Katherine Albertson
@platingprogress.bsky.social
Reposted by Katherine Albertson
The agency also announced plans to relax a rule requiring companies to report all products containing PFAS and has proposed weakening drinking water standards for the chemicals.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
Critics warn the EPA’s approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The agency also announced plans to relax a rule requiring companies to report all products containing PFAS and has proposed weakening drinking water standards for the chemicals.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Reposted by Katherine Albertson
Not that you asked, but here's a thread of intriguing (real!) food facts to amuse/bore your friends and family.
Great for gatherings when you need to change the subject!
Great for gatherings when you need to change the subject!
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Not that you asked, but here's a thread of intriguing (real!) food facts to amuse/bore your friends and family.
Great for gatherings when you need to change the subject!
Great for gatherings when you need to change the subject!
Cool, but it kind of pales in comparison to the $40 billion we just gave Argentina...
www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...
www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...
www.usda.gov
November 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Cool, but it kind of pales in comparison to the $40 billion we just gave Argentina...
www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...
www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...
Reposted by Katherine Albertson
#COP30 has ended without recognising industrial #FoodSystems as a major driver of the climate crisis. Food is left out of the final deal.
“This is not failure. This is capture,” says our @rajpatel.org
Full statement: ipes-food.org/cop30-ends-w...
#COP30 #ClimateJustice #FoodSystems
“This is not failure. This is capture,” says our @rajpatel.org
Full statement: ipes-food.org/cop30-ends-w...
#COP30 #ClimateJustice #FoodSystems
November 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
#COP30 has ended without recognising industrial #FoodSystems as a major driver of the climate crisis. Food is left out of the final deal.
“This is not failure. This is capture,” says our @rajpatel.org
Full statement: ipes-food.org/cop30-ends-w...
#COP30 #ClimateJustice #FoodSystems
“This is not failure. This is capture,” says our @rajpatel.org
Full statement: ipes-food.org/cop30-ends-w...
#COP30 #ClimateJustice #FoodSystems
Highly recommend this overview of the U.S. farm system and the challenges that rural, conventional farmers face
@moreperfectunion.bsky.social @benlilliston.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl02...
@moreperfectunion.bsky.social @benlilliston.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl02...
We Went to Arkansas. The Farm Crisis Will Shock You
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Highly recommend this overview of the U.S. farm system and the challenges that rural, conventional farmers face
@moreperfectunion.bsky.social @benlilliston.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl02...
@moreperfectunion.bsky.social @benlilliston.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl02...
Urban Agriculture faces real roadblocks to scale. One of those roadblocks: a lack of data showing the benefits and progress of producing food in cities.
Why are our urban food systems so hard to track and measure?
open.substack.com/pub/platingp...
Why are our urban food systems so hard to track and measure?
open.substack.com/pub/platingp...
Scattered & Missing: Data
Why our urban food systems are so hard to track and measure
open.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Urban Agriculture faces real roadblocks to scale. One of those roadblocks: a lack of data showing the benefits and progress of producing food in cities.
Why are our urban food systems so hard to track and measure?
open.substack.com/pub/platingp...
Why are our urban food systems so hard to track and measure?
open.substack.com/pub/platingp...
Reposted by Katherine Albertson
Reposted by Katherine Albertson
This new slaughterhouse is the first farmer-owned cooperative to be established in Tennessee in more than 50 years. It has already doubled the region’s USDA-approved processing capacity.
"We are trying to help support an increase in farm incomes.”
"We are trying to help support an increase in farm incomes.”
This Farmer-Owned Meat Processing Co-op in Tennessee Changes the Game
A Q&A with Lexy Close of the Appalachian Producers Cooperative, who says the new facility could revive the area’s local meat economy.
civileats.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This new slaughterhouse is the first farmer-owned cooperative to be established in Tennessee in more than 50 years. It has already doubled the region’s USDA-approved processing capacity.
"We are trying to help support an increase in farm incomes.”
"We are trying to help support an increase in farm incomes.”
"The industrialised food sector has celebrated the lack of action at recent climate summits, which failed to recommend binding targets for reductions in emissions, fossil fuel use or meat consumption."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than 300 big agriculture lobbyists have taken part in Cop30, investigation finds
Lobbyists representing industry responsible for a quarter to a third of global emissions participated in key talks at the UN climate summit
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"The industrialised food sector has celebrated the lack of action at recent climate summits, which failed to recommend binding targets for reductions in emissions, fossil fuel use or meat consumption."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Katherine Albertson
Only 14% of the Indigenous leaders who sought accreditation to the Blue Zone were accepted, according to the Coalition of Indigenous People of Brazil, even as hundreds of fossil-fuel company executives roam the halls. Thousands took to the streets of Belém on Saturday to demand climate action.
