Ambiguous impulses for your own mental cinema. Handcarved rubber stamps and acrylic colours on DIN-A4 paper, no NFTs:
#kunst #contemporaryArt #makeArtNotWar #mentalCinema #handCarvedStamp #noNFT #saveBiodiversity #climateActionNow #systemChange #endFossilFuels #makeArtNotWar #fckAfd #fckPtn #emblematy #anatomy #theDisplay #revelation #watchMe #innerSelf #exposure #transparency #cows #livestock #industrialLivestockFarming #methan #foodProduction #feedTheWorld #scribbles #ant #insect

Ambiguous impulses for your own mental cinema. Handcarved rubber stamps and acrylic colours on DIN-A4 paper, no NFTs:
#kunst #contemporaryArt #makeArtNotWar #mentalCinema #handCarvedStamp #noNFT #saveBiodiversity #climateActionNow #systemChange #endFossilFuels #makeArtNotWar #fckFdp #fckAfd #fckPtn #cows #industrialLivestockFarming #methan #foodProduction #feedTheWorld #wheat #hunger #famine #nutrition #goVegan #vegetarianism #thumbsUp #raisedHand #screamingHeads

Ambiguous impulses for your own mental cinema. Handcarved rubber stamps and acrylic colours on DIN-A4 paper, no NFTs:
#kunst #contemporaryArt #makeArtNotWar #mentalCinema #handCarvedStamp #noNFT #saveBiodiversity #climateActionNow #systemChange #endFossilFuels #makeArtNotWar #fckFdp #fckAfd #fckPtn #cows #livestock #industrialLivestockFarming #methan #foodProduction #meat #milk #anatomy #digestion #organs #dancers #masculinity #dancing

‘Heatflation’: Heatwaves could drive up food prices – but scientists are working on a solution

Food prices may increase further as an unprecedented heatwave wilts Europe’s crops and British farmers face cool, rainy weather, experts have warned.
#News #GlobalWarming #climatechange #weather #foodproduction

https://www.bigissue.com/life/money/heatflation-heatwaves-could-drive-up-food-prices-but-scientists-are-working-on-a-solution/

Current models likely under-estimate climate breakdown’s impacts on crop production. This means a lot of uncertainty and a very limited ability to anticipate future food crises.

#climateBreakdown #FoodProduction

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-38906-7

Map of the Week: Barley Production - find out more at http://wrld.at/motw279 #maps #cartograms #cartography #worldmapper #motw #food #farming #agriculture #foodproduction #barley #crops

Unfortunately, the public comment period for this project has passed. But this editorial has good information in it.

EDITORIAL: Keep #PFAS out of recycled sewage sludge

By Gazette Editorial Board | June 9, 2023

"PFAS chemicals have recently been at the heart of health and environmental issues in Hoosick Falls, Petersburgh and other areas around the state, leading to legal action, tougher regulations and cleanup efforts.

"The chemicals have been linked to a variety of health issues, including kidney and testicular cancer, thyroid disease, colitis and high blood pressure.

"In most cases, the environmental contamination comes from the discharge of the compounds into the soil from manufacturers of products that use PFAS chemicals, such as #nonStick cooking material, #firefighting foam and stain-resistant #carpet.

"But those same dangerous chemicals may also be finding their way in greater amounts into our #soil, #groundwater and even #FoodSupply through their use in #fertilizers made from #sewage #sludge.

"It’s imperative that [#NewYorkState] do all it can to reduce PFAS chemicals into the environment, not add to them.

"That’s why groups like the #SierraClub and the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York are among those concerned about an element of the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s draft Solid Waste Management plan that could nearly triple the amount of recycled sewage sludge used in fertilizer and applied to #farmland and home #gardens.

"According to an article in the Altamont Enterprise, the DEC projects that 425,585 tons of sewage sludge is expected to be recycled this year. In 2018, the amount recycled was just over 300,000 tons. By 2050, the amount of recycled sludge is expected to rise to 782,527 tons, the newspaper reported.

"The potential for that sludge to contain PFAS chemicals means that there could be an increase in PFAS’s making their way into the environment.

"DEC officials said they recognize the potential for PFAS chemicals to re-enter the environment through sludge and they’re taking steps to address it, including proposing sampling requirements for so-called biosolids recycled in New York state, a comprehensive risk assessment to determine a limit for biosolids recycling, and efforts to identify potential commercial and industrial sources of PFAS chemicals in biosolids.

"The public really needs to keep an eye on this effort to ensure that the state is doing all it can to avoid contributing to more of these chemicals entering the environment."

https://dailygazette.com/2023/06/09/editorial-keep-pfas-out-of-recycled-sewage-sludge/

#EPA #InformedConsent #PFOS #WaterIsLife #ToxicWaste #FoodProduction
#ChemicalManufacturers

I wrote about farms like this one when I did a story about #UnityMaine, the home of the #CommonGroundFair -- a celebration of #OrganicFarming in #Maine. It makes me so sad to see them having to go out of business because #MaineDEP and #EPAFail led to #sludge being marketed as "fertilizer".

