Farmers focus on what will sell, leaving new options unexplored

This thread will highlight plants with higher Optimal Growing Temperature,
and that don’t depend on seasonal cycles or flower in late season.

#climatechange #foodsecurity
https://mastoreader.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fc.im%2F%40cdarwin%2F115862346811725434

A Shared Lunch! Vol. 12 No. 3 of Canadian Food Studies is about being “in it” together, so we thought we’d follow that ethos and share our lunch with you… Or actually, our authors’ lunches.

Elaine Power starts it off with her shared lunch: “A bowl of squash, parsnip and carrot soup, made from my last CSA veggie box of the year, with Aleppo chilies on top; a local Honeycrisp apple; and some Manchego cheese.”

There are certainly some shared sensibilities between Power’s lunch and her responses to the CFS Choux Questionnaire. But why take our word for it? Read, and find out: https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v12i3.775

#FoodStudies
#Lunch
#SharingFood
#Squash
#Courges
#Parsnip
#Panais
#CarrotSoup
#SoupeAuxCarottes
#CommunitySupportedAgriculture
#CSA
#AleppoChilies
#PimentDAlep
#HoneycrispApple
#Manchego
#ChouxQuestionnaire
#FoodInsecurity
#FoodSecurity
#FoodWaste
#FoodLiteracy
#FoodRetail
#FoodJustice
#CanadianFoodStudies

photo: Elaine Power

Proud papa moment. My daughter did an art work about food insecurity and fund raising for food banks. While showing at the local museum/gallery she also got this months cover on the local arts/entertainment zine.

#reddeer #alberta #FoodSecurity #art

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 239

Over 75% of the 115 leading crop species are dependent upon/benefit from animal pollination. Only 28 of these 115 crop species are wind and/or self-pollinated.
We need #bees, #insects, #birds, #animals.
We need to realise this.
And realise this fast.
#science
#nature
#food
#foodsecurity
#environment
#biodiversity
#education
#wildlife
#strangerthings

Farmers devastated by staggering decline of key crop: ‘Dropped by half’

Olive farmers in Syria are facing one of their worst harvest seasons ever. Changing weather patterns and a…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #crop #cropyields #Daraa #Foodsecurity #harvest #oliveproduction #olivetrees #Syria #SyriaDirect #World
https://www.newsbeep.com/350483/

Passing this along in case food security advocates find it helpful

Again, tbh, I'm offering it up to help grassroot orgs break thru the info gatekeeping

LOI period open now thru Feb 15, 2026

(Update: I received this link thru a Los Angeles County email with the application period of Jan 1, 2026 to Feb 15, 2026. Conagra's website still has 2025 dates 🙄)

#grant #foodSecurity

https://www.conagrabrands.com/our-company/conagra-brands-foundation/community-impact-grants