“Vacant Land” Narrative Fuels Dispossession and Ecological Crisis in Africa – New report. #Land @iatp.bsky.social @foeus.bsky.social @nfucanada.bsky.social @grain.org @afsafrica.bsky.social Read more: witnessradio.org/vacant-land-...

UN Working Group on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas & UN Special Rapporteur on the Right: to Food — have issued a powerful statement: 📢 Corporate dominance of global food systems threatens rural livelihoods, deepens inequality, and undermines the right to food...

New film showcases what’s wrong with food and farming — and how to put it right. @GMWatch talks with the film’s co-director, Helena Berndl about her new film, In Symbiosis, and the driving forces behind a broken food system and how to build true resilience. gmwatch.org/en/106-news/...

Meme proposal: LLM’s = Large Looting Models. Since LLM’s ( so-called Large language models)facilitate mass theft and exploitation ( of knowledge, text, art, music, images, culture, genetic material, personal data etc) I propose LLM should stand for Large Looting Models . Pass it on / repost!

Just 3 companies dominate the global poultry genetics market: Tyson, EW Group and Hendrix Genetics. They are expanding in Africa, where alleged collusion is impacting small producers. grain.org/e/7284 @etcgroup.bsky.social @ipes-food.org @afsafrica.bsky.social @oaklandinstitute.org

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HIM & THEM TWO!

Nearly half of the global agriculture market is controlled by four companies. In "Titans of Industrial Agriculture," @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social outlines the forces that enabled this extreme concentration of power and why it matters. @landclimate.bsky.social interviewed Clapp on her new book:

🚨State-backed meat giants are reshaping global #foodsystems —at huge cost. With massive subsidies, JBS, WH Group & others: 🌍Drive deforestation ⚖️Dodge antitrust rules 💰 Exploit tax loopholes 🍽️ Worsen food access 📢 Time to rein them in! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #MeatMonopolies

🌍Towards N4G in Paris 🌱 The Decade of Action on Nutrition is almost ending. Where do we stand? What have we achieved? Read the op-ed by Patrizia Fracassi (FAO) and @rbeznerkerr.bsky.social (Cornell University) on how agroecology can nourish both people and the planet! 🌱 ➡️

AFSA WEEKLY MEDIA DIGEST || WEEK ONE || 2025 mailchi.mp/afsafrica.or... #FoodSovereignty #Agroecology #MyFoodIsAfrican #SeedIsLife #Agroecology4Climate #Youth4Agroecology #FoodSystems #Africa

#Glyphosate impacts babies' health: “Our findings, combined with other recent work, challenge the prevailing regulatory position that GM crops and their associated agricultural practices are safe—and even beneficial—for health," say the authors of a new study in PNAS usrtk.org/healthwire/g...

Common herbicide #glyphosate significantly harms infants’ health in rural areas, new research suggests. Spurred by the introduction of #GMO seeds by #Monsanto in 1996, the use of glyphosate nationwide has increased by more than 750%. usrtk.org/healthwire/g...

My coffee salon is better than yours ;) #RenewCoffee #RoyseCity @zerecon.bsky.social @derejet.bsky.social

The Gates-funded Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa #AGRA has a new president, straight out of WWF and Conservation International. Both organisations have deep ties to food and agribusiness corporations. @afsafrica.bsky.social @timschwab.bsky.social www.devex.com/news/agra-ap...

ICYMI: In FERN’s latest story, a collaboration with @businessinsider.com, reporter Brendan Borrell highlights how Ocho Sur marketed palm oil to PepsiCo and Colgate-Palmolive as “deforestation-free.” Exclusive documents tell a more complicated story.

While a US-backed company claimed to sell “deforestation-free” palm oil to PepsiCo, Cheetos, and Colgate, exclusive documents suggest otherwise.

Check out our latest Review, which covers the most recent developments regarding new #GMOs, including the industry’s global push to remove regulatory safeguards from these products, the battle over #patents, and the large-scale genetic damage that #CRISPR can trigger. gmwatch.org/en/main-menu...

Step-by-step guide on how to register an agroecological initiative on the Agroecology Map Register at agroecologymap.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gC0... #agroecology #agroecologia #agroécologie #permaculture #permacultura #agroforestry #agrofloresta #agroforesterie #osm #citizenscience #opendata

Did you know that all data from the Agroecology Map is available for use in several formats? See how easy it is to use Agroecology Map data in the geographic information system #QGIS tool #agroecology #opensource #opendata #citizenscience #digitalagriculture #permaculture #agroforestry #foodsystems

West African lawyers, activists rally against GMOs. Legal activists from Nigeria and Ghana have called on the governments of both countries to ban #GMOs, which “diminish the positive contributions of smallholder farmers who are feeding both countries.” businessday.ng/agriculture/...

