Our weekly Twitter round up of great content from our kindred network: a Friday treat for your weekend reading pleasure. Enjoy what we’ve found for you on twitter.
An important paper in @nature by @MaximoTorero: "Without food, there can be no exit from the pandemic." https://t.co/mTR54Jb3Ut
— Jess Fanzo (@jessfanzo) April 30, 2020
New @OECD Brief on #COVID19 in the #agriculture and #food sector: summarizing the key issues and necessary policy responses in the short and longer term: https://t.co/rP5xRKvKcJ
— GGruere (@GGruere) April 28, 2020
Groundbreaking economic study of upland livestock farming shows that a mindset shift away from the commoditised production of meat in favour of grazing livestock to produce environmental benefits delivers significantly improved economic resilience. https://t.co/ZtZRfcFtbo pic.twitter.com/EA6EeTy7fA
— Ben Goldsmith (@BenGoldsmith) May 1, 2020
Interesting to see the root depths of other plants than perennial ryegrass. Deep rooting will help against drought and pick up nutrients in deeper soil horizons. @teagasc https://t.co/3slUZy7n6A
— Teagasc Environment (@TeagascEnviron) May 1, 2020
When I go to the supermarket soon this will weigh heavy on my mind. We all need to know where our food comes from & how workers are treated. https://t.co/tdSZmTFTC0
— Prof Chris Elliott OBE (@QUBFoodProf) May 2, 2020
Shepherds can be up several times a night if local predators are active, so they take the opportunity to nap when they can. They milk their sheep three times a day and make cheese on the mountain, starting at daybreak and finishing when dark. #transhumance #sheep #farming pic.twitter.com/o0oTRX1854
— Paul White (@_paulwhite_) May 2, 2020
If ever there was a reason for @DefraGovUK to understand the value of small abattoirs, widely spread over the whole UK. https://t.co/w8d98lrsZN
— Sheila Dillon (@SheilaDillon) May 3, 2020
“Why not limit the scale of implementation of any innovation to local and regional levels until proof of its positive impact is unequivocally demonstrated” — @DrDCWahl https://t.co/yeOluDNsGq
— Daniel Christian Wahl (@DrDCWahl) May 2, 2020
Methane digesters are an increasingly popular solution to reducing GHG emissions & supplementing farm income. But grant money for digesters goes mainly to industrial megadairies, which amounts to a subsidy for unsustainable production. https://t.co/g81Rhe06HI via @CivilEats
— FoodPrint (@foodprintorg) April 30, 2020
Two shepherds milking 500 sheep by hand three times a day. Each sheep waits in turn at the 'saloon' doors held together by a foot of each shepherd. As soon as one has finished the next sheep is let through. #sheep #milk #farming #shepherd #farming #Transylvania pic.twitter.com/HTQgcNMX8s
— Paul White (@_paulwhite_) May 4, 2020
👀Take a look at our 70 searchable & downloadable 'Practice Abstracts' – we've enhanced the #EIPAGRI common format with additional info and photos to improve their user-friendliness. Check regularly – there are a total of 130 planned! https://t.co/GhryzBb4n5 #AKIS pic.twitter.com/jkI7SbrE4H
— AgriLink2020 (@AgriLink2020) May 5, 2020
As demand for rice grows during the #coronavirus crisis, @CivilEats looks at the growing attention given to practices that reduce the climate impact of the grain. https://t.co/fM8AyHLXWE
— FoodPrint (@foodprintorg) May 4, 2020
We have just updated our #Covid19 #foodsystem resource. https://t.co/FWzgncJ6KY @DamianMaye @CCRI_UK @FCRNetwork @RuralUrbanEU
— Dr Matt Reed (@ReedMtweet) May 5, 2020
Thread.
Some say “Results-based payments for farm biodiversity:
– are too complicated to design
– won’t be accepted by farmers
– are too complex to measure impact
– are too expensive to deliver
– are not value-for-money”If so, read this book: https://t.co/auf92iqNiv#RBPS pic.twitter.com/HARJFs5MoQ
— John Finn (@Johnfinn310) April 29, 2020
Growers & labor contractors estimate that about 75% of all #farmworkers in the United States are undocumented.https://t.co/L8x7xvCBoS#Farmworkerrights#EssentialNotExpendable
— Traci 🐟 (@TraciInFinland) May 6, 2020
La Via Campesina @ECVC1 demands urgent measures for rural workers in the face of escalating #COVID19 difficulties https://t.co/h8YPpqdBwz
— TNI (@TNInstitute) May 5, 2020
Over half of us say that the lockdown has made us more aware of the importance of local green spaces for our mental health and wellbeing.
Protecting and enhancing green spaces must be a higher priority after the lockdown. #COVID19https://t.co/9fYbckrlur
— CPRE The countryside charity (@CPRE) May 7, 2020
Do we (public or farmers) really need insecticides 🤔 Well worth a read 👍 @guardianeco @MilesKing10 @georgecmcgavin @IoloWilliams2 @patrick_barkham @ChrisGPackham @nickykylegarden @whiterosegreen @JoannaBlythman @vickihird https://t.co/qIjMQTqtPx
— Bog-trotter (@4peatssake2) May 7, 2020
While regulators keep claiming #pesticides are successfully being reduced, newly released @EU_Commission official statistics for 2018 show #pesticidesales in the EU keep rising. Our recommendations: significant reductions 🔑 for the #ecologicaltransition 👉🏽https://t.co/Em3m5Hl8Zg pic.twitter.com/dfLmTjezWM
— PAN Europe (@EuropePAN) May 7, 2020