CULTIVATE is an evolving collection of interdisciplinary artists, writers, and researchers driven by investigations of land, place, and the commons. I will be joining CULTIVATEs La Baldi Residency as part of a collective next week. Such an honour. More to come… www.cultivateprojects.net/la-baldi

Exploring Rooftop Agriculture Research at the University of Toronto! This event brings together research teams to showcase ongoing work and explore future opportunities for integrating rooftop agriculture into Toronto’s green infrastructure. Register here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/exploring-...

Our research program on urban and peri-urban agriculture is now on IG. Give us a follow! @urbanagroecology And for more info on research progress and outputs, check: utsc.utoronto.ca/foodandfarm/... @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca @utsc.utoronto.ca #urbanagriculture #climatemitigation #agroecology

New starter pack! go.bsky.app/9mZrrpQ

Great day sampling our new agricultural trials. Gas fluxes, leaf physiology, and crop trait strategies under various organic amendments in different urban and peri-urban environments… #agroecology #urbanagriculture

Industrial food systems are driving fossil fuel use – and vice versa. @foodtank.bsky.social covers our #FuelToFork report, unpacking how food's fossil fuel addiction drives risks for climate, ecology, health, and food access – and how we can break the cycle. 🔗 foodtank.com/news/2025/07...

🌱 How can we grow a more resilient future, together? Join Roots of Resilience – Enhancing #Biodiversity through #Agroecology 📅 Wed 9 July ⏲️ 10–12 CET 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/agroecolog... Explore research, farmer insights & policy with #AgroecologyTRANSECT #HorizonEurope

Agroecology and degrowth are more than ideas at Jonai Farms – they shape how food is grown, shared and valued. This story looks at what it takes to build a just food system, starting from the ground up. Read the full feature by SEI's Aziliz Le Rouzo: www.sei.org/features/agr...

How can agroecology build a more biodiverse, resilient EU food system? 🌱Join our #AgroecologyTRANSECT Virtual Roadshow! 📅 Wed 9 Jul, 10–12 CET👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/agroecolog... 🦋 Explore real-world solutions for #biodiversity & #ClimateResilience with visual storytelling & dynamic discussion

Honoured to share that our paper on the environmental and social benefits of diversified agriculture won the Frontiers Planet Prize! Proud of the team & thrilled that these important agricultural systems are recognized. www.frontiersplanetprize.org #agroecology www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Shame on Metrolinx for not having the foresight to plan for urban trees. My neighbourhood tree is coming down today. This is not NIMBYism, this is just bad planning and lack of any actual serious consultation. @toronto.ca @petertabuns.bsky.social ‪@juliedabrusin.bsky.social #metrolinx

A mayor, a provincial minister and a member of parliament, all out to support the expansion of urban agriculture in hydro corridors! 👏 #agroecology #toronto

Increasing urban vegetation by 30% could have prevented 30% of all heat-related deaths, potentially saving up to ~1.1 million lives globally from 2000 to 2019, according to a study of over 11,000 urban areas. Any lessons for the future… www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

New field site visits today! Launching research trials in urban and peri-urban agriculture with amendment and crop diversity trials in hydro corridors, next to major highways and right in the city, sampling everything from microbial communities, to soil health, to pollinators, to yield. #toronto

Great to see our paper on diversified agricultural systems, published in Science, selected as a 2025 national Frontiers Planet Prize champion! This global dataset was curated by an amazing team of researchers working in agriculture and sustainability. www.frontiersplanetprize.org/news/nsh4fah...

CAUT writes: “Travellers leaving or returning to Canada, particularly those traveling to the U.S., are increasingly vulnerable to preclearance zones and border searches that may compromise research confidentiality and academic freedom,” www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

“Coffee companies around the world… have been hit by record coffee prices owing to unfavourable weather conditions in growing regions” Lessen the pain of tariffs with agroforestry - with the right management #agroforestry can reduce climatic stressors in coffee farms. www.ft.com/content/a3ce...

I appreciate this article as it weaves a thread through multiple ideologies merging in the current chaos of the US. But the article ends where it could have started, effective nature based approaches to agriculture- conservation agriculture (or agroecology- moving past top-down solution narratives)

J'ai créé un pack de démarrage de mes journalistes, médias et communicateurs francophones préférés qui s'engagent à fournir des informations sur la crise de la biodiversité, le changement climatique et l'environnement en général. go.bsky.app/Djzs6VD

This is excellent advice! I’ve found myself in some of these situations when talking with journalists, and this article clearly outlines these tensions and why they may arise. Those interested in communicating your scientific findings to the public will find this useful!

Crop traits are altered through domestication. This shapes crop suitability to the soil environment, and informs variety selection. Data in our new paper 👇 It’s time for serious investment into breeding seed supplies for organic and agroecological systems. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

As a women scientist, I know very well that many women carved a path for me. As a member of Lebanese diaspora, I know very well that women in my family struggled for me to make my own life. As a mother, I try to instil fortitude. Reflection is critical. #IWD2025 for all cis and trans women

♀️🌍 #InternationalWomensDay reminds us WOMEN FEED THE WORLD! Women produce 60% of food in the Global South—yet are denied land, finance & power. “If we don’t get more gender equality in #foodsystems, we’ll keep skewing toward profit—away from sustainability & feeding people.” #IWD2025

Climate change is an environmental issue – but it’s not only an environmental issue. It affects our health, and the economy. It impacts food, water, and resources. It contributes to geopolitical instability and even conflict. Here are the Canadian scientists who study this.

