Serena Kleeman

NYU Gallatin
Environmental Studies and Public Health

[Serena Kleeman @KleemanSerena]

"Single mothers are especially at risk in industries such as fast food, where missing a shift or being late for one can result in job termination." Picking up your child shouldn't risk you losing your job. Mothers deserve your love today, and they deserve institutional support!

[Civil Eats @CivilEats]

“We’re seeing workers involuntarily placed in part-time work or working for temp agencies on a contingency basis. This is a growing trend, and it’s particularly damaging to people with families.” https://t.co/pmVG8LJ2qd

[Serena Kleeman @KleemanSerena]

#NYUFS19

[Serena Kleeman @KleemanSerena]

The Agricultural Justice Project pushes for a label on U.S. food products that guarantees farmworker's rights! This is excellent work that consumers want to see, but certification comes with high costs. Is labeling the best path to secure worker's rights?
https://t.co/XSi1Ue45hs

[Serena Kleeman @KleemanSerena]

This is a serious issue in scientific research on nutrition! Not only do companies like Coke suppress research to hide the risks, but a lot of them fund bias studies to bolster their products. Big food companies are distorting the science #NYUFS19 https://t.co/fSOdT1A2Rw

[Ethan Wolf @Hungryasthe]

Having privately funded studies is a recipe for disaster, as seen in this situation with #Coke only allowing positive studies to be released. The possible number of harrowing studies that have been kept out of the public's reach is... harrowing. #NYUFS19

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[Charlotte Blumenfeld @BlumenfeldNYU]

When companies say their products are recyclable they ease "consumption guilt" and "undermine legal efforts to reduce production." Unfortunately these shifts often have minimal impact and may be a distraction from larger scale behavioral change. #NYUFS19 https://t.co/0RcZt8rkFU

[Serena Kleeman @KleemanSerena]

Why so few black farmers? Rampant discrimination has pushed black farmers out of the industry. Black farmers are denied basic loans and benefits that white farmers receive without question. This is one farmer's struggle for equal standing... #NYUFS19
https://t.co/Ac0cdOuW4M

[Serena Kleeman @KleemanSerena]

Since Pasteur, we have generally demonized microbes, but I believe we're at the forefront of a more balanced perspective. While certain bacteria like E.coli cause disease, other bacteria protect us against pathogens. The microbiome is a complex ecosystem we must value! #NYUFS19

[Serena Kleeman @KleemanSerena]

Protecting US fisheries like this is critical, but ensuring sustainable fish consumption will take international collaboration & respect. Over 80% of the seafood Americans eat is imported. We need to ask how we contribute to global mismanagement. #NYUFS19 https://t.co/9djvjfkKiQ

[Serena Kleeman @KleemanSerena]

Is the growth in plastic water bottle consumption an issue of the environmental message not properly reaching the public, or because companies keep putting out these bottles and we are just making easy decisions as consumers? #NYUFS19
https://t.co/DfBAxM8S9G

[Serena Kleeman @KleemanSerena]

The vast majority of our freshwater supply feeds agriculture, accounting for roughly 70% of withdrawals. While many regions become more dry, are there ways to change ag first? Perhaps initiatives to plant less water-intensive crops or to change methods to reduce water use?

[Ethan Wolf @Hungryasthe]

According to current projections for #population growth, water supplies are set to only provide 60% of the world's needs. What will happen if these estimates are even close to correct? Time will tell. #NYUFS19 #water

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[Serena Kleeman @KleemanSerena]

An important document, but the 1st goal shouldn't be raising productivity. We are already in many ways producing enough calories to meet demand, but this food turns to waste or is fed to animals. Diet, culture, and infrastructure come first.
https://t.co/iKRjJjG8hK #NYUFS19

[Serena Kleeman @KleemanSerena]

As temperate zones begin to warm, @TheEconomist suggests editing plant genomes to address growing risks of blight in crops. GMOs aside, why not focus on planting different crops, more heat-tolerant & even more nutritious kinds of crops? https://t.co/g1tRuB5hD7 #NYUFS19

[Serena Kleeman @KleemanSerena]

New research on soil carbon sequestration has led many to ask: can grazing mitigate climate change? When a group of researchers came together to answer this question, they found that the potential benefits may not offset the GHG emissions... https://t.co/vnUqtvHqGe #NYUFS19

[Serena Kleeman @KleemanSerena]

While this is an inspiring movement to protect Lake Erie and Toledo's water supply, this is a downstream issue of agricultural runoff. We need to find ways to support farmers: to incentivize better management that prevents overuse of fertilizers #NYUFS19 https://t.co/sjTKNBeclC

[Serena Kleeman @KleemanSerena]

NY is dependent on federal funding for nutrition education and public health initiatives. Obesity is at an "all-time high" and Trump's administration now threatens massive budget cuts: Our state's programs are at risk #NYUFS19

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[Serena Kleeman @KleemanSerena]

The devastating irony is that the climate forcing these Honduran farmers are experiencing may be caused by abuses on farms in the United States...

[Thomas Plihal @plihal_thomas]

#NYTimes read showing the effects of #climatechange on rural coffee farmers in #Honduras. Shows importance of #global climate change strategy, w/o it we will see problems with developing countries ag production& sustenance farmers across the globe #NYUFS19
https://t.co/sBtNmZUdzR

[Serena Kleeman @KleemanSerena]

@BarnardCollege, just as NYU did this March, is ending their contract with the food service company @Aramark. Thank you to all the student activists who demanded transparency & that we no longer source our food from a company that serves maggot-ridden food to prisoners. #NYUFS19

[Serena Kleeman @KleemanSerena]

Acreage of milkweed has been declining due to herbicide & pesticide use. While just collateral damage for farmers, milkweed houses monarch butterflies. So, to farmers and gardeners with the resources, help these at-risk butterflies & plant some #milkweed!
https://t.co/dGtYClBPQU

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

As much as the right wants to distort & deflect, I am from the Bronx. I act & talk like it, *especially* when I’m fired up and especially when I’m home.

It is so hurtful to see how every aspect of my life is weaponized against me, yet somehow asserted as false at the same time.

[Thomas Plihal @plihal_thomas]

I agree, the key word is #balance. This article did make it seem like a simplified issue while not taking farmer's concerns &economic impacts into consideration. But with #climatechange and depletion of nutrients in our soil, #farmers will have to adapt sooner or later #NYUFS19