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"The myth that the consumer is in command is an essential part of capitalist ideology. It portrays the market as a democratic institution which people can control by 'voting with their wallets'". We need to decommodify food, not green consumerism. 🥙 ▶️▶️gardenearth.substack.com/p/the-consumer…

"The myth that the consumer is in command is an essential part of capitalist ideology. It portrays the market as a democratic institution which people can control by 'voting with their wallets'".

We need to decommodify food, not green consumerism. 🥙

▶️▶️gardenearth.substack.com/p/the-consumer…
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To feed #Africa better, decision-makers ought to: • Reduce the focus on commercial agricultural production; • Stop thinking that agricultural development is solely about commercialising farming and supporting other industries; • Adopt agroecology. 🌿 universityworldnews.com/post.php?story…

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What is the new geopolitics of #food? Rewatch our webinar for an enlightening discussion on how conflict, trade wars, aid cuts, & weak institutions are contributing to rising food prices, profiteering, ecological crisis, & hunger. 📺youtu.be/bA7eAx_2g0I

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🐳 When a whale dies, its massive body sinks, creating a new mini ecosystem on the ocean floor—a process full of biological and poetic lessons for those willing to learn them. 🌊 🌊 Atmos atmos.earth/after-the-fall/

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The "Green Pakistan Initiative" is fast tracking Gulf agribusiness deals. Saudi & UAE firms are investing billions in Pakistani farmland, while local communities warn of land grabs & water shortages. GRAIN grain.org/e/7283

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Farmworker Youth Take to the Streets as Deportations and Displacement Threaten Their Parents. --In Santa Maria, California, where 80 percent of the resident farm workforce is undocumented, deportation threats are a daily reality. Civil Eats civileats.com/2025/06/03/far…

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🐟🪝Small-scale fishers account for around 40% of the global catch and feed 25% of the world’s population. While policies invest and prioritise large aquaculture projects, traditional fishers feed the world in a sustainable manner. nature nature.com/articles/d4158…

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“The Klamath River is our highway. It is also our food source. And it takes care of us. And so it’s our job, our inherent right, to take care of the Klamath Basin and its river.” #landback #klamathriver grist grist.org/indigenous/in-…

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"When traditional #seed savers gather to sell seeds, most of them are not aware they are committing a criminal offence that can land them in jail." #Kenya is a signatory to UPOV, which criminalises selling seeds. #StopUPOV! nation.africa/kenya/health/c…

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Agribusiness oligopolies dominate key sectors of #food systems. Bayer, Corteva, Syngenta, and BASF control: 📈56% of the global #seeds market 📊61% of the pesticides market ❗️Immediate action is needed to restore control to farmers and communities. grain.org/e/7284

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Nearly 40,000 rural residents in #Colombia’s Riosucio municipality are facing worsening #food insecurity due to repeated floods, river sedimentation, and mercury contamination that have wiped out crops and decimated fish stocks. dailyclimate.org/colombian-farm…

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Glyphosate kills 💀 Another long-term animal study finds fresh evidence that the herbicide, introduced by Monsanto in the 1970s, causes multiple types of cancer, even at doses considered safe by regulators. thenewlede.org/2025/06/new-st…

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Less than a year after four dams were removed from the #Klamath river, life has blossomed along its banks, marking the end of a decades-long campaign led by the Yurok, Karuk and Klamath tribes. The Guardian theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

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The 1955 #Bandung Conference brought together African and Asian countries, united by the shared struggles for national liberation, defining the contours of Global South–South solidarity. La Via Campesina (Official EN) viacampesina.org/en/2025/06/70-…