Another hard year for the #birds & our team. In 2 weeks we removed 1.1 kg of #plastics from Australian #shearwater chicks (>8850 pieces). Balloons clips, clothes pegs, tiling spacers, strapping tape, drink lids, nurdles, toys, cutlery - the list goes on & on 😞 #SeabirdSaturday #PlasticPollution

My latest blog on evidence synthesis in ecology. We often see reviews that claim to have followed PRISMA. But PRISMA is not a conduct guide but a reporting guideline. Why does this matter? Have a read and find out! «PRISMA is not the method you are looking for». drmattg.github.io/Uncertain_Ec...

Food systems belong in public space. Our exhibition CONVIVIUM opens on April 22 in Munich—revealing salmon & tomato supply chains. Join the mailing list: www.architekturmuseum.de/en/exhibitio... #FoodSystems #MuseumOfArchitectureMunich #TUM

We talk a lot about "sustainable food", but do we talk about the people? 🍅 Most of the produce on our shelves carries a hidden story of migration and labour. Our new recipe book, Commensality, brings these stories to the surface. #FoodJustice #RecipeBook #Cooking #SocialJustice

I know this has circulated with alacrity recently, so you may have already seen it, but if you haven't... WOW BOY HOWDY it's the most useful thing. Thank you cardcatalogforlife.substack.com -- this is a very very very helpful public service: cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...

Happy #WorldWaterDay folks. The UN say we're no longer in a state of 'water crisis'. Instead, we plowed on into water bankruptcy. Here's what went wrong: medium.com/the-new-clim...

Food flows like water. Irrigation tanks and fish farms rely on controlled systems. Who controls water and who bears the cost of scarcity? More: thesalmonandthetomato.org #WorldWaterDay #WaterScarcity

Tomatoes in the middle of winter and cheap farmed salmon rely on global logistics and cheap labour. Are these staples or luxury commodities? Newsletter: thesalmonandthetomato.org/learn #FoodJustice #FoodSystem #FoodForProfit

This is an extremely important part of the story of food systems, environmental pollution, and human exploitation. Neal is a master photographer and his investigation is both beautiful and horrifying.

Under the vast area of greenhoues in Almería in Spain, plastic accumulates in soil and compost. Cheap winter fruit and veg have a hidden plastic legacy. Find out more: thesalmonandthetomato.org #PlasticPollution #Microplastics #Toxicology #Environment #PublicHealth

Tracing a tomato or salmon fillet is harder than it should be. Supply chains cross borders & intermediaries and corporations rely on their obscurity. How do we shine light on hidden systems? More: thesalmonandthetomato.org #SupplyChains #Transparency #FoodSystem

Honestly, I am absolutely disgusted by academics suggesting that AI can do the reading and writing for you. At a certain point, what you're bragging about is fraud. And in a broader sense, what you're contributing to is the erosion of knowledge and the destruction of trust in academic publishing.

Feeling like you need some hope and inspiration? Come and see my film 'Fires and Fascism' that shows how communities respond to crises. Showing tonight in @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social through @abzclimate.bsky.social and the Aberdeen Uni film society. More dates in Scotland coming up...

437,000,000 farmed salmon vs 400,000 wild in Norway. Escapes, disease & density threaten wild populations. Efficiency or ecology—which matters more? Full analysis: thesalmonandthetomato.org #Aquaculture #SalmonFarming #Conservation

Farmed salmon need soy & wild fish—linking aquaculture to deforestation & overfishing. Trace the feed, follow the chain. More: thesalmonandthetomato.org/salmonfarming #FoodSystems

Mortality is rarely in the supermarket story. Scottish salmon farms have 14.5% mortality on average, some >80%! Death is part of the system. Newsletter: thesalmonandthetomato.org/salmonfarming #SalmonFarming

Film tour of 'Fires and Fascism' with director Q&A! Wildfires, big business, organised crime, and fascism link, and inspiring communities are responding. Tickets: fires-and-fascism.co.uk @greenparty.org.uk @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @axedrax.bsky.social @quaker.org.uk @antifaintl.bsky.social

What does productivity cost the fish? Injuries & stress are built into intensive salmon farms. But how should we account for animal welfare? Full report: thesalmonandthetomato.org #FishWelfare #SalmonFarming

I just watched @peteknapp.bsky.social's AMAZING film, Fires and Fascism. It's a detailed, well-researched, and personal reflection from people living through wildfires across the Mediterranean, and the link with the rise of the far right. If you're in the UK, go see it! fires-and-fascism.co.uk

This is a straight up plug, but... If you're curious about what this felt like & exactly what led up to it, I have a chapter in 'Scientists on Survival' where I recount the details. Available in paperback - www.mombooks.com/book/scienti... Or as audiobook- www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FCMVC437

Food is never just food—it is labour, water, trade, and power. Explore salmon farms & tomato greenhouses shaping livelihoods & ecology. Read more and join the mailing list: thesalmonandthetomato.org #FoodSystems #TheSalmonAndTheTomato

On World Day of Social Justice I’m thinking about who really pays the price for cheap food. 🍅🐟 1/7 #WorldDayofSocialJustice #SocialJustice #Food #FoodSupplyChains

Food is never just food. Every ingredient, every recipe, carries stories—of people, labour, culture, and history.

