Government must reboot nature-friendly farming schemes for food security
->The Wildlife Trusts | #food security #hunger #farming | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
->The Wildlife Trusts | #food security #hunger #farming | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
Government must reboot nature-friendly farming schemes for food security
Although there is major support across the farming community for the schemes, their future remains uncertain since the new Ministerial team arrived and progress on the main scheme was stalled over 9 months ago. State of play on the three...
www.wildlifetrusts.org
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Regarding #glyphosate…
☠️🧑⚕️🏥
…and the evaluation of #pesticides toxicity for humans & ecosystems
#foodsecurity
#health
#RoundUp
#cancer
#agriculture
#weedcontrol
☠️🧑⚕️🏥
…and the evaluation of #pesticides toxicity for humans & ecosystems
#foodsecurity
#health
#RoundUp
#cancer
#agriculture
#weedcontrol
Another blow for truth from @naomioreskes.bsky.social and colleagues. A great story from @hirokotabuchi.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/c...
A Study Is Retracted, Renewing Concerns About the Weedkiller Roundup
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Regarding #glyphosate…
☠️🧑⚕️🏥
…and the evaluation of #pesticides toxicity for humans & ecosystems
#foodsecurity
#health
#RoundUp
#cancer
#agriculture
#weedcontrol
☠️🧑⚕️🏥
…and the evaluation of #pesticides toxicity for humans & ecosystems
#foodsecurity
#health
#RoundUp
#cancer
#agriculture
#weedcontrol
'The Panama Sea stopped “breathing” in 2025, and what satellites and fishermen saw had never been recorded in four decades'
www.ecoticias.com/en/the-panam...
(Disclaimer: 'too early to state that warming alone [is the cause].')
#ClimateEmergency #NatureEmergency #FoodSecurity
www.ecoticias.com/en/the-panam...
(Disclaimer: 'too early to state that warming alone [is the cause].')
#ClimateEmergency #NatureEmergency #FoodSecurity
The Panama Sea stopped “breathing” in 2025, and what satellites and fishermen saw had never been recorded in four decades
Panama’s Pacific “breath” vanished in 2025—satellites caught a shocking chlorophyll drop and fishers felt it first.
www.ecoticias.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:55 PM
'The Panama Sea stopped “breathing” in 2025, and what satellites and fishermen saw had never been recorded in four decades'
www.ecoticias.com/en/the-panam...
(Disclaimer: 'too early to state that warming alone [is the cause].')
#ClimateEmergency #NatureEmergency #FoodSecurity
www.ecoticias.com/en/the-panam...
(Disclaimer: 'too early to state that warming alone [is the cause].')
#ClimateEmergency #NatureEmergency #FoodSecurity
Science does not ignore this scenario. It warns. And it will continue to warn, even when the world prefers to look at tanks of war rather than at viruses.
#H5N1 #InfluenzaA #OneHealth #Epidemiology #GlobalHealth #FoodSecurity #ViralSpillover #PandemicRisk 10/11
#H5N1 #InfluenzaA #OneHealth #Epidemiology #GlobalHealth #FoodSecurity #ViralSpillover #PandemicRisk 10/11
January 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Science does not ignore this scenario. It warns. And it will continue to warn, even when the world prefers to look at tanks of war rather than at viruses.
#H5N1 #InfluenzaA #OneHealth #Epidemiology #GlobalHealth #FoodSecurity #ViralSpillover #PandemicRisk 10/11
#H5N1 #InfluenzaA #OneHealth #Epidemiology #GlobalHealth #FoodSecurity #ViralSpillover #PandemicRisk 10/11
Wall Street is buying up America’s farmland. Why that should terrify you. Hedge funds are plowing fields with spreadsheets. The harvest could result in higher prices and less control over our food. 🌽💼
https://youtu.be/L9gqi4XDAMM
#WallStreet #Farmland #FoodSecurity #Investing
https://youtu.be/L9gqi4XDAMM
#WallStreet #Farmland #FoodSecurity #Investing
January 5, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Wall Street is buying up America’s farmland. Why that should terrify you. Hedge funds are plowing fields with spreadsheets. The harvest could result in higher prices and less control over our food. 🌽💼
https://youtu.be/L9gqi4XDAMM
#WallStreet #Farmland #FoodSecurity #Investing
https://youtu.be/L9gqi4XDAMM
#WallStreet #Farmland #FoodSecurity #Investing
#Financing the Leap: How #Agribusiness #Exporters in #Asia #Africa Can Navigate #WorkingCapital #TradeFinance and #Investment Barriers #ExportFinance #SMEs #BlendedFinance #FoodSecurity #ValueChain #AgriSMEs #SupplyChainFinance adalidda.com/en/slug/fina...
