#plantations — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #plantations, aggregated by home.social.
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"We force animals to adapt to the constraints of farming modelled on the mass production of manufactured goods, whereas farming should respect the ethological needs of animals. This is a transgression because we grant ourselves an absolute right that we do not have. This violence towards animals is a condemnation of us. Yet our relationship with animals could be an opportunity to think about a way of inhabiting the Earth that makes coexistence with other species possible. This requires new foundations for ethics and politics."
– Corine Pelluchon
#factoryFarms #farms #ownership #coexistence #eugenics #capitalism #extractivism #appropriation #landGrab #plantations #slavery #nature #separation #epistemology #speciesism #antiSpeciesism #animals #philosophy #beliefs #squash #inhabitability #grievability #farming #quote #quotes
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Focus on Coffs Harbour and Nambucca Valley
"NSW modern slavery report calls for urgent reform to protect migrant workers."
"A NSW parliamentary report into modern slavery has detailed "harrowing stories of mistreatment and harm..The report asked the government to investigate allegations of systemic labour exploitation in Coffs Harbour and the Nambucca Valley."
"NSW Anti-slavery commissioner Dr James Cockayne said in a statement the report was "informed by evidence from almost 100 witnesses across NSW, including victim survivors of modern slavery, and 60 submissions"." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/nsw-anti-slavery-report-urgent-reform-to-protect-migrant-workers/107003130
#exploitation #PALM #MidNorthCoast #HorticulturalIndustry #blueberries #CoffsHarbour #NambuccaValley #food #harm #slavery #plantations #regulation -
The idea of the Great Koala National Park (GKNP) and ongoing clearfell logging of native forests
"Government GKNP proposal falls short according to Ashley Love...He says a recent environmental report, prepared on behalf of and with input from local environmentalists, indicates the current Government proposal is “grossly inadequate...It fails to adequately protect the largest coastal koala population in NSW, which occupies Bongil Bongil National Park, Pine Creek, Orara East and Tuckers Nob State Forests."
“The majority of plantation production is for pulpwood into a market that is now heavily oversupplied in South-east Asia or for burning as “biofuel” for electricity production.”
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https://coffscoast.newsofthearea.com.au/government-gknp-proposal-falls-short-according-to-ashley-love
#Biodiversity #wildlife #NSWLogging #governance #failure #thegreatkoalaNationalPark #ClearFelling #plantations #BellingenShire #TuckersNob #NSWForestry #extractivism -
Modern slavery in Coffs Harbour?
Where does the fruit for Christmas come from?"Migrant workers have given evidence in Coffs Harbour at a NSW parliamentary inquiry into modern slavery...More than 100 reports of migrant workers being exploited across Coffs Harbour in the past two years."
"The Coffs Coast is the nation's largest producer of blueberries."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-13/modern-slavery-migrant-hearings-in-nsw/106130342Modern slavery au
https://www.modernslavery.gov.au/
#CoffsHarbour #NSW #IR #work #fruit #food #PALM #workers #exploitation #plantations #LabourMobility #HorticulturalIndustry #blueberries #ModernSlavery #PacificNeighboursChristmas hamper contextualised with fruit from the plantations of the Coffs Harbour coast, ChatGPT
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Pesticide spray drift from intensive horticulture on the the mid-north coast NSW -
Discontent in the region.Home owners, dairy and beef producers among those concerned about how pesticide use affects their land as well as water quality on the mid-north coast
“Between 2001 and 2016 blueberry farming expanded 400% – mainly around the Coffs Harbour region.”
“This monitoring showed the continued detection of pesticides in most waterways sampled, highlighting the need for ongoing monitoring in the region.”
“Monitoring in the Nambucca valley by the EPA has detected three different pesticides in low levels in three creeks, suggesting water quality in the area is not being impacted by excessive amounts of pesticides.”
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/09/blueberry-farms-nsw-north-coast-rapid-expansion-development-pesticides
#Pesticides #food #beef #diary #prawns #blueberries #plantations #monoculture #rivers #water #export #runoff #pollution #neonicotinoids #imidacloprid #dimethoate #SprayDrift #CoffsHarbour #Macksville #Nambucca #Woolgoolga #conflict #violence #EPA #regulation #horticulture #industry #tourism #PeoplesHomes #TankWater #governance #MidNorthCoast #NSW #biodiversity #wildlife #extractivism -
The Blueberries of Wrath on the mid-north coast of NSW
Bitter fruit: the dark underside of the booming NSW blueberry industry"Blueberry farms have become an increasingly common sight across the rolling hills of the NSW mid-north coast...The number of people in need of ... support points to a dark underbelly of exploitation in the blueberry industry that authorities appear incapable of dealing with...It’s semi-organised crime, that is how I would describe it. "
"A NSW parliamentary inquiry into modern slavery is currently investigating worker conditions."
