#foodsecurity — Public Fediverse posts

Backyard morning food harvest.
Picked these foods & need to wash & store them in fridge before heading off to the hospital again.

#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

Saltwater flooding could radically change which crops are worth growing
#Environment #UK #Farming #Crops #ClimateChange #Salinity #Agriculture #FoodSecurity #Flooding #SeaLevelRise #ClimateAdaptation #UKFarming #Sustainability #SaltwaterFlooding
https://the-14.com/saltwater-flooding-could-radically-change-which-crops-are-worth-growing/

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#SilentSunday #Caturday #Monsterdon #MutualAid #solarpunk #Agriculture #Sustainability #FoodSecurity #photography #NaturePhotography #Fediverse #nature #mastodon #food

PLEASE GIVE OR BOOST

Help us turn land into a living classroom, a source of food, and a future of hope. We’re raising funds to secure land for a demonstration garden where young people learn sustainable farming & conservation while vulnerable families receive nutritious food. Every donation matters: https://gofund.me/8da0ff4a0

#SilentSunday #Caturday #Monsterdon #MutualAid #solarpunk #Agriculture #Sustainability #FoodSecurity #photography #NaturePhotography #Fediverse #nature #mastodon #food

PLEASE GIVE OR BOOST

Help us turn land into a living classroom, a source of food, and a future of hope. We’re raising funds to secure land for a demonstration garden where young people learn sustainable farming & conservation while vulnerable families receive nutritious food. Every donation matters: https://gofund.me/8da0ff4a0

#SilentSunday #Caturday #Monsterdon #MutualAid #solarpunk #Agriculture #Sustainability #FoodSecurity #photography #NaturePhotography #Fediverse #nature #mastodon #food

PLEASE GIVE OR BOOST

Help us turn land into a living classroom, a source of food, and a future of hope. We’re raising funds to secure land for a demonstration garden where young people learn sustainable farming & conservation while vulnerable families receive nutritious food. Every donation matters: https://gofund.me/8da0ff4a0

#SilentSunday #Caturday #Monsterdon #MutualAid #solarpunk #Agriculture #Sustainability #FoodSecurity #photography #NaturePhotography #Fediverse #nature #mastodon #food

The Watermelon Is Innocent

https://bolesblogs.com/2026/09/07/the-watermelon-is-innocent/

Cooperation Town Food Co-op Resources
https://cooperation.town/

#SolarPunkSunday #Food #Cooperatives #FoodCooperatives #FoodSecurity

Rising #microplastics in #soil a threat to #UK #foodsecurity, MPs and campaigners say

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/01/rising-microplastics-in-soil-a-threat-to-uk-food-security-mps-and-campaigners-say

🌱 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

🌱 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

🌱 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

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:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/why-did-1000-swiss-citizens-bury-their-underpants/

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

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. ❤️
https://chuffed.org/project/sereengaza?pdm=url_copy
#helpgaza
#Gazachildren
#foodsafety
#foodsecurity
#surgeryneeded
#treatment

Moldova’s Railway, Not Russia, Blocks Ukraine’s Only Grain Exit at Kuchurgan

Workers of Moldovan railways change the axles of the passenger cars of a train running between Chisinau and…
#Moldova #MD #Europe #Europa #EU #blacksea #foodsecurity #FortaFermierilor #grainexport #Kuchurgancrossing #solidaritylanes #Ukraine #Ukrzaliznytsia
https://www.europesays.com/3233209/

RE: https://mastodon.design/@abed_in_gaza123/117196827100615131

‼️CHILDREN STARVING‼️

🚨🚨🚨Dr Abed @abed_in_gaza123 feels abandoned. All he wants is to be able to feed his children‼️

Please help by sharing. Donate if you can.

