Parke Wilde
@parkewilde.bsky.social
Food policy research and demand-side climate innovation.
https://nutrition.tufts.edu/profile/faculty/parke-wilde
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Jess Fanzo's essay describes leaving Columbia University (during a time of capitulation) and moving to a professorship focused on food policy at the Italian campus of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) (during a time of upheaval in international affairs).
In my latest blog, I reflect on a tumultuous 2025, leaving the chaotic U.S. for Italy. As I transition to my new role at Johns Hopkins, I will focus on sustaining hope for systemic change despite ongoing global challenges. The journey continues. shorturl.at/Ct8IE
The Journey of Hued Grief — The Food Archive
2025 has finally come to a close, and what a year it has been. For many, the last 365 days (well, + the beginnings of 2026…) have felt like an endless hellscape of despair, marked by one shocking and ...
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January 15, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Jess Fanzo's essay describes leaving Columbia University (during a time of capitulation) and moving to a professorship focused on food policy at the Italian campus of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) (during a time of upheaval in international affairs).
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The world dedicates a Poland-sized area of land to producing liquid biofuels such as bioethanol & biodiesel. Is there a more efficient way to generate energy?
Putting solar panels on the land used for biofuels, e.g., would produce enough electricity for all cars and trucks worldwide to go electric.
Putting solar panels on the land used for biofuels, e.g., would produce enough electricity for all cars and trucks worldwide to go electric.
January 13, 2026 at 12:38 PM
The world dedicates a Poland-sized area of land to producing liquid biofuels such as bioethanol & biodiesel. Is there a more efficient way to generate energy?
Putting solar panels on the land used for biofuels, e.g., would produce enough electricity for all cars and trucks worldwide to go electric.
Putting solar panels on the land used for biofuels, e.g., would produce enough electricity for all cars and trucks worldwide to go electric.
Please, dear people on public assistance, who have low incomes by US standards, help Bessent out in his ideological framing by spending your scarce resources on drugs or alcohol, not giving it to family overseas who have even less than you. Your generosity is embarrassing folks.
Bessent: "For individuals who want to wire money out of the country, they're gonna have to tick a box whether they are or are not on public assistance. Then we're going to start pushing over the coming days and weeks that if you're on public assistance, you cannot wire money out of the country."
January 13, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Please, dear people on public assistance, who have low incomes by US standards, help Bessent out in his ideological framing by spending your scarce resources on drugs or alcohol, not giving it to family overseas who have even less than you. Your generosity is embarrassing folks.
It is amusing to have a zombie genre show where the zombies are nice.
Plus,... and I recognize this is not why most people will watch this TV show,... Pluribus is particularly interesting for people who run constrained optimization models for hypothetical diets.
Plus,... and I recognize this is not why most people will watch this TV show,... Pluribus is particularly interesting for people who run constrained optimization models for hypothetical diets.
Finished watching Pluribus. Confirms my long held view that VGilligan is a genius.
Also: holy wow on Rhea Seehorn. She floored me in BCS but this is essentially a one-woman show. I wonder if her face/jaw are tired at the end if the day. Those muscles did a lot of work.
Also: holy wow on Rhea Seehorn. She floored me in BCS but this is essentially a one-woman show. I wonder if her face/jaw are tired at the end if the day. Those muscles did a lot of work.
January 11, 2026 at 7:23 PM
It is amusing to have a zombie genre show where the zombies are nice.
Plus,... and I recognize this is not why most people will watch this TV show,... Pluribus is particularly interesting for people who run constrained optimization models for hypothetical diets.
Plus,... and I recognize this is not why most people will watch this TV show,... Pluribus is particularly interesting for people who run constrained optimization models for hypothetical diets.
Excellent summary. In the details, Kevin Klatt wrestles with how to balance the indications that the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) are a fairly mild or "ambiguous" appeal to real foods against other indications that they are a radically unscientific pro-meat-and-butter agenda.
For anyone interested in the new Dietary Guidelines, here's a breakdown and my thoughts:
kcklatt.substack.com/p/ambiguous-...
kcklatt.substack.com/p/ambiguous-...
Ambiguous DGAs & The Rancher's Pyramid
Tame on the surface, more underneath
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January 8, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Excellent summary. In the details, Kevin Klatt wrestles with how to balance the indications that the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) are a fairly mild or "ambiguous" appeal to real foods against other indications that they are a radically unscientific pro-meat-and-butter agenda.
