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Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #farmers, aggregated by home.social.

  1. Land-clearing investigations to be reviewed after Hobart farmer protest
    By Adam Holmes

    Tasmania's forest practices regulator says it will review how it conducts investigations into suspected land-clearing breaches after a protest by farmers in Hobart.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-10/tas

    #Farmers #EnvironmentalManagement #AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #LandManagement #LandClearing #AdamHolmes

  2. @AJ_andrew69 #FAFO is a helluva (negative) cash crop!

    #MAGA #farmers shat 💩 their own bed 🛏️ !

  3. Wednesday, September 9, 2026

    "We will sow" — Odesa farmers defiant in face of relentless Russian assaults . . . . . Russian drone violates Moldovan and Romanian airspace, crashes in Moldova . . . . . Russia's deadline to capture Donbas slips over 15 times as military asks for more time . . . . . EU says Russia 'clearly' unwilling to make peace with Ukraine . . . . . and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  4. Wednesday, September 9, 2026

    "We will sow" — Odesa farmers defiant in face of relentless Russian assaults . . . . . Russian drone violates Moldovan and Romanian airspace, crashes in Moldova . . . . . Russia's deadline to capture Donbas slips over 15 times as military asks for more time . . . . . EU says Russia 'clearly' unwilling to make peace with Ukraine . . . . . and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  5. Wednesday, September 9, 2026

    "We will sow" — Odesa farmers defiant in face of relentless Russian assaults . . . . . Russian drone violates Moldovan and Romanian airspace, crashes in Moldova . . . . . Russia's deadline to capture Donbas slips over 15 times as military asks for more time . . . . . EU says Russia 'clearly' unwilling to make peace with Ukraine . . . . . and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  6. Wednesday, September 9, 2026

    "We will sow" — Odesa farmers defiant in face of relentless Russian assaults . . . . . Russian drone violates Moldovan and Romanian airspace, crashes in Moldova . . . . . Russia's deadline to capture Donbas slips over 15 times as military asks for more time . . . . . EU says Russia 'clearly' unwilling to make peace with Ukraine . . . . . and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  7. Wednesday, September 9, 2026

    "We will sow" — Odesa farmers defiant in face of relentless Russian assaults . . . . . Russian drone violates Moldovan and Romanian airspace, crashes in Moldova . . . . . Russia's deadline to capture Donbas slips over 15 times as military asks for more time . . . . . EU says Russia 'clearly' unwilling to make peace with Ukraine . . . . . and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  8. PSA: we recently added a dedicated channel for Sky Drama Farmers to our Discord (the ACARS Drama Club).

    If you're a Sky Drama Farmer, join the discord and request access to the #farmers-only channel.

    discord.com/invite/8MPufpn2qh

    Not a Sky Drama Farmer? Feel free to join the public channels!

  9. POLITICO Europe: "Europe is short of corn — and Ukraine desperately needs ways to get its grain to market.

    Yet some of the farmers best placed to cash in may be thousands of kilometers away, in the U.S."

    #Europe #Ukraine #USA #Agriculture
    #Corn #Grains #Hungary #Iran #Italy #Poland #Romania #Russia #Slovakia #Spain #TheNetherlands #EU #farmers
    #Farms
    politico.eu/article/europe-nee

  10. POLITICO Europe: "Europe is short of corn — and Ukraine desperately needs ways to get its grain to market.

    Yet some of the farmers best placed to cash in may be thousands of kilometers away, in the U.S."

    #Europe #Ukraine #USA #Agriculture
    #Corn #Grains #Hungary #Iran #Italy #Poland #Romania #Russia #Slovakia #Spain #TheNetherlands #EU #farmers
    #Farms
    politico.eu/article/europe-nee

  11. POLITICO Europe: "Europe is short of corn — and Ukraine desperately needs ways to get its grain to market.

    Yet some of the farmers best placed to cash in may be thousands of kilometers away, in the U.S."