HELP LINK: https://ll4g.link/SDDU

#Gaza #Palestine #humanity #humanrights #childrenofgaza #gazachildren #helpchildren #savechildren #family #foodsecurity #fediforgaza #GazaMutualAid #savelives #savegaza #sharingiscaring #hope #dignity #boost4reach #boost4help

The World Needs to Prep for ‘Black Swan Events’

Volcanoes that blot out the sun, solar storms that knock out power grids, a nuclear exchange that…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #fertilizer #FoodSecurity #nuclearwar #Solarstorm
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/834871/

On-Demand Global Landsat Evapotranspiration Product - Development, Evaluation, And Dissemination
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2026.115633 <-- shared paper
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https://espa.cr.usgs.gov <-- shared (open data) USGS EROS Science Processing Architecture (ESPA) platform
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https://etdata.org/ <-- OpenET SSEBop platform implementation (water management)
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https://www.usgs.gov/landsat-missions/landsat-collection-2-provisional-actual-evapotranspiration-science-product <-- 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.)…”
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“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

Can producers keep up with our hunger for pistachios?
#Environment #Drought #Pistachios #Groundwater #ClimateChange #WaterScarcity #Sustainability #Nuts #Environment #Agriculture ##PistachioProduction #Crops #FoodSecurity
https://the-14.com/can-producers-keep-up-with-our-hunger-for-pistachios/

Rising #microplastics in #soil a threat to #UK #foodsecurity, MPs and campaigners say

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/01/rising-microplastics-in-soil-a-threat-to-uk-food-security-mps-and-campaigners-say

#BathME - #SharingTable In-Person

Tuesday, September 1, 2026
12pm - 2:30pm

Library Gazebo
Patten Free Library
33 Summer Street
Bath, ME 04530

"Free fresh vegetables gleaned from #LocalFarms provided by the #MerrymeetingGleaners and #MidCoast #HungerPrevention Program. Find the Sharing Table outside the Children's Room from September-May and in the Gazebo during the summer.

Sharing tables are open to anyone, there is no income or residency requirement and they are 100% anonymous. The tables are stocked with #FreshProduce as well as some prepared items, processed using any surplus gleaned food. #TakeWhatYouNeed and leave the rest for your friends and neighbors. Produce will vary depending on what is available from the farms and gardens. Please bring your own bags."

Event page:
https://patten-lib.libcal.com/event/15944856?hs=a

FMI:
https://www.merrymeetingfoodcouncil.org/merrymeeting-gleaners

#SolarPunkSunday #PattenFreeLibrary
#FoodSecurity #FoodSharing #MaineEvents #LibrariesRule #NeighborsHelpingNeighbors #FarmToTable #BuildingCommunity #MaineLibraries

Spotlight - #GreenYouthMovement

"Imagine a family that struggles to afford enough nutritious food for their children. Through the Green Youth Movement, they gain access to practical #training, #seedlings, and a local #DemonstrationFarm that teaches them how to grow diverse, healthy food on their own land. What begins as a garden leads to better nutrition, lower food costs, new income opportunities, and a healthier future for their children.

Green Youth Movement exists to help families move from food insecurity to self-sufficiency by empowering local youth to restore the land, grow food, and share knowledge throughout their communities.

A $16,000 investment will secure three acres of land in #Uganda that will become a demonstration farm, #FoodForest nursery, and community education center. Rather than funding a one-time project, donors will help create a replicable model that trains local volunteers, improves #FoodSecurity, restores #SoilHealth, and lays the foundation for long-term community-led growth."

Green Youth Movement's first Call to Action meeting in July 2026. Agenda includes an introduction by the founder, Phocit Mugisha, and an explanation of the program.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRD2Xup8lzc

To donate:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/empower-ugandan-families-with-green-youth-movement?attribution_id=sl:58f30002-b611-409e-8dca-e508bc0be8a5&lang=en_US&ts=1782774980

Follow @greenyouthmovement here on Mastodon!

#SolarPunkSunday #FoodSecurity
#YouthGardening #Fundraisers
#MutualAid #ClimteChangeAdaptation
#SelfSufficiency #Africa

Spotlight - #NutritiousFoodsUganda

"Nutritious Foods #Uganda is dedicated to empowering urban youth through the power of #SustainableAgriculture. By turning limited city spaces into productive, life-giving gardens, we teach the next generation how to grow their own fresh, nutrient-dense crops. We are tackling malnutrition head-on, fostering food security, and cultivating young leaders driven to build a healthier, greener future right where they live.
Proudly continuing a legacy of nourishment and community strength, Nutritious Foods Uganda is redefining farming for the modern world. We are passionate about empowering city youth through urban agriculture—proving that you don't need acres of land to make a difference.

