worked as an analyst in the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs before becoming an entrepreneur and venture investor. Today, Christian utilizes his broad experience to support the transition towards a small scale, diversified, organic and regenerative food system, primarily through his project Juntos Farm in Ibiza.

In this episode, Christian explains a bit about how he came to understand the paramount importance of local food economies for genuine social and ecological regeneration. He speaks pragmatically to the question of how best to streamline community resources and actually build such economies. He talks strategy, investments and infrastructure, and offers a holistic understanding of how a local food economy actually works.