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.
British Columbia is spraying its forests with #glyphosate to promote new growth. But the weedkiller is doing more harm than good. Removing competing plants makes forests more susceptible to #wildfires + glyphosate kills other plants that wildlife depend on.https://t.co/zKAakRKn6l
— Organic Consumers (@OrganicConsumer) September 14, 2020
How do #emissions from meat, dairy and other foods compare?
The climate impact of beef and lamb dwarfs that of other foods.
But producing #beef is more than twice as carbon intensive as producing lamb (@_HannahRitchie @OurWorldInData).Find out why ➡️ https://t.co/JdnQDde3iW pic.twitter.com/tjsAqzxjcw
— Carbon Brief (@CarbonBrief) September 14, 2020
Spearheaded by our chairman @JanezPotocnik22, 198 political decision-makers, business leaders, trade associations, NGOs, and think tanks have come together demanding a #GreenRecovery for #EU #Agriculture. Read the statement here: https://t.co/M4ZDLi8BzR pic.twitter.com/Yk4PcZMQra
— RISE Foundation (@RISE_Fnd) September 17, 2020
While this is a good news story, its worth remembering that the SDG 2 goal is to eliminate hunger by 2030 https://t.co/GcgaN5MyqF
— Alan Matthews (@xAlan_Matthews) September 16, 2020
The UK planned exports of 32,188 tonnes of banned pesticides in 2018
Most of these – 28,185 tonnes – contained paraquat, a long-banned weedkiller made by Syngenta in Huddersfield that is so toxic a sip can kill https://t.co/SXVt2pgg4E
— Unearthed (@UE) September 15, 2020
When the pandemic shuttered restaurants, chefs across the world planted gardens. More than 3,600 people have joined the Kitchen Farming Project, and are thinking about their role in the food system. https://t.co/ZOowKnoG4G
— Civil Eats (@CivilEats) September 17, 2020
“A co-op makes it all a lot less risky, and you have more of a support system.” https://t.co/RvJIGTgJfs
— Civil Eats (@CivilEats) September 16, 2020
Farm gate nutrient budget is a useful approach for understanding farming systems: if it results in a high nutrient deficit for any nutrient, #soil will be mined in the long-term. Learn more about this tool & its use in #RELACSeu's new #PracticeAbstract 👉 https://t.co/gYx01KKHge pic.twitter.com/BQFaRD1qiR
— RELACSeu (@RELACSeu) September 17, 2020
Neonics and food web impacts – an expert view https://t.co/9sGSxjQYIH
— Vicki Hird 🐜🦗🐝 (@vickihird) September 17, 2020
Rural areas need better connectivity & latest digital tech to achieve their full potential 💻🏞️
Bringing #RuralBroadband to every village is a huge opportunity & the prerequisite for revitalising rural areas @vonderleyen on #EUDigital strategy #SOTEU
→ https://t.co/Sf4M8bkZJZ pic.twitter.com/zvNiZNQxra— EU Agriculture🌱 (@EUAgri) September 16, 2020
In the Scottish moorlands, plots planted with trees stored less carbon than untouched lands: Study – https://t.co/IOWzUob2oF pic.twitter.com/YdhALX2pCu
— Mongabay (@mongabay) August 18, 2020
I've been trying to say this for a long time, and have been called a long list of names for my pains!
Good to see it gaining traction. https://t.co/j1aQPX6Qf0— George Monbiot (@GeorgeMonbiot) September 17, 2020