    #Europe #Ukraine #USA #Agriculture
    #Corn #Grains #Hungary #Iran #Italy #Poland #Romania #Russia #Slovakia #Spain #TheNetherlands #EU #farmers
    #Farms
    politico.eu/article/europe-nee

  12. POLITICO Europe: "Europe is short of corn — and Ukraine desperately needs ways to get its grain to market.

    Yet some of the farmers best placed to cash in may be thousands of kilometers away, in the U.S."

    #Europe #Ukraine #USA #Agriculture
    #Corn #Grains #Hungary #Iran #Italy #Poland #Romania #Russia #Slovakia #Spain #TheNetherlands #EU #farmers
    #Farms
    politico.eu/article/europe-nee

  13. POLITICO Europe: "Europe is short of corn — and Ukraine desperately needs ways to get its grain to market.

    Yet some of the farmers best placed to cash in may be thousands of kilometers away, in the U.S."

    #Europe #Ukraine #USA #Agriculture
    #Corn #Grains #Hungary #Iran #Italy #Poland #Romania #Russia #Slovakia #Spain #TheNetherlands #EU #farmers
    #Farms
    politico.eu/article/europe-nee

  14. Wyoming ranchers struggling amid drought, higher costs and new pressures from beef imports

    Wyoming ranchers already contending with drought, rising costs and scarce land have faced uncertainty following President Trump’s 90-day…
    #NewsBeep #News #Headlines #farmers #UnitedStates #Us #USA
    newsbeep.com/722724/

  15. ‘We Don’t Know How We Will Survive:’ Ukraine’s Vital Grain Exports Crippled

    Barns in southern Ukraine are brimming with grain, but the world may end up going hungry anyway.…
    #NewsBeep #News #Headlines #BlackSea #Drones #exports #farmers #grain #ports #Russia #Ukraine #World
    newsbeep.com/717796/

  16. theguardian.com/environment/20; frontiersin.org/journals/publi (open access). "Using publicly available #data from 2006-2023, the #study... found there to be an estimated 402-433m cases of unintentional acute #pesticide #poisoning of #farmers & #farm #workers every year. Based on a worldwide farming population of 934 million, this means approximately 46% of farmers are being #poisoned every year. The greatest estimated number of #oisonings was in southern #Asia, followed by south-east Asia & east #Africa."

  17. SOUL FIRE FARM – Ending racism and injustice in the food system

    "With deep reverence for the Earth and wisdom of our ancestors, we practice #regenerative #agroecology, raise and distribute life-giving food, equip the rising generation of #BIPOC #farmers, and mobilize communities to work toward #food and #landsovereignty."

    soulfirefarm.org/

  18. SOUL FIRE FARM – Ending racism and injustice in the food system

    "With deep reverence for the Earth and wisdom of our ancestors, we practice #regenerative #agroecology, raise and distribute life-giving food, equip the rising generation of #BIPOC #farmers, and mobilize communities to work toward #food and #landsovereignty."

    soulfirefarm.org/

  19. SOUL FIRE FARM – Ending racism and injustice in the food system

    "With deep reverence for the Earth and wisdom of our ancestors, we practice #regenerative #agroecology, raise and distribute life-giving food, equip the rising generation of #BIPOC #farmers, and mobilize communities to work toward #food and #landsovereignty."

    soulfirefarm.org/

  20. SOUL FIRE FARM – Ending racism and injustice in the food system

    "With deep reverence for the Earth and wisdom of our ancestors, we practice #regenerative #agroecology, raise and distribute life-giving food, equip the rising generation of #BIPOC #farmers, and mobilize communities to work toward #food and #landsovereignty."

    soulfirefarm.org/

  21. SOUL FIRE FARM – Ending racism and injustice in the food system

    "With deep reverence for the Earth and wisdom of our ancestors, we practice #regenerative #agroecology, raise and distribute life-giving food, equip the rising generation of #BIPOC #farmers, and mobilize communities to work toward #food and #landsovereignty."

    soulfirefarm.org/

  22. Behind every gallon of fresh milk is hard work, dedication, and a team committed to caring for the herd. 🐄🥛 From the milking parlor to the farm floor, every detail matters.

