Back to the roots: Those who fight for good taste and for new, intelligent food protect biodiversity and can trigger a revolution. A new alliance between chefs and farmers is the natural path to sustainable farming methods and thus to social and cultural change. Cultivating taste teaches us to live better and smarter. Carlo Petrini, founder of Slow Food and the agricultural network Terra Madre, discusses with biologist Stefano Mancuso, who has opened our eyes to a new perspective on the plant world in "The Intelligence of Plants." Both interlocutors agree that destructive industrial agriculture has failed. Instead of life-hostile monocultures, the immense waste of food, and the ever-new artificialities of star gastronomy, the focus is on creating the foundations of a new culture.