Mastodawn

What does it cost to produce the food on your plate?

Not the price. The cost.

Turns out those are very different numbers, and the gap between them has been quietly accumulating on someone else's balance sheet for a long time.

I wrote about hidden costs, broken ROI models, and a paradox that the food industry has no clean answer to.

#FoodSystems #Agriculture #VerticalFarming #FoodSecurity

https://open.substack.com/pub/neaptide/p/the-price-of-what-we-dont-measure?r=5bh5bl&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

THE PRICE OF WHAT WE DON'T MEASURE

Hidden costs, convenient accounting, and a paradox that nobody in the food system particularly wants to resolve

DoomsdaysCW 5h ago

RE: https://mas.to/@econetwork/116300063656893220

Tagging for #SolarPunkSunday!

#Africa #Uganda #FoodSecurity #SustainableFarming

DoomsdaysCW 6h ago

How #LandRestoration is strengthening #ecosystems and #communities across #Africa

June 16, 2025

"Across Africa, land degradation and #ClimateChange are converging to create a growing crisis. Unsustainable land use, #deforestation and #SoilErosion have left millions of hectares barren, stripping communities of the natural resources they rely on. Meanwhile, the impacts of climate change – shifting rainfall patterns, rising temperatures and more frequent #droughts and #floods – are compounding pressures on #agriculture and water resources.

"Today, an estimated 65 percent of Africa's land is impacted by land degradation and drought, affecting more than 400 million people and causing economic losses exceeding US$70 billion each year.

"Governments across the continent are increasingly prioritizing land restoration as a national and regional imperative by pioneering policies, partnerships and investments to reverse degradation and strengthen #ClimateChangeAdaptation and #resilience. This brings tangible benefits for both people and nature, helping to secure food systems, create economic opportunities and strengthen communities against #ClimateShocks.

With support from the Global Environment Facility’s Least Developed Countries Fund and UNDP, #Ethiopia, #Rwanda and #Senegal are transforming degraded landscapes into a source of stability and productivity, their experience offering a replicable model for other nations confronting similar challenges."

Learn more:
https://climatepromise.undp.org/news-and-stories/how-land-restoration-strengthening-ecosystems-and-communities-across-africa

#SolarPunkSunday #FoodSecurity #Adaptation #TerraceGardening #ForestRehabilitation #WaterIsLife #SoilIsLife #Reforestation #NatureBasedSolution

How land restoration is strengthening ecosystems and communities across Africa | UNDP Climate Promise

Ethiopia, Rwanda and Senegal are working to reverse land degradation and strengthen climate change adaptation and resilience.

UNDP Climate Promise

Ms. Que Banh 10h ago

Brainstorming on workable ideas to bridge the generational gap between older farmers & younger farmers/younger folks interested in getting into small farming.

#FoodSecurity #FoodSystems #SmallFarmers

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Alexander J. Stein 12h ago

Targeting actions on these commodities & countries (to produce food for human consumption instead) can have an outsized impact on improving food security, health and the environment. #Agriculture #FoodSystem #FoodSecurity #Livestock #Biofuel #Commodities #Beef #Pork #LandUse #Environment

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