"Through practical training in sustainable vertical gardening, container planting, and space-efficient farming, we teach the next generation how to grow their own healthy food. Together, we are fighting malnutrition, creating green spaces, and building a resilient, well-nourished future for our communities.

What is your dream for the future of your farm and/or location in general?

To teach the youth how to grow crops in a small piece of land."

Link to #AgroecologyMap:
https://agroecologymap.org/locations/nutritious-foods-uganda

To donate:
https://gravatar.com/nutritiousfoodsuganda

Follow @Joshuakevins12 here on Mastodon!

#SolarPunkSunday #UrbanGardening #FoodSecurity #YouthGardening #Fundraisers #MutualAid #ClimteChangeAdaptation #UrbanAgriculture #Africa

My first of two artichoke propagations. This one is now 1.5' tall & is very lush & healthy 💚👩‍🌾
My other one is only 3 inches tall so far but should grow bigger over next few weeks.

#artichoke #PropagatedPlants #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

Every day, I wish I were in paradise so that I wouldn't have to feel hungry and uncertain of my next meal.

#foodsecurity #poverty #livedexperience #mentalhealth #reflections #survival #dignity #humanity #systemicissues #solidarity #grief #unspoken #hope #peace

Bagged watermelons for protection.
These are 3 of 15 of watermelons that are currently growing on vines.
It's my 2nd year attempting to grow watermelons on Southern Vancouver Island. I'm getting a lot more fruits than last year 🍉👩‍🌾👍
My cantaloupe seeds failed this year.

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

Today's #BackyardHarvest.

#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 #tomatoes #cucumbers #okra #Veggies

Climate here's just fine.
But please stock food stores better.
I can't grow all that.

#haiku #senryu #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #SmallPoems #climate #ClimateDenial #food #FoodSecurity #FoodInsecurity #FoodSupply #GlobalWarming #heat #famine #drought

Experimental farmer Shane Simonsen: Working on locally adapted #plants & #crops of the future while we still have a safety net. 🌱🌻

https://youtu.be/apdB2H-y8c4

#plantbreeding #seeds #seedsaving #agriculture #local #permaculture #ecology #foodsecurity #food #nutrition

European farmers face ‘unprecedented crisis’ after successive heatwaves https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/17/european-farmers-unprecedented-crisis-successive-heatwaves #EU #heatwave #ExtremeWeather #ManMadeClimateChange #BigOIlKnew #ClimateChange #FoodSecurity #farming #drought

#BathME - #SharingTable In-Person

Tuesday, August 18, 2026
12pm - 2:30pm

Library Gazebo
Patten Free Library
33 Summer Street
Bath, ME 04530

"Free fresh vegetables gleaned from #LocalFarms provided by the #MerrymeetingGleaners and #MidCoast #HungerPrevention Program. Find the Sharing Table outside the Children's Room from September-May and in the Gazebo during the summer.

Sharing tables are open to anyone, there is no income or residency requirement and they are 100% anonymous. The tables are stocked with #FreshProduce as well as some prepared items, processed using any surplus gleaned food. #TakeWhatYouNeed and leave the rest for your friends and neighbors. Produce will vary depending on what is available from the farms and gardens. Please bring your own bags."

Event page:
https://patten-lib.libcal.com/event/15944854?hs=a

FMI:
https://www.merrymeetingfoodcouncil.org/merrymeeting-gleaners

#SolarPunkSunday #PattenFreeLibrary #MerryMeetingGleaners #FoodSecurity #FoodSharing #MaineEvents #LibrariesRule #NeighborsHelpingNeighbors #FarmToTable #BuildingCommunity #MaineLibraries

#Composting program to provide #Everglades with soil for #CommunityGarden

by Martin Vassolo, March 12, 2025

"Your #FoodScraps could be used to help support the Everglades through a new partnership between the village of #PinecrestFL and the #MiccosukeeTribe.

"Instead of dumping #FoodWaste into crowded #landfills, which produce #methane emissions, the #EvergladesEarthCycleProject will expand Pinecrest's residential composting program and deliver nutrient-rich soil to the #Miccosukee Tribe.

