🥤 Overuse of #fertilizer means nitrates are on the rise in #water supplies, and rural areas bear the brunt. Beyond polluting drinking water, its impacts disrupt natural cycles in lakes and rivers, as well as on land.
Civil Eats
civileats.com/2024/05/01/acr…

Fast #fashion is one of the world’s most polluting industries. And its global workforce is paying the price -
fashion’s mostly female labour force is grappling with working conditions made increasingly unbearable and unhealthy by #ClimateChange .
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grist
grist.org/labor/the-worl…

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Using the slogan 'agro is pop, agro is tech, agro is everything', financial and agribusiness agents are trying to sell a pig in a poke, to cover up the sector's economic, ecological and social bankruptcy in #Brazil .

GRAIN
grain.org/en/article/713…

The nearly 1-million-acre national monument protects areas tribes called home before being forcibly removed by the government, as well as places where tribal citizens hunt, pray, and gather foods and medicines.

grist
grist.org/indigenous/ari…

📢'What did this flurry of voluntary initiatives, declarations, promises, funding announcements, & panel discussions really add up to?'
- FRISON Emile from IPES-Food

Urgent action is needed to transform #FoodSystems & stop #ClimateCrisis .
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
thebulletin.org/premium/2024-0…

Across the globe, simultaneous disasters occurred🌎 The #climate collapse is already here - caused by corporate greed and denial of our interconnectedness to the natural world.
But solutions are also available. Let's take action 💪
Down To Earth
downtoearth.org.in/news/natural-d…

As the fortunes of the super-rich soar, a proposed annual levy of 2% could offer a corrective – and they will fight it tooth and nail

The Guardian
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

🎙️From exploring the legacy of #colonialism on native #food crops to showing paths for #farmers to revive heirloom #seeds - the new episode of the Africa Science Focus digs into local crops and the problem of food commodities. 🎧

SciDev.Net
scidev.net/global/podcast…

'Our #food supply chain was once no chain at all; whatever we could hunt, gather, or grow went directly on our plate. Today, a staggering number of steps is involved in getting food from the field to our mouth, most of them beyond our view and control.'

alive.com/sustainability…

Against the guidance of scientific advisory panels, the EPA is relying on industry-backed tests to relax regulations on acephate, which has been linked to neurodevelopmental disorders.

propublica.org/article/epa-ac…

'The #fashion and #sustainability story is no longer about plastic-free runways or creative designers. It’s about the people whose sweat goes into assembling our clothes'

👉 Fundamental new piece by yessenia funes for Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ)

Uproot Project Elizabeth L. Cline
sej.org/publications/v…

A recent flurry of partnerships between Indigenous tribes and Western researchers foretells a new philosophy of science.

Atmos
atmos.earth/exploring-a-ne…

‼️ Since 2008, the Luxembourg-based Socfin group secured 12,000 hectares of land for rubber plantations in #Cambodia - without the knowledge and consent of the local communities.

GRAIN reports about their 15-year-long struggle and the road ahead.
grain.org/e/7136

💦Hydropower projects are far from #climate neutral and the downstream threats to #Indigenous sovereignty, #biodiversity and marine #ecosystems are significant and growing.

Shifting our energy source is not enough. We need to scale down.

Truthdig
truthdig.com/articles/the-w…

Corporations that until now had nothing to do with #food are now pouring money into it.

Which corporations are these, and why and how are they jumping on the band wagon? And what are the Big Ag giants up to amidst this scenario?

Initially, hybrid Bt #cotton lured #farmers due to its high yield. But the pests are decimating crops.

With high production costs and no access to heirloom #seeds , #Indian farmers are struggling.

telegraphindia.com/india/the-demo…

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If in some way you’re exploiting the workers, it’s no different from exploiting land – taking care of people and taking care of land are part of the same thing.

Agroecology Now
agroecologynow.com/agroecology-a-…

“The project of modernity is a project without people working the land”

#Farmers on every continent say they are being sacrificed to meet the demands of a society that no longer values the people who feed it.
The Christian Science Monitor Timothy A. Wise
#farmersprotest
csmonitor.com/World/2024/043…

❗️❗️ The European Parliament supported the deregulation of patented GMOs/NGTs, and opened the door to their dissemination without any traceability through the regulation on seeds marketing.

In the face of ever-tightening restrictions imposed by the Israeli government on the West Bank, the Hirbawi keffiyeh factory remains a symbol of resilience and resistance for #Palestinians .

atmos.earth/inside-palesti…