    #DairyFarm #DairyFarming #FarmLife #FarmerLife #MilkProduction #CattleFarming #Agriculture #WorkingFarm #Farmers #RuralLife #Mastodon

  23. Behind every gallon of fresh milk is hard work, dedication, and a team committed to caring for the herd. 🐄🥛 From the milking parlor to the farm floor, every detail matters.

    #DairyFarm #DairyFarming #FarmLife #FarmerLife #MilkProduction #CattleFarming #Agriculture #WorkingFarm #Farmers #RuralLife #Mastodon

  24. Behind every gallon of fresh milk is hard work, dedication, and a team committed to caring for the herd. 🐄🥛 From the milking parlor to the farm floor, every detail matters.

    #DairyFarm #DairyFarming #FarmLife #FarmerLife #MilkProduction #CattleFarming #Agriculture #WorkingFarm #Farmers #RuralLife #Mastodon

  25. Behind every gallon of fresh milk is hard work, dedication, and a team committed to caring for the herd. 🐄🥛 From the milking parlor to the farm floor, every detail matters.

    #DairyFarm #DairyFarming #FarmLife #FarmerLife #MilkProduction #CattleFarming #Agriculture #WorkingFarm #Farmers #RuralLife #Mastodon

  26. Behind every gallon of fresh milk is hard work, dedication, and a team committed to caring for the herd. 🐄🥛 From the milking parlor to the farm floor, every detail matters.

    #DairyFarm #DairyFarming #FarmLife #FarmerLife #MilkProduction #CattleFarming #Agriculture #WorkingFarm #Farmers #RuralLife #Mastodon

  27. Labour hire company and four farms face more than $3 million in fines
    By Lua Ikenasio and Petra Oates

    A major labour hire legal case is set to begin in the Victorian Supreme Court and could see those accused face fines totalling more than $3 million.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-18/far

    #Courts #Farmers #HorticultureIndustry #AgriculturalWorkers #LuaIkenasio #PetraOates

  28. Labour hire company and four farms face more than $3 million in fines
    By Lua Ikenasio and Petra Oates

    A major labour hire legal case is set to begin in the Victorian Supreme Court and could see those accused face fines totalling more than $3 million.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-18/far

    #Courts #Farmers #HorticultureIndustry #AgriculturalWorkers #LuaIkenasio #PetraOates

  29. Labour hire company and four farms face more than $3 million in fines
    By Lua Ikenasio and Petra Oates

    A major labour hire legal case is set to begin in the Victorian Supreme Court and could see those accused face fines totalling more than $3 million.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-18/far

    #Courts #Farmers #HorticultureIndustry #AgriculturalWorkers #LuaIkenasio #PetraOates

  30. Labour hire company and four farms face more than $3 million in fines
    By Lua Ikenasio and Petra Oates

    A major labour hire legal case is set to begin in the Victorian Supreme Court and could see those accused face fines totalling more than $3 million.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-18/far

    #Courts #Farmers #HorticultureIndustry #AgriculturalWorkers #LuaIkenasio #PetraOates

  31. Labour hire company and four farms face more than $3 million in fines
    By Lua Ikenasio and Petra Oates

    A major labour hire legal case is set to begin in the Victorian Supreme Court and could see those accused face fines totalling more than $3 million.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-18/far

    #Courts #Farmers #HorticultureIndustry #AgriculturalWorkers #LuaIkenasio #PetraOates

  32. @mike805 @RaymondPierreL3

    And here’s a nice round up of what farmers can currently get in the way of electric equipment. Most of it’s smallish & the author notes: “The electric future will make its way to Australian farms, but anyone expecting a diesel-free paddock by the end of the decade is probably in for a rude shock. The ag sector still sits well behind passenger cars, trucks and even construction equipment when it comes to electrification – and for good reason.