"Driving the news: The project, funded with a $400,000 federal grant and other contributions, calls for installing four new #CompostingBins in Pinecrest and three around #MiamiDade County District 7.

"The initial phase of the program will supply compost to the #SwampyMeadows #CommunityGarden, which grows vegetables just outside the Miccosukee Indian School.

"Another proposal that's been floated is adding new soil to the Everglades' tree islands, though that would need tribal approval, says the Rev. Houston R. Cypress of the #LoveTheEverglades Movement, a partner in the program.

"Cypress told reporters on an airboat ride through the Everglades last week that the tribe teaches 'the essence of being in harmony with nature is giving back to it.'

"'With the Everglades Earth Cycle Project, we're giving back clean and healthy soil; we're giving products that might eventually improve the water quality out here, but we're also giving directly back to local indigenous communities here,' he said.

"Pinecrest already has two free public composting bins, one at the Pinecrest Public Library and another between the Community Center and Pinecrest Gardens."

https://www.axios.com/local/miami/2025/03/12/everglades-composting-pinecrest-miccosukee

#Composting #CommunityGardening #FoodSecurity #ReducingFoodWaste #SolarPunkSunday

Joining my local poultry fancier club!!!

#solarpunk we think a lot about low waste and #recycling but animals are rarely brought into the conversation as independent agents of waste reduction

The more people that adopt a couple ducks or a goose in the city is the population of people in the city with a fertilizer store that doesn't rely on big oil

Ducks were a growing trend until we industrialized #animal meat. For good reason!

#urbaninfrastructure #growyourown #foodsecurity

RE: https://mastodon.social/@ayham_ljboor2008/117082617749249836

Gaza used to be a vibrant place‼️ Young people had hope and plans. They had pride in where they lived. Don't leave Ayham alone. He needs to be an adult and provide for 2 families.

Donation Link: https://ll4g.link/Zj6G

#Gaza #Palestine #GazaMutualAid #humanity #humanrights #injustice #hope #foodsecurity #water #heat #rats #insects

Building for the Future! Follow @econetwork here on Mastodon!

Empower #Ugandan Families with #GreenYouthMovement

"Imagine a family that struggles to afford enough nutritious food for their children. Through the Green Youth Movement, they gain access to practical training, seedlings, and a local demonstration farm that teaches them how to grow diverse, healthy food on their own land. What begins as a garden leads to better nutrition, lower food costs, new income opportunities, and a healthier future for their children.

Green Youth Movement exists to help families move from food insecurity to self-sufficiency by empowering local youth to restore the land, grow food, and share knowledge throughout their communities.

A $16,000 investment will secure three acres of land in Uganda that will become a demonstration farm, food forest nursery, and community education center. Rather than funding a one-time project, donors will help create a replicable model that trains local volunteers, improves food security, restores soil health, and lays the foundation for long-term community-led growth."

https://www.gofundme.com/f/empower-ugandan-families-with-green-youth-movement

#SolarPunkSunday #MutualAid #Agroecology #Fundraisers #FoodSecurity #Uganda #FoodForest #DemonstrationFarm #SoilHealth #BuildingResiliency #BuildingCommunity

I have several baby #watermelons now 👩‍🌾
These are a few of my unripe sugar baby watermelons 😀💦🍉
I do a lot of hand pollination with watermelons. They need extra pollinating help.

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

Britain could face food shortages as drought continues, farmers warn https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/02/britain-food-shortages-drought-continues-farmers #UK #drought #FoodSecurity #ManMadeClimateChange #BigOilKnew #PhaseOutFossilFuels #ClimateCrisis

‘It’s too fast, too big’: speed of climate crisis is devastating crops, say farmers https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/31/speed-of-climate-crisis-devastating-crops-say-farmers #ManMadeClimateChange #ClimateChange #drought #ExtremeHeat #GlobalHeating #food #farming #crops #FoodSecurity #BigOIlKnew

Canada’s new food security strategy invests in technology but overlooks the people who help farmers use it
#Canada #FoodSystem #Agriculture #Farming #AgTech #FoodInflation #FoodPrices #Food #Sustainability #Farmers #GreenhouseFarming #FoodSecurity #Tech
https://the-14.com/canadas-new-food-security-strategy-invests-in-technology-but-overlooks-the-people-who-help-farmers-use-it/

