📢 How can we eradicate #poverty without relying on socially & environmentally damaging economic growth? 📆 Join me in person or online @ilo.org on Wednesday 22 April for the launch of the Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth: www.neep-poverty.org/event/eradic... #BeyondGrowthRoadmap

Farmers are already building soil fertility, cutting reliance on synthetic fertilizers, and growing more resilient systems. This is #agroecology – and it works. As long as food depends on fossil fuels, hunger will always be one shock away. ipes-food.org/report/fuel-... #Fertilizer #FoodSecurity

🌍 The fertilizer crisis unfolding following conflict in the #Gulf is a warning of a food price crisis to come. ➡️ A food system tied to the price of oil ➡️ Rising input costs for farmers ➡️ Higher and volatile food prices ➡️ Growing #hunger #Hormuz #fertilizer

🌍 The fertilizer crisis unfolding following conflict in the #Gulf is a warning of a food price crisis to come. ➡️ A food system tied to the price of oil ➡️ Rising input costs for farmers ➡️ Higher and volatile food prices ➡️ Growing #hunger #Hormuz #fertilizer

🐘How do we confront power in food systems? If we want transformation, we need to tackle who controls land, data & decisions. Join us 25 March with @thenewschool.bsky.social, @slowfoodhq.bsky.social & others. 📅 15:00 CET 🔗 event.newschool.edu/theelephanta... #FoodSystems #FoodSovereignty

What happens when ships start running on food crops? ⚠️ More land pressure ⚠️ Higher food prices ⚠️ Greater strain on fragile food systems #Biofuels risk shifting the burden onto African countries least responsible for emissions. As IMO rules are shaped, this matters. 👉 ipes-food.org/shippings-bi...

The crisis in the Strait of Hormuz is not just an energy or war story. It is a #food story, with global consequences. Fertiliser dependency ties food systems to the price of oil. Breaking that dependence is now urgent. Read @rajpatel.org's piece for @civileats.com civileats.com/2026/03/17/o...

💻 Farm data is the new battleground. AI “precision” tools promise empowerment, but risk locking farmers into systems where data is extracted & monetised by #BigAg & #BigTech. “Nature isn’t just data points,” says our Nettie Wiebe 🔗 civileats.com/2026/03/23/a... #AgTech #HeadInTheCloud

AI is taking over food systems: Cargill is using AI to enforce maximum meat yield from its workers to enhance profits www.ft.com/content/9089...

Fertilizer companies are the winners of the Iran war : CF Industries execs have pocketed more than $30mn selling their own stock as share prices surged since the start of the war . www.ft.com/content/3ded...

The best time to start a garden was yesterday, the second best time is today.

A new @ipes-food.org report warns: digital innovations in #agriculture must not come at the expense of the #environment and people. We need approaches that not just favour large companies but rather smallholder farmers – such as our project on digital #agroecology in the Andes: shorturl.at/rf651

🚢 Shipping’s biofuel push could deepen Africa’s land squeeze & food insecurity. “Burning crops for shipping would compound existing injustices” say our African experts. As UN rules are set this April, food-based #biofuels must be excluded. 🔗 news.mongabay.com/2026/03/ship...

Excellent analysis from @clairek.bsky.social about the power of the big fertilizer firms in crisis moments like this- always happy to talk with her about these kinds of issues! foodandpower.substack.com/p/fertilizer...

The crisis in the Strait of Hormuz is not just an energy or war story. It is a #food story, with global consequences. Fertiliser dependency ties food systems to the price of oil. Breaking that dependence is now urgent. Read @rajpatel.org's piece for @civileats.com civileats.com/2026/03/17/o...

When the Strait of #Hormuz closes, what happens?: ⚡Energy prices spike 📈Fertilizer prices follow 🌾Reduced harvests come a season later. "Food price inflation is brought to you by the price of #oil." WE NEED TO GET FOSSIL FUELS OUT OF FOOD SYSTEMS civileats.com/2026/03/17/o... by @rajpatel.org

When the Strait of #Hormuz closes, what happens?: ⚡Energy prices spike 📈Fertilizer prices follow 🌾Reduced harvests come a season later. "Food price inflation is brought to you by the price of #oil." WE NEED TO GET FOSSIL FUELS OUT OF FOOD SYSTEMS civileats.com/2026/03/17/o... by @rajpatel.org