Now that video from the press event is out (here) and the South Park upside down pyramid meme has been tweeted by Kennedy (next reply), it seems the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans can be taken as a sharp change to a pro-meat pro-butter agenda. youtu.be/uToZ393oqDE?...
White House Releases New Dietary Guidelines For Americans, 'Turning the Food Pyramid Upside Down'
YouTube video by New York Post
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January 8, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Now that video from the press event is out (here) and the South Park upside down pyramid meme has been tweeted by Kennedy (next reply), it seems the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans can be taken as a sharp change to a pro-meat pro-butter agenda. youtu.be/uToZ393oqDE?...
With so much bluster, everybody thinks the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) must be radical.
But could they actually be indecisive?
On sodium: "Avoid highly processed ... foods that are salty," and yet for meats, "If preferred, flavor with salt, spices, and herbs."
realfood.gov
(1/3)
But could they actually be indecisive?
On sodium: "Avoid highly processed ... foods that are salty," and yet for meats, "If preferred, flavor with salt, spices, and herbs."
realfood.gov
(1/3)
America's New Dietary Guidelines
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans reset U.S. nutrition policy by restoring science, common sense, and real food as the foundation of national health.
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January 7, 2026 at 7:24 PM
With so much bluster, everybody thinks the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) must be radical.
But could they actually be indecisive?
On sodium: "Avoid highly processed ... foods that are salty," and yet for meats, "If preferred, flavor with salt, spices, and herbs."
realfood.gov
(1/3)
But could they actually be indecisive?
On sodium: "Avoid highly processed ... foods that are salty," and yet for meats, "If preferred, flavor with salt, spices, and herbs."
realfood.gov
(1/3)
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Yes, like a Monty Python skit: "When has the United States ever engaged in imperialism? Never,... well besides the Philippines, Cuba, Nicaragua, pretty much never,... and of course it goes without saying Hawaii, Guam, Vietnam, quite seldom,... excluding old examples like Mexico ..."
January 6, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Yes, like a Monty Python skit: "When has the United States ever engaged in imperialism? Never,... well besides the Philippines, Cuba, Nicaragua, pretty much never,... and of course it goes without saying Hawaii, Guam, Vietnam, quite seldom,... excluding old examples like Mexico ..."
Happy New Year. As most of you know, I'm a professor at Tufts University and a researcher on U.S. household food security.
This week USDA released the long-awaited most recent annual household food security report.
Let me tell you a story in 3 charts.
(1/6)
This week USDA released the long-awaited most recent annual household food security report.
Let me tell you a story in 3 charts.
(1/6)
January 5, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Happy New Year. As most of you know, I'm a professor at Tufts University and a researcher on U.S. household food security.
This week USDA released the long-awaited most recent annual household food security report.
Let me tell you a story in 3 charts.
(1/6)
This week USDA released the long-awaited most recent annual household food security report.
Let me tell you a story in 3 charts.
(1/6)
My uncle and aunt in Georgia today went to visit with these Buddhist monks on a pilgrimage for peace. Their witness is starting to get major national media coverage.
(This may interest Laura Bissell, James Lamb, and David Overend in Scotland, scholars interested in #PostdigitalLearningJourneys).
(This may interest Laura Bissell, James Lamb, and David Overend in Scotland, scholars interested in #PostdigitalLearningJourneys).
A group of about two dozen Buddhist monks is participating in a journey they're calling a "Walk for Peace," trekking from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C. as a way to promote a message of peace.
On Dec. 29, they passed through a suburb of Atlanta and were greeted by a crowd of supporters.
On Dec. 29, they passed through a suburb of Atlanta and were greeted by a crowd of supporters.
January 3, 2026 at 10:43 PM
My uncle and aunt in Georgia today went to visit with these Buddhist monks on a pilgrimage for peace. Their witness is starting to get major national media coverage.
(This may interest Laura Bissell, James Lamb, and David Overend in Scotland, scholars interested in #PostdigitalLearningJourneys).
(This may interest Laura Bissell, James Lamb, and David Overend in Scotland, scholars interested in #PostdigitalLearningJourneys).
Conservative and liberal Americans alike recognize the value of international laws that forbid Cuba, Iran, North Korea, or Russia to attack their neighbors.
