My first pop up was a success!! If you’re in Kitsap county come see me on Friday!
#happy-chills

What Is Innovation in Agriculture? I'll dig into this a bit more next week in the newsletter, but here's a report to which I contributed, just out from IPES-Food, on what counts as agricultural innovation,...

What Is Innovation in Agriculture?

I'll dig into this a bit more next week in the newsletter, but here's a report to which I contributed, just out from IPES-Food, on what counts as agricultural...

70% of our farmland in America is used to grow cow feed for feed farms which CAUSE greenhouse gases.

Infographic with teal and cream color scheme showing number '80' in large white text within a teal circle. Title reads 'International experts from 35 countries' with explanatory text stating 80 experts from science, private sector, and Indigenous communities participated, representing diverse global regions and disciplines. Left side features a vertical photo of green tree branches against modern office buildings. IPBES logo in top right corner. #BizBiodiversity Assessment and #IPBES12 hashtags visible.

80 international experts. 35 countries. All regions of the world.

The IPBES #BizBiodiversity Assessment brings together diverse disciplines to understand how business depends on and impacts nature. 🌍

Learn more about the assessment that will be discussed at #IPBES12: https://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG

US tariff policy bulldozing Asia’s agriculture In Asia, beyond tariffs, the US is leveraging trade threats to bypass sovereign regulations & reshape food and agricultural standards. This strategy extracts unilateral concessions in favor of US ...

Trump's 2025 tariff wars have hurt US farmers, triggering a US$12B bill to compensate their losses. But farmers in Asia are being slammed, too, with devastating market disruptions and new coercive policies. grain.org/e/7347
@usrighttoknow.bsky.social @iatp.bsky.social

Webinar: transforming food systems in India. How can agroecology lead to healthier diets, gender equity, decent livelihoods, and climate resilience?

🥣 Half of 🇮🇳India can’t afford a healthy meal.

🛑 Industrial farming is failing – degrading soils, draining water, & deepening inequality.

🌾 But #agroecology offers a better path.

📅 Join the webinar: 9 Feb
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#FoodSystems #India #RightToFood

US farm economy shows widening cracks as costs rise, jobs vanish By P.J. Huffstutter, Karl Plume and Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Across the U.S. farm belt, these have become depressing times.

A good overview of the damage the Trump Admin's trade policy (tariffs without a plan), the Republican budget bill and Farm Bill failings are causing to farmers and rural communities.

“There’s a much bigger hammer coming down on rural America.”
finance.yahoo.com/news/us-farm...

The Delicious Potential of Rescuing Wasted Food | Jasmine Crowe-Houston | TED YouTube video by TED

youtu.be/cjG0m9QUF34?...

On a deeply personal note:

CW: eating disorder

If you have struggled with disordered eating in the past and are now dealing with food insecurity, it is really important to seek support. It is so, so easy to fall into unhealthy patterns when self-denial is involved. Don’t white knuckle it.

There is no reason for this country to experience food insecurity. It is an abject moral failure that 400 individuals have enough wealth to feed the other 340.1m of us practically indefinitely and choose to hoard it and rig the system instead.

If you're dealing with food insecurity with food stamps being cut off in November, you can find local food pantries at foodfinder.us
FindHelp also has food bank and pantry listings, as well as other mutual aid orgs and resources
findhelp.org

As you enjoy picking and carving your #Halloween pumpkin, remember the farm workers who labored to grow and harvest them. Let's give a big thanks to the Salinas CA farm workers who harvested these pumpkins that have ended up at local pumpkin patches and area stores. #WeFeedYou

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, no one- especially not our government- is coming to save us. Ultimately it’s up to people like you and me.

Now more than ever we need to find/ build community and work together to maintain the needs of each other.

Farmworker standing in front of a yes on prop 50 yard sign in front of the house

"I say Yes on Prop 50 because it gives CA the opportunity to have stronger representation in Washington. After 50 yrs working in the fields picking berries & mushrooms, I know how important it is for our voices to be heard. I stand with my community.” -Francisco, CA Berry worker

The Trump Administration Cancels Food Insecurity Report, Masking Harms of Historic SNAP Cuts Eliminating the data measuring hungry Americans’ access to food will make it easier for the Trump administration to hide the impacts of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

The USDA is calling the annual reports “redundant” and insisting that food insecurity has remained stagnant despite excessive funding.

It’s fully our responsibility as individuals to ensure our neighbors and loved ones don’t starve. The USDA won’t help us.

www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

In America, politicians are being served steak and seven layer cake in a “rose garden club” at the White House, while families are getting kicked off of food assistance & children in Palestine are being starved to death.

This is exactly why it’s up to us in our communities to support each other, clearly these people aren’t here to help us.

I’m trumps America our tax dollars get cut from feeding school children, in order to feed politicians steak.

The 3rd Global Nyeleni Forum on Food Sovereignty is commencing in Kandy, Sri Lanka with around 600 delegates from 120 countries are participating to discuss solutions and priorities for the future of collective struggle for food sovereignty. ceylontoday.lk/2025/08/30/n...

A worker a de-leafing grapevines

While we now see summer grapes in the stores, workers are also in the vineyards getting the winter grapevines ready so we will have grapes in November and December. "Martin" is deleafing the grapevines in Tulare County to get the vines ready for the winter harvest. #WeFeedYou

Video diary: The struggle for one meal in Gaza - BBC News As warnings about starvation escalate, 20-year-old Mosab al-Trtori shares videos of his daily struggle to find food, water and fuel in Gaza.

The struggle to survive in Gaza...what it takes to make one meal
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

Sharing this excellent starter pack on #foodsecurity and nutrition (of which we're happy to be part)

go.bsky.app/9mZrrpQ

This is an extremely fulfilling, and meaningful way to support Palestinians from right here in your community ♥️🍉

If you’re feeling helpless and unsure of how to support Gaza, it would be worthwhile to seek out and support local Palestinian owned businesses!

🍉🇵🇸 #freepalestine #gaza

Am I sad that this is how the rest of the world views us?
Yah, of course!
But are they absolutely right and do I understand completely?
Yah, of course!

I’m really not sure why so many Americans voted to become a *worse* country

These corporations give and take so much money all the time, and you expect me to believe there’s not enough money in the United States to ensure everyone here is at the very least FED??

So make sure to celebrate Labor Day properly by showing gratitude for people who labor in fields at very little pay, to support YOUR consumerism.

While you’re barbecuing and camping today, dont forget that it was farm workers LABORING in fields on sweltering days who brought you all the yummy produce you’ll be eating today.

A photo montage of a farm worker with buckets of potatoes she picked on top of the American flag with the words not everybody gets #laborday off

Join us in celebrating the people who labor in the fields to put food on our tables.

Únase en celebrar a la gente que trabajan en los campos para poner comida en nuestras mesas.

#WeFeedYou #LaborDay