FMD was identified in Bali on Sunday, confirmed Monday and it is now Tuesday. This is not a sudden event like the floods an FMD incursion to Bali and the implications have been talked about for months. How is there no plan that hasn’t been implemented as soon as it was detected
They definitely didn’t die from a heat wave or cattle would drop like flies in Texas every year.
Anyone know what actually happened here?! Poisoned? WTF!
Russia and Ukraine account for 30% of the world’s wheat exports, 17% of corn, 32% of barley & 75% of sunflower seed oil. Russia also exports about 15% of the world's fertilizer.
Now all of that food and fertilizer are stuck.
My story on a looming crisis:
https://t.co/mIuWPkqDD9
THREAD: Today I wrote an op-ed in the @nzherald (https://t.co/KjR1tw3lBc). It details how @jimhuylebroek and I were rejected this week to return to my homeland NZ to give birth, because of covid restrictions. We are in Afghanistan.
Let me be clear: when I speak on "regenerative agriculture"-I'm talking about a systems-scale change in our approach to agriculture.
Not just cover crops, compost, rotational grazing, ad-hoc on one farm.
The whole of regenerative ag is equal to more than its constituent parts
Total US spending (individuals, businesses, government) on food was $1.77 trillion in 2019. In addition to export revenue, these are the total $ available to split up across the food supply chain.
Tuesday's 🇺🇸#USElection will have an enormous effect on healthcare and the American medical industry. ➡️ Here's a deep dive into what's at stake, from our senior writer @benstanleynz: https://t.co/rFmYloyFo9
Farmworkers in Oregon this week used N95 masks and their cell phone flashlights to pick cucumbers in the midst of devastating wildfires. Under what conditions must someone be living to go to work in these horrific and dangerous conditions?! 😡 #WhereIsOSHA