“This isn’t just an oil crisis. It’s a food crisis in the making.” As Gulf conflict hits fertilizer supply, the risks to #FoodSystems are clear. “We’ve built a food system that rises and falls with the price of #oil” writes @rajpatel.org for @civileats.com. But it doesn't have to be this way

“This isn’t just an oil crisis. It’s a food crisis in the making.” As Gulf conflict hits fertilizer supply, the risks to #FoodSystems are clear. “We’ve built a food system that rises and falls with the price of #oil” writes @rajpatel.org for @civileats.com. But it doesn't have to be this way

⚠️ Another oil & fertiliser shock. Another food price spike. Industrial agriculture runs on fossil fuels – and that dependency is a political choice. “We didn’t stumble into this dependency. We funded it.” — @rajpatel.org 🔗 newsletter.rajpatel.org/p/78ae8436-f...

🌾Without women, there is no food. From farmers to food workers and community leaders, women sustain food systems across the world. Yet are denied resources and recognition. On #InternationalWomensDay we celebrate the women who feed the world. 💜 #IWD2026 #WomenInAg #FoodSystems #Agroecology

I'I've been getting a lot of calls about the industrial food system's vulnerability to fertilizer import shocks. Here's an interactive widget: slide through the months to see who imports what, when, and through which chokepoint. rajpatel.org/2026/03/06/f... Stop the war. Stop the dependency.

Food prices were already rising before this latest war began... with oil and fertilizer prices rising, food prices are likely to rise further and drive up world food insecurity. www.fao.org/newsroom/det...

📰 More coverage of our #HeadInTheCloud ☁️ report. As Inside Climate News reports, #BigTech-led AI tools are reshaping farming – and concentrating power over seeds, data & decisions. “Who do these technologies benefit?” asks our Lim Li Ching. 🔗 insideclimatenews.org/news/2802202... #FoodSystems #AI

El nuevo informe de @ipes-food.org desmiente las promesas de la digitalización de la agricultura a manos de las corporaciones. Muestra también los peligros que encierra la alianza de gigantes tecnológicas como Microsoft, Amazon o Alibaba con las grandes del agronegocio. elpais.com/planeta-futu...

⚠️ What happens when a war in the Gulf raises bread prices in Africa? “Africa is unlikely to be a military participant… It will, however, be an economic casualty.” – Million Belay #Foodsecurity cannot be outsourced to volatile global markets. 🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/gulf-c... #FoodSovereignty

💻 The digital ag market is set to hit $84bn by 2034. But who benefits? @theguardian.com covers our #HeadInTheCloud report, warning that #BigTech's AI farming tools are consolidating control over seeds & inputs. Who decides what we grow: farmers or algorithms? www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

The Strait of Hormuz is closed just as spring planting starts. Here's a quick illustrated guide on how 'warflation' will make your food more expensive later this year: newsletter.rajpatel.org/p/how-the-wa...

💻 The digital ag market is set to hit $84bn by 2034. But who benefits? @theguardian.com covers our #HeadInTheCloud report, warning that #BigTech's AI farming tools are consolidating control over seeds & inputs. Who decides what we grow: farmers or algorithms? www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

⚠️ What happens when a war in the Gulf raises bread prices in Africa? “Africa is unlikely to be a military participant… It will, however, be an economic casualty.” – Million Belay #Foodsecurity cannot be outsourced to volatile global markets. 🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/gulf-c... #FoodSovereignty

📈Oil prices are spiking after escalation around Iran. 🥣 Food prices likely next. 1/2 the world’s calories depend on synthetic fertilizer made from fossil #gas – 1/4 of that trade passes through the Strait of Hormuz. This is a food access issue. 👉 #FuelToFork ipes-food.org/report/fuel-...

📈Oil prices are spiking after escalation around Iran. 🥣 Food prices likely next. 1/2 the world’s calories depend on synthetic fertilizer made from fossil #gas – 1/4 of that trade passes through the Strait of Hormuz. This is a food access issue. 👉 #FuelToFork ipes-food.org/report/fuel-...

What Is Innovation in Agriculture? I'll dig into this a bit more next week in the newsletter, but here's a report to which I contributed, just out from IPES-Food, on what counts as agricultural...

