#foodsystem — Public Fediverse posts
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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
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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
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New Report Says US Food System Faces Growing Risks From Gene-Edited Farm Animals https://vegconomist.com/politics-law/new-report-says-us-food-system-faces-growing-risks-gene-edited-farm-animals/
#UnitedStates #USA #US #food #FoodSystem #AnimalAgriculture #AnimalRights #GoVegan
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New Report Says US Food System Faces Growing Risks From Gene-Edited Farm Animals https://vegconomist.com/politics-law/new-report-says-us-food-system-faces-growing-risks-gene-edited-farm-animals/
#UnitedStates #USA #US #food #FoodSystem #AnimalAgriculture #AnimalRights #GoVegan
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Cellular agriculture is a significant evolution in the global #foodsystem, driven by a growing imperative for #sustainable, ethical & secure food sources. Once it overcomes remaining hurdles, it can contribute to more resilient food production: doi.org/10.1016/j.cl... #CultivatedMeat #Fermentation
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Cellular agriculture is a significant evolution in the global #foodsystem, driven by a growing imperative for #sustainable, ethical & secure food sources. Once it overcomes remaining hurdles, it can contribute to more resilient food production: doi.org/10.1016/j.cl... #CultivatedMeat #Fermentation
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I think education about soil and systems thinking ist the most inportant achievement of the permaculture movement.
I can live with people having tiny hobby-"permaculture" gardens that look more like an abandoned, weed-infested plot than something you can feed a family with.
And it is totally ok when they get excited about their 8 kg of home-grown tomatoes. Even if they continue to buy most of their vegetables (and of course, all flour and whatever) elsewhere. At least they try. And learn. And they appreciate farming (and hopefully, farmers).
These people work against industrial farming. And when society collapses (nowadays this is more becoming a when than an if question), they'll be able to grow at least a bit of their food.
As a soil microbiologist, I am constantly in a tensed relation with some permaculture gurus without any real farming experience who sell their esoteric design courses to a public that spent their critical thinking already in fighting industrial agriculture and are easily convinced by the offer of simplistic explanations spiced with fancy words (beware of anybody saying "molecular structure" too often 🧐) and makes hyperbolic promises ("My technique increases microbial activity by 1000" or "augmented humus content by several percent in a few years").
But hey, in the end, the permaculture movement as a whole *is* in fact a motor of change towards the right direction. And they have definitely found some truth where extractivist agriculture just survived until now becase nature is surprisingly resilient and we as a society invest a huge amount of resources and technology just to maintain (kids, the times of every year strongly increasing yields are long over) agronomy's sacred grail of productivity while soil fertility is decreasing at a horrible pace. Because of unsustainable agricultural practices.
So we need to keep building the alliance between permaculture movement (or 'agroecologic' or 'regenerative agriculture' or 'biodynamic' or whatever they want to identify themselves), 'real' farmers and researchers, while transforming the food system regarding production, transformation, distribution and consumption. Because every sector of the economy matters.
#Agroecology #RegenerativeAgriculture #Permaculture #Biodynamic #Agriculture #FoodSystem #IndustrialAgriculture #Soil
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@violetmadder @amenonsen @idzie @CedarTea
I think education about soil and systems thinking ist the most inportant achievement of the permaculture movement.
I can live with people having tiny hobby-"permaculture" gardens that look more like an abandoned, weed-infested plot than something you can feed a family with.
And it is totally ok when they get excited about their 8 kg of home-grown tomatoes. Even if they continue to buy most of their vegetables (and of course, all flour and whatever) elsewhere. At least they try. And learn. And they appreciate farming (and hopefully, farmers).
These people work against industrial farming. And when society collapses (nowadays this is more becoming a when than an if question), they'll be able to grow at least a bit of their food.
As a soil microbiologist, I am constantly in a tensed relation with some permaculture gurus without any real farming experience who sell their esoteric design courses to a public that spent their critical thinking already in fighting industrial agriculture and are easily convinced by the offer of simplistic explanations spiced with fancy words (beware of anybody saying "molecular structure" too often 🧐) and makes hyperbolic promises ("My technique increases microbial activity by 1000" or "augmented humus content by several percent in a few years").
But hey, in the end, the permaculture movement as a whole *is* in fact a motor of change towards the right direction. And they have definitely found some truth where extractivist agriculture just survived until now becase nature is surprisingly resilient and we as a society invest a huge amount of resources and technology just to maintain (kids, the times of every year strongly increasing yields are long over) agronomy's sacred grail of productivity while soil fertility is decreasing at a horrible pace. Because of unsustainable agricultural practices.
