Top news of the week: 07.07.2020.
#agroecology #organic #plastic #NoSingleUsePlastic #FutureOfFood
Future Of Food
“And remember that you have to love what you are doing because farming is not easy or secure, so find satisfaction in the task itself.” (@NimanRanch)
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OpenA Love for Farming that Spans Generations — And Continents
In this month’s Niman Ranch Farmer Friday Feature, FoodTank talks with Jeanne McCormack about her family’s lamb ranch in Northern California.
Cultivating algae empowers coastal communities while storing CO2 deep underwater. https://t.co/1ouvmfHZhT
OpenWhat Kelp Forests Can Do for the Climate
Cultivating algae empowers coastal communities while storing CO2 deep underwater.
Calling all professional storytellers
Do you want to help us inspire more farmers to join the movement towards #agroecology?
Or tell the story of the #organic pioneers who are innovating ways to farm with nature?
We're recruiting a senior comms officer👉https://t.co/8QOKekDefD https://t.co/spuq92eISc
OpenSenior Farming Communications Officer
Our work revolves around making the case for sustainable farming systems and supporting farmers and growers to make this transition. Examples of your activities include; producing …
Sugar in food products: A FoodNavigator collection of articles
I am reprinting this with no comments (beyond really, healthier marshmallows?) from the industry newsletter FoodNavigator. Here is its Special Edition: Sweeteners and sugar reduction Sugar ...
Everyone knows that #plastic fills up landfills & waterways. But here’s something less widely understood: food packaging is also bad for our health. Get the details in our report on the foodprint of packaging: https://t.co/y37SwW4Zq2 #NoSingleUsePlastic https://t.co/LbQ4jPxM7F
OpenFood Packaging Is Bad for our Health
Food packaging, from plastic to metal to cardboard, is everywhere. We use too much of it and it contains chemicals that are bad for our health. Learn more.
Traditional crops can:
🍌 enrich diets
🌱 safeguard agriculture
🌏 beat the climate crisis at its own game
@FAO has more on the #FutureOfFood: https://t.co/asf2T0g99X
OpenOnce neglected, these traditional crops are our new rising stars
Despite the huge variety that exist in the world, Cavendish bananas constitute nearly 50% of bananas grown globally. These “neglected” crops are generally indigenous or …
@HighFarndale @rojograham @ofgorganic I defer to our previous conversation for more info. https://t.co/qLLRPvOdPg or this piece on the "less but better" approach https://t.co/DWOpqd7Feu
It sounds like you are in contact with @ofgorganic now but if you have any more questions, let us know.
OpenLess but better meat – for climate, for health and for nature
It’s time to make better meat normal in schools, and less meat is part of this. A sustainable farming system with agroecology and organic at its heart requires that we eat …