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Although agtech promises to make farming more efficient, it is often pitched as a replacement for farmworkers, who are usually left out of its development. #oped buff.ly/3HrqXc1
Whenever Wayne Frederick watches the American bison roaming around the sprawling South Dakota prairies of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, he sees a piece of himself. buff.ly/3oAcLms
"Every 1 percent increase in soil organic matter equates to 20,000 gallons of additional water holding capacity per acre in the top 12 inches of soil," writes Ryan Peterson of @terradotdo's Climate Farm School.
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🌿If you haven't already, check out @terradotdoo's Climate Farm School's course facilitator Ryan Peterson's write-up on@CivilEatss!
+ check out more about his work on the farm school:bit.ly/farm_schoolW
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"There are fewer, larger farms, and the smaller ones are being squeezed out. Kroger is planning to buy Albertsons...the deal could worsen what has already become an impossible retail market for many small- and mid-size producers." @CivilEats civileats.com/2023/01/17/gro…
Retweeted by Civil Eats The author of ‘Sweet In Tooth And Claw’ challenges the notion that humans are meant to dominate and control their environment, and invites readers to see themselves as partners with nature instead. buff.ly/3IJw3RN
.@CivilEats highlights the concerns we brought to @FTC about the impacts of the Kroger-Albertsons merger on small farmers. They lose market access and bargaining power as grocery stores consolidate, pushing them off the land or into commodity crops. civileats.com/2023/01/17/gro…
Retweeted by Civil Eats As a National Seafood Council takes shape, whose interests will it serve? buff.ly/341JURt
"[Vincent] Logan’s appointment comes at an important time for Native American farmers, who have long faced obstacles in gaining access to loans and other forms of financial support from the federal government. "
Story by: @GabePietrorazio | Civil Eats
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Retweeted by Civil Eats While overall U.S. emissions have gone down in recent years, agricultural emissions have increased by almost 12 percent since 2000. buff.ly/3vSsRLi #oped
A new member-owned cooperative, Country Natural Beef, is helping ranchers learn regenerative grazing practices and how to work with ecosystems when farming.
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Retweeted by Civil Eats Communities that rely on locally caught fish as a key component of their diet and culture may have much higher exposure to PFAS, the industrial pollutants linked to a number of negative health impacts. buff.ly/3NbYjuV
The Field Report: New Research Shows Dangerous Levels of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Freshwater Fish via @CivilEats civileats.com/2023/01/18/the…
Retweeted by Civil Eats Smell is directly tied to taste, through a retronasal pathway that creates nuances of flavor, and without that, we lose the ability to identify food. This is especially detrimental to food workers experiencing parosmia and anosmia. buff.ly/3WnBb1f
Farmers Embrace the Growing Domestic Spice including in #Vt with support of @uvmvermont researchers. civileats.com/2023/01/09/far…
Retweeted by Civil Eats In the face of intensifying weather patterns like the series of storms pounding the West, regenerative organic farms are demonstrating that the key to resilience is working with nature. buff.ly/3ZxBSaY #oped
As Grocery Stores Get Bigger, Small Farms Get Squeezed Out via @CivilEats civileats.com/2023/01/17/gro…
Retweeted by Civil Eats Young Farmers Are Growing Food for Climate Action and Racial Justice via @CivilEats bit.ly/3WjIs1Q
Retweeted by Civil Eats Pesticide labels are designed to help prevent dangerous exposure, but the EPA doesn’t ensure most farmworkers can read them—an oversight that has serious implications for their health, and the environment.
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As California and its farms experience intense flooding, regenerative farmers are better able to cope with the heavy rains than their industrial counterparts. Via @CivilEats
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Retweeted by Civil Eats Many workers in the food industry experiencing parosmia—or a long-term distorted sense of smell—find their lives and livelihoods disrupted. And they have trouble accessing help. buff.ly/3WnBb1f
All-star 🌟 panel on food & farm reporting moderated by@HavenBourquee. Stories that stand out to@MattWheelandd: shifts to drought-tolerant crops, groundwater, and who has access…all amidst climate change. I agree!P
Retweeted by Civil Eats Vincent Logan has a long history of working to right historic wrongs. In his new role, he talks about directing the ‘regulatory machine’ behind the farm credit system, and his plans to provide loans and other capital to all farmers. buff.ly/3jZ8SZl
Chefs, cheese mongers, somelliers, and food writers experiencing the parosmia (distortion of taste/smell) often linked to #longcovid often find themselves keeping it to themselves for fear of losing work.