January 5, 2026 at 12:32 PM
#Financing the Leap: How #Agribusiness #Exporters in #Asia #Africa Can Navigate #WorkingCapital #TradeFinance and #Investment Barriers #ExportFinance #SMEs #BlendedFinance #FoodSecurity #ValueChain #AgriSMEs #SupplyChainFinance adalidda.com/en/slug/fina...
'Climate change is likely to keep more labour in agriculture in the very regions where its productivity suffers most. By the late 21st century, agriculture’s share of the economy in the poorest quartile of countries projects to be about 2.8pp higher than it would be without global warming.'
🆕 How climate change could trap workers in agriculture
Today on VoxDev, Ishan Nath (Harvard Kennedy School) discusses how climate change is likely to keep more labour in agriculture in regions where agricultural productivity suffers most: https://ow.ly/wAK250XRP56
Today on VoxDev, Ishan Nath (Harvard Kennedy School) discusses how climate change is likely to keep more labour in agriculture in regions where agricultural productivity suffers most: https://ow.ly/wAK250XRP56
January 5, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Feeling this sentiment even more strongly as we start 2026. It was a chilly ride for my first #BikeBrigadeHFX delivery of the year today, but there's hope to be found in these everyday acts of kindness & community care #BikeHFX #FoodSecurity #BikesBuildCommunity
January 4, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Feeling this sentiment even more strongly as we start 2026. It was a chilly ride for my first #BikeBrigadeHFX delivery of the year today, but there's hope to be found in these everyday acts of kindness & community care #BikeHFX #FoodSecurity #BikesBuildCommunity
Has anyone delivered a Veganuary (or plant-based) assembly before in secondary school?
I will be delivering some soon, and I would love to see how others have approached this.
Thanks EduSky community!
#UKTeachers #SecondaryTeachers #BiologyTeachers #VeganTeachers #Veganuary #FoodSecurity #EduSky
I will be delivering some soon, and I would love to see how others have approached this.
Thanks EduSky community!
#UKTeachers #SecondaryTeachers #BiologyTeachers #VeganTeachers #Veganuary #FoodSecurity #EduSky
January 4, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Has anyone delivered a Veganuary (or plant-based) assembly before in secondary school?
I will be delivering some soon, and I would love to see how others have approached this.
Thanks EduSky community!
#UKTeachers #SecondaryTeachers #BiologyTeachers #VeganTeachers #Veganuary #FoodSecurity #EduSky
I will be delivering some soon, and I would love to see how others have approached this.
Thanks EduSky community!
#UKTeachers #SecondaryTeachers #BiologyTeachers #VeganTeachers #Veganuary #FoodSecurity #EduSky
www.imagine-pacific.com/2025/12/imsp...
🚨 IMSPARK: Imagine a Pacific Uniting to Protect Its Seas from Forgotten Threats 🚨
#BluePacific, #ChuukCrisis, #ClimateLegacy, #EnvironmentalJustice, #FoodSecurity, #IMSPARK, #Island, #PacificResilience, #WWIIWreck
imaginepacific.substack.com/publish/home
🚨 IMSPARK: Imagine a Pacific Uniting to Protect Its Seas from Forgotten Threats 🚨
#BluePacific, #ChuukCrisis, #ClimateLegacy, #EnvironmentalJustice, #FoodSecurity, #IMSPARK, #Island, #PacificResilience, #WWIIWreck
imaginepacific.substack.com/publish/home
January 4, 2026 at 10:08 AM
www.imagine-pacific.com/2025/12/imsp...
