Florian Kroll is a researcher at the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security and PhD candidate at the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies at the University of the Western Cape. His key areas of interest is local food governance. Flo has worked to promote health through food security, nutrition and environments since 2004, applying his interdisciplinary background in anthropology. An activist researcher with a keen interest in the intersection between society, ecology and health, his work includes food systems research, consultancy, policy analysis, advocacy, capacity building and mentorship. He has led pioneering food systems research and consultancy for various civil society organisations, academic networks and government departments in Johannesburg and Cape Town. He currently leads the Food Imbizo, an initiative supported by the DSI-NRF CoE-FS.Flo has developed extensive networks with government, private sector, academia and civil society.