Indigenous Activists to COP30: “We Will Fight to the Death”
Indigenous people lead COP30 protests against agribusinesses that “want to take everything.”
www.thenation.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Only 14% of the Indigenous leaders who sought accreditation to the Blue Zone were accepted, according to the Coalition of Indigenous People of Brazil, even as hundreds of fossil-fuel company executives roam the halls. Thousands took to the streets of Belém on Saturday to demand climate action.
This week two articles were published about the value of urban agriculture. Google Trends shows that 2025 has seen a record volume of traction for urban growing. And local governments are taking notice.
Is urban agriculture finally gaining traction?
open.substack.com/pub/platingp...
Is urban agriculture finally gaining traction?
open.substack.com/pub/platingp...
Urban Agriculture is Trendy
Why everyone is talking about growing food in our cities again
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
This week two articles were published about the value of urban agriculture. Google Trends shows that 2025 has seen a record volume of traction for urban growing. And local governments are taking notice.
Is urban agriculture finally gaining traction?
open.substack.com/pub/platingp...
Is urban agriculture finally gaining traction?
open.substack.com/pub/platingp...
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out.
Seems like it might be time to rethink this conference
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Seems like it might be time to rethink this conference
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out.
Seems like it might be time to rethink this conference
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Seems like it might be time to rethink this conference
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Katherine Albertson
Me quoted here on JBS and other agbiz players on the inside at #COP30: "this is the exact opposite way to really deal with food systems and climate change. These companies have too much at stake, too much of a direct conflict.”
The world’s biggest meat company, a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, is leading food-company efforts to engage in climate talks.
At COP30, Brazilian Meat Giant JBS Recommends Climate Policy
The world's biggest meat company, a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, is leading food-company efforts in global climate talks.
buff.ly
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Me quoted here on JBS and other agbiz players on the inside at #COP30: "this is the exact opposite way to really deal with food systems and climate change. These companies have too much at stake, too much of a direct conflict.”
Collaboration is redefining resilience in our food systems
progressispurpose.substack.com/p/collaborat...
progressispurpose.substack.com/p/collaborat...
Collaboration: The New Face of Resilience in Agriculture
About time we work together
progressispurpose.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Collaboration is redefining resilience in our food systems
progressispurpose.substack.com/p/collaborat...
progressispurpose.substack.com/p/collaborat...
Reposted by Katherine Albertson
Don't know your #Abag from your #Abiec?
@desmog.com can help you navigate the #AgroLobby at #COP30...
We profiled #Brazil's 3 most influential meat industry trade groups: CNA, ABIEC & ABAG
Learn more in @rachelsherrington.bsky.social's map of food & farm lobby 👉 www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m...
@desmog.com can help you navigate the #AgroLobby at #COP30...
We profiled #Brazil's 3 most influential meat industry trade groups: CNA, ABIEC & ABAG
Learn more in @rachelsherrington.bsky.social's map of food & farm lobby 👉 www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m...
Mapped: Big Food’s Routes to Influence at COP30
In the city of Belém, at the mouth of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil has kicked off the COP30 climate conference, a summit framed as a pivotal moment to reduce emissions and keep the Paris Agreement al...
www.desmog.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Don't know your #Abag from your #Abiec?
@desmog.com can help you navigate the #AgroLobby at #COP30...
We profiled #Brazil's 3 most influential meat industry trade groups: CNA, ABIEC & ABAG
Learn more in @rachelsherrington.bsky.social's map of food & farm lobby 👉 www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m...
@desmog.com can help you navigate the #AgroLobby at #COP30...
We profiled #Brazil's 3 most influential meat industry trade groups: CNA, ABIEC & ABAG
Learn more in @rachelsherrington.bsky.social's map of food & farm lobby 👉 www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m...
Reposted by Katherine Albertson
This #USDA committee is a pipeline for the public to affect policy. I attended the meetings and part of my public comment was included in the final committee recommendations. The next question is whether any of the rcommendations will be enacted. #UrbanAgriculture
cityfarmer.info/urban-agricu...
cityfarmer.info/urban-agricu...
Urban agriculture panel stands up to Trump cuts — City Farmer News
Those goals aren’t in keeping with the new administration, which has pledged to direct resources toward traditional farming and to bar any programs with a hint of diversity, equity and inclusion.
cityfarmer.info
November 8, 2025 at 5:11 AM
This #USDA committee is a pipeline for the public to affect policy. I attended the meetings and part of my public comment was included in the final committee recommendations. The next question is whether any of the rcommendations will be enacted. #UrbanAgriculture
cityfarmer.info/urban-agricu...
cityfarmer.info/urban-agricu...
Reposted by Katherine Albertson
Inflation and tariffs are raising the price of shelf-stable food just when the most vulnerable Americans need to stock up, @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social reports.
