Critical Food Studies

A collaboration between @UWConline, @UKZN and @UPTuks aim to drive a field of critical food studies straddling humanities disciplines in SA and continentally.

[Critical Food Studies @FoodPolitics_SA]

CALL FOR PROPOSALS
LINK in BIO FMI!

Please send a 200 word abstract to [email protected] and [email protected] by 30 May 2022.

#food #foodstudies #criticalfoodstudies #IamUWC #UKZN #MyUKZN #ProudlyUp

[IPES-Food @IPESfood]

At the center of this #foodcrisis is the precarious fact that the production of the world’s 3 staple crops is concentrated in a small number of countries, shipped around the world by a handful of trading firms, grown from a narrow range of seed varieties
https://t.co/U7d6mbOW8u

[Earthlife Africa JHB @Earthlife_JHB]

READ/WATCH: @Earthlife_JHB’s @makomaphil says, “…too many of the agreements that had been ratified “lack the participation of women. Class, race, & age will determine how the effects of climate change will be felt.” @LifeAfterCoal @SAFCEI @TheGreenConnect https://t.co/BhtGU7W5c9

[Safcei @SAFCEI]

Happy Monday #EarthKeepers
#MondayMotivation

[African Centre for Cities @UrbanAfricaACC]

READ | @EdgarPieterse contributed an expert perspective to the report on 'Africa’s Urbanisation Dynamics 2022: The Economic Power of Africa’s Cities' by @SWAC_OECD entitled 'Political Implications of African Urbanisation'.

https://t.co/W7tLCoP6WW

[Critical Food Studies @FoodPolitics_SA]

@DIANA_VAL 😟😟 Possibly if you register you will be sent a recording? It's not our event so can't be sure

[Masifundise Development Trust @MasifundiseDT]

Wilmien Wicomb from @LRCSouthAfrica held a session with the fishers around the minister of @environmentza's review of the #SFFPolicy implementation in the #WesternCape, after it was found to be "wholly inadequate".

[GRAIN @GRAIN_org]

The CGIAR - which for decades has been pushing biodiversity-destroying & pesticide-dependent #GreenRevolution farming across the world - now say they will promote #agroecology. Not very credible, esp since the rest of their harmful work continues as usual.
https://t.co/L0y1lioQnl

[Critical Food Studies @FoodPolitics_SA]

https://t.co/xtP9bLKTyH Webinar: Transforming Global Food Governance – Putting Public Policies Before Corporate Investments with keynote by Nora McKeon, 17 May 2022

[BIBA Kenya @BIBA_Kenya]

Join us today 16th Mayfor a live webinar at 11am-1pm EAT .We will be holding a discussion on the threats of GMO to seed sovereignity.

To join the zoom meeting use the meeting I.D and passcode on the poster
#KataaGMO
#Seedsovereignty

[Brittany Kesselman & brittanykesselman.bsky.social @b_kesselman]

great new resource from @Biowatch_SA on climate change & the industrial food system #foodsystems #agroecology #climatechange - download here https://t.co/7buKnKyWWa

[Food Security SA @FoodSecurity_za]

Prospective new applications (honours, masters and doctoral): the Department of Science and Innovation-National Research Foundation (DSI-NRF) postgraduate student funding for the 2023 academic year is now open: https://t.co/UPrwdLYM5T.
@dsigovza
@NRF_News

[Latin American & Caribbean Studies at Northwestern @LACSprogramNU]

A lot has been written about Caribbean culinary legacies and plants, but how do these plants reveal aspects of Caribbean history and politics?

Zoom in Friday May 20 to hear paleoethnobotanist & archaeologist @jpaganpryahooc1 explore this ground

Register: https://t.co/AlJbTYtsx7

[Safcei @SAFCEI]

Climate Change is not gender neutral; it exacerbates the pre-existing gender inequality gap #climateresilience, #ruralvoices #climateaction #climatechange #womenandclimate

[IPES-Food @IPESfood]

What should food systems & land governance look like to combat land degradation, #biodiversity loss & #climatechange? ​​

The @UN_CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure provide a useful way forward: https://t.co/qqUPQvX2sH #VGGT #UNCCDCOP15

[Nnimmo @NnimmoB]

Read 'Cut and run' by ⁦@Ken_Henshaw⁩ in New Internationalist magazine. https://t.co/sYm1sUyhzR
⁦⁦@newint_au⁩ ⁦@CoSETng⁩
After decades of exploitation and despoliation of the Niger Delta, big oil wants to casually walk away! #EcologicalJusticeNow !

[Critical Food Studies @FoodPolitics_SA]

https://t.co/G64OXSVrKn

[TA Info Service @TAinfoservice]

Community dialogue can show the way to meeting water needs: a South African case https://t.co/VDljKy6kMw

[Jes Weigelt @jes_tmg]

We @TMG_think are honored to have been part of the important process to formulate @FAO and @UNCCD Technical Guide one Responsible Governance of Tenure and Land Degradation Neutrality.

Launch today!

Download: https://t.co/yFZ2EVXmV4

#Rights4Land @LandRightsNow @landcoalition

[Centre for Sustainability Transitions @CST_SU]

We seek motivated individuals interested to pursue a PhD or Masters linked to the “Inequality and the Biosphere” project - Achieving the SDGs: Trade-offs and synergies
Deadline for applications: 15 June 2021

https://t.co/GuJuBfmLB0

[GRAIN @GRAIN_org]

In #Chile, the body tasked with drafting the country's new Constitution has agreed to include a set of articles on #foodsovereignty, thanks to the hard work of peasant and Indigenous organisations.