🚨 IMSPARK: Imagine a Pacific Uniting to Protect Its Seas from Forgotten Threats 🚨
#BluePacific, #ChuukCrisis, #ClimateLegacy, #EnvironmentalJustice, #FoodSecurity, #IMSPARK, #Island, #PacificResilience, #WWIIWreck
imaginepacific.substack.com/publish/home
🚨 IMSPARK: Imagine a Pacific Uniting to Protect Its Seas from Forgotten Threats 🚨
#BluePacific, #ChuukCrisis, #ClimateLegacy, #EnvironmentalJustice, #FoodSecurity, #IMSPARK, #Island, #PacificResilience, #WWIIWreck
imaginepacific.substack.com/publish/home
This holiday season, Key Food Cooperative is making a massive impact by donating $250,000 in gift cards to help food-insecure families across eight states, with a significant focus on New York City and the Bronx.
Learn more here
#Bronx #NY #CommunitySupport #FoodSecurity #BronxCity
Learn more here
#Bronx #NY #CommunitySupport #FoodSecurity #BronxCity
Key Food Cooperative and local owners to distribute $250,000 in holiday gift cards with City Harvest
Key Food Cooperative CEO Dean Janeway and supermarket owner Nayeli De Jesus said the cooperative is distributing 10,025 gift cards totaling $250,000 across eight states this holiday season, with about $150,000 for New York City and roughly $40,000 designated for the Bronx; City Harvest will distribute cards through its pantry and mobile-market network.
citizenportal.ai
January 4, 2026 at 6:29 AM
This holiday season, Key Food Cooperative is making a massive impact by donating $250,000 in gift cards to help food-insecure families across eight states, with a significant focus on New York City and the Bronx.
Learn more here
#Bronx #NY #CommunitySupport #FoodSecurity #BronxCity
Learn more here
#Bronx #NY #CommunitySupport #FoodSecurity #BronxCity
Chambers County's home-delivered meals program faces a $141,000 shortfall after federal funding plummeted post-COVID, prompting urgent calls for support from the Commissioners Court.
Get the details!
#ChambersCounty #TX #CommunitySupport #FoodSecurity #PublicHealth #CitizenPortal
Get the details!
#ChambersCounty #TX #CommunitySupport #FoodSecurity #PublicHealth #CitizenPortal
Chambers County hears plea to cover shortfall for home-delivered meals after federal funding fell
Chambers County Public Hospital District No. 1 told the Commissioners Court that federal-level funding for its home-delivered meals program fell from a COVID-era level to pre-COVID levels, creating a roughly $141,000 shortfall; the district asked the county to consider a $100,000 contribution while it seeks additional partners and grants.
citizenportal.ai
January 4, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Chambers County's home-delivered meals program faces a $141,000 shortfall after federal funding plummeted post-COVID, prompting urgent calls for support from the Commissioners Court.
Get the details!
#ChambersCounty #TX #CommunitySupport #FoodSecurity #PublicHealth #CitizenPortal
Get the details!
#ChambersCounty #TX #CommunitySupport #FoodSecurity #PublicHealth #CitizenPortal
Important changes are coming to SNAP benefits in February, as some recipients will now need to work or volunteer 20 hours a month to maintain their exemptions.
Get the details!
#LakeCounty #OH #CommunitySupport #FoodSecurity #PublicAssistance #LakeCountySNAP #CitizenPortal
Get the details!
#LakeCounty #OH #CommunitySupport #FoodSecurity #PublicAssistance #LakeCountySNAP #CitizenPortal
Job and Family Services warns some SNAP recipients will face new 20‑hour monthly requirement starting in February
Lake County Job and Family Services told commissioners the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services will change some SNAP exemptions beginning in February so certain recipients who previously were exempt must work or volunteer 20 hours per month; letters and robo calls will be sent and county staff can assist.
citizenportal.ai
January 4, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Important changes are coming to SNAP benefits in February, as some recipients will now need to work or volunteer 20 hours a month to maintain their exemptions.
Get the details!
#LakeCounty #OH #CommunitySupport #FoodSecurity #PublicAssistance #LakeCountySNAP #CitizenPortal
Get the details!
#LakeCounty #OH #CommunitySupport #FoodSecurity #PublicAssistance #LakeCountySNAP #CitizenPortal
The Central Committee for Livestock in Lebanon is hosting an urgent meeting on January 7, 2026, in Akkar to address critical challenges in the livestock sector and advocate for food security amid rising concerns over agricultural conditions.
#Lebanon #Livestock #FoodSecurity
#Lebanon #Livestock #FoodSecurity
January 3, 2026 at 4:16 PM
The Central Committee for Livestock in Lebanon is hosting an urgent meeting on January 7, 2026, in Akkar to address critical challenges in the livestock sector and advocate for food security amid rising concerns over agricultural conditions.
