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  1. 🌱 How many wild edible plants do you know?

    Learning to identify edible and medicinal plants can build confidence, practical skills and a deeper connection with nature. Imagine raising children who know plants by name and understand what nature can provide.

    Start with the plants around you. Learn, forage responsibly, and enjoy the adventure. 🌿💚

    #Foraging #Nature #Permaculture #FoodSecurity #Sustainability

  2. 🌱 How many wild edible plants do you know?

    Learning to identify edible and medicinal plants can build confidence, practical skills and a deeper connection with nature. Imagine raising children who know plants by name and understand what nature can provide.

    Start with the plants around you. Learn, forage responsibly, and enjoy the adventure. 🌿💚

    #Foraging #Nature #Permaculture #FoodSecurity #Sustainability

  3. 🌱 How many wild edible plants do you know?

    Learning to identify edible and medicinal plants can build confidence, practical skills and a deeper connection with nature. Imagine raising children who know plants by name and understand what nature can provide.

    Start with the plants around you. Learn, forage responsibly, and enjoy the adventure. 🌿💚

    #Foraging #Nature #Permaculture #FoodSecurity #Sustainability

  4. Why did 1,000 world citizens bury their underpants?

    Study: Land use is the biggest factor in determining decomposition rates of organic cotton underpants.

    Jennifer Ouellette – Aug 27, 2026

    Excerpt: "A thousand people voluntarily buried their cotton underpants for two months—not to keep the Underpants Gnomes from stealing them, but as part of a citizen science project to map out soil health in 25 countries around the world. The results of this unique experiment were reported in a new paper published in the journal #PlantsPeoplePlanet.

    " 'Our results show that how soil is managed can significantly affect both soil life and soil quality,' said co-author Marcel van der Heijden, an #agroecologist at the University of Zurich. 'Healthy, biologically active soil is crucial for fertility, nutrient cycling and many other #ecosystem services.'

    " #SoilHealth is critical for #agriculture and, by extension, #FoodSecurity, not to mention a healthy #GlobalEcosystem, but it has been declining worldwide, per the authors. One key indicator of soil health is #decomposition rates of complex organic matter, breaking down stuff like leaves, wood, even cadavers into simpler organic and inorganic compounds, releasing C02 and nutrients in the process. There have been relatively few large-scale national decomposition studies involving different land use types, although smaller studies have shown that how humans use a site can significantly affect the soil’s biological diversity.

    "Commercially available teabags are a common material used to measure decomposition rates, known as the #TeabagIndex ( #TBI ). However, Van der Heijden and colleagues felt the teabag index could be improved upon, given that it requires careful handling and specific tools, like a fine-scale balance. They opted for a more playful approach to illustrate soil composition.

    "Prior research had shown that cotton strips could also be used to assess decomposition, so why not engage in a bit of #CitizenScience and ask volunteers to bury cotton underpants for a couple of months, then dig them up and record the results? That’s exactly what the authors did in a national project they dubbed 'Proof by Underpants.' "

    Read more:
    arstechnica.com/science/2026/0

    #SolarPunkSunday #CitizenScientists #MeasuringSoilHealth #SoilMicrobes #Gardening #Soil #SoilQuality

  5. It feels like my campaign is moving on the back of a turtle. 🐢💔

    We’re still $16 short of a fish meal my little girl is longing for. 🐟
    My mother’s surgery is still waiting for support — $2,495 remains.

    And to keep our story heard, I urgently need $40 for internet.

    If you can help with even $1, or simply share this, you could make a real difference to us. ❤️
    chuffed.org/project/sereengaza
    #helpgaza
    #Gazachildren
    #foodsafety
    #foodsecurity
    #surgeryneeded
    #treatment

  6. In a nation of so many foodbanks going, "maybe you should stock up on tinned goods for the Climate Crisis we failed to deal with" is a bit much.

    And then to approve drilling in Jackdaw, it's like they're making it so easy for the Holborn and St Pancras byelection, isn't it?

    Fuck Andy Burnham, and fuck the guy (because it won't be a lady) who replaces him in two years!

    #UKpol #UKpolitics #ClimateCrisis #Jackdaw #HolbornAndStPancras #Foodbanks #Poverty #FoodSecurity

  7. In a nation of so many foodbanks going, "maybe you should stock up on tinned goods for the Climate Crisis we failed to deal with" is a bit much.

    And then to approve drilling in Jackdaw, it's like they're making it so easy for the Holborn and St Pancras byelection, isn't it?

    Fuck Andy Burnham, and fuck the guy (because it won't be a lady) who replaces him in two years!

    #UKpol #UKpolitics #ClimateCrisis #Jackdaw #HolbornAndStPancras #Foodbanks #Poverty #FoodSecurity

  8. In a nation of so many foodbanks going, "maybe you should stock up on tinned goods for the Climate Crisis we failed to deal with" is a bit much.

    And then to approve drilling in Jackdaw, it's like they're making it so easy for the Holborn and St Pancras byelection, isn't it?