    Australian farms are enormous, the climate is often brutally hot and dry, and operations run long hours, often through the night. It’s not uncommon to put a tractor to work for 12 hours straight, which is why battery technology has struggled to crack the local ag sector. So far, it’s largely limited to electric UTVs [Utility Task Vehicles], with no proper electric tractors available here… yet.”

    farmmachinerysales.com.au/edit

    #AustralianFarmers #Farmers #Australia #tractors #electricTractors #UtilityTaskVehicles #batteryTechnology

  33. @mike805 @RaymondPierreL3

    And here’s a nice round up of what farmers can currently get in the way of electric equipment. Most of it’s smallish & the author notes: “The electric future will make its way to Australian farms, but anyone expecting a diesel-free paddock by the end of the decade is probably in for a rude shock. The ag sector still sits well behind passenger cars, trucks and even construction equipment when it comes to electrification – and for good reason.

    Australian farms are enormous, the climate is often brutally hot and dry, and operations run long hours, often through the night. It’s not uncommon to put a tractor to work for 12 hours straight, which is why battery technology has struggled to crack the local ag sector. So far, it’s largely limited to electric UTVs [Utility Task Vehicles], with no proper electric tractors available here… yet.”

    farmmachinerysales.com.au/edit

    #AustralianFarmers #Farmers #Australia #tractors #electricTractors #UtilityTaskVehicles #batteryTechnology

  34. @mike805 @RaymondPierreL3

    And here’s a nice round up of what farmers can currently get in the way of electric equipment. Most of it’s smallish & the author notes: “The electric future will make its way to Australian farms, but anyone expecting a diesel-free paddock by the end of the decade is probably in for a rude shock. The ag sector still sits well behind passenger cars, trucks and even construction equipment when it comes to electrification – and for good reason.

    Australian farms are enormous, the climate is often brutally hot and dry, and operations run long hours, often through the night. It’s not uncommon to put a tractor to work for 12 hours straight, which is why battery technology has struggled to crack the local ag sector. So far, it’s largely limited to electric UTVs [Utility Task Vehicles], with no proper electric tractors available here… yet.”

    farmmachinerysales.com.au/edit

    #AustralianFarmers #Farmers #Australia #tractors #electricTractors #UtilityTaskVehicles #batteryTechnology

  35. @mike805 @RaymondPierreL3

    And here’s a nice round up of what farmers can currently get in the way of electric equipment. Most of it’s smallish & the author notes: “The electric future will make its way to Australian farms, but anyone expecting a diesel-free paddock by the end of the decade is probably in for a rude shock. The ag sector still sits well behind passenger cars, trucks and even construction equipment when it comes to electrification – and for good reason.

    Australian farms are enormous, the climate is often brutally hot and dry, and operations run long hours, often through the night. It’s not uncommon to put a tractor to work for 12 hours straight, which is why battery technology has struggled to crack the local ag sector. So far, it’s largely limited to electric UTVs [Utility Task Vehicles], with no proper electric tractors available here… yet.”

    farmmachinerysales.com.au/edit

    #AustralianFarmers #Farmers #Australia #tractors #electricTractors #UtilityTaskVehicles #batteryTechnology

  36. @mike805 @RaymondPierreL3

    And here’s a nice round up of what farmers can currently get in the way of electric equipment. Most of it’s smallish & the author notes: “The electric future will make its way to Australian farms, but anyone expecting a diesel-free paddock by the end of the decade is probably in for a rude shock. The ag sector still sits well behind passenger cars, trucks and even construction equipment when it comes to electrification – and for good reason.