America’s Grocery Lifeline Is Fraying
Inflation and tariffs are hitting canned food just when the most vulnerable Americans need to stock up.
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Inflation and tariffs are raising the price of shelf-stable food just when the most vulnerable Americans need to stock up, @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social reports.
Over the years, #SNAP has been refined and scaled, just like any other technology that aims to change our food system. Suddenly eliminating the program will set us back as a country that is increasingly underinvesting in its people.
open.substack.com/pub/progress...
open.substack.com/pub/progress...
How SNAP Transformed Our Food System
policy can be innovation too
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Over the years, #SNAP has been refined and scaled, just like any other technology that aims to change our food system. Suddenly eliminating the program will set us back as a country that is increasingly underinvesting in its people.
open.substack.com/pub/progress...
open.substack.com/pub/progress...
One of the most innovative food policies in the U.S. - the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
progressispurpose.substack.com/p/how-snap-t...
progressispurpose.substack.com/p/how-snap-t...
How SNAP Transformed Our Food System
policy can be innovation too
progressispurpose.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
One of the most innovative food policies in the U.S. - the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
progressispurpose.substack.com/p/how-snap-t...
progressispurpose.substack.com/p/how-snap-t...
The Farmers' Almanac is shutting down, Teen Vogue terminated its political coverage, and CBS News laid off its climate team. This has been a rough week for journalism.
#FarmersAlmanac #ClimateJournalism
www.farmersalmanac.com/fond-farewel...
#FarmersAlmanac #ClimateJournalism
www.farmersalmanac.com/fond-farewel...
A Fond Farewell
After more than 200 years of sharing wit and wisdom, the 2026 Farmers' Almanac will be our last edition. But our story stays alive in you.
www.farmersalmanac.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The Farmers' Almanac is shutting down, Teen Vogue terminated its political coverage, and CBS News laid off its climate team. This has been a rough week for journalism.
#FarmersAlmanac #ClimateJournalism
www.farmersalmanac.com/fond-farewel...
#FarmersAlmanac #ClimateJournalism
www.farmersalmanac.com/fond-farewel...
Where are the sustainable food system leaders who have an appetite for something new?
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Where are the sustainable food system leaders who have an appetite for something new?
During the first half of 2025, agrifood startups raised just $5.1 billion, a 37 percent decline from the same period the year prior. For context, U.S. AI startups raised over $104 billion in the first half of 2025. That is almost 21 times as much funding!
open.substack.com/pub/progress...
open.substack.com/pub/progress...
America’s Agrifood Innovation Gap
Time for Action!
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 AM
During the first half of 2025, agrifood startups raised just $5.1 billion, a 37 percent decline from the same period the year prior. For context, U.S. AI startups raised over $104 billion in the first half of 2025. That is almost 21 times as much funding!
open.substack.com/pub/progress...
open.substack.com/pub/progress...
Reposted by Katherine Albertson
In the heart of Rio de Janeiro’s Rocinha favela, the largest in Brazil, a chance discovery led a resident creating a project to turn improperly discarded cooking oil into sustainable soaps and cleaning products.
news.mongabay.com/2025/10/in-r...
news.mongabay.com/2025/10/in-r...
In Rio’s largest favela, used oil becomes soap and social change
Rocinha, in the south of Rio de Janeiro, is, according to official data, the largest of Brazil’s more than 12,000 favelas, or inner-city communities. It has a population of just over 72,000, and the m...
news.mongabay.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
In the heart of Rio de Janeiro’s Rocinha favela, the largest in Brazil, a chance discovery led a resident creating a project to turn improperly discarded cooking oil into sustainable soaps and cleaning products.
news.mongabay.com/2025/10/in-r...
news.mongabay.com/2025/10/in-r...
This is a great background read for anyone who doesn't understand the key challenges with bringing innovations to market
www.betterbioeconomy.com/p/food-found...
www.betterbioeconomy.com/p/food-found...
The Venture Studio Building What the Food Industry Actually Wants
FOOD FOUNDERS Studio’s Giacomo Cattaneo on the problem-first, CEO-first model turning “trapped” food science into real adoption.
www.betterbioeconomy.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This is a great background read for anyone who doesn't understand the key challenges with bringing innovations to market
www.betterbioeconomy.com/p/food-found...
www.betterbioeconomy.com/p/food-found...
Agricultural waste comes in many forms, from crops left on farms due to surplus, disease, or visual defects, to crop byproducts after processing. Usually, this type of waste is tilled back into the soil or burned, but those processes send CO2 back into the atmosphere.
Dumping Agricultural Waste
... in the deep ocean.
open.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Agricultural waste comes in many forms, from crops left on farms due to surplus, disease, or visual defects, to crop byproducts after processing. Usually, this type of waste is tilled back into the soil or burned, but those processes send CO2 back into the atmosphere.