    Fuck Andy Burnham, and fuck the guy (because it won't be a lady) who replaces him in two years!

    #UKpol #UKpolitics #ClimateCrisis #Jackdaw #HolbornAndStPancras #Foodbanks #Poverty #FoodSecurity

  9. In a nation of so many foodbanks going, "maybe you should stock up on tinned goods for the Climate Crisis we failed to deal with" is a bit much.

    And then to approve drilling in Jackdaw, it's like they're making it so easy for the Holborn and St Pancras byelection, isn't it?

    Fuck Andy Burnham, and fuck the guy (because it won't be a lady) who replaces him in two years!

    #UKpol #UKpolitics #ClimateCrisis #Jackdaw #HolbornAndStPancras #Foodbanks #Poverty #FoodSecurity

  10. In a nation of so many foodbanks going, "maybe you should stock up on tinned goods for the Climate Crisis we failed to deal with" is a bit much.

    And then to approve drilling in Jackdaw, it's like they're making it so easy for the Holborn and St Pancras byelection, isn't it?

    Fuck Andy Burnham, and fuck the guy (because it won't be a lady) who replaces him in two years!

    #UKpol #UKpolitics #ClimateCrisis #Jackdaw #HolbornAndStPancras #Foodbanks #Poverty #FoodSecurity

  11. … extreme weather and killing people, with the most extreme #heatwave ever recorded hitting Europe this summer—El Niño will ratchet up the effects even further and likely push 50 m people into hunger.

    #FoodSecurity #ClimateChange

  12. On-Demand Global Landsat Evapotranspiration Product - Development, Evaluation, And Dissemination
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    doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2026.115 <-- shared paper
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    espa.cr.usgs.gov <-- shared (open data) USGS EROS Science Processing Architecture (ESPA) platform
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    etdata.org/ <-- OpenET SSEBop platform implementation (water management)
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    usgs.gov/landsat-missions/land <-- shared USGS Landsat Collection 2 Provisional Actual Evapotranspiration Science Product
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    H/T @mac Friedrichs | Remote Sensing Scientist, KBR | USGS EROS
    “This paper summarizes new achievements in developing and distributing the Global Landsat Level-3 Evapotranspiration (ET) product. It is freely available through the USGS EROS Science Processing Architecture (ESPA) platform (2nd link above). 🛰️ …
    Since the product launch in June 2020, there have been over 1.2 million Landsat-based ET orders around the world. This indicates increasing awareness and application of the ET data to help understand and manage the relationships among food, energy, and water resources. 🌽💧 …
    It features the ESPA workflow and evaluation of the upgraded SSEBop model using a variety of observational datasets and hydrologic regions, and examination against OpenET SSEBop platform implementation (3rd link above.)…”
    --
    “HIGHLIGHTS
    • ESPA platform allows access to on-demand, global, Landsat-based, ET products.
    • SSEBop model has been used to create ET data since 1982 through ESPA.
    • A quick estimation of field-scale crop consumptive water use can be achieved.
    • Numerous orders reflect worldwide extensive interest and utilization of the data.
    • Method, workflow, and performance of the actual ET data are presented in the study..."
    #EROSScienceProcessingArchitecture #climate #global #Evapotranspiration #ET #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #water #hydrology #opendata #Landsat #OpenET #SSEBop #WaterManagement #Agriculture #USGS #EROS #datadelivery #food #foodsecurity #energy #water #watersecurity #model #modeling #ESPA #farming #cropland #wateruse #waterresources #workflow
    @USGS @EROS

  13. My top pruned Thai chili pepper plant is now bushier than the others not top pruned & it has almost same amount of flowers. Currently there are 19 peppers developing on it. My other Thai chili peppers plants are also loaded with flowers & each one has over 20 peppers on them. I'll do a harvest weigh in comparison, when they're all picked 🙂✌️💚

    #peppers #iGrowFood #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #AnarchoSocialist #GrowVegetables #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #HomegrownGoodness #HomegrownFood #ContainerGardening #GrowOnGirl

  14. Beet & rutabaga seeds have been sowed. I'm sowing next bunch of seeds every 1.5 weeks until end of September 👩‍🌾💚
    Sowing my Winter turnips & daikon, next week.
    The beet seeds are from Borden Mercantile. The rutabaga seeds, that look like poppy seeds, are from my friend's garden - she is unsure what variety it is.

    #iGrowFood #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #AnarchoSocialist #GrowVegetables #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #HomegrownGoodness #HomegrownFood #ContainerGardening #GrowOnGirl #beets #rutabaga

  15. Started button mushrooms growing experiment in straw bale, with past due store mushrooms.
    A lot of new mycelium growth in my wine caps bucket.
    Not pictured - the rehydrated chanterelle parts put underneath our large cedar tree & morels that I put at base of one crabapple tree with chipped crabapple wood/leaf mulch with charged biochar.

    #iGrowFood #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #AnarchoSocialist #GrowMushrooms #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #HomegrownGoodness #HomegrownFood #ContainerGardening #GrowOnGirl