While vulnerabilities worsened over time, esp. in the EU, it is the non-aligned & poorer countries in the Global South that are most at risk. #FoodSecurity #SupplyChains #NaturalGas #Fertilizer #Trade
48 million. That’s not a statistic — that’s families. Kids. Your dinner table. What if you could see the danger before it reached your plate? #FoodSecurity #Anxin #PieceOfMind

Farmers worldwide are adapting to a global fertilizer shortage caused by geopolitical conflicts, testing new techniques to protect crops amid food security concerns.

https://worldbriefly.news/war-and-shortage-how-farmers-are-adapting-to-a-global-fertilizer-crisis

#Agriculture #FoodSecurity #Farming

#MOFGA #VirtualEvent - #SoilBiology and #SoilHealth Office Hours with Deborah Neher

May 21 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Free, Registration Required

"As part of #MGA’s ongoing efforts to support #organic/transitioning #GrainGrowers, we are now hosting office hour sessions with experts on all sides of the regional grain economy.

"Deborah ('Deb') Neher is a soil ecologist and professor emerita at University of Vermont. She gained formal education in plant pathology, plant population ecology, and environmental science. Her experience as a researcher, educator, and graduate student mentor spans 35+ years.

This event is made possible with support from the USDA Transition to Organic Partnership Program."

FMI and to register:
https://www.mofga.org/event-calendar/soil-biology-and-soil-heath-office-hours-with-deborah-neher/

#SolarPunkSunday #OrganicGrowing #GrowingGrains #OrganicFarming #MaineGrowersAssociation #MaineGrown #FoodSecurity

Soil Biology and Soil Heath Office Hours with Deborah Neher - Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners

As part of MGA’s ongoing efforts to support organic/transitioning grain growers, we are now hosting office hour sessions with experts on all sides of the regional grain economy. Deborah (“Deb”) Neher is a soil ecologist and professor emerita at University of Vermont. She gained formal education in plant pathology, plant population ecology, and environmental science. […]

Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners

🥗 New Zealand produces enough food to feed 40 million people.

🤲 Last year 33% of New Zealand households experienced food insecurity, 68% for the first time.

I've been reading about risks to domestic food security and am still having trouble getting my head around this gap.

https://www.nzfoodnetwork.org.nz/one-in-three-households-have-experienced-some-form-of-food-insecurity-in-the-last-year-full-time-workers-are-no-exception-new-research-finds/

#FoodSecurity #Sustainability

One in three households have experienced some form of food insecurity in the last year, full-time workers are no exception – new research finds - NZ Food Network

NZ Food Network

One of two large planters that I scattered mixed food plant seeds into. I didn't expect many to sprout because they were all really old & weren't stored properly. To my surprise, thousands of the seeds sprouted. I will be starting to thin out seedlings, tomorrow morning, if it's not raining.

#GrowFoodNotLawns #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #FoodSecurity #PlantsCare #GrowingFood #GardeningPhotos #ContainerGardening