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/04/nsw-blueberry-industry-farm-labour-loopholes-dark-underside
#food #workers #slavery #plantations #exploitation #AgriculturalIndustry #plantations #CoffsHarbour #MidNorthCoast #NSW #LabourLaw #regulation #PALM #Pacific -
"... Poor pesticide spraying practices in the Nambucca Valley and Coffs Harbour regions...Chemical banned by European Union still used in Australia."
When you drive from Nambucca Valley to the Coffs Harbour regions you can see giant white plastic nets enclosing blueberries, raspberries and blackberries plantations. There are toxic chemicals on some berries, the water and the area.
"Banned chemical thiometon detected in berries sold at supermarkets."
"Blueberry farming has boomed in NSW, including in the Nambucca Valley, as minimal red tape is required to set up. Blueberry farms can be started without formal registration or oversight, making it hard for authorities to track pesticide use. Since January 2022, the EPA has prosecuted 21 pesticide-related incidents across a range of crops in local courts across NSW... The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) announced a review into the use of dimethoate on blueberries, raspberries and blackberries."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-07/pesticide-review-thiometon-dimethoate-blueberries-raspberries/105701674
#food #regulation #toxins #pesticide #water #BerryIndustry #EPA #APVMA #governance #fruits #blueberries #NSW #plantations #MidNorthCoast #nambucca #CoffsHarbour #pollution #sprayDrift #dimethoate #thiometon #neurotoxins -
"Nous contraignons les animaux à s'adapter aux contraintes d'un élevage calqué sur la production en série d'objets manufacturés, alors que l'élevage devrait respecter les besoins éthologiques des bêtes. C'est une transgression car nous nous octroyons un droit absolu que nous n'avons pas. Cette violence envers les animaux nous accuse. Pourtant, le rapport aux animaux pourrait être l'occasion de penser une manière d'habiter la Terre qui rende possible la coexistence avec les autres espèces. Cela exige d'autres fondements de l'éthique et de la politique."
– Corine Pelluchon
#propriété #coexistence #eugénisme #capitalisme #extractivisme #appropriation #accaparement #plantations #esclavage #nature #séparation #épistémologie #spécisme #antiSpécisme #animaux #philosophie #croyances #écrabouiller #habitabilité #pleurabilité #citation #citations
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"Fondation des systèmes politiques modernes, la dualité nature/culture eut des conséquences fondamentales sur la production d'une "science de l'homme", distinguant hommes et femmes, corps et esprit, civilisés et sauvages, et sans doute humains et semi-humains.
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À la "bioprospection coloniale" qui, depuis les premiers pas de Colomb, inventorie espèces végétales, minérales et animales à des fins de profit, s'ajouta ainsi une "ethnoprospection" c'est-à-dire un recensement et une classification universels des espèces humaines dont on pense qu'elles ont elles aussi des "natures différentes". En devenant "aussi diversifiée que la nature elle-même", l'humanité se décline en phénotypes plus qu'en origines géographiques, et l'on glisse d'une vision descriptive à un regard normatif, prédisposé à la hiérarchie.""Capital et race : Histoire d'une hydre moderne", Sylvie Laurent
#SylvieLaurent #racialisation #eugénisme #capitalisme #extractivisme #appropriation #accaparement #Découverte #Rencontre #ChristopheColomb #Colomb #plantations #Antilles #Amérique #histoire #esclavage #NouveauMonde #racisme #propriété #coexistence #nature #séparation
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CW: Histoire de la consommation de sucre 🧶
La consommation de sucre remonte à environ 8 000 avant J.-C. en Nouvelle-Guinée, où les populations autochtones ont domestiqué pour la première fois la canne à sucre en sélectionnant la variété Saccharum robustum. Depuis la Nouvelle-Guinée, la culture de la canne à sucre s'est répandue dans toute l'Asie du Sud-Est, en Chine et en Inde grâce aux commerçants maritimes. La technique de raffinage chimique du sucre est apparue pour la première fois en Inde il y a environ 2 500 ans, et ce savoir s'est répandu vers la Chine, l'Iran et les premiers mondes islamiques.