We support sanctions against these countries under international law.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
We support sanctions against these countries under international law.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Is there any legal justification for the US attack on Venezuela?
International law experts expect Washington to claim self-defence – and face little serious pushback
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Conservative and liberal Americans alike recognize the value of international laws that forbid Cuba, Iran, North Korea, or Russia to attack their neighbors.
We support sanctions against these countries under international law.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
We support sanctions against these countries under international law.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Happy New Year!
(Photo from the @xrboston.bsky.social and Free Puppet Library section of the #BostonFirstNight parade last night).
(Photo from the @xrboston.bsky.social and Free Puppet Library section of the #BostonFirstNight parade last night).
January 1, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Happy New Year!
(Photo from the @xrboston.bsky.social and Free Puppet Library section of the #BostonFirstNight parade last night).
(Photo from the @xrboston.bsky.social and Free Puppet Library section of the #BostonFirstNight parade last night).
Not as cool as Kendra's, and surely just a Boston area thing, but she did say "minor" celebrity interaction. Check out the photo bomb surprise in our family photo at Midwinter Revels at Sanders Theatre last week.
December 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Not as cool as Kendra's, and surely just a Boston area thing, but she did say "minor" celebrity interaction. Check out the photo bomb surprise in our family photo at Midwinter Revels at Sanders Theatre last week.
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Sigh... "A former Cold War fallout shelter in rural Nova Scotia is being transformed into luxury condominiums for elite clients seeking refuge from global crises."
[What do these elites think they'll find when they surface for air? Do they imagine grocery stores stocked with full shelves?]
[What do these elites think they'll find when they surface for air? Do they imagine grocery stores stocked with full shelves?]
December 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Sigh... "A former Cold War fallout shelter in rural Nova Scotia is being transformed into luxury condominiums for elite clients seeking refuge from global crises."
[What do these elites think they'll find when they surface for air? Do they imagine grocery stores stocked with full shelves?]
[What do these elites think they'll find when they surface for air? Do they imagine grocery stores stocked with full shelves?]
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Listening to Saul on Volts comparing AUS vs US rooftop solar was painfully familiar. In AUS he got 5 quotes in 2 days + permit/interconnect in ~24h; here we’re DIY’ing our roof (with help from Bluesky friends like @commercialsolarguy.com) and permit review loop is the biggest bottleneck
Today on Volts: you've probably heard that Australia has cheap rooftop solar power. You've probably also heard some rumors & myths about it. (Is it destabilizing the grid?) I called my favorite Australian energy expert to clear it all up. This is a fun one!
www.volts.wtf/p/whats-the-...
www.volts.wtf/p/whats-the-...
What's the real story with Australian rooftop solar?
Saul Griffith joins me to debunk the myths surrounding Australia's massive influx of solar energy.
www.volts.wtf
December 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Listening to Saul on Volts comparing AUS vs US rooftop solar was painfully familiar. In AUS he got 5 quotes in 2 days + permit/interconnect in ~24h; here we’re DIY’ing our roof (with help from Bluesky friends like @commercialsolarguy.com) and permit review loop is the biggest bottleneck
I want abundant wind energy! Instead of oppressive big government, let's have an America that can build these towering engineering achievements again.
Why did leftist environmentalists do this?
Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I want abundant wind energy! Instead of oppressive big government, let's have an America that can build these towering engineering achievements again.
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Matt Yglesias consistently treats net zero as if it’s some arbitrary goal that activists want, not a goal that scientists say is necessary to preserve a livable planet for all. He so badly wants a solution that sounds "reasonable" that he's willing to ignore and dismiss scientific reality.
Matthew Yglesias did it again
No, Democrats shouldn't embrace oil and gas.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Matt Yglesias consistently treats net zero as if it’s some arbitrary goal that activists want, not a goal that scientists say is necessary to preserve a livable planet for all. He so badly wants a solution that sounds "reasonable" that he's willing to ignore and dismiss scientific reality.
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Warning: Intensely wholesome
Happy Hanukkah
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
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December 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Warning: Intensely wholesome
I've been trying to read Ezra Klein's Abundance, but I can't complete it. It's like reading a science fiction novel where I can't get immersed, because I can't achieve the necessary suspension of disbelief. It's like writing about the whaling industry without mentioning the harm to the whales.
Liberals should support the whaling industry.
