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Quite impressive effort put here into sugar coating and misleading. @TimmermansEU @jwojc why do you keep allowing this sort of communication. It needlessly undermines your credibility (eg showing that most beneficiaries are small rather than that most money goes to the big) https://t.co/kSBeAYNO0M
— Ariel Brunner (@ArielBrunner) December 17, 2021
🆕🍎 Just launched our new Global Food Data Explorer on @OurWorldInData
Provides a quick way to explore food systems
➔ field to plate
➔ all crops & livestock
➔ all countries
➔ since 1961🙌🏻 to @lucasrodesg & @MarcelGerber9 for amazing work on thishttps://t.co/Sk8Ovm8J91 pic.twitter.com/vW1IjOY2OW
— Hannah Ritchie (@_HannahRitchie) December 16, 2021
From me and @pjhuffstutter, on a new government watchdog report that found USDA gave some farmers too much in Market Facilitation Program payments: https://t.co/xnNCVojQTL
— Leah Douglas (@leahjdouglas) December 21, 2021
"Our aim is to increase awareness of organic farming & more sustainable agricultural practices, coupled w/ the promotion of fresh fruits & vegetables, essential for healthy eating & balanced diets"@jwojc
Promoting #PlantBasedDiets will enable the green transition
No EU Meat Ads https://t.co/GDJPJEPngI— Olga Kikou (@Olga_CIWF) December 20, 2021
🆘📢 Press Release: Ireland’s draft CAP Strategic Plan should not be approved by government yet. It must support farmers to address the biodiversity and climate emergency associated with agriculture. @McConalogue @pippa_hackett @EamonRyan @noonan_malcolm https://t.co/sAGByNMZPi
— BirdsMatter_ie (@BirdsMatter_ie) December 21, 2021
Australia trade deal to cause £94m hit to UK farming, forestry and fishing, Government study reveals. @theipaper https://t.co/k0sCnFNORS
— Vicki Hird 🐝🦋 rebugging is fun (@vickihird) December 21, 2021
News that #Farmdrop has gone under has left suppliers in debt and collaborating to try and recoup losses. But there are also questions raised about venture capital ownership & evidence of how important financial sustainability is to ethical supply chains. https://t.co/UKIM9OF0ML
— Wicked Leeks (@wickedleeksmag) December 20, 2021
Farm water quality inspections following complaints also fell in 2020.https://t.co/rk24QteE7o
— Irish Farmers Journal (@farmersjournal) December 21, 2021
France🇫🇷classifies prostate #cancer after exposure to #chlordecone as professional disease. Many pesticides proven to give #cancer are approved in the EU and it takes decades to ban them because of EU's flawed regulatory system. #SayNoToPesticides https://t.co/4fumBenuwl
— PAN Europe (@EuropePAN) December 22, 2021