@deanbaker13.bsky.social puts the numbers in striking context - The $5bn the Trump family gained in wealth since last year's election (doubling its fortunes) could be used to provide SNAP benefits to 2 million people for a full year.

US used coffee breaks to personally threaten negotiators in global climate talks on shipping: “They went from delegation to delegation . . . threatening them. Telling them to go back and speak to their capitals, warning what would happen if they didn’t change their minds,” the diplomat said.

Join us live from COP30 to hear 'Voices from the front lines of energy transitions' www.ids.ac.uk/events/live-... @suspol.bsky.social @fossilexit.bsky.social @fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social @sussexfss.bsky.social

Everything @pkrugman.bsky.social says here is right ⤵️ paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-hunger...

I went back on Bloomberg’s biggest podcast, Odd Lots, to discuss the Distribution Baron in my paperback: Sysco. I chatted with Tracy and Joe about how Sysco built its empire, what we’ve lost because of it, and, more importantly, what we can do about it. Enjoy!

Nice summary/review of Titans of Industrial Agriculture in Irish Farmers Journal - thanks to Peter McCann for the review! www.farmersjournal.ie/more/norther...

🥣 Brazil’s recipe to end hunger is shockingly simple – and it works. 👧🏽 Universal school meals 💸 Cash transfers + minimum wage 🌾 Buying from family farmers 🍲 Community kitchens 📜 The right to food in law 🌱 Support for agroecological farmers ipes-food.org/brazil-beats... #WorldFoodDay

Posting a few thoughts on labour + food:1. Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis prospect.org/politics/tru...

true across the whole food supply chain except for the farmers caught in the middle (and many of them are also corporate, just not as concentrated). read her book for the input side (tractors, fertilizer, seeds herbi/pesticides) concentration analysis.

Cargill and Tyson both settle for $ 87.5 million in price beef price fixing case; litigation still ongoing against JBS and National Beef Packing - this is on top of Tyson paying $85m last week on a pork price-fixing suit. The sector is simply too concentrated. hpj.com/2025/10/09/c...

Canada makes school food program permanent www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

This piece by @ucs.org does a great job explaining the over-production problem in US ag that pushes prices paid to farmers down. There would be multiple benefits - for farmers and the climate - if we produced less corn. And had the #FarmBill reforms to support it. blog.ucs.org/kathryn-ande...

Not surprisingly, financial speculators involved in both the run up and the slide down in cocoa prices over the past few years: "speculators who had previously been riding the rally have more recently dumped their positions, with many now betting on falling prices" www.ft.com/content/b6ce...

Not surprisingly, financial speculators involved in both the run up and the slide down in cocoa prices over the past few years: "speculators who had previously been riding the rally have more recently dumped their positions, with many now betting on falling prices" www.ft.com/content/b6ce...

Bowing to bullies would only make a bad situation worse "A panoply of laws forcing companies to fight deforestation, labour abuses and reduce their impact on the environment are being weakened or delayed, and the US is pushing Brussels to go further." www.ft.com/content/678f...

and when the chemicals part is hit with lawsuits and goes bankrupt, the public (in different countries) will foot the bill. as with asbestos, talc, PCBs, etc

On the Corteva split of seeds and agrochemicals: "the crop protection division will also bear responsibility for environmental liabilities, including PFAS (forever chemical) claims." www.agriculture.com/what-corteva... Might explain the division...

Good. God.

This is part 2 of a conversation I had w/ Million Belay of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa on my recent book: "Decolonizing African Agriculture: Food Security, Agroecology & the Need for Radical Transformation." youtu.be/b_kkPkBAzMM?...

Largest US egg producer (w/ 40% of the US market) sees its strongest quarter ever - why? its egg prices rose nearly 5%; it's pursuing mergers and acquisitions into the processed foods sector to achieve vertical integration. This is market power in action... www.feedstuffs.com/agribusiness...

Looking forward to speaking at this online event tomorrow on corporate power in agrifood systems - info below⤵️

Tucked into the Appropriations Bill is a limit on the right to sue pesticide manufacturers for harm. As always, Carey Gillam has the details. www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/in-w...

In August grocery prices registered their largest monthly increase in 3 years. I spoke to my friends over at @cnn.com about how the tariffs, immigration crackdowns, and climate change are driving the cost of food higher 📈 #inflation

It's publication day!I hope the book helps to put an end to capital's imposition of bullshit abundance and artificial scarcity for once and for all.

Last week, I shared a wide-ranging interview with @jennifer on Titans of Industrial Agriculture. This week, I’m staying focused on this topic and sharing an excerpt from the book. Thanks again @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social ! news.thin-ink.net/p/power-and-...

