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The Agrifeeds sustainability page seems to have gone missing after Greenpeace exposed them for including illegal palm kernel in their supply chain.
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Viewed and recommend: “Food and Country.” https://www.foodandcountryfilm.com/
Ask for it at your local library, e.g., it’s at Monterey Public Library https://www.montereylibrary.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=460084&query_desc=kw%2Cwrdl%3A%20food%20and%20country.
#FoodAndCountry #USA #FoodSystem #IndustrialAgriculture #SmallFarmers #FamilyFarms #Ranchers #FoodProduction #agriculture #farming #chefs #WhiteOakPastures #KnuthFarms #OrganicFarming
#Greenwave #BrenSmith #RiseAndRootFarms #StratfordAngus
Food and CountryFood and CountryFood and Country: trailblazing food writer Ruth Reichl reaches across political and social divides to report on the country's broken food system and the innovators risking everything to transform it.
Microplastic-coated pesticides: this is an environmental disaster! Please see the study about micro-plastics reducing photosynthesis.
Civil Eats · Op-ed: The Food System Cannot Become Another Fossil-Fuel Industry Escape HatchOil and gas companies, with new federal support, are ramping up production within the food chain, adding to the climate crisis.
#Farming was not a 'wholesale success' when it arrived in #NorthAfrica...but then was it, anywhere? If we consider the criteria of trashing the planet vs keeping paradise and egalitarian living?
How decades of factory farming paved the way for today’s superbugs crisis.
A new film lays bare the existential threat driven by antibiotic overuse – and comes after years of warnings.
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism · How decades of factory farming paved the way for today’s superbugs crisis.
Britain’s food supply is precarious – and Trump’s chaos is spreading. I have a plan. Do you? | George Monbiot https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/16/britain-food-supply-donald-trump-stockpile #Trumpadministration #Food&drinkindustry #Emergencyplanning #Tradepolicy #DonaldTrump #Farming #Food
The Guardian · Britain’s food supply is precarious – and Trump’s chaos is spreading. I have a plan. Do you?
Anew agrivoltaic tool accounts for changes in optimal sunlight at different stages of plant growth.
CleanTechnica · New Agrivoltaic Tool Optimizes Solar Energy And CropsThe agrivoltaic movement in the US has lost momentum under Trump's budget axe, while other countries continue to pursue the dual-use track.
I am going through some old photos and cleaning up. Thought I would post a picture. Every fall a city dweller like me helps a friend haul bales.
This is partly why they want everyone to get covid over and over until they become disabled or die.
And isn’t this packaging of risky assets (after deregulation of course) what caused the last bubble?
He got involved in this back in 2020.
From the link:
“With the REIT model, instead of buying a single condo, you buy a share in a company that owns 100 or 200 condos. This investment vehicle was established by Congress in the 1960s, opening the doors to large-scale real estate investments for smaller investors. It’s a model that has enabled real estate hedge funds to buy up large swaths of thehousing market, driving up demand and prices. Recently, companies have begun applying a REIT-like model to land.”
JD Vance Funded AcreTrader. Here’s Why That Matters. | Civil Eats https://civileats.com/2024/09/18/jd-vance-invested-in-acretrader-heres-why-that-matters/
Civil Eats · JD Vance Funded AcreTrader. Here’s Why That Matters.The real estate platform streamlines investing in US farmland. Now farms are fast becoming a portfolio staple for investors worldwide.
"Filmed in Welsh with English subtitles, it epitomises how and why reviving seed diversity is a transformational act, helping to re-value and pass on the language, skills and culture that have enabled farmers and rural communities to thrive for generations in Wales, and around our living planet."
It's also really lovely just to hear the Pembrokeshire accent – "oeddwn" becoming "wen" and "fel" becoming "wel" 
Mor hyfryd yw e.
Also – Welsh speakers – I'm interested to know what is said that's glossed in the subtitles as "it's a hassle". My ears can't make it out.
(I'm hashtagging "caturday" because of Twm, the farmer's cat, enjoying a lap 
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https://gaiafoundation.org/llafur-ni/
Hashtag list incoming.
#Cymru #Wales #Welsh #Cymraeg #Pembrokeshire #Farming #Ffermio #Amaethyddiaeth #Agriculture #SeedDiversity #FolkMusic #Caturday
Small Is The New Great! How to fight against the sludge of 2025 - and how the tiniest things can change the world. I would be happy if you can find some hope in my new blogpost: 
https://steadyhq.com/en/naturematchcuts/posts/025f4904-2364-4711-8907-f7e55841993f
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Great little video here on the rediscovery and importance of #Welsh Black Oats.