So we need to keep building the alliance between permaculture movement (or 'agroecologic' or 'regenerative agriculture' or 'biodynamic' or whatever they want to identify themselves), 'real' farmers and researchers, while transforming the food system regarding production, transformation, distribution and consumption. Because every sector of the economy matters.
#Agroecology #RegenerativeAgriculture #Permaculture #Biodynamic #Agriculture #FoodSystem #IndustrialAgriculture #Soil
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United Way of Kent County launches “Full Table Initiative” to strengthen food access across the community | News https://www.diningandcooking.com/2702722/united-way-of-kent-county-launches-full-table-initiative-to-strengthen-food-access-across-the-community-news/ ##economy #community #food #FoodSecurity #FoodSystem #kent #KentCounty #LocalFood #Maryland #organization #UnitedWay
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United Way of Kent County launches “Full Table Initiative” to strengthen food access across the community | News https://www.diningandcooking.com/2702722/united-way-of-kent-county-launches-full-table-initiative-to-strengthen-food-access-across-the-community-news/ ##economy #community #food #FoodSecurity #FoodSystem #kent #KentCounty #LocalFood #Maryland #organization #UnitedWay
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United Way of Kent County launches “Full Table Initiative” to strengthen food access across the community | News
CHESTERTOWN — United Way of Kent County is launching a bold new strategic direction focu…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Food ##economy #community #foodsecurity #foodsystem #kent #KentCounty #localfood #Maryland #organization #UnitedWay
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United Way of Kent County launches “Full Table Initiative” to strengthen food access across the community | News
CHESTERTOWN — United Way of Kent County is launching a bold new strategic direction focu…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Food ##economy #community #foodsecurity #foodsystem #kent #KentCounty #localfood #Maryland #organization #UnitedWay
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2702722/united-way-of-kent-county-launches-full-table-initiative-to-strengthen-food-access-across-the-community-news/ -
Why European households throw away so much food – and how to curb the waste mountain
#FoodWaste #Europe #FoodSecurity #ClimateChange #Environment #FoodCrisis #CostOfLiving #WasteReduction #Recycling #Households #GlobalHunger #GreenLiving #FoodSystem
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Why European households throw away so much food – and how to curb the waste mountain
#FoodWaste #Europe #FoodSecurity #ClimateChange #Environment #FoodCrisis #CostOfLiving #WasteReduction #Recycling #Households #GlobalHunger #GreenLiving #FoodSystem
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#US #USA #foodSecurity #foodSystem
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#US #USA #foodSecurity #foodSystem
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#US #USA #foodSecurity #foodSystem #bread #flour #pasta #agriculture #drought #ClimateDisruption #ClimateChange
Monthly #USDA #WASDE report update May 2026 on #wheat, outlook 2027
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2tgRZVmBFk
#ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis
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#US #USA #foodSecurity #foodSystem #bread #flour #pasta #agriculture #drought #ClimateDisruption #ClimateChange
Monthly #USDA #WASDE report update May 2026 on #wheat, outlook 2027
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2tgRZVmBFk
#ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis
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Nuclear war is horrible and I hope it never happens. Yet, there are only a few countries that actually have nuclear weapons and the power to use them is concentrated in just a few individuals. This means the vast majority of the global population has no say on the question if nuclear weapons will be used.
However, due to a potential nuclear winter, which could follow a nuclear war, even countries on the other side of the globe could be directly affected by a nuclear war. This impact could be quite severe and as they have no direct measure to prevent it, these countries should think about how they would prepare. Also, many of the preparations that would be helpful for a nuclear winter would also help for the climatic consequences of large volcanic eruptions or asteroid impacts. So, they should be done anyway.
This is the gist of the argument I made in a new article in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. You can read the full article here: https://thebulletin.org/2026/05/how-nuclear-war-would-impact-the-global-food-system-and-how-to-prepare-for-it/
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Nuclear war is horrible and I hope it never happens. Yet, there are only a few countries that actually have nuclear weapons and the power to use them is concentrated in just a few individuals. This means the vast majority of the global population has no say on the question if nuclear weapons will be used.
However, due to a potential nuclear winter, which could follow a nuclear war, even countries on the other side of the globe could be directly affected by a nuclear war. This impact could be quite severe and as they have no direct measure to prevent it, these countries should think about how they would prepare. Also, many of the preparations that would be helpful for a nuclear winter would also help for the climatic consequences of large volcanic eruptions or asteroid impacts. So, they should be done anyway.