Here, some speak openly about their experiences. civileats.com/2023/01/19/lon…
Retweeted by Civil Eats Most spices are imported and have long been overlooked in the local food movement. Now, some U.S. farmers are investing in turmeric, chili, saffron, and more. bit.ly/3CEDkyE
As grocery stores get bigger, small farms get squeezed out. buff.ly/3GJGfXP
“If a community heavily supplements their diet with locally caught freshwater fish for economic or cultural reasons, they are disproportionately affected by PFAS exposure..." buff.ly/3ZMFMgr
Check out this @CivilEats article that features CSANR Director @chadekruger & faculty partner Lav Khot!
"That’s the key thing, thinking about climate change as a planning-horizon issue, as opposed to an incident-management or emergency-management issue"
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Retweeted by Civil Eats In the face of intensifying weather patterns like the series of storms pounding the West, regenerative organic farms are demonstrating that the key to resilience is working with nature. buff.ly/3ZxBSaY
Can This Beef Cooperative Become ‘the West’s Largest Climate-Smart Ranching Program’? via @CivilEats civileats.com/2023/01/10/can…
Retweeted by Civil Eats Communities that rely on locally caught fish as a key component of their diet and culture may have much higher exposure to PFAS, the industrial pollutants linked to a number of negative health impacts. buff.ly/3NbYjuV
"In the face of intensifying weather patterns like the series of storms pounding the West, regenerative organic farms are demonstrating that the key to resilience is working with nature."
Learn more via @CivilEats ⬇️
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Retweeted by Civil Eats “They tell you the best thing to do is to take time off and rest. The best treatment is weeks of incredibly reduced activity—but for anyone who works freelance or with food, you can’t take that time off.” buff.ly/3WnBb1f
Seasoning your dishes with U.S.-grown spices is gaining momentum in the #LocalFood movement.
In South Florida, Dr. Chambers, a tropical fruit breeder @UFTropical, is evaluating #vanilla as an alternative crop for Florida producers.
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Retweeted by Civil Eats Depending on the specific measure used, the four biggest chains—Walmart, Kroger, Costco, and Albertsons—now control between 43 and 69 percent of sales. buff.ly/3GJGfXP
Many workers in the food industry experiencing parosmia—or a long-term distorted sense of smell—find their lives and livelihoods disrupted. And they have trouble accessing help. @lindsayaherring with more. buff.ly/3WnBb1f
It's been days and days of incredible and at times terrifying weather. Our friends at @CivilEats have an interesting article on how regenerative organic farms are demonstrating that the key to resilience is working with nature. Worth a read. buff.ly/3ZxBSaY
Retweeted by Civil Eats How I changed my relationship to grocery shopping—and my financial future. buff.ly/3xFDu55
Member owned @CNBeef Cooperative is looking to encourage a shift toward more regenerative practices amongst its ranchers.
“Regenerative Ranching” is about ranchers learning to work with #ecosystems - @ce_tracey from @CivilEats breaks down how it works:
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Retweeted by Civil Eats "Despite our desperate need for this water, we have greatly diminished our ability to receive it." #oped buff.ly/3ZxBSaY
Go Margaret Skinner. So talented and always ahead of the curve. Pleased to support with ‘boring’ demand studies. @UVMCALS Farmers Embrace the Growing Domestic Spice Trade | Civil Eats civileats.com/2023/01/09/far…
Retweeted by Civil Eats Tomorrow! (January 19) Hear from Managing Editor Matthew Wheeland during the Media Matters: A New Lens on Food & Farming Reporting workshop at the @Eco_Farm Conference. Learn more and register at buff.ly/2RwVjNL.
This article from @CivilEats on SNAP recipients’ struggles affording food due to inflation has an informative perspective on how the rise in grocery prices has changed the way people buy food. You can check out the full article here: bit.ly/SNAPstruggles. #SNAPSunday
Retweeted by Civil Eats Plus, climate-related farm and fishery disasters and farm bill season kicks off. buff.ly/3ZMFMgr
How Grocery Mergers Affect Small Farms, Freshwater Fish & PFAS, the Resilience of Regenerative Ag, and More... mailchi.mp/civileats/janu…
"Every 1% increase in soil organic matter equates to 20K gallons of water holding capacity per acre, meaning much of this rainfall will be retained on ecological farms well into the dry season." -Ryan Peterson
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