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Recently, #food and other supplies have fail to make it in to #Gaza as #Israel recently seized the key #Rafah border crossing in its push on that southern city on the Egyptian border.
The #USMilitary has finished installing a floating pier for the #GazaStrip.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/16/israel-gaza-war-rafah-middle-east-floating-pier-aid-hamas-latest?page=with:block-6645b1468f0835020111211c#block-6645b1468f0835020111211c
US completes floating pier to deliver aid to Gaza; five killed in Israeli friendly fire incident – as it happened
US officials insist American troops will not step foot in Gaza despite building the pier; seven troops also wounded in friendly fire incidentHamish Mackay (The Guardian)
#AidGroups warn of a looming crisis in #Gaza's southern city of #Rafah where they have no more #food to distribute since the closure of the Rafah border crossing over a week ago, even as the first trucks of humanitarian aid entered Gaza via a temporary pier built by the #US. #Israel
Rafah is running out of food, even as the U.S. pier starts operating in Gaza : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/17/1252095266/rafah-is-running-out-of-food-even-as-the-u-s-pier-starts-operating-in-gaza
📣 Hey people who eat beef!
You can very greatly reduce your food's environmental impact by switching to pretty much any other food apart from beef. Beef causes by far the greatest amount of CO2 emissions per gram of food.
Other meats have only a fraction of the CO2 emissions of beef, and plant-based food is even less. See the attached chart for some emissions numbers of common foods.
More info at https://ourworldindata.org/food-choice-vs-eating-local which is also the source of the chart.
#Food #CarbonDioxide #ClimateChange #Meat #Beef #Environment #ClimateCrisis
You want to reduce the carbon footprint of your food? Focus on what you eat, not whether your food is local
“Eat local” is a common recommendation to reduce the carbon footprint of your diet. How does the impact of what you eat compare to where it's come from?Our World in Data
Solution to Food Waste
.. launched by students to save groceries from the landfill. They’re helping to cut food bills & climate emissions.
"a lot of produce doesn’t make it to grocery store shelves when fruits and vegetables are considered to be misshapen, not the right size or slightly damaged.
.... the problem of oversupply, when too much of one food item is grown or distributed and doesn’t match market demand"- it is dumped!!
https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2024/05/14/Boxing-Up-Solution-Food-Waste/
Bumblebee nests are overheating to fatal levels, study finds
More frequent heatwaves mean bees are unable to thermoregulate their hives – further endangering a species already in declineSophie Kevany (The Guardian)
"the direct bombardment of #hospitals & deliberate denial of access to #health care facilities by #Israeli snipers... placing an estimated 50,000 pregnant #Palestinian #women & 20,000 new-born babies at unimaginable risk. Over 183 women per day are giving birth w/out pain relief, while hundreds of #babies have died because of a lack of electricity to power incubators... increases in miscarriages by up to 300%. 95% of pregnant & breastfeeding women face severe #food poverty”
"Over 8,000 others are reported missing or under the rubble – ...at least half of them can be assumed to be #women and #children... an estimated 63 women, including 37 mothers are being killed daily and 17,000 Palestinian children are believed to have been orphaned since the war on #Gaza began.
1.7 million people are internally displaced, and 1.1. million are projected to face catastrophic levels of #food insecurity."
https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/05/onslaught-violence-against-women-and-children-gaza-unacceptable-un-experts
#Palestine #Israel #War #Genocide #WarCrimes
⚠️ 🚫 Proof that our milk supply is not safe!!
Scientists warn Canada 'way behind the virus' as bird flu explodes among U.S. dairy cattle
"Without a "robust national surveillance program, there's no way to know if there are infections here or not."
"(The agency ....saying it is "not currently testing raw or pasteurized milk," adding that the virus isn't a food safety concern.) "
Thanks to @ThunderHoneySnow
This photo was sent my way by someone who knows I work in #food security. I don’t know where it was taken or who deserves credit. (The tickets appear to name a pub).
But I’d sure love to see this kindness replicated. Widely. It’s critically needed & warms my heart. ❤️
It’s #EarthDay & I’m giving a talk all about the global food system & its impact on the environment.
The agricultural sector is one of the most significant + immediately scalable places to have impact.
Since my talk isn’t public, here’s a great piece from @globalecoguy & the good folks at Project Drawdown. https://drawdown.org/news/insights/how-food-and-farming-will-determine-the-fate-of-planet-earth
#climatechange #science #food
How food and farming will determine the fate of planet Earth
Agriculture has disrupted the planet more than anything we have ever done, including burning fossil fuels. A sustainable future depends on recognizing this fact – and radically changing how we farm and eat.Project Drawdown