#Lebanon #Livestock #FoodSecurity
#Lebanon #Livestock #FoodSecurity
Strong communities start with food security. The Agape Hand Food Bank Program transforms surplus into access and dignity. Support a sustainable solution for healthier communities: https://agapehands.org/food-bank/
#FoodSecurity #AgapeHands #CommunityImpact #SustainableGiving
#FoodSecurity #AgapeHands #CommunityImpact #SustainableGiving
January 3, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Strong communities start with food security. The Agape Hand Food Bank Program transforms surplus into access and dignity. Support a sustainable solution for healthier communities: https://agapehands.org/food-bank/
#FoodSecurity #AgapeHands #CommunityImpact #SustainableGiving
#FoodSecurity #AgapeHands #CommunityImpact #SustainableGiving
Theresa Healy, Christine Callihoo and Annie L Booth write in our Jan '25 issue on community-based food security initiatives and structures in rural, remote and Northern Canadian communities, and coordinated, collaborative approaches buff.ly/wsoh3HJ #CDJ #FoodSecurity
Who’s at the table: an exploration of community-based food security initiatives and structures in a north-central Canadian context
Abstract. This article examines food security initiatives and actors specific to a rural, remote and northern Canadian community, a context found throughou
buff.ly
January 3, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Theresa Healy, Christine Callihoo and Annie L Booth write in our Jan '25 issue on community-based food security initiatives and structures in rural, remote and Northern Canadian communities, and coordinated, collaborative approaches buff.ly/wsoh3HJ #CDJ #FoodSecurity
The Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture's vaccination campaign against foot-and-mouth disease, started on December 20, 2025, has so far vaccinated 34,171 cattle across 3,304 farms. The initiative aims to enhance livestock health and food security.
#Lebanon #Agriculture #FoodSecurity
#Lebanon #Agriculture #FoodSecurity
January 3, 2026 at 6:06 AM
The Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture's vaccination campaign against foot-and-mouth disease, started on December 20, 2025, has so far vaccinated 34,171 cattle across 3,304 farms. The initiative aims to enhance livestock health and food security.
#Lebanon #Agriculture #FoodSecurity
#Lebanon #Agriculture #FoodSecurity
Working in vertical farming, this feels spot on. CEA systems are living intersections of biology, software, hardware, and people. Food system resilience shows up not when things run smoothly—but when something breaks.
#cybersecurity #agtech #foodsecurity
#cybersecurity #agtech #foodsecurity
2025 Was the Year Food and Agriculture Cybersecurity Stopped Being Abstract
Why nothing actually resets at midnight, especially in food and agriculture
open.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Working in vertical farming, this feels spot on. CEA systems are living intersections of biology, software, hardware, and people. Food system resilience shows up not when things run smoothly—but when something breaks.
#cybersecurity #agtech #foodsecurity
#cybersecurity #agtech #foodsecurity
We all pay for climate disasters.
Add food security to your list of climate reality shocks (if you haven't already).
#ClimateReality
#FoodSecurity
#Auspol
Add food security to your list of climate reality shocks (if you haven't already).
#ClimateReality
#FoodSecurity
#Auspol
Flooded outback Queensland graziers to get $2m government package for fodder drops.
In short:
While there is no official total for livestock loss from outback Queensland's most recent flooding, some graziers say it could be in the tens of thousands.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
In short:
While there is no official total for livestock loss from outback Queensland's most recent flooding, some graziers say it could be in the tens of thousands.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
January 2, 2026 at 11:37 PM
We all pay for climate disasters.
Add food security to your list of climate reality shocks (if you haven't already).
#ClimateReality
#FoodSecurity
#Auspol
Add food security to your list of climate reality shocks (if you haven't already).
#ClimateReality
#FoodSecurity
#Auspol
Flooded outback Queensland graziers to get $2m government package for fodder drops.