Call for papers! @danielleresnick.bsky.social , @philbakernz.bsky.social and I are co-editing a special issue in the journal Food Policy on "Rebuilding Global Food Governance amidst a Crisis of Multilateralism" - Papers due Feb.1, 2026. For more info, see link! www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Calling all global food governance scholars! Call for papers for a special issue in case you missed it... info below!

I'm honoured by the invitation from the FAO Right to Food team to present in this upcoming webinar on Unpacking Corporate Power in Agrifood Systems - with insights from my new book Titans of Industrial Agriculture. Sept 24 - 14:00-15:30CET Link to register: fao.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Such an honour to be interviewed by the awesome and insightful @thinink.bsky.social about some of the big themes in my new book, Titans of industrial Agriculture. Link below!

Call for papers! @danielleresnick.bsky.social , @philbakernz.bsky.social and I are co-editing a special issue in the journal Food Policy on "Rebuilding Global Food Governance amidst a Crisis of Multilateralism" - Papers due Feb.1, 2026. For more info, see link! www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

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

Food as a weapon of war': Local academic says Canada must act against starvation in Gaza www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/f...

🚨Trump’s trade wars are hitting food systems hard – pushing up #foodprices and deepening hunger. Local food systems aren't just a nice idea. They're a lifeline for #foodsecurity. "Resilience can no longer be outsourced" writes @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social. 📖 ipes-food.org/in-the-cross...

Join us today! The HLPE-FSN report “Building resilient food systems” calls for a paradigm shift in the way we approach policies — a reset in our collective mindset. 🕑at 14:00 CEST Register: www.fao.org/cfs/cfs-hlpe...

#agriculture #farming #foodsystems "This approach calls for countries to boost their own food production in a sustainable and equitable way, while also cooperating with like-minded partners for trade, knowledge sharing, and assistance." - @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social Amen to that!

Voluntary breakup of one of the biggest food mega mergers in the past decade - KraftHeinz - illustrates that the Curse of Bigness is a real thing! We need more small, local, dynamic firms in the food system to bring real competition and choice www.ft.com/content/326f...

Concentration in grocery retail in Canada is a big problem; one of the key challenges for newcomers, including non-corporate entities, is that the big food retail chains also own much of the wholesale and distribution channels @keldonb.bsky.social (see CAMP's work) www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Hmmm - odd that there are no fines for the grocery retail chains found 'maple-washing' food by claiming it was made in Canada to dupe buyers into thinking they were buying local. www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

“What we are witnessing is not a temporary market fluctuation, but the unmaking of the global food order.” 🌍 Must-read from @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social on how trade wars threaten food security – and why we need resilient, local, cooperative food systems now.

"In practical terms, cooperative self-reliance is about boosting public investment and encouraging innovation from the grassroots to build sustainable, local and national food economies that are resilient to global market disruptions and the ravages of climate change."

Happy to share this new piece in @foodtank.bsky.social co-authored with my grad student Anastasia Papadopoulos on the need for a new approach to food policies in the face of the current trade wars - highlighting possibilities of cooperative self-reliance @ipes-food.org foodtank.com/news/2025/08...

Indian milk cooperative where “production, processing and marketing is all owned by the farmers” is more efficient & gives more benefits to producers than global dairy firms Nestle and Danone. "Everyone has to understand we are talking about people, not just a business.” www.ft.com/content/d697...

It's definitely an opportune time to rediscover theorists like Robert W. Cox and Susan Strange, whose work is tailor-made for this moment.

Sad about this ⤵️ because Yves veggie burgers are straight up simple and good and Canadian 🇨🇦 www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

Americans will pay more for their Italian cheese as the government doubles the tariff to 30% on the good stuff. American cheese is certainly no substitute for real Parmesan! www.ft.com/content/cf57...

The US is the only UN Security Council member that does not accept the IPC's report that concludes that Gaza is in a famine At least the other members are calling the situation what it is: A man-made crisis. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... IPC report: www.ipcinfo.org/fileadmin/us...

@benlilliston.bsky.social is right: US trade policy harming its own farmers: “The average effective tariff rate applied to herbicides, insecticides and other pesticides is now 20% or higher" & tariffs on tractors at 16%; meanwhile corn and soy prices ⬇️because lost export markets as China retaliates

The IPC data on famine in Gaza is utterly horrifying. Don't look away. www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-webs...

🌍 #Climatechange is fueling anaemia—already affecting nearly 2B people. Our Lancet Haematology piece calls for urgent cross-sector action: better data, resilient foods, early warning systems & elevating nutrition in climate talks #COP30. Link here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

www.fao.org/newsroom/det... www.ipcinfo.org/fileadmin/us... "More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution and preventable deaths"