In The Dark celebrates stories told through sound. This is cinema for your ears.

Terroir, from the French word meaning earth or soil. It’s, a term traditionally used in gastronomy to define and explain how the environmental factors in a wine’s provenance affects its taste. But couldn’t every single thing that is grown for us to eat be affected by its own terroir?    

As part of the the XMTR AUDIO ARTS FESTIVAL, Lucy Dearlove will bring together a series of thought-provoking audio pieces exploring how local ecology affects what we grow and eat. The works will consider the understanding of terroir and how it might more broadly apply to our wider food systems, particularly in an era of climate crisis, declining soil health and food insecurity.

Lucy Dearlove is an award-winning food podcaster and writer based in St Leonards. Her food podcast, Lecker, is a two-time winner of the Fortnum & Mason Podcast of the Year Award. The New York Times says it has “an intimate feel that sets it apart from most interview shows”.

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