    Australian farms are enormous, the climate is often brutally hot and dry, and operations run long hours, often through the night. It’s not uncommon to put a tractor to work for 12 hours straight, which is why battery technology has struggled to crack the local ag sector. So far, it’s largely limited to electric UTVs [Utility Task Vehicles], with no proper electric tractors available here… yet.”

    farmmachinerysales.com.au/edit

    #AustralianFarmers #Farmers #Australia #tractors #electricTractors #UtilityTaskVehicles #batteryTechnology

  37. Nutrition programs work better when they include #Indigenous food knowledge

    Researchers found nutrition programs work better when they include Indigenous food knowledge, local languages, and traditional practices.

    By Raquel Brandao, July 24, 2026

    Excerpt: "Cameras, cooking and conversation

    "Some things worked. #Storytelling, #workshops, and #CookingDemonstrations turned up again and again across the 39 studies, alongside #TalkingCircles, #ShortFilms and #SmartphoneApps.

    "The common thread is direction. Each of these methods lets people speak in their own words rather than sit and receive instruction.

    "In #NewZealand ( #Aotearoa ), researchers built a mobile health app together with #Māori and #Pasifika partners. The language, the stories, and the pictures all came from the communities the app was meant for.

    "Speaking with Earth.com, Rao described a project she led. 'In my own work, and one of the papers reviewed, I have used cameras and #DigitalTools with young women and men in an Indigenous community in #India to document their traditional food knowledges by speaking to the elders, visiting the forests and local markets, talking to women engaged in #foraging and #FoodPreparation.'

    "That project is one of the 39 studies in the review. An earlier paper followed ten Santhal young people in eastern India who were trained to make films.

    "They made nearly 50 films and screened them in their own villages. Older relatives supplied much of what went into them.

    Elders as teachers

    "Who holds the knowledge matters as much as what the knowledge is. #Elders, #healers, #farmers, and #women each carry different parts of it.

    "None of it arrives as a curriculum. It moves between generations through cooking, gathering and long conversation, which is exactly what a nutrition leaflet cannot carry.

    " 'Reclaiming and recognising #IndigenousKnowledge , values and practices to address the different elements of nutrition and health involves recognising intergenerational and wider social relations, and engaging everyone from the elders, healers, educators and farmers to service providers, policymakers and academics, to together raise issues and find solutions,' said Rao.

    "Traditional foods carry knowledge of the local landscape in a way nothing else does. The review treats them as practical resources rather than heritage."

    Read more:
    earth.com/lifestyle/nutrition-

    #SolarPunkSunday #Technology #IndigenousCommunities #TraditionalKnowledge #TraditionalDiets #FoodForests #Foraging #SharingKnowledge #PreservingCulture #TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge #FoodKnowledge #TraditionalFoods

  38. Nutrition programs work better when they include #Indigenous food knowledge

    Researchers found nutrition programs work better when they include Indigenous food knowledge, local languages, and traditional practices.

    By Raquel Brandao, July 24, 2026

    Excerpt: "Cameras, cooking and conversation

    "Some things worked. #Storytelling, #workshops, and #CookingDemonstrations turned up again and again across the 39 studies, alongside #TalkingCircles, #ShortFilms and #SmartphoneApps.

    "The common thread is direction. Each of these methods lets people speak in their own words rather than sit and receive instruction.

    "In #NewZealand ( #Aotearoa ), researchers built a mobile health app together with #Māori and #Pasifika partners. The language, the stories, and the pictures all came from the communities the app was meant for.

    "Speaking with Earth.com, Rao described a project she led. 'In my own work, and one of the papers reviewed, I have used cameras and #DigitalTools with young women and men in an Indigenous community in #India to document their traditional food knowledges by speaking to the elders, visiting the forests and local markets, talking to women engaged in #foraging and #FoodPreparation.'

    "That project is one of the 39 studies in the review. An earlier paper followed ten Santhal young people in eastern India who were trained to make films.

    "They made nearly 50 films and screened them in their own villages. Older relatives supplied much of what went into them.

