Jun 3, 2026 · 21 min · 9 segments
The Iran war has upended oil and gas markets and disrupted global supply chains. But the fallout may affect something more fundamental: the price of food. Journalists Ties Gijzel, Remy Koens, and Jan…
Remy KoensGuest
Emma du ChatinierHostBecause before you were already looking into this topic, maybe on a more theoretical level, you had already been investigating this idea of an imminent food crisis.
And then when the war in Iran started happening, was that a moment for you when you thought maybe this is one of those examples when investors indeed start hoping to profit from a crisis like this?
For me, it's just the question of how powerful are these investors on the market itself, but also with how much influence do they have eventually on the food prices? And that's kind of like nobody really knows.
But I do think as journalists, we should be very much aware of that because they do have an impact.
So you had this question, you had this data, then how did you go about this? And where did Remy come in for you?
But before I wanted to waste Remy's time, because he's a very well sought-after colleague here at the newsroom, I wanted to do some testing the data myself first.
Like, what was the behavior before and what was the behavior after of these speculators? And then we
Like, for example, the crop that's growing right now in the field somewhere in Europe is... farmer already knows that it's going to be harvested maybe in September or October.
Because before you were already looking into this topic, maybe on a more theoretical level, you had already been investigating this idea of an imminent food crisis.
And then when the war in Iran started happening, was that a moment for you when you thought maybe this is one of those examples when investors indeed start hoping to profit from a crisis like this?
For me, it's just the question of how powerful are these investors on the market itself, but also with how much influence do they have eventually on the food prices? And that's kind of like nobody really knows.
But I do think as journalists, we should be very much aware of that because they do have an impact.
So you had this question, you had this data, then how did you go about this? And where did Remy come in for you?
But before I wanted to waste Remy's time, because he's a very well sought-after colleague here at the newsroom, I wanted to do some testing the data myself first.
Like, what was the behavior before and what was the behavior after of these speculators? And then we
Like, for example, the crop that's growing right now in the field somewhere in Europe is... farmer already knows that it's going to be harvested maybe in September or October.
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