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#agriculture

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CBC British Columbia

Can Canada grow more of its own food? Greenhouses, vertical farming makes it possible, experts say
Our suddenly rocky relationship with the U.S. has a lot of Canadians rethinking our dependence on our southern neighbor, especially fruit and vegetable imports. Could Canada grow more of what we eat? And what would it cost us?
#food #agriculture #economy #politics #Canada #US
cbc.ca/radio/costofliving/cana

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CBC Kitchener-Waterloo

Can Canada grow more of its own food? Greenhouses, vertical farming makes it possible, experts say
Our suddenly rocky relationship with the U.S. has a lot of Canadians rethinking our dependence on our southern neighbor, especially fruit and vegetable imports. Could Canada grow more of what we eat? And what would it cost us?
#food #agriculture #economy #politics #Canada #US
cbc.ca/radio/costofliving/cana

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Akshay

Climate change, poverty, drought, and mental health in Madagascar:

“with fertile land turning into desert and water sources depleting…

The study – one of the first to measure the mental health effects of climate change on young people in the Global South – found “extremely high” levels of depression, anxiety and climate worry.”

climatechangenews.com/2025/04/

Climate Home News · African teens' mental health suffers on the climate frontlinesAs climate change impacts take a heavy toll on African teens wellbeing in poor rural areas, how can policymakers support their mental health?
#Climate#ClimateCrisis#MentalHealth
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The Europeans

By popular request, we're going to start posting the book / TV / film / podcast / other Culture Thing recommendations that we've shared on the podcast that week.

This week, we recommended this essay by Italian writer Bartolomeo Sala about how farming gets depicted in films and fiction:

thedial.world/articles/news/is

The DialRural Fictions — The DialFarming vs. the earth in contemporary film.
#europe#eu#culture
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Splann ! Lanceur d'enquêtes

Saviez-vous qu'une entité indépendante du gouvernement était chargée de l'évaluation environnementale des plans, programmes et projets d'aménagement du territoire ? Et que ses avis, bien documentés, étaient publics ? 👀 1/

disclose.ngo/fr/article/disclo

Disclose.ngoDisclose.ngoDisclose est un média et une ONG de journalisme d’investigation.
#environnement#journalisme#journaliste
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AskPippa🇨🇦

Hiring a PR firm can do a huge amount of damage to good things.
"A leaked document shows that vested interests may have been behind a “mud-slinging” PR campaign to discredit a landmark environment study, according to an investigation."

"“The industry doesn’t make investments like this whimsically,” she said. “They know that this affects the tenor of the conversation. It’s a really illustrative example of how #PR firms operate in the 21st century.”

#EatLancet #food #agriculture #environment #meat

theguardian.com/environment/20

The Guardian · PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document showsBy Guardian staff reporter
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Nonilex

After #China unveiled steep retaliatory #tariffs on American exports on Wed, #Treasury Secy #ScottBessent issued a sharp & surprising response: “So what?”

The loss of China as an export market will deal a particularly hard blow to #agriculture in red states, hitting the voters who helped #Trump win. On Wed, Trump ratcheted US tariffs on China even higher. #Farmers are concerned that a protracted #TradeWar w/China will cut off ties w/their largest export market.

#economy
nytimes.com/2025/04/10/busines

The soybean industry is one of the sectors most concerned about tariff retaliation.
The New York Times · Trump’s Tariff Fight With China Poses New Threat to US FarmersBy Alan Rappeport
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Splann ! Lanceur d'enquêtes

Notre deuxième campagne de vente de livrets par correspondance est ouverte, jusqu'au 27 avril ! 💥

Vous pouvez recevoir par La Poste six enquêtes imprimées, dont deux nouveautés au format papier : « Saint-Nazaire, malade de ses industries » et « Intoxication minière en Bretagne. 1/

youtube.com/watch?v=wWyqCGnPAL

YouTubeCommandez nos livrets d’enquête papier avant le 27 avrilBy Splann ! Premier média d'enquête en Bretagne
#splann#bretagne#breton
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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"There is perhaps no organization with a better reputation among leftists around the world than the MST. Its admirers will tell you that the group has managed accomplishments that elude progressive movements elsewhere: It maintains a radical approach, pushing for revolution in the long term while providing homes and incomes for working-class Brazilians in the short; it has adapted to shifting conditions without suffering major rifts; and it fought to get Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s once and current president, out of prison in 2019 and back into power, all while keeping its independence from the ruling Workers’ Party. “We have been very inspired by the MST as a political and social movement,” Enzo Camacho, from the ALPAS Pilipinas, a group that works to organize the Filipino diaspora in Berlin, told me. Belén Díaz, a sociologist and a member of the left-feminist Bloque Latinoamericano collective, put it more bluntly: “The Landless Workers’ Movement is the most respected social movement in the world.”

In October 2022, the Workers’ Party won back the keys to the presidential palace and, despite a January 6–like coup attempt by Bolsonaro and his supporters, Lula took up residence the following year. With democracy secured and the reactionaries out of the executive branch, the MST shifted into a more offensive posture: It began to seize more unused land and to occupy illegal farms once again. The movement’s return to its pre-Bolsonaro form seemed to surprise Lula’s administration, and it generated some mainstream attention
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Though Bolsonaro was defeated in 2022, his Partido Liberal won the largest bloc of seats in Congress. Lula must work with the right-wing forces funded by rich landowners and rapacious agribusinesses, lest his administration risk impeachment or abuses of the legal system"

thenation.com/article/world/br

The Nation · The Power and Symbolism of Brazil’s Landless Workers’ MovementAfter mobilizing to defend democracy and meet people’s immediate needs, the radical Marxist organization emerged from the Bolsonaro regime stronger than ever.
#Brazil#MST#LandReform
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Vivienne Dunstan

Land Girl search tips on ScotlandsPeople website. Most original service files don't survive but index cards do. Pay to view to see digital images. Can put * wildcard in surname search field to find all land girls from given area. Can't search by more precise address than county e.g. to find land girls from a given town or village. ScotlandsPeople website page provides comprehensive advice on decoding the information recorded on the index cards. scotlandspeople.gov.uk/news-an #WW2 #Scotland #agriculture

Small portion of a handwritten index card for Miss Agnes Oliver of 25 Crumhaugh Road, Hawick. Shows her dates of birth and enrolment, and details of her training. The rest of the card shows more info.
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