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.
Some critical reflections by Dr Yelto Zimmer @Thuenen_aktuell on that recent USDA assessment of agricultural impacts of the Green Deal "How reasonable is the turmoil predicted by USDA?" https://t.co/H8mQWpDVft
— Alan Matthews (@xAlan_Matthews) December 8, 2020
A study from Korea showing why indoor dining is unsafe and why airborne transmission matters. Case B infected case A from 6.5m (~21 feet!) away in *just five minutes*, and case C from 4.8m (15 feet!). Footage shows no interaction—and only those in line of air flow got infected. pic.twitter.com/Yw3Gb8INWP
— zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) December 3, 2020
🚨🇩🇪 @FridayForFuture and other German youth organisations just wrote an open letter to the @EU_Commission. They demand a better #CAP because #climatejustice, the future of agriculture and the future of their generation are all linked! @Fridays4futurehttps://t.co/kV9uFfY1ui
— Save Bees and Farmers ECI (@BeesEci) December 1, 2020
Flush with cash, Chinese hog producer builds world's largest pig farm https://t.co/RvtGrfRrEZ pic.twitter.com/ekWlns09FA
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 7, 2020
🟢 The #EU & #Mercosur agreed on a #freetrade agreement in June 2019 (pending ratification).#Environment & social impacts concerns remain, particularly on🌎#climate🌽#foodsafety☠️#pesticides &🏦#publicprocurement
Read @boell_eu & @IATP's factsheets: https://t.co/34fPZMrhdM pic.twitter.com/KSjqxIKDgI
— Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union, Brussels (@boell_eu) December 7, 2020
Some critical reflections by Dr Yelto Zimmer @Thuenen_aktuell on that recent USDA assessment of agricultural impacts of the Green Deal "How reasonable is the turmoil predicted by USDA?" https://t.co/H8mQWpDVft
— Alan Matthews (@xAlan_Matthews) December 8, 2020
France to help farmers to abandon glyphosate weedkillerhttps://t.co/DKqc3BAXw8
— Irish Grain Growers (@GrowersGrain) December 7, 2020
The rise of commercial milk formulas and why it matters for the world’s women and children. Our new .@ConversationUK article summarises new research on what's behind the global boom in infant, follow-up, toddler & specialised formulas, and the implications https://t.co/NBxNrG2nys pic.twitter.com/HB6ridiyLZ
— Phillip Baker (@PhilBakerNZ) December 8, 2020
Nos voisins belges en ont plein les bottes des lobbies de l'agro-industrie !
📢👩🌾Ce matin, ils ont déposé leurs bottes à #Bruxelles pour dénoncer l'incohérence politique de l'UE entre d'un côté la stratégie #FarmtoFork et de l'autre la nouvelle #PAC et l’accord UE-Mercosur. https://t.co/KLUgQwNivk— Pour une autre PAC (@pouruneautrepac) December 8, 2020
Not the first time #Monsanto forced farmers to buy its #GMO seeds to protect their crops from its herbicide drifting from neighboring fields. Right @AlanGuebert? @AustinFrerick @StacyMalkan @pesticideaction @KristinAtPAN @annalappe @IATP https://t.co/73AqHp3R4E via @IMidwest
— Timothy A. Wise (@TimothyAWise) December 8, 2020
Wall Street has begun trading water as a commodity, like gold or oil.
The country’s first water market launched on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange this week with $1.1 billion in contracts tied to water prices in California. https://t.co/YVmvUFj4Gi pic.twitter.com/iSAtWEkOUj
— Yale Environment 360 (@YaleE360) December 8, 2020
Absolutely stunning blockbuster on how Monsanto (now @Bayer) and BASF's boldly schemed to sell a product they KNEW would lead to widespread pesticide drift over tens of millions of acres of land. https://t.co/E2XhonXUVZ
— Tom Philpott (@tomphilpott) December 8, 2020
USDA ≠ Rural America. Over 90% of rural Americans are not farmers. And as @anthonypipa writes, there are 400 federal rural economic and community development programs that span 13 departments. BUT there is no central rural strategy at the federal level. https://t.co/Ri5KiDNSwo pic.twitter.com/tjVywNAP8N
— Matt Hildreth (@mhildreth) December 8, 2020
Usually dark green is a good thing for the environment but not in this instance. https://t.co/wJqF5ps9Sm
— Oonagh Duggan (@NatureNymph) December 10, 2020
Teagasc is studying different methods of transport to see if they present opportunities to improve calf welfare https://t.co/Aawlk5ZxIG
— AgriLand (@AgrilandIreland) December 10, 2020
hmmmm i wonder _might_ there be an unintended negative environmental consequence to this…. 🧐
Paging @Env_Pillar https://t.co/iV4x5zXbaY— oliver moore (@oliver_moore) December 10, 2020