After this mornings's harvest donation, our school gardens have reached 43.5 pounds of produce donated to our local food pantry so far this summer!
What an amazing feeling to know the community benefits from this community contributed project!

#gardening #school #FoodSustainability #volunteer #Organic #garden #food

'Alongside an expected boom in world population to 10 billion people by 2100, we will see an increase in affluent populations that desire and can afford high-protein foods.' https://bigthink.com/health/protein-of-the-future/ #foodsustainability #foodstudies #protein #nutrition #meat #plants

The very best things I did when I decided to get into beekeeping was to take the local college course and to join the local beekeeping club.

The instructor who is also the club president and the regional inspector has a deal with the big box stores that when (training a new fork life driver..) the spilled pallets of pure white sugar are given to him if he cleans it up.

As the inspector, he is very conscious of safe food for the bees for early spring. Then at the club meetings they raffle off the sugar and other things. There is always more sugar than people so everyone gets some anyway.

Today, the raffle proceeds were for the non-profit Elk Root Conservation Farm that is doing so many wonderful things for the community including providing food for at-risk community members, bee research, paid internships for students, and more.

I ended up with 5 packages of organic pollinating flower seed packets and 10 gallons of sugar, tons of education and information, networking and of course cementing friendships with these people. This is the way.

https://elkrootconservation.org/
https://fundraising.westcoastseeds.com/

#prepping #FoodSustainability #LocalFood #community #MutualAid #conservation #SeedLibrary #xeriscape #HabitatRestoration #apiary #OrganicGardening #BeeKeeping

Perennial crops to replace some of the annual crops, are potentially one solution brick to lessen & adapt to climate change, irrigation issues, soil erosion, flooding, drought, overuse of fertilisers & worrying levels of soil depletion.

https://hasanjasim.online/digging-deep-how-to-feed-the-world-with-perennial-food-crops/

#Climate #ClimateChane #Agriculture #Environment #FoodSustainability #Farming #Crops #FoodProduction #Sustainability

Also, consider the environmental impact of conventional dog and cat food:

“We find annual global dry pet food production is associated with 56–151 Mt CO2 equivalent emissions (1.1%−2.9% of global agricultural emissions), 41–58 Mha agricultural land-use (0.8–1.2% of global agricultural land use) and 5–11 km3 freshwater use (0.2–0.4% of water extraction of agriculture). These impacts are equivalent to an environmental footprint of around twicethe UK land area, and would make greenhouse gas emission from pet food around the 60th highest emitting country, or equivalent to total emissions from countries such as Mozambique or the Philippines. These results indicate that rising pet food demand should be included in the broader global debate about food system sustainability.”

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959378020307366

#environment #LandUse #AnimalAgriculture #GreenhouseGasEmissions #WaterUse #FoodSustainability

Bird flu either became less of an issue in my area of BC or it is not being reported on.. either way, do everything you can to prevent this from getting into your backyard flock. Have designated yard boots that don't leave your property. Don't visit other barn yards unless absolutely necessary then disinfect your boots, gloves, clothes, etc. Don't let visitors into your barnyard area. Keep your coops, waterers and feeders clean. No wild bird feeders or bird baths close to your flock. If you are buying birds from others, quarantine them until you are certain they are healthy. Read up on the signs of infection. There is LOTS of literature out there. This thing is NOT over.

https://www.france24.com/en/environment/20230113-largest-global-bird-flu-outbreak-in-history-shows-no-sign-of-slowing

#FoodSustainability #prepping #FoodSecurity

RT @calhi415: And #RARA2022 kicks-off here in Berlin with @EFSA_EU Executive Director @BUrl_EFSA reminding us that science can, and must help the transformation of food systems. #foodsafety #foodsecurity #foodsustainability walk hand in hand.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EFSA_EU/status/1600422562324180993

The Secret #Garden of #Avonmouth looks great at this time of the year.
It was another busy day until the rain, thunder and hail came! 😅
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#communitygarden #community #growingfood #growyourown #growingvegetables #foodgrowing #foodsustainability #food #bristol #england

Scientists at Cornell University suggest that onshore algae farms grown in regions that get a lot of sun (such as deserts) could produce all the protein needed to feed a population of 10 billion. Would you eat plant-based meats made with algae? As long as it's tasty, I'd happily give it a try!

#food #sustainability #FoodSecurity #foodsustainability

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2022/10/onshore-algae-farms-could-feed-world-sustainably

Anybody interested in #foodstudies #foodhistory #foodculture #foodpolitics #fooddesign #foodsustainability #foodsecurity #foodsystems #foodpolicy #foodanthropology #foodsovereignty #foodtech #foodwaste?

RT @BarillaCFN: Sign up for the #ClimateSmartChefs webinar!
Learn how chefs and the #restaurant sector can put #foodsustainability into practice 🌱

📅24 May, online on Zoom
🕒16:00 CET
✍️Register: https://jamk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Hl4_Ev31SrG7c_HLf3A91g

@BarillaCFN @Alma_School @enaip_net @jamk_fi @Nutritics @LIFEprogramme

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/LIFEprogramme/status/1528763452591951873

Is this the future of food? - Go With The Flo #FoodSustainability #Singapore #FoodScience
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpny3UtlAeQ