A rain festival with no rain: the Indian farmers bracing for a ‘super’ El Niño as monsoon arrives late
By Words and photographs by Neelima Vallangi

Raja is normally a celebration of the start of the monsoon, but in the eastern state of Odisha, the rains came so late the seeds were sown under clear skies

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jul/30/rain-festival-indian-farmers-super-el-nino-raja-odisha

#Globaldevelopment #Environmentalsustainability #India #ElNiosouthernoscillation #Farming #Drought #Water #Foodsecurity #Environment #SouthandcentralAsia #Worldnews #Accesstowater #Extremeweather #TheGuardian #Words #photographsbyNeelimaVallangi

Could ‘Godzilla’ El Niño bring the hottest year on record? – video explainer https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2026/jul/28/godzilla-el-nino-hottest-year-on-record-video-explainer #ElNino #ExtremeWeather #heatwaves #GlobalHeating #ManMadeClimateChange #PhaseOutFossilFuels #FoodSecurity #IllegalIranWar #IllegalIsraeliWar #flooding #wildfires

Uganda begins emergency food handouts after 19 die from hunger
By Samuel Okiror

Government move follows months of drought and crop failures in Karamoja, with 1.5m people facing malnutrition

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jul/27/uganda-begins-emergency-food-handouts-after-19-die-from-hunger

#Globaldevelopment #Uganda #Hunger #Africa #Worldnews #YoweriMuseveni #Drought #Environment #Water #Aid #Foodsecurity #Malnutrition #Climatecrisis #TheGuardian #SamuelOkiror

Uganda begins emergency food handouts after 19 die from hunger https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jul/27/uganda-begins-emergency-food-handouts-after-19-die-from-hunger #GlobalDevelopment #Uganda #Hunger #Africa #WorldNews #YoweriMuseveni #Drought #Environment #Water #Aid #FoodSecurity #Malnutrition #ClimateCrisis

‘Scandalous, irrational and irresponsible’: French beekeepers’ fury at lifting of pesticides ban https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/26/french-beekeepers-fury-lifting-of-pesticides-ban #France #bees #pesticides #biodiversity #food #FoodSecurity #ManMadeClimateChange #ClimateChange

#Gardens that Nurture #Culture

Spring 2022

Excerpt: "Growing one’s own food became more appealing and, in some cases, a greater necessity to many in this pandemic era. #NativePeoples have long tended gardens that have provided their communities with #sustainably grown foods, #MedicinalPlants and #NaturalMaterials. Today these much-needed sources of local, healthy foods are also places to cultivate and preserve #CulturalTraditions.

" 'Even some Native cultures—like #foraging cultures—that didn’t historically garden now see it as a helpful use of land and time and money because they can efficiently produce the kinds of foods that people need to stay healthy,' said Elizabeth Hoover. Of #Mohawk and #Mikmaq descent, she is an associate professor of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at the University of California in Berkeley. Researching this trend, she drove 20,000 miles in 2014 to talk with dozens of #AmericanIndian gardeners and food advocates.

"In western North Carolina, David Anderson works as the horticultural operations supervisor at the #JessieOwleDugan #NativePlant and Greenhouse Facility of the Eastern Band of #Cherokee Indians. The complex includes three #greenhouses, 30 raised growing beds, a 3-acre nursery and 5 acres of fields dedicated to producing crops specifically for their seeds. It also has 330 acres of field that can be leased to enrolled tribal members who wish to garden or farm.

"While the facility does generate funds for the tribe, it also preserves culturally important species to get them into the hands of tribal members to plant. It focuses on growing traditional plants, such as #grapes, #elderberry, #WildStrawberries, #blackberries, #huckleberries sochan and #cohosh. In 2021, the greenhouse also grew #hickory saplings, which once mature, can to provide wood that can be used to make stickball sticks, artworks and other traditional projects. 'We serve our community with plants for home, for farmers, and for restoration,' said Anderson."

Read more:
https://www.americanindianmagazine.org/story/gardens-that-nurture-culture

#SolarPunkSunday #TraditionalFoods #NativeAmericans #CulturalPreservation #GrowYourOwnFood #Resilience #FoodSecurity #HeirloomPlants #SeedSaving

🚨 BREAKING: Prime Minister chairs a key meeting on Gilgit-Baltistan's wheat quota, focusing on ensuring timely supply and addressing the region's food requirements.