This is the gist of the argument I made in a new article in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. You can read the full article here: https://thebulletin.org/2026/05/how-nuclear-war-would-impact-the-global-food-system-and-how-to-prepare-for-it/
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We eat without thinking… and animals pay the price. 💔 #quotes #veganquote #foodsystem
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… for shifts from animal-based to plant-based foods environmental trade-offs are unlikely—in this case, there are actually synergies: Such a transition lowers environmental impacts across categories due to the more resource-efficient production of plant-based food. #Diets #ClimateChange #FoodSystem
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Shifting to lower levels of meat consumption & biofuel production could help protect the climate, water resources & wildlife habitat while feeding more people. The solutions exist: drawdown.org/news/only-ha... #Agriculture #FoodSystem #LandUse #ClimateChange #FoodSecurity #Livestock #Meat #Biofuel
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Importing queen bees won’t solve Canada’s beekeeping problems
#Canada #Environment #Beekeeping #Agriculture #FoodSecurity #Pollution #Biodiversity #Sustainability #Farming #BeeColonies #Ecosystem #HoneyBees #FoodSystem #AirPollution #QueenBees #Beehive
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Importing queen bees won’t solve Canada’s beekeeping problems
#Canada #Environment #Beekeeping #Agriculture #FoodSecurity #Pollution #Biodiversity #Sustainability #Farming #BeeColonies #Ecosystem #HoneyBees #FoodSystem #AirPollution #QueenBees #Beehive
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Around 75 to 80% of global farm land feeds farmed animals. 🐷🐮🐔🐑 Credits: Vincenzo Ricci | world_animal_protection (IG) | Crystal Heath | Our Honor | havvazorlu (IG) | Open Wing Alliance | Julie LP | weanimals (IG) | thesavemovement (IG) | desi_antispeciesist (IG) #farming #agriculture #foodsystem
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#food #foodSecurity #foodSystem #agriculture #climateChange #sustainability #soil #diet #economy #profit Politics or governments are in the pockets of the billionaires, they all refuse to fix the problem. Citizens Assemblies! We need to take this in our own hands. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3um...
Why the Food System Is About t... -
#food #foodSecurity #foodSystem #agriculture #climateChange #sustainability #soil #diet #economy #profit Politics or governments are in the pockets of the billionaires, they all refuse to fix the problem. Citizens Assemblies! We need to take this in our own hands. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3um...
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#food #foodSecurity #foodSystem #agriculture #climateChange #sustainability #soil #diet #economy #profit
Politics or governments are in the pockets of the billionaires, they all refuse to fix the problem.
Citizens Assemblies! We need to take this in our own hands.27:08 "...the system [...] probably needs to creek pretty heavily at the seams before people really start waking up and saying, "I'm more frightened of the future than I am of the change."
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#food #foodSecurity #foodSystem #agriculture #climateChange #sustainability #soil #diet #economy #profit
Politics or governments are in the pockets of the billionaires, they all refuse to fix the problem.
Citizens Assemblies! We need to take this in our own hands.27:08 "...the system [...] probably needs to creek pretty heavily at the seams before people really start waking up and saying, "I'm more frightened of the future than I am of the change."
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#China: Modeling suggests that integrating #FoodSystem actions across supply chains, consumer demand & land management could, by 2060, reduce GHG emissions ~40%, improve diet quality ~25% and cut inequality ~20%: doi.org/10.1016/j.sc... #SupplyChains #Consumers #LandUse #Climate #Nutrition
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New post about the state of research around nuclear war and nuclear winter, with a focus on the food system.
This one's a bit different, as it was originally an invited contribution to the United Nations Independent Scientific Panel on the Effects of Nuclear War. I also wanted to share it publicly, because I think there just aren't that many summaries of the state of nuclear winter research out there.
It also discusses the most important gaps and unanswered research questions in the field. So, if you are interested in the topics in general or plan to work in the area, I think it could be an interesting read.
https://existentialcrunch.substack.com/p/nuclear-war-nuclear-winter-and-the
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New post about the state of research around nuclear war and nuclear winter, with a focus on the food system.
This one's a bit different, as it was originally an invited contribution to the United Nations Independent Scientific Panel on the Effects of Nuclear War. I also wanted to share it publicly, because I think there just aren't that many summaries of the state of nuclear winter research out there.
It also discusses the most important gaps and unanswered research questions in the field. So, if you are interested in the topics in general or plan to work in the area, I think it could be an interesting read.
https://existentialcrunch.substack.com/p/nuclear-war-nuclear-winter-and-the