    Elders as teachers

    "Who holds the knowledge matters as much as what the knowledge is. #Elders, #healers, #farmers, and #women each carry different parts of it.

    "None of it arrives as a curriculum. It moves between generations through cooking, gathering and long conversation, which is exactly what a nutrition leaflet cannot carry.

    " 'Reclaiming and recognising #IndigenousKnowledge , values and practices to address the different elements of nutrition and health involves recognising intergenerational and wider social relations, and engaging everyone from the elders, healers, educators and farmers to service providers, policymakers and academics, to together raise issues and find solutions,' said Rao.

    "Traditional foods carry knowledge of the local landscape in a way nothing else does. The review treats them as practical resources rather than heritage."

    Read more:
    earth.com/lifestyle/nutrition-

    #SolarPunkSunday #Technology #IndigenousCommunities #TraditionalKnowledge #TraditionalDiets #FoodForests #Foraging #SharingKnowledge #PreservingCulture #TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge #FoodKnowledge #TraditionalFoods

  39. Nutrition programs work better when they include #Indigenous food knowledge

    Researchers found nutrition programs work better when they include Indigenous food knowledge, local languages, and traditional practices.

    By Raquel Brandao, July 24, 2026

    Excerpt: "Cameras, cooking and conversation

    "Some things worked. #Storytelling, #workshops, and #CookingDemonstrations turned up again and again across the 39 studies, alongside #TalkingCircles, #ShortFilms and #SmartphoneApps.

    "The common thread is direction. Each of these methods lets people speak in their own words rather than sit and receive instruction.

    "In #NewZealand ( #Aotearoa ), researchers built a mobile health app together with #Māori and #Pasifika partners. The language, the stories, and the pictures all came from the communities the app was meant for.

    "Speaking with Earth.com, Rao described a project she led. 'In my own work, and one of the papers reviewed, I have used cameras and #DigitalTools with young women and men in an Indigenous community in #India to document their traditional food knowledges by speaking to the elders, visiting the forests and local markets, talking to women engaged in #foraging and #FoodPreparation.'

    "That project is one of the 39 studies in the review. An earlier paper followed ten Santhal young people in eastern India who were trained to make films.

    "They made nearly 50 films and screened them in their own villages. Older relatives supplied much of what went into them.

    Elders as teachers

    "Who holds the knowledge matters as much as what the knowledge is. #Elders, #healers, #farmers, and #women each carry different parts of it.

    "None of it arrives as a curriculum. It moves between generations through cooking, gathering and long conversation, which is exactly what a nutrition leaflet cannot carry.

    " 'Reclaiming and recognising #IndigenousKnowledge , values and practices to address the different elements of nutrition and health involves recognising intergenerational and wider social relations, and engaging everyone from the elders, healers, educators and farmers to service providers, policymakers and academics, to together raise issues and find solutions,' said Rao.

    "Traditional foods carry knowledge of the local landscape in a way nothing else does. The review treats them as practical resources rather than heritage."

    Read more:
    earth.com/lifestyle/nutrition-

    #SolarPunkSunday #Technology #IndigenousCommunities #TraditionalKnowledge #TraditionalDiets #FoodForests #Foraging #SharingKnowledge #PreservingCulture #TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge #FoodKnowledge #TraditionalFoods

  40. Nutrition programs work better when they include #Indigenous food knowledge

    Researchers found nutrition programs work better when they include Indigenous food knowledge, local languages, and traditional practices.

    By Raquel Brandao, July 24, 2026

    Excerpt: "Cameras, cooking and conversation

    "Some things worked. #Storytelling, #workshops, and #CookingDemonstrations turned up again and again across the 39 studies, alongside #TalkingCircles, #ShortFilms and #SmartphoneApps.

    "The common thread is direction. Each of these methods lets people speak in their own words rather than sit and receive instruction.