ዘመን አመጣሽ የዘር በሽታ መድሃኒት አለው የማታ ማታ ሃገር በወገን እንዴት ይረታ ፍቅር በነገር እንዴት ይፈታ ዘር ሳይለያየን ወይ ሃይማኖት ከጥንት በፍቅር የኖርንባት እናት ኢትዮዽያ፤ ውዲት ውዲትዋ በጎጆ አያልቅም ሙሽርነቷ ማን እንደ እናት፤ ማን እንደ ጂጂ! @zerecon.bsky.social @derejet.bsky.social Warm wishes for the holiday Fellas! youtu.be/047io79aP2g?...

Just two months till my new book, Titans of Industrial Agriculture (MIT Press) is out! I outline how just a few giant firms came to dominate the farm machinery, fertilizer, seeds and pesticides industries, and the consequences of corporate power in those sectors. mitpress.mit.edu/978026255170...

I’m so happy to see Haaland dancing to one of my absolute favorites, Dynah by the amazing Petit Yero from #Guinea. Such beautiful music!

2024 YEAR IN REVIEW: Marching Towards #Agroecology and #FoodSovereignty in #Africa mailchi.mp/afsafrica.or...

Some songs have a way of gripping your soul tightly. You hear them once in the morning, almost by accident, and they stick with you all day, pulling you into a mood & a wave of nostalgia that's hard to shake. Getch is pure special! @zerecon.bsky.social @derejet.bsky.social youtu.be/vM6wCykCw40?...

Rest peacefully, Nikki Giovanni 🖤 (June 7, 1943 - December 9, 2024) #ThugLife #Revo #Poet #Educator #RIP #NikkiGiovanni youtu.be/AFGkNEt30Fo?... youtu.be/Pg2t5b0m2d4?...

Rest peacefully, Nikki Giovanni 🖤 (June 7, 1943 - December 9, 2024) #ThugLife #Revo #Poet #RIP

What was your book of the year?

My commentary in @africa.theconversation.com summarizing the major arguments in my new book on "Decolonizing Africa Agriculture" theconversation.com/africas-wors... @agendapub.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social @afsafrica.bsky.social @geographers.bsky.social @us.theconversation.com

www.ethiopiaobserver.com/2024/11/27/h... #Ethiopia #Africa

Every new statistic from Big Meat seems worse than the last. Chickens deserve better and so do we.

What’s the matter with our food system? #29 -The artificial sweetener aspartame is tied to weight gain, increased appetite, diabetes, metabolic derangement and obesity-related diseases. usrtk.org/sweeteners/a...

Meet the merchants of poison: the pesticide industry’s front groups and spin groups usrtk.org/industry-pr/...

More pesticide industry front groups funded by Bayer and Monsanto: usrtk.org/industry-pr/... usrtk.org/industry-pr/...

Jim Thomas @scanthehorizon.bsky.social portrays the CBD #COP16 as a struggle between the interests of the world’s biggest profit makers and the interests of people struggling to safeguard their planet, their food and their economies. He unpacked it all here! 👇🏾 bit.ly/41gzcSs

AFSA Weekly Media Digest || November 28-December 5 mailchi.mp/afsafrica.or...

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My new book, "Decolonizing African Agriculture: Food Security, Agroecology and the Need for Radical Transformation," will be 50% off this Monday

Looking forward to this virtual book talk tomorrow (4 Dec) sponsored by the Columbia Global Centers in Tunis and Nairobi. Sign-up for a zoom link globalcenters.columbia.edu/events/decol...

Let's make this a thing! Folks researching the political economy of food and agriculture. Let me know if you should be added to this list! go.bsky.app/GykU1LD

በንዲህ ያለ ሙዚቃ አንድ ሙሉ ጠርሙስ የግብጦ አረቄ ብቻዬን ባር ላይ ቁጭ አልጨርስም? @zerecon.bsky.social @derejet.bsky.social :)

Discover other groups promoting agroecology around the world... agroecologymap.org/projects_and... #agroecology #agroecologia #agroécologie #agrarökologie #permaculture #permacultura #permakultur #agroforestry #agrofloresta #agroforesterie #agroforstwirtschaft #foodsystems #farming #ecology