Ali Francis

Let us end the week in the most satisfying of fashions, which is you work really hard, you pay too much tax, which means we pay for the politicians and the people who make the bad social media videos about them, what happened while you were working.

Ali Francis is the Labor member for Dixon.

What's her contribution to the Parliament this week?

Ali, what on earth are you doing?

Industrialization has undoubtedly and profoundly shifted our relationship with food globally, and it can be hard to remember the work being done outside of the commercialized growing to remain connected to the land through vegetables.

What stories are held in the diversity of vegetable species across the globe? Today's guest, Ali Francis, is here to explore the fascinating and curious lives of vegetables.

Allie is an Australian-born journalist and former Bon Appetit reporter living in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Cut, BBC, The Guardian, Taste, and other publications.