In short:
While there is no official total for livestock loss from outback Queensland's most recent flooding, some graziers say it could be in the tens of thousands.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
In short:
While there is no official total for livestock loss from outback Queensland's most recent flooding, some graziers say it could be in the tens of thousands.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Flooded Qld graziers to get $2m support as pilots muster stranded livestock
Floodwaters remain in outback Queensland as graziers start to tally up livestock losses. Major flooding is possible in the north-west, with king tides forecast on the east coast.
www.abc.net.au
January 2, 2026 at 10:53 PM
When food #prices skyrocket during an economic crisis, it is primarily urban populations and people with low levels of #education who are affected. This can have lifelong negative #health consequences – such as stunted growth in children: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/001-... #nutrition #foodsecurity
Expensive food makes children fat
www.uni-bonn.de
January 2, 2026 at 5:21 PM
When food #prices skyrocket during an economic crisis, it is primarily urban populations and people with low levels of #education who are affected. This can have lifelong negative #health consequences – such as stunted growth in children: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/001-... #nutrition #foodsecurity
Huw Richards: The Foundation of Resilient Food Systems #foodsecurity
https://www.allforgardening.com/1556141/huw-richards-the-foundation-of-resilient-food-systems-foodsecurity/
https://www.allforgardening.com/1556141/huw-richards-the-foundation-of-resilient-food-systems-foodsecurity/
Huw Richards: The Foundation of Resilient Food Systems #foodsecurity - All For Gardening
www.allforgardening.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Huw Richards: The Foundation of Resilient Food Systems #foodsecurity
https://www.allforgardening.com/1556141/huw-richards-the-foundation-of-resilient-food-systems-foodsecurity/
https://www.allforgardening.com/1556141/huw-richards-the-foundation-of-resilient-food-systems-foodsecurity/
The average city has just 72 hours of food if supply chains collapse.
A crop virus could wipe out civilization faster than any war or pandemic.
Do you know how to grow food?
Subscribe to @FlippedTimeline for more what if videos
#FoodSecurity #Collapse
A crop virus could wipe out civilization faster than any war or pandemic.
Do you know how to grow food?
Subscribe to @FlippedTimeline for more what if videos
#FoodSecurity #Collapse
January 2, 2026 at 12:21 PM
The average city has just 72 hours of food if supply chains collapse.
A crop virus could wipe out civilization faster than any war or pandemic.
Do you know how to grow food?
Subscribe to @FlippedTimeline for more what if videos
#FoodSecurity #Collapse
A crop virus could wipe out civilization faster than any war or pandemic.
Do you know how to grow food?
Subscribe to @FlippedTimeline for more what if videos
#FoodSecurity #Collapse
'Extreme heat and drought has destroyed 70% of Jordan’s olive crop, endangering livelihoods of 80,000 families and a centuries-old tradition'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#ClimateEmergency #NatureEmergency #drought #FoodSecurity #ClimateJustice
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#ClimateEmergency #NatureEmergency #drought #FoodSecurity #ClimateJustice
‘These trees may not survive’: Jordan’s ancient olive harvest wilts under record-breaking heat
Extreme heat and drought has destroyed 70% of Jordan’s olive crop, endangering livelihoods of 80,000 families and a centuries-old tradition
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:00 PM
'Extreme heat and drought has destroyed 70% of Jordan’s olive crop, endangering livelihoods of 80,000 families and a centuries-old tradition'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#ClimateEmergency #NatureEmergency #drought #FoodSecurity #ClimateJustice
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#ClimateEmergency #NatureEmergency #drought #FoodSecurity #ClimateJustice
Sounds like a 'must read' to me.
Afterall... #ThereIsNoPlanetB
#Ireland #ClimateBreakdown #BiodiversityCrisis #FoodSecurity #EnergySecurity
Afterall... #ThereIsNoPlanetB
#Ireland #ClimateBreakdown #BiodiversityCrisis #FoodSecurity #EnergySecurity
Delighted to announce that my first book, THE LIE OF THE LAND, is due for publication on September 4th next via @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social.
It's a frank assessment of Ireland and the #Climate emergency, with a roadmap towards a more food and energy-secure future.
It's a frank assessment of Ireland and the #Climate emergency, with a roadmap towards a more food and energy-secure future.
January 2, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Sounds like a 'must read' to me.
Afterall... #ThereIsNoPlanetB
#Ireland #ClimateBreakdown #BiodiversityCrisis #FoodSecurity #EnergySecurity
Afterall... #ThereIsNoPlanetB
#Ireland #ClimateBreakdown #BiodiversityCrisis #FoodSecurity #EnergySecurity