Mastodawn

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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Alexander J. Stein 1d ago

… for shifts from animal-based to plant-based foods environmental trade-offs are unlikely—in this case, there are actually synergies: Such a transition lowers environmental impacts across categories due to the more resource-efficient production of plant-based food. #Diets #ClimateChange #FoodSystem

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Alexander J. Stein 2d ago

Shifting to lower levels of meat consumption & biofuel production could help protect the climate, water resources & wildlife habitat while feeding more people. The solutions exist: drawdown.org/news/only-ha... #Agriculture #FoodSystem #LandUse #ClimateChange #FoodSecurity #Livestock #Meat #Biofuel

Only half of calories produced...

Only half of calories produced on croplands are available for human consumption, study finds

Study: 1/2 of the calories produced on croplands are unavailable for human consumption

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The-14 3d ago

Importing queen bees won’t solve Canada’s beekeeping problems
#Canada #Environment #Beekeeping #Agriculture #FoodSecurity #Pollution #Biodiversity #Sustainability #Farming #BeeColonies #Ecosystem #HoneyBees #FoodSystem #AirPollution #QueenBees #Beehive
https://the-14.com/importing-queen-bees-wont-solve-canadas-beekeeping-problems/

Importing queen bees won’t solve Canada’s beekeeping problems | The-14

Importing queen bees won’t fix Canada’s beekeeping crisis. Research highlights risks, from fragile supply chains weaker winter survival and pollution impacts.!

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IPES-Food 3d ago

This is the deeper issue:

Our #foodsystem is hooked on fossil fuels.

🛢️A system tied to the price of oil means shocks in energy markets quickly become food crises.

This vulnerability is built in. It's a choice.

🌱 It doesn’t have to be this way.

TheBadPlace 3d ago

The Guardian | We’re letting big corporations gamble with our lives. Act now, or the food could run out | George Monbiot by George Monbiot

The fragility of the global food system fills me with dread – and the war with Iran has exposed just how close to collapse it is

The fate of environmentalists is to spend their lives trying not to be proved right. Vindication is what we dread. But there’s one threat that haunts me more than any other: the collapse of the global food system. We cannot predict what the immediate trigger might be. But the war with Iran is just the right kind of event.

Drawing on years of scientific data, I’ve been arguing for some time that this risk exists – and that governments are completely unprepared for it. In 2023, I made a submission to a parliamentary inquiry into environmental change and food security, with a vast list of references. Called as a witness, I spent much of the time explaining that the issue was much wider than the inquiry’s scope.

#globaleconomy #georgemonbiot #foodsystem #foodsecurity #environmentalchange

We’re letting big corporations gamble with our lives. Act now, or the food could run out

The fragility of the global food system fills me with dread – and the war with Iran has exposed just how close to collapse it is, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian

Vegan FTA Mar 19

rogercre.bsky.social Mar 18

The biggest wildcard for #systemic risk in the #foodsystem is whether El Niño arrives soon, or holds until late 2027. The timing of that shift will determine the scale. The dominoes are lining up. We are looking at a cascade of systemic shocks, that could be amplified by non-linear climate impacts.

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