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‘Farming is a dirty word now’: the woman helping farmers navigate a grim, uncertain future https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/09/farming-is-a-dirty-word-now-the-woman-helping-farmers-navigate-a-grim-uncertain-future?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17047873396216&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fenvironment%2F2024%2Fjan%2F09%2Ffarming-is-a-dirty-word-now-the-woman-helping-farmers-navigate-a-grim-uncertain-future

Ending stagnation https://economy2030.resolutionfoundation.org/reports/ending-stagnation/

‘They live absolutely horrible lives’: RSPCA vows to reform treatment of chickens in UK https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/06/rspca-vows-reform-absolutely-horrible-treatment-poultry-uk

Yuzu kosho, or yuzugosho, is a Japanese chilli paste with strong floral yuzu notes. The yuzu fruit brings citrus blossom flavours to this paste, whilst green chillies add oomph. Yuzu kosho is typically used to flavour nabemono, Japanese hot pot dishes, shio ramen, miso soup and as a condiment for sashimi. Yuzu kosho

Authors of this blog post: Chaturangi Wickramaratne (IWMI), Sarah Jones (Alliance Bioversity-CIAT), Christine Lamanna (CIFOR-ICRAF) and Matthias Geck (CIFOR-ICRAF) The need for a paradigm shift in agriculture is becoming increasingly evident. High-input, simplified or intensive agricultural farms and landscapes fail to achieve food and nutritional security or provide resilience to global shocks, such as […]

The friendship problem https://rojospinks.substack.com/p/the-friendship-problem

Creating a Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan for Biodiversity Net Gain https://defralanduse.blog.gov.uk/2023/12/01/creating-a-habitat-management-and-monitoring-plan-for-biodiversity-net-gain/

Billions of animals are slaughtered every year — just to be wasted https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/22890292/food-waste-meat-dairy-eggs-milk-animal-welfare

https://www.chathamhouse.org/2023/11/emerging-global-crisis-land-use?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=organic-social&utm_campaign=land&utm_content=report

Carbon opportunity cost increases carbon footprint advantage of grain-finished beef https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0295035

Sitopia look through the lens of food, putting food in the center of our thinking Carolyn Steel https://resiliencefoodstories.com/story/sitopia-look-through-the-lens-of-food-carolyn-steel/

Shifting SOIL Conditions: Regen Melbourne’s Model for Systems Transformation https://medium.com/regen-melbourne/shifting-soil-conditions-regen-melbournes-model-for-systems-transformation-7a90886e1a1f

Systemic Investing for Social Change https://ssir.org/articles/entry/systemic_investing_for_social_change

Home Global Tipping Points Conference https://global-tipping-points.org/

COP28: signal, noise, and structure https://fivetimesfaster.org/blog/cop28-signal-noise-and-structure/

Food industry giants unveil new global regenerative agriculture framework https://www.edie.net/food-industry-giants-unveil-new-global-regenerative-agriculture-framework/

What is Syntropic Farming? https://agendagotsch.com/en/what-is-syntropic-farming/

Agronomy for Sustainable Development https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13593-023-00908-6

Agronomy for Sustainable Development - In Western Africa, agro-sylvo-pastoral systems are dominant and food demand is booming. To meet this demand, many farmers intensify the production with...

Henry Kissinger has died at age 100, his consulting firm said in a statement on Wednesday.

The Waterford Food Manifesto states the vision and ambition of the community and food producers in the Waterford Bioregion. The manifesto was co-written by 3...

Purchases of carbon offsets fell for the first time in at least a decade last year, according to an analysis of 260,000 publicly available transactions.

Without engaging with natural environments, our brains cease to work well. As the new field of environmental neuroscience proves, exposure to nature isn’t a luxury – it’s a necessity

The collective erosion of X, Instagram, and Facebook marks a turning point for millennials, who are outgrowing a constant need to be plugged in.

Journalist Matt Shea investigates reports around Verra, an international non-profit company that works with governments and businesses to certify carbon credits

We are a union of farmers, growers, foresters and land-based workers with a mission to improve the livelihoods of our members and create a better food and land-use system for everyone.

The loss of forests across Africa has long been documented. But recent studies show that small farmers from Senegal to Ethiopia to Malawi are allowing trees to regenerate on their lands, resulting in improved crop yields, productive fruit harvests, and a boost for carbon storage.

Queasy about lab-grown meat? Too bad — you’ve pretty much been eating it for decades.