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Top news of the week: 08.12.2022.

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@farmsnotfactory shared
On Dec 6, 2022
RT @vickihird: New @UKSustain report finds farmers make less than 1p profit on everyday food items – like bread, cheese and carrots – explains why this matters and calls on government to help make supply chains fairer #unpickingfoodprices https://t.co/j8xfv2JiRd https://t.co/hBEHknAHUq
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Unpicking food prices: Where does your food pound go, and why do farmers get so little?

Unpicking food prices: Where does your food pound go, and why do farmers get so little?

UK farmers are often left with far less than 1p profit of the food they produce, our new report reveals.

@bittman shared
On Dec 5, 2022
RT @cadwego: “Laws or regulations around seat belts, tobacco, light bulbs, recycling, public education, have all improved public welfare. Yet no such efforts have been made in diet, where the mantra of “behavior change” stands in for good policy.” -Mark @bittman https://t.co/HUM3nNQLTc
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Telling Americans to ‘eat better’ doesn’t work. We must make healthier food

Telling Americans to ‘eat better’ doesn’t work. We must make healthier food

For decades public health authorities have encouraged us to choose healthier foods – yet most choices available to Americans are bad ones

@annalappe shared
On Dec 3, 2022
RT @LatoyaAbulu: PHOTOS: New female farmers are embracing beekeeping and agroforestry on land that was previously unproductive and worn out by pesticides and fertilizers. Inae Guin reports for @mongabay https://t.co/MsIZHVMfDh
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Photos: Newcomer farmers in Brazil embrace bees, agroforestry and find success

Photos: Newcomer farmers in Brazil embrace bees, agroforestry and find success

PARAÍBA VALLEY, Brazil — Under the frigid morning air of the Mantiqueira Mountains in southeastern Brazil, honeybees begin leaving the hive. “When day breaks they are calmer,” says Mara ...

@EcoAgPartners shared
On Dec 7, 2022
Today we are celebrating the kick-off of #COP15! - We look forward to the implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, as protecting #biodiversity is essential to people's and the planet's health. #ForNature 👇👇 https://t.co/XJjYXxo4uz https://t.co/bv4eJ0ZhDk
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15th Convention on Biological Diversity Conference of Parties (CBD COP 15)

15th Convention on Biological Diversity Conference of Parties (CBD COP 15)

In preparation for the 15th Convention on Biological Diversity Conference of Parties (CBD COP 15), we are developing recommendations for national governments to learn from …

@SoilAssociation shared
On Dec 2, 2022
Good Cop, Bad Cop? Blog by our policy officer Alex "The UK must use the shortfalls of international diplomacy and our own historical responsibility for the ecological crisis as a basis for even greater domestic action on both climate and nature together" https://t.co/R7cY3tmKxI https://t.co/s3QnCrWumJ
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Leadership in tackling the climate and nature crises is key - are the COP's important?

Leadership in tackling the climate and nature crises is key - are the COP's important?

It’s why, despite 27 iterations of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference, it took until the 26th in Glasgow (COP26) last year for Nature to be formally …