    "In #NewZealand ( #Aotearoa ), researchers built a mobile health app together with #Māori and #Pasifika partners. The language, the stories, and the pictures all came from the communities the app was meant for.

    "Speaking with Earth.com, Rao described a project she led. 'In my own work, and one of the papers reviewed, I have used cameras and #DigitalTools with young women and men in an Indigenous community in #India to document their traditional food knowledges by speaking to the elders, visiting the forests and local markets, talking to women engaged in #foraging and #FoodPreparation.'

    "That project is one of the 39 studies in the review. An earlier paper followed ten Santhal young people in eastern India who were trained to make films.

    "They made nearly 50 films and screened them in their own villages. Older relatives supplied much of what went into them.

    Elders as teachers

    "Who holds the knowledge matters as much as what the knowledge is. #Elders, #healers, #farmers, and #women each carry different parts of it.

    "None of it arrives as a curriculum. It moves between generations through cooking, gathering and long conversation, which is exactly what a nutrition leaflet cannot carry.

    " 'Reclaiming and recognising #IndigenousKnowledge , values and practices to address the different elements of nutrition and health involves recognising intergenerational and wider social relations, and engaging everyone from the elders, healers, educators and farmers to service providers, policymakers and academics, to together raise issues and find solutions,' said Rao.

    "Traditional foods carry knowledge of the local landscape in a way nothing else does. The review treats them as practical resources rather than heritage."

    Read more:
    earth.com/lifestyle/nutrition-

    #SolarPunkSunday #Technology #IndigenousCommunities #TraditionalKnowledge #TraditionalDiets #FoodForests #Foraging #SharingKnowledge #PreservingCulture #TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge #FoodKnowledge #TraditionalFoods

  41. Nutrition programs work better when they include #Indigenous food knowledge

    Researchers found nutrition programs work better when they include Indigenous food knowledge, local languages, and traditional practices.

    By Raquel Brandao, July 24, 2026

    Excerpt: "Cameras, cooking and conversation

    "Some things worked. #Storytelling, #workshops, and #CookingDemonstrations turned up again and again across the 39 studies, alongside #TalkingCircles, #ShortFilms and #SmartphoneApps.

    "The common thread is direction. Each of these methods lets people speak in their own words rather than sit and receive instruction.

    "In #NewZealand ( #Aotearoa ), researchers built a mobile health app together with #Māori and #Pasifika partners. The language, the stories, and the pictures all came from the communities the app was meant for.

    "Speaking with Earth.com, Rao described a project she led. 'In my own work, and one of the papers reviewed, I have used cameras and #DigitalTools with young women and men in an Indigenous community in #India to document their traditional food knowledges by speaking to the elders, visiting the forests and local markets, talking to women engaged in #foraging and #FoodPreparation.'

    "That project is one of the 39 studies in the review. An earlier paper followed ten Santhal young people in eastern India who were trained to make films.

    "They made nearly 50 films and screened them in their own villages. Older relatives supplied much of what went into them.

    Elders as teachers

    "Who holds the knowledge matters as much as what the knowledge is. #Elders, #healers, #farmers, and #women each carry different parts of it.

    "None of it arrives as a curriculum. It moves between generations through cooking, gathering and long conversation, which is exactly what a nutrition leaflet cannot carry.

    " 'Reclaiming and recognising #IndigenousKnowledge , values and practices to address the different elements of nutrition and health involves recognising intergenerational and wider social relations, and engaging everyone from the elders, healers, educators and farmers to service providers, policymakers and academics, to together raise issues and find solutions,' said Rao.

    "Traditional foods carry knowledge of the local landscape in a way nothing else does. The review treats them as practical resources rather than heritage."

    Read more:
    earth.com/lifestyle/nutrition-

    #SolarPunkSunday #Technology #IndigenousCommunities #TraditionalKnowledge #TraditionalDiets #FoodForests #Foraging #SharingKnowledge #PreservingCulture #TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge #FoodKnowledge #TraditionalFoods