‘I don’t know how we’ll survive’: the #farmers facing ruin in #Maine’s ‘forever chemicals’ crisis

Maine faces a crisis from #PFAS-contaminated produce, which is causing farms to close and farmers to face the loss of their livelihoods

by Tom Perkins, 22 Mar 2022 06.05 EDT

"Songbird Farm’s 17 acres (7 hectares) hold sandy loam fields, three greenhouses and cutover woods that comprise an idyllic setting near Maine’s central coast. The small organic operation carved out a niche growing heirloom grains, tomatoes, sweet garlic, cantaloupe and other products that were sold to organic food stores or as part of a community-supported agriculture program, where people pay to receive boxes of locally grown produce.

Farmers Johanna Davis and Adam Nordell bought Songbird in 2014. By 2021 the young family with their three-year-old son were hitting their stride, Nordell said.

"But disaster struck in December. The couple learned the farm’s previous owner had decades earlier used PFAS-tainted sewage sludge, or '#biosolids', as fertilizer on Songbird’s fields. Testing revealed their soil, drinking #water, irrigation water, #crops, chickens and #blood were #contaminated with high levels of the #ToxicChemicals.

"The couple quickly recalled products, alerted customers, suspended their operation and have been left deeply fearful for their financial and physical wellbeing.

"'This has flipped everything about our lives on its head,' Nordell said. 'We haven’t done a blood test on our kid yet and that’s the most terrifying part. It’s fucking devastating.'"

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/22/i-dont-know-how-well-survive-the-farmers-facing-ruin-in-americas-forever-chemicals-crisis

#EPA #InformedConsent #PFOS #WaterIsLife #ToxicWaste #FoodProduction

2022: #Maine bans use of sewage sludge on #farms to reduce risk of #PFAS poisoning

Sludge used as crop #fertilizer has #contaminated #soil, #water, #crops and #cattle, forcing #farmers to quit

by Tom Perkins, Thu 12 May 2022 11.00 EDT

"Maine last month became the first state to ban the practice of spreading PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge as fertilizer.

"But it’s largely on its own in the US, despite a recent report estimating about 20m acres of cropland across the country may be contaminated.

"Most states are only beginning to look at the problem and some are increasing the amount of sludge they spread on farm fields despite the substance being universally contaminated with PFAS and destroying livelihoods in Maine.

"'Maine is at the forefront of this because we’ve seen first-hand the damage that sludge causes to farms,' said Patrick MacRoy, deputy director of the non-profit Defend Our Health Maine. The new law also prohibits sludge from being composted with other organic material.

"PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a class of chemicals used across dozens of industries to make products resistant to water, stains and heat. Though the compounds are highly effective, they are also linked to #cancer, #KidneyDisease, #BirthDefects, decreased #immunity, #liver problems and a range of other serious diseases.

"Sewage sludge is a semi-solid mix of human excrement and industrial #waste that water treatment plants pull from the nation’s sewer system. It’s expensive to dispose of, and about 60% of it is now lightly treated and sold or given away as 'biosolid' fertilizer because it is high in plant nutrients.

"Maine and #Michigan are the only two states that are routinely checking sludge and farms for PFAS, and both are finding contamination on farms to be widespread.

"Maine’s legislature banned the practice of spreading sludge as fertilizer in April [2022] after environmental officials discovered astronomical levels of PFAS in water, crops, cattle and soil on farms where sludge had been spread, and high PFAS levels have been detected in farmers’ blood.

"#Contamination from PFAS-tainted sludge has already poisoned well water on around a dozen farms, and has forced several Maine farms to shutter. The state is investigating about 700 more fields where PFAS-contaminated sludge was spread in recent years. Farmers have told the Guardian that many of their peers with contaminated land won’t alert the state because they fear financial ruin.

"Maine also approved the creation of a $60m fund that will be used to help farmers cover medical monitoring, for buyouts and for other forms of financial assistance.

"'Folks have been left out to dry without any real help so we’re grateful to see that,' MacRoy said. The sludge legislation comes after Maine last year enacted the nation’s first ban on non-essential uses of PFAS in products. It goes into effect in 2030.

"In Michigan, environmental officials have downplayed the detection of PFAS in sludge and on farms, and although the state prohibits highly contaminated sludge from being spread, it allows higher levels of the chemicals in sludge than Maine. State regulators have also identified PFAS polluters and required them to stop discharging the chemicals into the sewers.

"Questions remain about whether that’s enough to keep PFAS out of Michigan’s food supply. Instead of implementing a wide-scale program to test livestock, crops and dairy, the state identified 13 farms it considered most at risk and has claimed contamination on other farms isn’t a risk.

"Michigan is ahead of most other states. In #Virginia, environmental regulators are considering permitting an additional 6,000 acres worth of sludge to be spread and have so far resisted public health advocates’ calls to test for PFAS and reject new sludge permits.

