Important read by the inimitable @grocerynerd.bsky.social and @rajpatel.org !
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Important read by the inimitable @grocerynerd.bsky.social and @rajpatel.org !
civileats.com/2025/08/20/o...
Despite the benefits of agroforestry, cocoa landscapes in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire remain dominated by full-sun and low-shade systems.
Average shade-tree cover is just 13%, far below the 20–40% recommended for climate resilience.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Agroforestry #Cocoa #ClimateAction
This week we have members of the Agroecology Research-Action Collective ( @adamcalo.bsky.social , Maywa Montenegro de Wit , @beniuliano.bsky.social , @alastairiles.bsky.social ) taking on the productivist roots of the "feed-the-world" approach to food security.
spectrejournal.com/the-enduring...
The fantasy of feeding the world persists because it's convenient to the status quo. It weaponizes #globalhunger to silence the voices of agrarian change. It has been a powerful ideological tool in capitalists’ efforts to maintain and extend control over nature and subaltern humans. #agroecology
FarmSTAND branded graphic. A photograph of blue stanchions that say "immigration." Text reading "On the blog: How Big Ag Thrives on Trump Immigration Threats."
Big Ag won’t stand up for its workers—only for its profits. These powerful corporations don’t mind a scared, exploitable labor force. In fact, they count on it. farmstand.org/how-big-ag-t...
Color me shocked!
There is no “waste” in the cocoa production process. Cocoa mucilage, husks, etc., generally remain on farm and recycle nutrients. This is greenwashing.
ICE recently conducted a raid of farm workers, seemingly focused on pro-union worker leaders.
On Friday in New York the federal agents stopped a bus and, armed with a list, appeared to single out those who have been doing union organizing for years.
theintercept.com/2025/05/05/i...
Unlearning the green revolution: Inventory of agroecological practices in Ceará, Brazil, an instrument for decolonizing territory and (re)valuing peasant knowledge
"And the conversations became technical. The biggest, the most emotional debate in climate over the IRA was over permitting reform...How’s an everyday person getting tapped into that?"
- Rhiana Gunn-Wright for @hammerandhope.bsky.social
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Online today @thenation.com (and I think, on the cover of the physical magazine soon) - a story I began writing in 2023. O Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST):
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Two-Thirds of New York City Voters Support Creating Municipal Grocery Stores.
Black farmers face setbacks over Trump budget cuts: ‘We are in survival mode’
URGENT: Protect Organic Farmers & the USDA National Organic Program! secure.everyaction.com/fbcVkGhVJEyo...
We hear a lot about problems in farming and #foodsystems, but what about solutions?
Have you seen #agroecology in action? A farmer reclaiming land, a community building #foodsovereignty, a method that works? Share a story that gives you #hope. Here's one that made our week start on a good note 👇
Trump Admin says it wants farmers to grow more for US market & healthier food. Then, pulls rug from under farmers.
“To get notice on a Friday afternoon, with no forewarning. It’s already late in the season. Farmers have already started preparing for those sales" www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/b...
“The possibilities and the opportunity and what the future holds seems so much brighter.” www.kuer.org/science-envi...
I sent numerous tips about #agroecolgy & #agroforestry to NPR's climate solutions reporter late last year saying these are worth covering -- turns out she was perhaps reading my messages 🙌
She produced a terrific feature on #silvopasture in Colombia & it's airing across the US today, listen here:
Alarm as bird flu now ‘endemic in cows’ while Trump cuts staff and funding
The federal government has historically discriminated against Black farmers. The recent funding halt from the Trump administration presents yet another hurdle to those who have spent decades fighting for equity in farming.
Moving from anti-globalisation to anti-imperialism and why it matters for food sovereignty
Given the current global financing situation, there is a need to invert the trend!
"It’s imperative that we see a massive increase in financial investments in climate and food systems transformation."
👉Read the Op-Ed (2024) by Agroecology Fund co-Director Daniel Moss
The climate crises in Los Angeles and the Amazon rainforest are inextricably linked
New from me: how the Dems' lame farm policy left a gaping hole through which the odious RFK Jr has lurched, mashing up dangerous nonsense about vaccines with (some) legit critiques of food and farm policy. www.motherjones.com/food/2025/01...