This deep dive into the coordinated web of far-right politics is just starting. Find out more, and contribute, at reactionary.international

Who defines the problem shapes the solution. In a time of climate & geopolitical instability, we cannot afford more tech that deepens dependency & concentrate power. We need to reclaim innovation. Redirect funding. Break up Big Tech power. 📖 ipes-food.org/report-summa... #HeadInTheCloud

The real innovation story may not be in the cloud – but in farmers’ fields. @ipes-food.org highlights farmer-led seed systems, soil restoration & ecological pest management already delivering resilience. 📖 Read Head In The Cloud: tinyurl.com/yr656hmp #FoodSystems #Agroecology #Innovation

The real #innovation story is not in the cloud. It’s in farmers’ fields. Farmers & communities are 🌾restoring soils 🌱breeding climate-adapted crops 🐞managing pests ecologically 🌍 building resilience. Stop sidelining them. 📖 Read: ipes-food.org/report/head-... #HeadInTheCloud #agroecology

The real #innovation story is not in the cloud. It’s in farmers’ fields. Farmers & communities are 🌾restoring soils 🌱breeding climate-adapted crops 🐞managing pests ecologically 🌍 building resilience. Stop sidelining them. 📖 Read: ipes-food.org/report/head-... #HeadInTheCloud #agroecology

🚨 New report from @IPESfood: Head In The Cloud Who controls innovation in agriculture? The report examines how Big Tech is reshaping farming – and highlights farmer-led alternatives already building resilience. 📖 Read: ipes-food.org/report/head-... #HeadInTheCloud

🚨Just launched: #HeadInTheCloud ☁️ Who controls #innovation in agriculture? BigTech + BigAg are reshaping farming through AI & digital platforms - investing 💰billions. But we’re betting on the wrong model. Let’s reclaim innovation for people & the planet. 📖Read: ipes-food.org/report/head-...

💲Billions are flowing into digital agriculture. AI. Precision tools. Cloud platforms. @ipes-food.org new report warns corporate-led digitalisation risks increasing farmer debt & concentrating control over seeds and data. 📖 Read: ipes-food.org/report/head-... #HeadInTheCloud

🚨 Who controls the future of farming? #BigTech is betting 💰billions on AI, cloud platforms, precision tools. But this is: ⚠️driving farmers into debt ⚠️locking in high-cost systems ⚠️concentrating control over food. #Innovation isn’t neutral. 📖Read: ipes-food.org/report/head-... #HeadInTheCloud☁️

🚨 Who controls the future of farming? #BigTech is betting 💰billions on AI, cloud platforms, precision tools. But this is: ⚠️driving farmers into debt ⚠️locking in high-cost systems ⚠️concentrating control over food. #Innovation isn’t neutral. 📖Read: ipes-food.org/report/head-... #HeadInTheCloud☁️

🚨Just launched: #HeadInTheCloud ☁️ Who controls #innovation in agriculture? BigTech + BigAg are reshaping farming through AI & digital platforms - investing 💰billions. But we’re betting on the wrong model. Let’s reclaim innovation for people & the planet. 📖Read: ipes-food.org/report/head-...

Can history help us to understand Trump’s protectionism? Check out Eric Helleiner's new paper on whether historical comparisons can fully capture the nature Trumpian protectionism and what that means for understanding this current moment. www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/60...

🚨 Tomorrow: we launch HEAD IN THE CLOUD ☁️ Corporate-led digital tech is reshaping #agriculture at speed. But who sets the agenda? Who benefits? What’s at risk? 💻 Join our webinar to launch this landmark report 📅 25 Feb | 14:00 UTC 🔗 Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #FoodSystems

🚨 Tomorrow: we launch HEAD IN THE CLOUD ☁️ Corporate-led digital tech is reshaping #agriculture at speed. But who sets the agenda? Who benefits? What’s at risk? 💻 Join our webinar to launch this landmark report 📅 25 Feb | 14:00 UTC 🔗 Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #FoodSystems

Confluence of glyphosate news: the US executive order on glyphosate, Bayer offering to settle lawsuits, and the upcoming US Supreme Court decision on whether US states can have their own more stringent rules on glyphosate. Hmmm. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Our latest newsletter is out 👇 ✨ 10 years of IPES-Food – a reflection from our co-chairs 💻 Launching HEAD IN THE CLOUD ⭐ 2025 highlights: fossil fuels, geopolitics & corporate power 📺 @orfc.bsky.social sessions now online Read it here: mailchi.mp/ipes-food/ne...

Hamba kahle Susan George. Her 1988 Fate Worse than Debt connected so many dots for me. She offered clarity without jargon, rigour without deference, and a platform for scholarship in service of struggle at TNI. 91 years, very well lived. www.tni.org/en/article/s...