"In #Alabama, the state’s department of environmental management said in 2019 that 'the best use of biosolids is as a [fertilizer].'

"Even as the crisis unfolds in Maine, officials in Alabama are increasing the amount of out-of-state sludge that’s imported and spread on fields or landfilled, and the state in 2020 updated its biosolids rule to 'encourage' the use of #biosolids as fertilizer. Alabama does not test sludge for PFAS."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/12/maine-bans-sewage-sludge-fertilizer-farms-pfas-poisoning

#EPA #EPAFail #InformedConsent #PFOS #WaterIsLife #ToxicWaste #FoodProduction

#Arizona’s extreme heat is killing #honeybees and melting their homes

As deadly, unrelenting heat scorches Arizona, some entomologists are growing concerned about the increasing number of dead honeybees – a species vital to our #ecosystem, especially #FoodProduction.

By Jared Formanek, CNN

Published Aug 3, 2023 4:09 PM EDT

"'It’s a very major concern,' Shaku Nair, an entomologist with the University of Arizona, told CNN, 'Honeybees can forage up to 113 degrees. As of July, we’ve had many days over 113 degrees, so bees are taking a bad hit right now.'"

Read more:
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/arizonas-extreme-heat-is-killing-honeybees-and-melting-their-homes/1566910

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #HungerGames #ExtremeHeat

#ClimateCrisis -induced fires and increasingly frequent and extreme weather are devastating for both #nature #biodiversity and #FoodProduction #FoodSecurity.

We are losing major areas of nature and food production to fires, drought and extreme temperatures.

Excessive, unseasonal fluctuations in weather patterns (too much variation in heat, cold and rain) make an farming increasingly risky way to make a living.

Local #agroecological solutions and supportive #policy are desperately needed.

UPSET THE APPLE CART!

His proposal would redirect billions of dollars ($63bn) away from subsidies for commodity farms towards programs that support small farmers, climate-friendly agriculture and increasing healthy food access.
#News #USA #foodproduction #AureFreePress

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/26/earl-blumenauer-agriculture-farm-bill-congress?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Why is noone talking about reduced food production in this blistering global heat?

2023 Cereal crops up to 60% reduced due to European heatwave
#News #GlobalWarming #climatechange #crops #foodproduction #drought

https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/sourcing/cereal-crops-up-to-60-reduced-due-to-european-heatwave/681361.article

With our food systems on the verge of collapse, it’s the plutocrats v life on Earth
Climate breakdown and crop losses threaten our survival, but the ultra-rich find ever more creative ways to maintain the status quo
The new paper explores the impacts on crop production when meanders in the jet stream (Rossby waves) become stuck. Stuck patterns cause extreme weather.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/15/food-systems-collapse-plutocrats-life-on-earth-climate-breakdown

#ClimateChange #FoodProduction #famine #GlobalWarming #food #farming #UltraRich

RT EU Research Results
Microbes can be used for many purposes – different #microbiomes are best suited for different purposes.
The @SIMBAproject_EU is looking for new, sustainable ways to use microbes in #farming & #FoodProduction.🍴🥕
Read all about it 👉 https://europa.eu/!hghPC4 https://t.co/cnOPbtTeiB

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CORDIS_EU/status/1678751038835417088

Scientists have developed a way to produce food using artificial photosynthesis, miming how plants convert light into energy. Unlike conventional agriculture, this method does not require soil, water, or fertilizers and can be done in any climate and location. This could help reduce the environmental impact of food production and meet the growing demand for food in the world.

#ArtificialPhotosynthesis #FoodProduction #Environment

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-artificial-photosynthesis-environmentally-friendly-food.html

Nature Restoration: Commission supplies negotiators with line of defence https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/nature-restoration-commission-supplies-negotiators-with-line-of-defence/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #EPP #foodproduction #naturerestoration #NatureRestorationLaw

Nature Restoration: Commission supplies negotiators with line of defence https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/nature-restoration-commission-supplies-negotiators-with-line-of-defence/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #EPP #foodproduction #naturerestoration #NatureRestorationLaw

The #demand for increased #FoodProduction in #Canada - domestically & internationally, is putting a strain on the country's #agricultural land as #resources become limited & #environmental concerns rise, as per a recent report from #CanadianAgriFoodPolicyInstitute .

"We need to grow more food on less land and in a volatile #climate " summarized Tyler McCann, managing director of the Institute.

https://m.ca.investing.com/news/economy/canada-needs-to-grow-more-food-on-less-land-and-in-a-volatile-climate--report-3015578

#ClimateChange #FoodSecurity #environmental #GrowYourOwnFood

#TheAgeOfExtinction #InsectDecline a threat to fruit #crops and #FoodSecurity, scientists warn MPs -

Poor pollination caused by #DestructiveFarming methods leads to loss of #biodiversity and is a threat to #FoodProduction, inquiry told
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/07/insect-decline-a-threat-to-fruit-crops-and-food-security-scientists-warn-mps-aoe #Environment #Sustainability #Agriculture #ToryPoliciesInAction