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The Fate Of Our Food Systems Is Wrapped Up In Climate Change & Plant Nutrition

January 15, 2025 admin 0 Comments Agriculture, climate change, climate change food, CO2, FOOD, policy & politics, regenerative agriculture, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:30:54 +0000

Global climate change has had a significant impact on the way the world grows its food. Climate change introduces a suite of ominous factors, such as greenhouse gas emissions, elevated temperature, increased carbon dioxide concentrations, nitrous oxide and methane ozone depletion, and deforestation. All of these intensify environmental stresses on … [continued]

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Is 2025 The Year Of Food Consumption Patterns That “Break the Rules?”

January 6, 2025 admin 0 Comments Agriculture, bees, FOOD, Food security, food tank, HEALTH, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2025 17:17:32 +0000

Food consumption is on the minds of many individuals as the new year rolls on, with nearly half of US adults saying that they’re starting a new diet. Our contemporary food selections have been carefully cultivated for taste and convenience; exotic food luxuries in many of our childhoods are now … [continued]

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Truth In Food Labeling Would Reveal Hidden Harms To Biodiversity, Including Humans

December 11, 2024 admin Agriculture, FOOD, HEALTH, policy & politics, usda

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2024 14:58:55 +0000

Should we let businesses that contaminate community water systems write their own rules for what counts as unhealthy? Should we allow factories to spew dangerous emissions into the air? Should we turn our backs when employers force workers to endure dangerous conditions? Of course not. We want to protect each … [continued]

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Saving The Food System From The “Quadruple Squeeze” — Hunger, Risk, Nutrition, & Climate

August 25, 2024 admin Agriculture, carbon emissions, climate change, FOOD, Food security, HEALTH, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:18:04 +0000

Climate activists like us are informed about the world’s necessary transition to clean energy sources. We’re confident that renewables will provide us with ample clean power as systemic change occurs. It’s much harder to wrap our heads around the concept of a sustainable global food system, however. That metamorphosis would … [continued]

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We Can’t Solve Climate Change Until We Fix Our Food System

August 4, 2024 admin Agriculture, climate change, FOOD, project drawdown, ted talks

Credit to Author: Derek Markham| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 21:11:09 +0000

Jonathan Foley, a climate solutions scientist and executive director of Project Drawdown, recently gave a TED Talk that lays down some hard truths about the climate impacts of our current food system, saying “… we cannot solve climate change unless we also address the problems of food alongside fossil fuels … [continued]

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What’s The Real Cost Of Fast Food? Climate Pollution

June 5, 2024 admin Agriculture, carbon emissions, climate change, FOOD, HEALTH, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:15:53 +0000

It’s been a long time since I’ve eaten at a fast food roadside stop. As a nearly lifelong vegetarian, I’ve had to be conscious of seeking out complete proteins and nutritional balance in order to stay healthy. But my own experience with fast food is pretty rare here in the … [continued]

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