#foodmiles — Public Fediverse posts
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Harvesting fruit and vegetables 'in the middle of nowhere': The Pacific Islander farm workers scheme
"With about 30,000 PALM workers in Australia as of October, that equates to about 30 deaths per 100,000 people — more than six times the national average of 4.8 per 100,000."
"Back home, I usually drive for no more than 30 minutes before reaching my destination. Here, I'd drive for hours... after working 12-hour shifts." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/palm-workers-urged-to-obey-australian-driving-laws-/104730954"Two Pacific Islander farm workers dead" >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-06/manjimup-fatal-crash-pacific-farm-workers/106636166
#PALM #workers #food #farms #work #AgriculturalIndustry #SettlerSociety #roads #TyrannyOfDistance #transport #rural #cars #Australia #exploitation #plantations #MobilityDesign #WideOpenSpaces #FossilFuel #FoodMiles
Image: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, 1939 -
Harvesting fruit and vegetables 'in the middle of nowhere': The Pacific Islander farm workers scheme
"With about 30,000 PALM workers in Australia as of October, that equates to about 30 deaths per 100,000 people — more than six times the national average of 4.8 per 100,000."
"Back home, I usually drive for no more than 30 minutes before reaching my destination. Here, I'd drive for hours... after working 12-hour shifts." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/palm-workers-urged-to-obey-australian-driving-laws-/104730954"Two Pacific Islander farm workers dead" >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-06/manjimup-fatal-crash-pacific-farm-workers/106636166
#PALM #workers #food #farms #work #AgriculturalIndustry #SettlerSociety #roads #TyrannyOfDistance #transport #rural #cars #Australia #exploitation #plantations #MobilityDesign #WideOpenSpaces #FossilFuel #FoodMiles
Image: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, 1939 -
Harvesting fruit and vegetables 'in the middle of nowhere': The Pacific Islander farm workers scheme
"With about 30,000 PALM workers in Australia as of October, that equates to about 30 deaths per 100,000 people — more than six times the national average of 4.8 per 100,000."
"Back home, I usually drive for no more than 30 minutes before reaching my destination. Here, I'd drive for hours... after working 12-hour shifts." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/palm-workers-urged-to-obey-australian-driving-laws-/104730954"Two Pacific Islander farm workers dead" >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-06/manjimup-fatal-crash-pacific-farm-workers/106636166
#PALM #workers #food #farms #work #AgriculturalIndustry #SettlerSociety #roads #TyrannyOfDistance #transport #rural #cars #Australia #exploitation #plantations #MobilityDesign #WideOpenSpaces #FossilFuel #FoodMiles
Image: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, 1939 -
Harvesting fruit and vegetables 'in the middle of nowhere': The Pacific Islander farm workers scheme
"With about 30,000 PALM workers in Australia as of October, that equates to about 30 deaths per 100,000 people — more than six times the national average of 4.8 per 100,000."
"Back home, I usually drive for no more than 30 minutes before reaching my destination. Here, I'd drive for hours... after working 12-hour shifts." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/palm-workers-urged-to-obey-australian-driving-laws-/104730954"Two Pacific Islander farm workers dead" >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-06/manjimup-fatal-crash-pacific-farm-workers/106636166
#PALM #workers #food #farms #work #AgriculturalIndustry #SettlerSociety #roads #TyrannyOfDistance #transport #rural #cars #Australia #exploitation #plantations #MobilityDesign #WideOpenSpaces #FossilFuel #FoodMiles
Image: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, 1939 -
Harvesting fruit and vegetables 'in the middle of nowhere': The Pacific Islander farm workers scheme
"With about 30,000 PALM workers in Australia as of October, that equates to about 30 deaths per 100,000 people — more than six times the national average of 4.8 per 100,000."
"Back home, I usually drive for no more than 30 minutes before reaching my destination. Here, I'd drive for hours... after working 12-hour shifts." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/palm-workers-urged-to-obey-australian-driving-laws-/104730954"Two Pacific Islander farm workers dead" >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-06/manjimup-fatal-crash-pacific-farm-workers/106636166
#PALM #workers #food #farms #work #AgriculturalIndustry #SettlerSociety #roads #TyrannyOfDistance #transport #rural #cars #Australia #exploitation #plantations #MobilityDesign #WideOpenSpaces #FossilFuel #FoodMiles
Image: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, 1939 -
#FoodMiles: Transportation accounts for a small fraction of food system #emissions, most arise from production & processing. Plus, #LocalFood systems do not always guarantee environmental or economic efficiency, esp. where growing conditions are suboptimal: doi.org/10.22004/ag.... #Sustainability
More Than Food Miles: Rethinki... -
#FoodMiles: Transportation accounts for a small fraction of food system #emissions, most arise from production & processing. Plus, #LocalFood systems do not always guarantee environmental or economic efficiency, esp. where growing conditions are suboptimal: doi.org/10.22004/ag.... #Sustainability
More Than Food Miles: Rethinki... -
#FoodMiles: Transportation accounts for a small fraction of food system #emissions, most arise from production & processing. Plus, #LocalFood systems do not always guarantee environmental or economic efficiency, esp. where growing conditions are suboptimal: doi.org/10.22004/ag.... #Sustainability
More Than Food Miles: Rethinki... -
#FoodMiles: Transportation accounts for a small fraction of food system #emissions, most arise from production & processing. Plus, #LocalFood systems do not always guarantee environmental or economic efficiency, esp. where growing conditions are suboptimal: doi.org/10.22004/ag.... #Sustainability
More Than Food Miles: Rethinki... -
#FoodMiles: Transportation accounts for a small fraction of food system #emissions, most arise from production & processing. Plus, #LocalFood systems do not always guarantee environmental or economic efficiency, esp. where growing conditions are suboptimal: doi.org/10.22004/ag.... #Sustainability
More Than Food Miles: Rethinki... -
(2/3) … than just #transportation, not least consumers' dietary choices (i.e. #meat, #dairy & #eggs vs #plantbased). Rather than using "local" as a proxy for #sustainability, introducing a mandatory #labelling scheme that reflects a product's performance… doi.org/10.1016/B978... #foodmiles #diets
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(2/3) … than just #transportation, not least consumers' dietary choices (i.e. #meat, #dairy & #eggs vs #plantbased). Rather than using "local" as a proxy for #sustainability, introducing a mandatory #labelling scheme that reflects a product's performance… doi.org/10.1016/B978... #foodmiles #diets
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This is FANTASTIC.