Read More: https://gtvnewshd.com/pakistan/2026/07/21/gilgit-baltistan-wheat-quota-pm-meeting/
#BreakingNews #GilgitBaltistan #Pakistan #WheatQuota #FoodSecurity #PMPakistan #PakistanNews #Government #PublicPolicy #GTVNews

Thursday, July 23, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/07/thursday-july-23-2026/

🚨 BREAKING: PM Shehbaz Sharif chairs a key meeting on Gilgit-Baltistan’s wheat quota, assuring full support to address the region’s wheat needs.

Read More: https://gtvnewshd.com/pakistan/2026/07/21/gilgit-baltistan-wheat-quota-pm-meeting/
#BreakingNews #GilgitBaltistan #PMShehbazSharif #WheatQuota #FoodSecurity #Pakistan #PakistanNews #Government #PublicPolicy #GTVNews

🚨 BREAKING: PM Shehbaz Sharif chairs key meeting on Gilgit-Baltistan’s wheat quota.

Read More: https://gtvnewshd.com/pakistan/2026/07/21/gilgit-baltistan-wheat-quota-pm-meeting/
#BreakingNews #GilgitBaltistan #Pakistan #PMShehbazSharif #WheatQuota #FoodSecurity #Government #PakistanNews #Policy #GTVNews

Watching A #NOAA #Webinar on Flash Droughts
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https://noaaresearch.webex.com/wbxmjs/joinservice/sites/noaaresearch/meeting/download/9b3e684d45ca47fc9469070eabd9a142?MTID=m2fa4a8af7bd8647fc48619af5eeecb5a <-- shared NOAA Summer Science Series individual webinar
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https://www.drought.gov/what-is-drought/flash-drought <-- shared NOAA overview technical article
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https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/NOAAScienceSeminars.php <-- subscribe to the NOAA Summer Science Series
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-024-00618-0 <-- shared paper
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https://communities.springernature.com/posts/the-prevalent-life-cycle-of-agricultural-flash-droughts <-- shared technical article (derived from paper above)
H/T @Jeffrey Basara PhD, MBA | Chair and Professor - Department of Environmental, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell | Co-Founder - American Prime Sustainable Solutions
[Flash floods? not TOO hard to conceptualise.
Flash drought? harder to 'get my head around', but H/T / presenter does an excellent job!]
"Not all droughts are the same. In some cases, drought rapidly intensifies at subseasonal to seasonal scales with significant impacts to agriculture and water resources along with the increased propensity for heatwaves and wildfires. Like all droughts, flash drought begins with a precipitation deficit. However, both evaporative demand and soil moisture are critical flash drought variables, and identifying and monitoring the desiccation of the terrestrial surface is key for determining flash drought development and associated impacts. While recent advances in knowledge and monitoring of flash drought have occurred, fundamental questions remain in the state of the science. What are the overall mechanistic relationships between atmospheric demand, evaporative stress, terrestrial desiccation, and precipitation that drive the progression of flash drought? Do regional characteristics of the environment impact the evolution of flash drought? What are the scales of predictability for flash drought? Finally, how will flash drought frequency and intensity evolve in a changing climate system"
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"Flash drought intensifies rapidly due to changes in precipitation, temperature, wind, and radiation. These changes in the weather increase evapotranspiration and lower soil moisture. Flash droughts can cause extensive damage to agriculture, economies, and ecosystems if they are not predicted and discovered early..."
#water #hydrology #fedscience #publicgood #hydrologicdrought #waterdeficit #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #watersecurity #risk #hazard #humanimpacts #streamflow #riverflow #groundwater #surfacewater #climate #weather #climatechange #extremeweather #atmosphere #metrology #regional #global #farming #agriculture #fluvial #pluvial #rainfall #precipitation #cloudcover #energy #heat #temperature #ET #evapotranspiration #farming #agriculture #foodsecurity #waterresources #dynamicsystems #watermanagement #flashdrought #drought #susceptibility #monitoring #prediction #model #modeling
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