Systems Change Now or Never: a short note from La Via Campesina's Third Nyéléni Global Forum, to which I was honoured to be invited. progressive.international/wire/2025-11...

African faith leaders demand reparations from Gates Foundation over industrial farming harm mg.co.za/the-green-gu...

Roasting the Planet, a new Foodrise/Greenpeace/IATP/Friends of the Earth collab on meat + GHGs is packed with indictments, principally against JBS. Must read. foodrise.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Fixing Food Systems Will Take More than Good Intentions - V sensible thoughts from IPES-Food heavyweights Shalmali Guttal, Sofia Monsalve and Pat Mooney foodtank.com/news/2025/10...

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.

#LaViaCampesina 's new #COP30 manifesto calls for Urgent dismantling of the global neoliberal agrifood system Agroecology to cool the planet Climate reparations for just and sovereign transitions Anchoring climate justice in law viacampesina.org/en/2025/10/c...

The global food system is broken – and @fao.org is no longer fit for purpose. In this @foodtank.bsky.social op-ed, Pat Mooney, Shalmali Guttal & Sofía Monsalve Suárez call for bold UN reform. ⚠️ Duplication ⚠️ Conflicts of interest 🔗 ipes-food.org/the-global-f... #RightToFood #FoodSovereignty #FAO

UN food agencies are overlapping, duplicating – and increasingly partnering with big agribusiness. As the @fao.org turns 80 and opens a review, it's time to face hard truths. 📢 Powerful call for #FAO reform from Pat Mooney, Shalmali Guttal & Sofia Monsalve: ipes-food.org/the-global-f...

The global food system is broken. And the agency meant to fix it @fao.org, is no longer fit for purpose. "Deep and far-reaching reform is essential" – tackle power, policy & corporate capture. ✍️ New op-ed by our experts in @foodtank.bsky.social: foodtank.com/news/2025/10...

As #COP30 approaches, look out for these #BigAg greenwashing terms:🧹❎ ⚠️ Regenerative Agriculture ⚠️ Tropical Agriculture ⚠️ No Additional Warming ⚠️ Bioeconomy ⚠️ We Feed the World ⚠️ Efficiency Is Enough Remember: industrial food systems drive 1/3 of global warming & 40% of petrochemicals.

🍎🥦Can supermarkets deliver fresh, healthy & nutritious diets – asks our @grocerynerd.bsky.social? ❗️Fresh foods = only 10% of grocery sales ❗️Meat & dairy = economic drivers ❗️Retail is built for profit, not health 💡He suggests public groceries might be the way forward #EATLancet #RightToFood

As #COP30 approaches, look out for these #BigAg greenwashing terms:🧹❎ ⚠️ Regenerative Agriculture ⚠️ Tropical Agriculture ⚠️ No Additional Warming ⚠️ Bioeconomy ⚠️ We Feed the World ⚠️ Efficiency Is Enough Remember: industrial food systems drive 1/3 of global warming & 40% of petrochemicals.

Another egregious example of corporate power & impunity; we hope that the court will act on the side of Witoon, Biothai & Thailand's fisher peoples.

Today I will present my new report to UN General Assembly #UNGA80: Far-right populism and the future of social protection As I told @theguardian.com it’s not by accident that we are seeing the rise of the far right Full report & link to presentation (9PM CET): www.srpoverty.org/2025/10/01/f...

My message at the United Nations General Assembly #UNGA80: "Welfare cuts are fuelling far right rise" Press release ➡️: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

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

Maya Meredith has excellent advice for ground-level organizing gleaned through her work on the Mamdani campaign. hammerandhope.org/article/zohr...

UN experts alarmed by escalating repression and deteriorating civic space in Ecuador www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

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

If you've not come across Debal Deb's work to save traditional rice varieties, this 20 min doc, beautifully shot by Jason Taylor, is a fine intro vimeo.com/1078366025/a...

He is tech billionaire and major landowner... not a vaccines expert or a climate scientist www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Across factories, fields, and frontlines, the people are rising - for a transition that heals, restores, and returns dignity. #JustTransitionRising #ForTheManyNotTheFew #COP30 @ipes-food.org @actioncontrelafaim.bsky.social @canclimateaction.bsky.social

🎥 Rising Up Together – the webinar is now available to watch! Movement leaders from across the globe came together to reflect on the outcomes of Nyéléni 2025 and build collective strategies towards #COP30. 🌱 #ClimateJustice meets food sovereignty! 📺 Watch here www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOvf...

🎥 O webinário Unidos na luta já está disponível! Assista às falas de lideranças dos movimentos por justiça climática e soberania alimentar, refletindo sobre o Fórum Nyéléni 2025 e os caminhos para a COP30. 📺 Assista aqui: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVjl... #COP30

🎥 Ya está disponible la grabación del seminario web Unidos en la lucha. Movimientos por la justicia climática y la soberanía alimentaria se reunieron para compartir aprendizajes de Nyéléni 2025 y construir una agenda común hacia la COP30. 📺 Mira aquí: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kusl... #COP30

🎥 Le webinaire Avançons Ensemble est maintenant disponible en replay ! Rejoignez des leaders des mouvements pour la justice climatique et la souveraineté alimentaire, réunis autour des enseignements de Nyéléni 2025 et des préparatifs vers la COP30. 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=gycB... #COP30

Where do you get your nutritional misinformation? Rooted Research Collective has a v helpful typology of doctors, rebels, hustlers and more. Great resource for bullshit-detection. rootedresearch.co/publications...