« Au XIVe siècle, Chypre et la Sicile étaient devenues d'importantes productrices de sucre pour les Européens. Ce succès a encouragé certains riches à étendre l'industrie sucrière aux îles de l'Atlantique et aux Amériques. À [la fin du XVIe siècle], des quantités croissantes de sucre étaient importées des plantations sucrières ("engenhos") du Brésil. Ces engenhos exigeaient le travail forcé des peuples autochtones et, de plus en plus, des esclaves africain·es, qui travaillaient dans des conditions épouvantables pour broyer la canne à sucre, en extraire le jus et le faire bouillir à haute température afin de produire de la mélasse, qui était ensuite expédiée vers l'Europe dans de grands tonneaux appelés "hogsheads". Les débuts de l'industrie sucrière mondiale constituent une partie importante de l'histoire des débuts de la traite transatlantique des esclaves. »
Source en anglais : https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/sugar/
La suite de l'histoire est ailleurs dans la même pelote : https://kolektiva.social/@estelle/111958986175027764
La pelote en anglais : https://techhub.social/@estelle/114495552341902293
#technique #technoCritique #sucre #accaparementDesTerres #racialisation #cultureDuViol #racismeSystémique #capitalisme #suprémacismeBlanc #histoire #esclavage #agrobusiness #Angleterre #RoyaumeUni #GrandeBretagne #Bristol #Liverpool #Londres #extractivisme #accaparement #WestIndies #Caraïbes #carribbean #plantations #Antilles #Caraïbes #Caraïbe #NouveauMonde #Jamaïque #Cuba #Guadeloupe #Martinique #Hispaniola #Haïti #SaintDomingue #PortoRico #Barbade #Amérique #agriculture #Nantes #Bordeaux #lectureDécoloniale #définitionDécoloniale #sucré #bonbons #gastronomie #desserts #consommation
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Why the Greens must become an environmental force https://www.byteseu.com/1282455/ #AlbaneseGovernment #auspol #Australia #biodiversity #BobBrownFoundation #ClimateChange #Conservation #deforestation #EcologicalCollapse #environment #EnvironmentalLegislation #ExtinctionCrisis #GreatBarrierReef #Greens #koalas #logging #NativeForests #plantations #RedbankPowerStation #SueArnold #VerdantEarthTechnologies
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Un appel contre #Bolloré : « Bloquons ses plateaux télés, occupons ses dépôts pétroliers, soutenons les luttes syndicales à l’intérieur de ses entreprises et médias, vendangeons ses vignes, redistribuons son fuel domestique à celleux qui galèrent à se chauffer, traquons le traceur, tissons des alliances internationales, organisons des boycotts, virons ses chaînes de la TNT et soutenons la création et l’assise de contre-pouvoirs médiatiques puissants ! »
#plantations #infrastructures #logistique #accaparement #ravages #exploitation #appropriation #racialisation #racisme #nationalisme #misogynie #Françafrique #VSS #désastreClimatique #hégémonieCulturelle #batailleCulturelle #guerreCulturelle #lepénisation #droitisation #fascisation #industrie #impérialisme #CNews #médias #ARCOM #Blue #manuelsScolaires #éducation #automatisation #sécurité #politiqueFrançaise #politique #huileDePalme #déforestation #sursis #commentFaire #queFaire #mouvementSocial #Résistance #technique #machines #enthousiasme #joie #pouvoirDeSoi #décoloniale #VillageDeLEau #grèves #grève #grèveGénérale #lutte #luttes #révolution #révolutionnaire #autoDéfense #désarmer #désarmement #antiRacisme #clivageRacial #ligneDeCouleur #antiFascisme #DeuxSèvres #A69 #convergenceDesLuttes #lutte #luttes #révolution #révolutionnaire #LaRochelle #agroindustrie #agriculture #mouvement #cumul #écologie #écologiePolitique #intersectionnalité #LesSoulèvementsDeLaTerre #SoulèvementsDeLaTerre #manifeste
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004Tarkeeth - Koala habitat converted to plantation
Dr. Cadman's video "shows active and recent conversion of original forest and koala habitat to plantation inside the proposed Greater Koala Park, undertaken by #NSWForestry despite repeated warnings. This is what clearfall forestry looks like."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVx6fula8wU
#NSWForestry #FCNSW #RemnantVegetation #BellingenLogging #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #koalas #NativeForests #conversion #plantations
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The Forestry industry and the communities it supports cannot afford another fire.
Forestry industry still feeling effects of Black Summer looks at how to best protect plantations. >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-12-30/forestry-communities-cant-afford-another-fire-after-black-summer/103272090
#ForestryCorporation #LoggingIndustry #NSWLogging #NSWForestry #plantations #FossilFuel #bushfires #ClimateCrisis #BiodiversityCrisis -
https://archive.org/details/plantationslaveryontheeastcoastofafrica
Plantation Slavery on the East Coast of Africa by Frederick Cooper
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#Africa, #EastAfrica, #slavery, #blackchattelslavery, #slavetrade, #Oman, #Zanzibar, #Mombasa, #Malindi, #Mambrui, #Pemba, #PembaIsland, #plantations, #cloveplantations, #زِنْجِبَار, #عمان, #مومباسا“Expanding trade along the East African coast in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries set the stage for the transformation of small-scale coastal agriculture into a plantation system.” - from the introduction