The corporations that control the food you buy don't want you to know what's going on in their food supply chains. Find out the truth here: thesalmonandthetomato.org/learn #foodsupplychains #socialimpacts #migration #exploitation #pollution #transparency #corruption #capitalism #foodsystem

Want to know more about where your food comes from? Sign up to The Salmon and the Tomato newsletter! Get the latest news about the project along with compelling visuals: thesalmonandthetomato.org/join.html#:~... #FoodSystem #FoodSupplyChains #EthicalConsumer #Sustainability

Rapid Ecology: Because Measuring Things Is Hard www.linkedin.com/posts/matthe...

«It is time to recognise that evidence synthesis is its own scientific discipline. It requires expertise like other fields of science.» @sinisavilaakso.bsky.social, @nealhaddaway.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/posts/matthe...

Yesterday, I presented at Bangor Uni about how we've designed our project "The Salmon and the Tomato" to communicate complexity to different audiences. We're relying on an evidence-based theory-of-change, calls-to-action, and boundary objects. #foodsystems #communication youtu.be/G8U4P7h-FE8?...

⚠️ Less than week left to vote for our film "Adrift: Senegal’s coastal crisis and the deadly route to Europe" at the Smiley Charity Film Awards! We need your support to go the distance and share the story of Abdou and Senegal's fishing communities with the world. Vote before Friday 30/1 🗳️

Just had a very bizarre peer-reviewer critique where I was told it was inappropriate to use my own standards (ROSES) in a review because I was self-policing and that was biased... #systematicreview #evidencesynthesis #businessasusual #peerreviewisbroken

HUGE thanks to the amazing team that made this possible - the amazing writing talents of Juliet (@mpfornature.bsky.social), beautiful illustration from Marília (mariliaarruda.com), wonderful advice from Mustapha, and excellent project management by Caroline (@carolinev63.bsky.social)!

📘 SO EXCITED! Today is launch day for The Salmon and the Tomato, our new children’s book about how food reaches our plates! This is a small book with a deliberately big ambition - talking about the hidden supply chains that put two supermarket staples on our plates. #food #childrensbook #tsatt

NEW PROJECT WEBSITE! Check out the brand new website for my project "The Salmon and the Tomato"! thesalmonandthetomato.org The project focuses on salmon farming and tomato greenhouses to highlight the social-ecological impacts of food supply chains. #food #foodsystem #environment #exploitation

What if a children’s book could cover big questions about food, nature and fairness? The Salmon and the Tomato explores global food systems through story and illustration, opening big questions for young readers. www.thesalmonandthetomato.org/books.html #ChildrensBooks #FoodEducation #FoodJustice

*Preorders available for Jan publication!*The Salmon and the Tomato, a picture book endorsed by Greenpeace Africa,traces the hidden links between farmed salmon, overfishing in West Africa and migration.Teaching resources included Www.thesalmonandthetomato.org #animalwelfare #farmedsalmon #migration

Today’s book recommendations for Christmas presents #books #reading

I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥 There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️ They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬 Thread:🧵Plz RT

Cooking and eating together connect us beyond hunger — to memory, identity, and home. My latest piece explores how commensality becomes care and resistance for marginalised people: medium.com/the-new-clim...

Just published in The New Climate: Will New Laws Help to ‘Green’ Almería’s Sea of Plastic? Almería’s greenhouses look dazzling from above — but underneath lies a system struggling with plastic, waste & fragile regulations. 👉 medium.com/the-new-clim...

Absolutely wild. Israel targeted and massacred 31 journalists and media staff in Yemen. The second-deadliest attack on journalists ever recorded. The Israeli regime is built on war crimes.

Delighted to have my photography research featured in the British Ecological Society Niche magazine! We talk about photoelicitation, commensality and labour exploitation in Almería's intensive greenhouses. With María López Rodríguez and @jlvicentevicente.bsky.social #migration #foodsystems

F*CK YEAH! This is wonderful news - hope in the darkness! Well done, Zack #greens #politics #news www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Can anyone please help? I’m looking for a translator to help with subtitles on two <1 minute audio recordings. Any pointers greatly appreciated! 🙏🏻 #translation #documentaryfilm #morocco #arabic

Norwegian salmon 🐟 + Spanish tomatoes 🍅 Both look ordinary on our supermarket shelves, but both fuel broken food chains: overfishing in West Africa, dangerous migration, and exploited labour in Europe. Read my latest photojournalism article 👉 europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/how-eur...

While green technologies can hypothetically make supply chains more efficient, enhanced efficiency often leads to more production and economic growth, not less.

PhD or ECR in env/social sciences interested in systematic review/mapping? Join our 5-day Evidence Synthesis School – bring a real question, leave with a draft protocol. 💬 “The template document is INVALUABLE!” – past participant 🔗 evidencesynthesisschool.github.io #SystematicReview #ECR #PhD

A farmworker died last week after sustaining injuries during a chaotic raid on a California farm. In an op-ed, Vanessa Trujano reflects on a lesson she learned as a young farmworker: “America values immigrant labor more than actual immigrants, & so we must recognize our own worth.”

This year's Evidence Synthesis International School is open for registration! Join us in Almería in November for a 5-day course taking you from a question to a draft protocol. Ideal for researchers at any stage working in social or environmental science. evidencesynthesisschool.github.io

I'll be on BBC Radio 5 Live at 18:45 tonight talking about @adriftlab.bsky.social work on seabirds & plastics. You can listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #PlasticPollution #ornithology