Arpita Bhattacharjya

Interested in and advocating for a fact based, equitable, climate resilient food system. Views are personal.

[Arpita Bhattacharjya @greenfork]

We need food security not fear mongering that keeps healthy food sources out of the reach of most people.

[Marian L Tupy @Marian_L_Tupy]

1/5 120+ elite chefs just took out a full-page NYT ad demanding an end to farmed salmon. Their goal? Turn an affordable, healthy protein back into a luxury status symbol for the wealthy. Here is why this campaign is a massive problem for everyone else. 🧵👇

[Arpita Bhattacharjya @greenfork]

@TheFP Sore loser!

[Arpita Bhattacharjya @greenfork]

@jaxoncoder Probably depends on which area you are in, while not ubuiquitous, card reader brought to table is not an uncommon experience

[Arpita Bhattacharjya @greenfork]

Exciting news!

[Ralf Reski 🇩🇪🇪🇺 @ReskiLab]

Great news from plant biotechnology!

Gene-edited bananas that don’t go brown could hit UK supermarkets
Scientific breakthrough could reduce food waste and make it easier to add the fruit to prepackaged food
https://t.co/R8MPbvzDZ3

[Arpita Bhattacharjya @greenfork]

@naiacruz_ @psychofilly Bus is the default option beyond a very close distance. Parents who drive instead make that choice themselves. Bus is definitely the choice for most families in most parts of the country

[Tamar Haspel @TamarHaspel]

This is enemy-of-my-enemy agriculture.

Pollan & Berry are the counterpoint to pesticides, monocultures, and of course Monsanto - and who the hell wants to be on their side?

But the tools of industrial ag can be used poorly or well. Used well, they feed the world.

[Penguin Books USA @penguinusa]

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[Arpita Bhattacharjya @greenfork]

so those collusion theories were true after all....

[FarmPolicy @FarmPolicy]

For years, economists dismissed #collusion as crankery and blamed bird flu for high #egg prices. Then the feds found evidence that could prove the cranks right, and almost nobody noticed.

Story from @Marcia_Brown9
https://t.co/JkTM4QpPEN

[Arpita Bhattacharjya @greenfork]

Some comments saying that might be ok as the earth is over populated, lets reflect: if that is the argument for not using crop protection, it will impact the poorest and most vulnerable through a lower supply of food, not those with access and resources. Some lives dont count?

[Simon Maechling @simonmaechling]

Unpopular opinion but true:

A world without pesticides wouldn't be a world without pests.

It would be a world with 2 billion less people.

[The Crop Trust @CropTrust]

This week, @irri deposited 1,890 seed samples in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, 410 for the first time. New deposits include rice from Madagascar, Costa Rica and Nepal.

IRRI’s collections now reach 99.59% safety duplication level, helping protect rice diversity for the future.

[Arpita Bhattacharjya @greenfork]

They are concerned that bread be "as natural as possible" but seem to not care about spina bifida. We are drowning in ignorance.

[Tamar Haspel @TamarHaspel]

Folic acid is having a moment.

A moment where people are protesting the fact that it's added to flour - a decision that has reduced fetal neural tube defects dramatically.

It's nuts. Here's @cjsnowdon on why.
https://t.co/S9z9f2s9DA

[Farming First @farmingfirst]

Ethiopia and Malawi have consistently met the 10% target for public spending on agriculture. What would help more countries follow? Dr Hamady Diop of the @_AfricanUnion outlines the blended finance approaches that could: https://t.co/c88EXBWPtm

[Daniel Norero @DanielNorero]

🍅🧬 A gene-edited tomato just made a major leap: from the lab to a human clinical trial.

Researchers at @JohnInnesCentre developed vitamin D–biofortified tomatoes, now being tested in 200 people with low vitamin D levels in the UK.

Gene editing moving from the field to the plate — and potentially into public health.

https://t.co/mJlVnCMNYx

#biotech #tomatoes #VitaminD #superfood

[Arpita Bhattacharjya @greenfork]

@ReskiLab North Korea is an authoritarian dictatorship, has nothing resembling socialism

[Rothamsted Research @Rothamsted]

New research from Rothamsted and ApresLabs points to a breakthrough in oilseed rape management. A natural olive‑derived compound, SYN‑A, is showing remarkable power in restoring pyrethroid efficacy against cabbage stem flea beetle.

Find out more here: https://t.co/BbXSeYGkb9

[Nature Nurtured @_NatureNurtured]

Grape news! 🍇

Scientists in South Africa have successfully used #CRISPR #GeneEditing to develop a variety of grapevines that are less susceptible to downy mildew, and better at conserving water during drought. https://t.co/td0TVR2lPR

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

Contemporary Dutch illustrator Lieke van der Vorst #WomensArt #Sunday

[Arpita Bhattacharjya @greenfork]

@markahubbard @stuartsmyth66 Maybe @isaaa_org can help?

[Stuart Smyth @stuartsmyth66]

The number of countries that grow GM crops continues to increase. #ISAAA

[Stuart Smyth @stuartsmyth66]

This shows that for every $1 spent on buying GM seed, they gain an extra $4.90 in return. Farmers in developing countries gain more than those in developed countries, $5.08 vs $4.76. Excellent evidence that GM crops benefit small landholders in developing countries. #ISAAA