Great article covering how Toronto’s Black farmers are tackling Toronto’s food crisis. And an important call to include urban farmers in the city’s food agenda! #urbanagriculture #agroecology #Toronto Read here 👇 nowtoronto.com/news/how-tor...

I’ll be a science storyteller at @storycollider.bsky.social next week! In their live recorded shows, the Story Collider reveals the role that #science plays in all of our lives through the art of personal storytelling. Happy to be sharing a #research story spanning multiple years on mapping #roots!

Today is publication day! I explain how agricultural inputs - which weren't even widely traded market goods 200 years ago - have become giant industries dominated by just a handful of transnational firms today. mitpress.mit.edu/978026255170... Many thanks to those who helped me along the way!

Important piece by our @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social Only political will can end world #hunger & confront its major drivers : conflict, poverty, inequality, economic shocks & escalating climate change. There's enough food to go around. But a lack of political will to get it to the hungry.

Lawsuit recasts agriculture’s role in climate policy. Kudos to these farmers for centring “…farmers as crucial advocates for protecting the climate.” Article by ‪ @charlotteblattner.bsky.social @kariningold.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

What’s next for #agroecology at #COP30? We’re unpacking lessons from the 2024 biodiversity, climate, and desertification COPs—and exploring pathways to link food security, biodiversity, and climate action. 📅 Don’t miss our webinar with @agroecology.bsky.social on 18 Feb: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

go.bsky.app/GykU1LD Sharing this starter pack again on #politicaleconomy of #food with new folks on the list! Let me know if you should be added to the list.

Intercropping generates trait plasticity, which corresponds with year-to-year stability in productivity 📊 Suggests that results have implications for applying intercropping in the sustainable management of food-production systems 🌾🌏 🧪 🔗 https://buff.ly/4gVeKeQ

If you’re interested in finding people who post about food, land, nature, and/or climate, and not only call out problems but also talk about solutions, check out this starter pack:

With the winter comes farm planning, administrative work and other responsibilities. I’m reposting our work on #farmer #well-being. And how important aspects of farmer well-being are overlooked when measuring indicators in #agriculture. Multidimensionality is key. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Stoked to see our new grant on urban agriculture and climate change get a shout out as top 10 major things at University of Toronto Scarborough! Time to center #sustainable food systems and transitions to #agroecology #urbanagriculture #resiliency Project info here utsc.utoronto.ca/news-events/...

Another great starter pack, this one courtesy of @katharinehayhoe.com go.bsky.app/GcVKfkc

🧵 Excited to be at the Oxford Real Farming Conference (#ORFC25)! So many brilliant people and critical conversations are happening here. If you’re attending too – in person or online – check out our two workshops tomorrow! 👇 orfc.org.uk

10th International Traits summer school in Quebec, Canada, 15-20 June 2025. This 10th anniversary edition coincides with a synthesis workshop (announcement to come). MSc, PhD, postdoc, send CV and letter to [email protected] before March 11th. 🧮➕📏 🌎🧪🌾 #traits #FunctionalTraits

How to achieve sustainable production through agroforestry? Key tree traits are associated with important environmental and livelihood outcomes in shade grown cocoa. This new study provides on-farm evidence from Costa Rica. #agroforestry #traits #cacao #cocoa www.frontiersin.org/journals/sus...

An inclusive farm economy is the antidote to corporate concentration #farming #agriculture #corporations #Canada #foodsystems www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

New citizen science platform allows everyone to shape agroecological transitions forestsnews.cifor.org/83738/new-ci... #agroecology #agroecologia #agroécologie #agrarökologie

In case you missed it, this was my starter pack for voices and organizations in Canadian Urbanism specifically. I’ve been adding to it over time, so even if you explored it before, you might want to see who’s been added. And sharing it would be much appreciated! #UrbanistShoutOut go.bsky.app/QWdmJjk

I made a thing! Interested in the future of food? These folks are all great follows. Did I miss you? Let me know below!! go.bsky.app/7YB2pLQ

With the end of the year, I’m posting the paper I loved writing most this year. It was a real pleasure to work on this review with amazing co-authors! Understanding #plant #traits help us manage #agroforestry systems. @jappliedecology.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Agroforestry practices are mainly targeted at farmers. Here, I offer some advice for home gardeners seeking to utilize trees to unlock new potential in their yards

For anyone interested in understanding how trees can mitigate the urban heat island effect, this new paper is really useful www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Job Alert📢! We are looking for a postdoc looking into how to reconcile Food Systems Sustainability and Biodiversity Conservation. Apply to work with us at VU Amsterdam Position for 36 months. Deadline: January 9th. Please apply/ Share workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/po...

Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services @ipbes.bsky.social starter pack

Fascinating and inspiring- this region grows food on 50% of suburban land. New wave urban agriculture policy with non-negotiable land use requirements. Greater #Toronto Area- can we do this?! #urbanagriculture #sustainability www.theguardian.com/environment/...

That’s a wrap! Filming today for the Organic Federation of Canada on our crop trait research in organic agriculture. It was fun! For info on our research in this area, see our paper on a #trait- environment approach to breeding for #organic #agriculture 👇 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....