I'm a deep believer in creating small, self-sufficient and sustaining communities, especially where #food is concerned.
(Small is Beautiful by E F Schumacher is a #MustRead #bookThis leadership from #NewYorkCity is something to be admired.
Giving the local #community more #ownership and #sovereignty over the means of #production has so many fabulous benefits:
- Benefits #ClimateAction / #ClimateChange by reducing #FoodMiles
- Benefits local #people by reconnecting them with the food on their plates
- Supports the #Local #Economy by keeping wealth & spending in the local area for the benefit of local #business#Bristol (where I live now) is a city of #UrbanFarms and #allotments. It's staggering, actually, how much production capacity there is here. And I'm proud of it.
However, we must also be attentive to the #equality and #equity issues. #LocalSourcing can come with a price premium (local carrots here can cost 4x supermarket versions from the other side of #Europe).
Local production must come with local affordability too. That's a redline for me...Finally, this level of #system change must be, surely, a great example of #SocialMarketing / #SocMar in action!
https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/we-can-move-beyond-food-access-to-food-sovereignty
Hey @BrentToderian - did you see this?
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This is FANTASTIC.
I'm a deep believer in creating small, self-sufficient and sustaining communities, especially where #food is concerned.
(Small is Beautiful by E F Schumacher is a #MustRead #bookThis leadership from #NewYorkCity is something to be admired.
Giving the local #community more #ownership and #sovereignty over the means of #production has so many fabulous benefits:
- Benefits #ClimateAction / #ClimateChange by reducing #FoodMiles
- Benefits local #people by reconnecting them with the food on their plates
- Supports the #Local #Economy by keeping wealth & spending in the local area for the benefit of local #business#Bristol (where I live now) is a city of #UrbanFarms and #allotments. It's staggering, actually, how much production capacity there is here. And I'm proud of it.
However, we must also be attentive to the #equality and #equity issues. #LocalSourcing can come with a price premium (local carrots here can cost 4x supermarket versions from the other side of #Europe).
Local production must come with local affordability too. That's a redline for me...Finally, this level of #system change must be, surely, a great example of #SocialMarketing / #SocMar in action!
https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/we-can-move-beyond-food-access-to-food-sovereignty
Hey @BrentToderian - did you see this?
-
This is FANTASTIC.
I'm a deep believer in creating small, self-sufficient and sustaining communities, especially where #food is concerned.
(Small is Beautiful by E F Schumacher is a #MustRead #bookThis leadership from #NewYorkCity is something to be admired.
Giving the local #community more #ownership and #sovereignty over the means of #production has so many fabulous benefits:
- Benefits #ClimateAction / #ClimateChange by reducing #FoodMiles
- Benefits local #people by reconnecting them with the food on their plates
- Supports the #Local #Economy by keeping wealth & spending in the local area for the benefit of local #business#Bristol (where I live now) is a city of #UrbanFarms and #allotments. It's staggering, actually, how much production capacity there is here. And I'm proud of it.
However, we must also be attentive to the #equality and #equity issues. #LocalSourcing can come with a price premium (local carrots here can cost 4x supermarket versions from the other side of #Europe).
Local production must come with local affordability too. That's a redline for me...Finally, this level of #system change must be, surely, a great example of #SocialMarketing / #SocMar in action!
https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/we-can-move-beyond-food-access-to-food-sovereignty
Hey @BrentToderian - did you see this?
-
This is FANTASTIC.
I'm a deep believer in creating small, self-sufficient and sustaining communities, especially where #food is concerned.
(Small is Beautiful by E F Schumacher is a #MustRead #bookThis leadership from #NewYorkCity is something to be admired.
Giving the local #community more #ownership and #sovereignty over the means of #production has so many fabulous benefits:
- Benefits #ClimateAction / #ClimateChange by reducing #FoodMiles
- Benefits local #people by reconnecting them with the food on their plates
- Supports the #Local #Economy by keeping wealth & spending in the local area for the benefit of local #business#Bristol (where I live now) is a city of #UrbanFarms and #allotments. It's staggering, actually, how much production capacity there is here. And I'm proud of it.
However, we must also be attentive to the #equality and #equity issues. #LocalSourcing can come with a price premium (local carrots here can cost 4x supermarket versions from the other side of #Europe).
Local production must come with local affordability too. That's a redline for me...Finally, this level of #system change must be, surely, a great example of #SocialMarketing / #SocMar in action!
https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/we-can-move-beyond-food-access-to-food-sovereignty
Hey @BrentToderian - did you see this?
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Why I won’t be doing Veganuary this year – or ever again | The Independent
#Veganuary
#Vegan
#Meat
#BrokenFoodSystem
#Enviroment
#NotBinary
#Monocultures
#HealthySoil
#FoodMiles
#FoodWasteMy main gripe is that the issue of our broken food system has never been binary – it’s not as simple as meat bad, plants good
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/veganuary-2023-meal-plan-products-b2253049.html