The benefits of this to the American economy are large. Natural resource extraction offers good-paying blue-collar jobs. It also generates useful tax revenue. In more abstract terms, it improves the country’s literary reputation and metaphor production
The benefits of this to the American economy are large. Natural resource extraction offers good-paying blue-collar jobs. It also generates useful tax revenue. In more abstract terms, it improves the country’s literary reputation and metaphor production
December 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I've been trying to read Ezra Klein's Abundance, but I can't complete it. It's like reading a science fiction novel where I can't get immersed, because I can't achieve the necessary suspension of disbelief. It's like writing about the whaling industry without mentioning the harm to the whales.
Fred Small, Sabine Von Mering, and Roger Rosen are heroes, arrested while bringing care packages to immigrant detainees in Burlington near my home in Massachusetts.
I was honored to be arrested and charged with "disturbing the peace" with three others seeking to deliver food, clothing & toiletries to detainees at Burlington MA ICE HQ.
ICE is rarely held accountable for violently disturbing the peace of every community it enters.
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
ICE is rarely held accountable for violently disturbing the peace of every community it enters.
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
4 arrested taking care packages to immigrant detainees at Burlington processing center
Three activists and a reverend sought to bring attention to conditions and alleged human rights violations at the facility where immigrants are held.
www.wgbh.org
December 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Fred Small, Sabine Von Mering, and Roger Rosen are heroes, arrested while bringing care packages to immigrant detainees in Burlington near my home in Massachusetts.
Congratulations, Genevieve, for your shout out from Matt Yglesias. Your passage he quotes is clearly sensible, and his rebuttal is obviously flawed, unless a reader denies climate change outright, which he claims not to do. So the upshot is a high-profile and flattering presentation of your work.
Matt Yglesias has a "Democrats should support more fossil fuel production" OpEd in the Times today, which criticizes me for saying that energy policy should try to uphold the goals of the Paris Agreement.
December 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Congratulations, Genevieve, for your shout out from Matt Yglesias. Your passage he quotes is clearly sensible, and his rebuttal is obviously flawed, unless a reader denies climate change outright, which he claims not to do. So the upshot is a high-profile and flattering presentation of your work.
Our holiday card photo each year is a "rebus puzzle," where the solution is a holiday lyric or phrase of some type (commonly a Christmas hymn title). While we are working on sending out this year's, here is the photo from 2023 for your amusement.
December 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Our holiday card photo each year is a "rebus puzzle," where the solution is a holiday lyric or phrase of some type (commonly a Christmas hymn title). While we are working on sending out this year's, here is the photo from 2023 for your amusement.
Jack Smith is right “beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power.” www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
I don't have Trump Derangement Syndrome. This is just true.
I don't have Trump Derangement Syndrome. This is just true.
Jack Smith makes his case against Trump in closed-door deposition
The former special counsel said the president is responsible for his own actions.
www.politico.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Jack Smith is right “beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power.” www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
I don't have Trump Derangement Syndrome. This is just true.
I don't have Trump Derangement Syndrome. This is just true.
Just finished this striking novel late last night. As fiction writers explore ways of incorporating climate disruption, this one is notable. To avoid spoilers, I won't offer critical notes until a few months from now. This book made a big impression on me.
#LibFaves25 Today I will rave about WILD DARK SHORE by Charlotte McConaghy. A cold dark tale of chaos. A woman comes to Antarctica to find her husband and instead finds a family of caretakers and so many secrets. Wild, mysterious and cautionary all in one.
December 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Just finished this striking novel late last night. As fiction writers explore ways of incorporating climate disruption, this one is notable. To avoid spoilers, I won't offer critical notes until a few months from now. This book made a big impression on me.
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Fellow academics: Ever considered doing a Watch Party for a virtual conference? Last February, Mark Brennan organized an extremely successful watch party for undergrads at Northern Virginia Community College. I asked him how he pulled it off - here's his answer. blog.apaonline.org/2025/12/04/o...
Our APA Central Watch Party Experience | Blog of the APA
The 2025 Central APA Watch Parties left an impact on our students, some of whom expressed surprise that a community college would have been invited to participate in any capacity. The result of our pa...
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December 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Fellow academics: Ever considered doing a Watch Party for a virtual conference? Last February, Mark Brennan organized an extremely successful watch party for undergrads at Northern Virginia Community College. I asked him how he pulled it off - here's his answer. blog.apaonline.org/2025/12/04/o...