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Read this and be sure to be intentional in your thoughts and actions today and every day ❤️

Noting that whole sectors would collapse if immigrants disappeared is (unwittingly?) arguing for exploitative systems to remain in place. We should raise wages, expand labor protections, and update immigration law to reflect the true value of all workers.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…

For 32 years, until retiring in July 2020, Doug Peterson served as a soil health specialist with the NRCS based in northern Missouri. Click below to read the full profile! bit.ly/32pIFdO

Water Rocks!: The Musical (Original Cast Performance - June 23, 2022) youtu.be/2CXJmuuWaNY via YouTube I highly recommend this performance! Congratulations to Iowa Learning Farms on bringing art and science together to help us understand our watersheds.

“Earth systems science.” Lovelock describes the consequences of climate change for food systems by 2040-2050 “not very far ahead,” on the basis of his theory—already prescient on 10 verifiable predictions. Unlike climate change itself, chilling.theguardian.com/environment/vi…

It was such a pleasure and honor to attend the #StockCropper field day this past Saturday, to learn from Stock Cropper and team, meet his parents and spouse, (s)heroes such as Jean Eells, PhD & RickBieber8, to meet a number of former students, and glimpse the future of agriculture!

“We’re asking for a bill that reflects the president’s values by centering racial justice; meeting the climate crisis head on; increasing access to healthy food; ending hunger; ensuring safety & dignity for food/farm workers; protecting farms & consumers.”blog.ucsusa.org/karen-perry-st…

This Saturday 22 October at 1p, the Paul Johnson Center for Land Stewardship holds its first policy forum on agriculture and climate sustainability, focused on advancing private land ethic. Harkin Center, Drake University, Des Moines, IA. Register here! 👉🏽eventbrite.com/e/the-paul-joh…

Beyond parody

The only thing Iowa Farm Bureau wants tied to conservation is your checkbook. 1430wcmy.com/2022/12/13/iow…

My The Storm Lake Times column this week: stormlake.com/articles/the-n… Stock Cropper

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Soil erosion and land degradation resulting from deforestation and chemical use in agriculture pose a major threat to global food security🌱 Experts are gathering at the #Extinction2023 conference to debate solutions to protect these vital resources. Join extinctionconference.com

Finding ways to wean our #foodsystem off its reliance on fossil fuels & fertilizers, and helping poorer countries escape heavy debt burdens, could help shore up #foodsecurity & reduce volatility in food markets –our Olivier De Schutter tells Context Climate context.news/climate-risks/…

As climate change & global disruptions worsen hunger, a revamp of #foodsystems is urgently needed. Curbing hunger will require not growing more food but rethinking broader systems of trade & aid, reliance on fossil fuels, waste & meat eating, experts say. context.news/climate-risks/…

What some, but probably not all, folks reading this appreciate, the “high nitrate levels” may even include values that the EPA considers safe and allowable under law to be served to consumers. You may wonder why that is, so let’s take a closer look, shall we… 🧵

Built on the idea that Iowans should be able to easily find information about their drinking water quality, UI CHEEC is proud to launch our Iowa Trust Your Tap website at trustyourtap.org

Congrats everyone, we did it! dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

“It serves as a reminder that drought not only inhibits the ability to grow a crop, but it also inhibits the ability to transport that crop.” thefencepost.com/news/soy-indus…