Massive Update on the Food Rescue front!!!

We worked out the contract issues with Food Rescue US (FRUS - https://foodrescue.us)and we just signed the contract!

We can now begin the rescue efforts in earnest!!!

This is MASSIVE!!!

This initiative started last November,, and while it's had a couple of obstacles, five months from conception to group formation to joining with a national org isn't that long.

We're also going to be joining Food Rescue Alliance (FRA - https://www.boulderfoodrescue.org/food-rescue-alliance/). They're a US based national "mutual aid of mutual aids" sort of thing. So we can join other food rescue groups and learn from each other.

I'd like to see if there's a state group to join as well. If not, I'd like to start one up. A lot of laws and regulations are state based and learning from other groups in our state would be amazing.

Soooo!!!!

Expect some more updates in the coming weeks.

I'm so excited!!!!

#solarPunk #mutualAid #foodRescue #postScarcity #foodSecurity

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Food Rescue US engages volunteers to transfer fresh food surpluses from local businesses to social service agencies serving the food insecure

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(3/5) At least in richer regions a large reduction of meat consumption & production and a shift to more #plantbased diets can address these issues. #Meat production can be substantially reduced without threatening #foodsecurity or violating the human right to adequate food… doi.org/10.59704/4c6...
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Staple crops lack sufficient #micronutrients for good health. #Biofortification is a sustainable, cost-effective solution to improve #nutrition & #foodsecurity, esp. in regions with limited access to diverse foods, as it can significantly enhance daily micronutrient intake: doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...

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Scientists in China are growing potatoes under conditions that simulate predictions of higher temperatures at the end of the century

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/climate-change-china-potatoes/

#ClimateCrisis #FoodSecurity #food

Everyone I know is pulling back, trying to both stock up on everyday essentials and to save money for unforeseen circumstances - esp disruptions in Social Security.

Gone are the days of shopping, going to the movies, and lots of eating out. We only buy what we need now.

Projects like insulating the upstairs are now on hold. Lots of small companies will be way worse off for the wear.

Link: https://sherwood.news/personal-finance/consumer-sentiment-hits-historic-low-as-inflation-fears-hit-44-year-high/

#Economy #Tariff #Inflation #FoodSecurity #Community #Sustainability

Consumer sentiment hits historic low as inflation fears hit 44-year high

Tariff uncertainty is sending inflation concerns to their highest point since the early ’80s.

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Sudan: World Food Programme warns of hunger crisis, asks for more funding http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TK8VM2 #Sudan #HungerCrisis #WorldFoodProgramme #Famine #FoodSecurity

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MST the Landless Workers' Movement from Brazil has a page with several articles in Portuguese explaining why this agreement is not good for peasants, women etc

https://mst.org.br/?s=mercosul&ct_post_type=post%3Apage
French&Spanish farmers aren´t happy either in French
"L’Union européenne se fiche de nos revendications", contre le Mercosur, agriculteurs français et espagnols se mobilisent ensemble à la frontière
#FoodSovereingty #FoodColonialism #FoodSecurity

Harold Steves (former NDP MLA, Richmond city councillor, and activist for BC ALR/Agricultural Land Reserve):

“pOILievre has removal of the ban on supertankers on the BC Coast at the top of his list. It's been in effect for 55 years. I organized the 1st demonstration against supertankers in 1968. The BC NDP banned supertankers in 1972 supported by the feds & later Bill C-69. Stop PP!”

#elxn45 #elxn2025 #cdnpoli #FoodSecurity #ClimateChange