# Can this 'tsar' fix our problem with food? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/scotcast-7160589/can-this-tsar-fix-our-problem-with-food Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/scotcast-7160589/can-this-tsar-fix-our-problem-with-food.md Podcast: [Scotcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/scotcast-7160589) Published: 2026-06-12T16:00:00+00:00 Episode link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nrgcvd Audio file: http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0nrfn1m.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/scotcast-7160589/episodes/can-this-tsar-fix-our-problem-with-food Duration seconds: 1507 ## Resource If you’re interested in this episode, you may also like ‘A ‘food desert’ and the fight for a supermarket’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0nbfq1x Jayne Jones (pictured) is the first chief executive of the newly-created Scottish Food Commission. We ask Scotland's 'food tsar' why she believes our food is so expensive and whether price caps proposed by First Minister John Swinney are the solution. Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Laura Miller. Get in touch: scotcast@bbc.co.uk ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/scotcast-7160589/episodes/can-this-tsar-fix-our-problem-with-food/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/scotcast-7160589/can-this-tsar-fix-our-problem-with-food.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.