"Filmed in Welsh with English subtitles, it epitomises how and why reviving seed diversity is a transformational act, helping to re-value and pass on the language, skills and culture that have enabled farmers and rural communities to thrive for generations in Wales, and around our living planet". #farming #ArableFarming #SeedExchange #SeedPreservation #DiwylliantCymreig #Cymru #Cymraeg
Gaia Foundation · OUT NOW: Llafur Ni - Our Grains - Gaia FoundationWatch Gaia’s latest film – Llafur Ni (Our Grains)– about a farmer’s 20-year quest to find and revive the Welsh black oats his grandfather once grew. Welsh organic farmer Gerald... Read More
#farming #beef #steak
What matters
Thick cut not thin
Temperature: room temp to start, HOT dry cast iron or grill, warm plates
Sear each side and the fat edge
Time! Do NOT overcook!
Sharp knife - slice across the grain after standing, before serving
What doesn’t matter or bad idea
Wagyu, Angus
Grain-fed or finished
wet meat or marinade
Huge portion sizes
Good advice below. Buy on the shortest supply chain, farm direct if you can.
https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/food-drink/article/how-to-cook-steak-like-a-chef-at-home-20kbrgdnl
The Times · How to cook steak like a chef at home
"Turn your fear into fuel" - Futurist Jim Carroll
This photo was taken in October 2019. I'm in the room with a farming community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It's about as conservative as you can get.
They're worried. Farming is evolving too fast. Global competition is increasing. The science of agriculture is accelerating. Cost pressures are relentless. Automation is at the door. They can't hire enough people to work on the farms. They had big goals for global market opportunities for American agricultural products; then a tariff war cut into those hopes around 2017, and those goals weren't realized. Oops.
They're scared.
They're still scared but decided recently that even though the old plan didn't work the first time, it might work the second time.
It won't.
And so here we are.
If you get behind all of this and try to understand what is going on, the fact is they're scared of the future. They make often irrational decisions based on that fear - something I dug into yesterday. When I spoke to this crowd in 2019, they were, like many groups I speak to all over the US, terrified of what tomorrow represents. The result is that rather than trying to go forward, they undertake actions in an attempt to take themselves back to the 'good old days.' Make it great again, simply by stating it should be so, and then throwing a tantrum to try to make it happen.
Except, that never works.
Let that be a lesson - the key to tomorrow comes confronting your fear and turning it into opportunity.
How do you do this? This is what I would share with them today. What do you do if you are scared of tomorrow? Turn that fear into fuel. Think like this:
View future trends as opportunities, not threats It is important to adopt an innovative frame of mind and recognize the potential for growth and advancement. Move forward, not back.
Shift your focus. Far too many people view the future with fear rather than thinking about opportunity. An innovative mindset doesn't quiver from the fear of what might be coming next. Instead, it's alive from breathing the oxygen of opportunity.
Banish complacency and skepticism. Realize that in an era of rapid change, anything is possible. But only if you choose to chase it.
Take action. Rapid times require bold change. Don't avoid the future and fail to do the tough things needed to get there.
Challenge assumptions and eliminate habit. If your approach to the future is based upon your past success, ask yourself whether that will guarantee you similar results in the future. (Hint: it won't.)
Innovate! Innovators don’t make a difference by redoing the status quo — they accomplish great things by being different. And they don’t constrain their difference with traditional thinking: they simply think differently.
Re-engage with the future Shift your focus to the future with enthusiasm, motivation, and imagination. Turn it from an enemy into a friend that gives back to you!
There are many reasons for our current global state of affairs.
Like I've said many times, one reason is this.
It's better to align to the future than fear it.
You do that by turning the fear into fuel.
#Fear #Future #Innovation #Opportunity #Change #Mindset #Farming #Progress #Action #Growth
Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/03/daily-inspiration-economic-volatility-turn-your-fear-into-fuel/
USDA cuts more than $1bn in local food purchases for schools, food banks https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/11/usda-cuts-food-banks-schools #Trumpadministration #USeducation #USpolitics #Farming #USnews #Food
The Guardian · USDA cuts more than $1bn in local food purchases for schools, food banks
#TrumpTariffs create ‘state of emergency’ for American #Farmers. Soybean farmer hits back. #Farming #Tariffs #TariffsWar #TradeWar #Economy #Agriculture
https://youtube.com/watch?v=xSAcWwsWVzU&si=h9RRvWYLNBHFzuxl
