Notices tagged with farmers

@hyakinthos

#Bayer #Monsanto is definitely among the worst corporations! They are bullying #farmers around the world, even in the US 👹

There are many alternative solutions to GMO for the #food issues:
- vegetarianism / #Veganism
- #Verticalfarming
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_farming
- natural, higher-yield methods such as #permaculture
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture
- ocean #farming e.g. seaweed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaweed_farming
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French Farmers Protest EU Trade Deal; Demand Fair Deal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRYWurAGRyo

French farmers are preparing a wave of protests against a controversial trade agreement. The farmers argue that the deal between the EU and Mercosur block of countries threatens their livelihood. They claim that the deal allows a surge of South American agricultural imports produced under less stringent environmental standards.

#France #Farmers #Imports #Environment #Local #Resilience #Threatened

UK farmers planning to withhold food with week-long strike

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UaAR8kFdBo

Thousands of UK farmers are planning a week-long strike in protest at changes to inheritance tax, stating the new 20% inheritance tax will spell the end of family farming…

#UK #Farmers #EnoughIsEnough #AssaultOnFarming #MoneyGrab #LandGrab

ABC's #ThisWeek may be the one bright spot this #SundayMorning.

They will be talking to #farmers about T****'s proposed #MassDeportation policy.

THINK ABOUT all the people who voted for T**** b/c he railed about the price of Groceries, and just how much higher food prices might explode if his policies are enacted. 🤦♂️

‘Welfare for the rich’: how farm subsidies wrecked Europe’s landscapes - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/02/farm-subsidies-wrecked-europe-environments-common-agricultural-policy these greedy #farmers are the enemies of nature

Farmers Worldwide Hit by Climate Change

"Globally 75 percent of #farmers are already impacted by #ClimateChange or are worried about its impacts, and 71 percent say reduced yields are a major concern. Six out of 10 have already experienced significant revenue loss due to abnormal weather events.

Spanning eight countries — China, Australia, Brazil, Germany, India, Kenya, Ukraine and the U.S. — the survey interviewed over 2,000 farmers between June and July."

https://www.stdaily.com/web/English/2024-10/10/content_240501.html

“The concept of #directtrade has become synonymous with #specialtycoffee. Often used in #marketing to show that brands care about #sustainability, many roasters and #coffee companies claim they ‘know their #farmers or ‘buy ethical #coffee’. But without real action behind these statements, the impact can be superficial”

Maximizing #Coffee’s Impact: Why Retaining Value at Origin Through #DirectTrade Matters https://perfectdailygrind.com/2024/10/retaining-value-at-origin-through-direct-trade-coffee/

#maga #jdvance #shillbilly #farmers #farming #food #foodsecurity #harris2024 #KamalaHarris #bluewave #voteblue

#ItsAboutTime! After #Years Of #Discrimination, #Black #Farmers To Receive $2B From #US #Government

#USDA #Secretary #TomVilsack told #reporters the #aid 'is not #compensation for anyone’s #loss or the #pain endured, but it is an #acknowledgment by the #department.'

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Mississippi #Alabama #Farming #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Racism #WhiteSupremacy #Reparations #BlackMastodon

https://www.blackenterprise.com/black-farmers-2b-usda-discrimination/

#climatechange #globalwarming #resilience
“In an industry that has long neglected to fund #research and development, Innovea, a collaboration with government-affiliated research institutions in nine partner countries, including #Kenya, is widely considered to be the most sweeping #coffee breeding initiative in decades”
“goal is to develop #trees that are optimized for a range of production environments — and ultimately give #farmers more #climate-resilient options” https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/inside-a-new-experiment-to-find-the-climate-proof-coffee-of-the-future/

Already, we can see the early tremors starting to rattle the global #food system. As #ClimateChange permanently alters #weather patterns, #farmers are struggling to produce #crops in the same huge volumes they once did. In #California this month’s #heat wave turned lettuce yellow. In #Vietnam #ExtremeHeat has damaged the #coffee crop, sending #prices worldwide soaring. #Consumers will soon see even higher prices & less of the foods they have come to know & love….

#Climate #ExtremeWeather

A few countries are sensing that they have to innovate: #Brazil has an #IndustrialFarm that produces record yields w/ #regenerative #farming. But hardly anyone in the #US is talking about the coming crisis — & how to fix a broken system.…

The idea behind What to Eat on a Burning Planet,…is to push #lawmakers, #scientists, #farmers & #consumers to confront the growing strain on #GlobalFoodSupply & the natural systems it depends on & to advance a range of solutions.

#ClimateChange #agriculture

As the #ClimateCrisis forces people to abandon their land in #Rajasthan, a new industry has sprung up in the desert state, with thousands of gaily decorated vans setting off to sell ice-cream across the country. #ClimateChange

Cool solution: how #IceCream saved #drought-hit #farmers in #India
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/03/ice-cream-trucks-gangapur-rajasthan-india-drought-farmers

Update. There's a strong #RightToRepair bill in #Michigan with grassroots support from #farmers.
https://michiganadvance.com/2023/08/23/michigan-farmers-urge-state-lawmakers-to-pass-right-to-repair-legislation/

At least those #European #farmers now know what it feels like to be 1% of a Filipino #peasant here in the Philippines :suwako_evil:

RE: https://minidisc.tokyo/notes/9p806tdga1

Next to GHG emissions, agriculture is the major cause for transgression of #PlanetaryBoundaries, critical to #Earth's stability. 💥

But #farmers are joining the backlash against the EU's #GreenDeal and national environmental regulations: demanding fossil subsidies, curbing of nature restoration, limits to animal welfare and less regulation of nitrogen pollution and pesticides.

Do farmers expect to win an economic race to the bottom? More exploitation is not the answer. It's not sustainable. 🤔

if anyone can disabuse me of my layperson's view that french farmers are being whiny, myopic little bitches who want to keep abusing animals & the planet instead of being good environmental custodians, i welcome you to do so. #france #farmersProtest #agriculteursEncolere #farmers

#Farmers accused the new Polish government of failing to defend them against Ukrainian #GrainImports, but also demanded a series of financial support measures. Saturday's deal finally implemented those financial demands but didn't include restrictions on #Ukraine imports. #TruckersBlockade

#Poland reaches deal with farmers to call off blockade of Ukraine border crossing
https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-deal-farmers-blockade-ukraine-border/

Update. Turns out that John #Deere has been using open code under the #GPL w/o living up to the license. The Software Freedom Conservancy (@conservancy) is calling on it to comply — which would greatly enhance #farmers' #RightToRepair.
https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/mar/16/john-deere-gpl-violations/

"We…publicly call on John Deere to immediately resolve all of its outstanding GPL violations…by providing complete source code…that the GPL & other copyleft licenses require, to the farmers & others who are entitled to it."

#OpenSource