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Top news of the week: 03.03.2022.

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@Seed_Alliance shared
On Feb 24, 2022
Join OSA’s Kiki Hubbard for this important conversation to learn more about the current state of seed policy, public plant breeding, and the impact on our food system. https://t.co/dntC2Vimh9 https://t.co/9yTovRaS4F
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The Privatization of Public Seed Breeding

The Privatization of Public Seed Breeding

Once managed as a public resource, seed is now one of the most privatized agricultural inputs today. Public plant breeding programs were originally designed to develop publicly available ...

@SoilAssociation shared
On Mar 2, 2022
🤦UK Govt. have abandoned their commitments to protect pollinators and ignored the science These pesticides, which are rightly banned in the EU, were also banned here in the UK due to the harm they cause to bees, and the threat that poses to our futures. https://t.co/JG2raZm7fb
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UK allows emergency use of bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticide

UK allows emergency use of bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticide

The UK government has authorised the emergency use of a type of pesticide almost entirely banned in the EU because of the harm it can cause to bees.

@AgFunder shared
On Mar 1, 2022
Q&A: VanEck ETF aims to bring agrifoodtech to retail masses & avoid ‘stasis’ of passive funds, says manager https://t.co/qhABqXfwJd
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Q&A: VanEck ETF aims to bring agrifoodtech to retail masses & avoid ‘stasis’ of passive funds, says manager

Q&A: VanEck ETF aims to bring agrifoodtech to retail masses & avoid ‘stasis’ of passive funds, says manager

VanEck launched its Future of Food ETF at the end of last year. AFN checks in with portfolio manager Shawn Reynolds to find out more.

@SusFoodTrust shared
On Feb 28, 2022
Daily News Digest - Monday 28th February - Patrick Holden gives his views on meat eating, Prince Charles gets go ahead for farming school plus celebrating Welsh food on St David's day https://t.co/hRy2GPD7ZX https://t.co/VUwFJ6DGqW
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Daily News Digest

Daily News Digest

Vet shortages, 5G dairy, Belfast food producers Brexit and Covid are being blamed for a big fall in the number of European vets registering to work in the UK over the past two …

@ICRAF shared
On Mar 1, 2022
📚 #Publication: This paper follows the transition from ethnobotany to a deeper scientific understanding of the #food and medicinal properties of African #agroforestry tree products as inputs into the start of domestication activities. Read/ Download: 🔗 https://t.co/tRO6qSxDxx https://t.co/wCE1l6dx9a
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The Future of Food: Domestication and Commercialization of Indigenous Food Crops in Africa over the Third Decade (2012–2021)

The Future of Food: Domestication and Commercialization of Indigenous Food Crops in Africa over the Third Decade (2012–2021)

This paper follows the transition from ethnobotany to a deeper scientific understanding of the food and medicinal properties of African agroforestry tree products as inputs into the start ...

@NewHarvestOrg shared
On Feb 24, 2022
RT @meerazassenhaus: aaaand it’s live https://t.co/nKc8uZsiWF https://t.co/fakS9QtdLK
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#NewHarvest2022 Programming Suggestions

#NewHarvest2022 Programming Suggestions

This year's theme, elephant in the room, is a playful way of teasing out important but neglected conversations about cellular agriculture, cultured meat, and the future of food. Who is ...

@SusFoodTrust shared
On Feb 28, 2022
RT @vickihird: Do write to your MP to ask @defra to include payments for public engagement on farms in ELMs @LandworkersUK @CountryTrust @UKSustain @SusFoodTrust @CLAtweets @CSANetwork https://t.co/2FpfQ9fqYO
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LWA urges Defra to include Payments for Public Engagement in ELMS

LWA urges Defra to include Payments for Public Engagement in ELMS

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.

@foodtank shared
On Mar 1, 2022
Join Us at SXSW 2022! Food Film Viewings, Delicious Snack & Fireside Chats. FREE. #FutureFoodSXSW. https://t.co/RLq6xjvr6k
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Join Us at SXSW 2022! Food Film Viewings, Delicious Snack & Fireside Chats.

Join Us at SXSW 2022! Food Film Viewings, Delicious Snack & Fireside Chats.

SXSW 2022 Food Film Viewings, Delicious Snacks, + Discussions: "Gather," "Man in the Field," "Last Harvest," and "Ants and the Grasshopper."