https://www.foodingredientsfirst.com/news/no-time-to-lose-food-diet-and-farming-are-startlingly-absent-from-governments-climate-plans-report-flags.html “A new 14-country assessment reveals that actions to improve food systems are a “missed opportunity” to cut at least one-fifth of emissions needed to avoid catastrophic climate change.” “[F]ood systems are “startlingly absent” from most countries’ official national emissions-reduction plans, according to new Global Alliance for [the] Future of Food research.” “Without transforming industrializedContinue reading “No time to lose: Food, diet, and farming are “startlingly absent” from governments’ climate plans, report flags”
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Podcast (TABLE): Phil Howard on corporate consolidation, author of Concentration and Power in the Food System
In their first Feed episode about power, TABLE speaks with Phil Howard, author of Concentration and Power in the Food System, a book that asks “who controls what we eat?” You can access the podcast directly at: https://tabledebates.org/podcast/episode20 To learn more about Dr. Howard’s book, see: Concentration and Power in the Food System. Who Controls What WeContinue reading “Podcast (TABLE): Phil Howard on corporate consolidation, author of Concentration and Power in the Food System”
How industry and farming practices contribute to antibiotic resistance: podcast with Dr. Wallinga
“Antibiotic resistance has long been considered one of the greatest threats to global health. More recently, we’re seeing growing public awareness around the overuse of antibiotics used in the US livestock system – a system that produces much of our meat supply…. With drug resistant pathogens or superbugs, as some people know them, now beingContinue reading “How industry and farming practices contribute to antibiotic resistance: podcast with Dr. Wallinga”
Crop losses from climate crisis cost billions in insurance payouts: Environmental Working Group
“Farmers received more than $143.5 billion in federal crop insurance payments from drought and excess moisture, exacerbated by the climate crisis, according to [Environmental Working Group] EWG’s new crop insurance database.” “The top 10 counties with the largest drought indemnities were in Texas, which has gotten hotter and drier (Table 2).” See below URL toContinue reading “Crop losses from climate crisis cost billions in insurance payouts: Environmental Working Group”
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