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People of Color are at Greater Risk of #COVID19. Systemic #Racism in the Food System Plays a Role.
Food apartheid and economic #inequality are among the factors leading to high rates of infections and deaths of Black and brown Americans. @CivilEats
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Coca-Cola and Pepsi face lawsuit over disposable plastic fastcompany.com/90472270/dis…
Kate Raworth: A healthy economy should be designed to thrive, not grow ted.com/talks/kate_raworth_a…
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Thousands of Australian students — ranging in age from 5 to 18 — quit school for a day to protest government inaction on climate change nyti.ms/2E5uxJl
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At the border today, I met a 3-year-old girl. She was innocent and kind, and was being housed in this shelter. She came here because someone sought a better life for her.
CA is a state of refuge. A place of new beginnings. Of compassion and inclusion.
We can’t forget that.
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“We need to more biodiversity in the field and on the table. Globally, there are 30,000 edible plants, but we eat only 150. Of these, just 12 types deliver 80% of the world’s food today, and just 3 species make up 75% of our calories.” -Martha Fleckenstein at the #BCFNforum – at Milan, Lombardy
“Everywhere we look for microplastics we find them”
Every minute a dumptruckful of plastic plops into the world's oceans. That's eight million metric tons every year. Now, it's ending up in our poop. wired.trib.al/6tzCe2Q
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A new trove of industry documents made public by @ucsf reveals conflicts of interest and aggressive tactics to squelch important public health information. Via @civileats bit.ly/2DQqkbC
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Stunning! In the face of rising global obesity, photographer @GreggSegal traveled around the world to ask kids what they eat in one week and then photographed them alongside the food. Winner #FoodMediaAwards. Stream the #BCFNForum live now: barillacfn.com/en/
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“Real food is food that we trust to nourish our bodies, food that we trust to nourish the farmer, and food that we trust to nourish the planet.” -@kimbal. Listen to @DaniNierenberg's new podcast w/ Kimbal Musk of @nextdooreatery @biggreen @squarerootsgrow foodtank.com/news/2018/11/re…
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"They take with them carbon-sequestering grazing lands best suited to that practice, critical habitat for wildlife species, rural communities dependent on the financial health of local agriculture, and the farmers themselves.” @CivilEats
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“the mission is the same. Knowledge can only have an impact if others hear about it.” @sciam blogs.scientificamerican.com…
“It’s about educating ourselves around the idea of trying to create a solution for the food[…] and then being creative to put it to use in a nutritious and delicious way.” foodtank.com/news/2018/11/ba…
Global warming “is transforming where and how we live and presents growing challenges to human health and quality of life, the economy, and the natural systems that support us.” Major Trump administration climate report says damages are intensifying apple.news/A-mmjsawFRx2nWY12…
This was my first exposure to the genius of @harari_yuval. Stoked to have stumbled down this rabbit hole. “Nationalism vs. globalism: the new political divide” ted.com/talks/yuval_noah_har…
This so inspiring. Thanks to @DrBronner for the amazing resource that is your website! I just ordered the @michaelpollan book "How to Change Your Mind." Can't wait to read!
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"How the Regenerative Agriculture and Animal Welfare Movements Can End Factory Farming, Restore Soil and Mitigate Climate Change" #AMEN
It was incredible hearing @DrBronner speak at @foodtank SD last week. Such an important message! @BerryGoodFood drbronner.com/all-one-blog/2…