🌱The good news? Solutions already exist. #Agroecology and community-based food systems restore soils, recycle fertility, protect health & ensure food access – without fueling the climate crisis. 📖 Read more: ipes-food.org/report/fuel-... #FossilFreeFood #GlobalFertilizerDay (3/3)

How the G20 Could Help Eliminate Global Hunger - some ideas penned with Refiloe Joala www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/s...

I had a wonderful conversation with my fellow IPES-Food panelist and longtime friend and comrade Million Belay on the future of African Agriculture. Listen to them all here: www.youtube.com/@BFAAPOD

Texas fought for slavery, twice, to make cotton farming profitable. Now, reports the Texas Monthly, TX cotton may finally be finished.... www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

Decades of economic growth have failed to end #poverty, exacerbated inequalities & driven environmental collapse. Today #EndPovertyDay 17 Oct, I present the ‘Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth’ — an urgently-needed rethink in the fight against poverty: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7htI...

🎥 Missed our webinar Rising Up Together? Watch the recording now and hear from movement leaders on how food sovereignty and climate justice can unite ahead of #COP30. 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOvf... #JustTransitionRising #Nyéléni2025 @canclimateaction.bsky.social @actioncontrelafaim.bsky.social

It all comes back to land.

It's #WorldFoodDay. Let’s talk about the source of our food – land. Just 1% of agriculture operators now control 70% of global farmland. That’s not just inequality, it’s a #foodsystem crisis. 🎥 Canadian farmer Nettie Wiebe explains: ipes-food.org/video-and-me...

🥣 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

🥣 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

🌍 #16oct | 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞’𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 - Sow Unity, Grow Solidarity and Harvest Food Sovereignty! Systemic Transformation is Now and Forever! ➡️ […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

On this International Day of Rural Women, remember: 🌾 Women grow, harvest, sell, and cook much of the world’s food, yet too often go unseen and unpaid. Without women, there is no food youtu.be/lctmBi-sn-k #ruralwomen #FoodJustice

Chemical fertilizers fail the world Fertilizers poison our bodies, water, and air. While driving up food prices Let's break from fossil fuel interests & corporate profits! ipes-food.org/report/fuel-... #GlobalFertilizerDay #FossilFreeFood #FuelToFork

🌍 This #GlobalFertilizerDay, let’s face the facts: Chemical fertilizers are fossil fuels in disguise. 🛢Most synthetic nitrogen fertilizers are made from fossil gas. ☠️ Linked to cancer, birth defects & water pollution. 💰 Controlled by a handful of corporations. ipes-food.org/report/fuel-... (1/3)

🌍 This #GlobalFertilizerDay, let’s face the facts: Chemical fertilizers are fossil fuels in disguise. 🛢Most synthetic nitrogen fertilizers are made from fossil gas. ☠️ Linked to cancer, birth defects & water pollution. 💰 Controlled by a handful of corporations. ipes-food.org/report/fuel-... (1/3)

Today is #GlobalFertilizerDay, but here’s the truth: Chemical fertilizers poison our food, pollute water & air, while tying global food prices to fossil fuel markets. A few corporations profit. The rest of us pay the price Learn more 👇 bit.ly/4nYirn7 #GlobalFertilizerDay #FertilizerDay #FoodJustice

Chemical fertilisers are presented as necessary to feed the world. But did you know that they ruin our soils, pollute people’s water & air and push up food prices? The global food system's addiction to chemical fertilisers must be broken! grain.org/e/6903 #GlobalFertilizerDay @afsafrica.bsky.social

Today is #GlobalFertilizerDay, but here’s the truth: Chemical fertilizers poison our food system, deplete our soil, pollute water & air, while tying global food prices to fossil fuel markets. A few corporations profit. The rest of us pay the price. ipes-food.org/report/fuel-...

Synthetic fertilizers poison our food system, deplete our soil, and put food prices in the hands of a few corporations. Fertilizers poison our bodies, water, and air. They are linked to cancer, birth defects, and respiratory illness. Read more: bit.ly/4nYirn7 #GlobalFertilizerDay

🌾🚜Today is #GlobalFertilizerDay, but the truth is: Chemical fertilisers poison our food, pollute water & air, and tie food prices to fossil fuel markets. ➡️ foodrise.org.uk/failing-not-... @ciel.org @amisdelaterre.org @pesticideaction.bsky.social @grain.org @etcgroup.bsky.social @iatp.bsky.social

⚠️ Big Ag has a dirty secret. More than half of fertilizers are made from fossil fuels. Industry claims we need fertilizers to feed the world — but we can feed the world without fossil fuels. 👉Read more in “Frack to Fork”https://bit.ly/4nYirn7 #GlobalFertilizerDay

@civileats.com have done a great investigation into the links between the federal govt and the food industry under Trump's second presidency (so far) civileats.com/2025/10/07/i... @ipes-food.org @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social