DoomsdaysCW · @DoomsdaysCW
1304 followers · 16940 posts · Server kolektiva.social

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

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

Maine faces a crisis from -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 '', as fertilizer on Songbird’s fields. Testing revealed their soil, drinking , irrigation water, , chickens and were with high levels of the .

"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:
theguardian.com/environment/20

#unitymaine #commongroundfair #organicfarming #maine #mainedep #epafail #sludge #farmers #pfas #biosolids #water #crops #blood #contaminated #toxicchemicals #epa #informedconsent #pfos #waterislife #toxicwaste #foodproduction

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Godfrey642 · @Godfrey642
274 followers · 2632 posts · Server aus.social

All the time stupid ppl are in charge of world govts, brainwashing other stupid ppl to vote for them in stupidly buzzed-up election campaigns, NOTHING WILL CHANGE FOR .

, , bans on plastic, , reusable products, , public transport concessions, .. ALL OF IT GOOD, BUT USELESS.

If we keep getting MALE leaders like , , (Bolsonaro), , , we are all of us to roast, starve, burn, drown, thirst to death by 2040.
Fifteen years.
That's it.
Done

#planetearth #solarpanels #windfarms #recycling #evs #organicfarming #narcissist #trump #putin #netanyahu #xi #kim #doomed

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EURACTIV Agrifood · @euractiv_agri
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EURACTIV Agrifood · @euractiv_agri
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Worldmapper · @worldmapper
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EU Agriculture🌱 · @EUAgri
155 followers · 2404 posts · Server respublicae.eu

RT @eucapnetwork: conference, breakout session tools & skills to bridge gap between R&I and practice:
✅Thematic Networks for
✅EU advisory networks
✅Horizon multi-actor projects t.co/itll6CqDwA

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#AgriResearch #EIPagri #OperationalGroups #organicfarming #Pesticides #forestry #livestock #fertilisers

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· @FoodNews
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EU Agriculture🌱 · @EUAgri
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RT @Agroforestry: 💡Inspiring insights on improving sustainability from the @FAOScienceChief at the @EUAgri conference!

Ms @IsmahaneElouafi spoke about how a wide range of solutions - including , , and - can contribute to accelerating[...] t.co/ZWosBzpZKr

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#AgriResearch #agroecology #organicfarming #agroforestry

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RandyCaparoso.wineauthor · @RandyCaparoso
87 followers · 252 posts · Server mstdn.social

Lodi Certified Farmers Market, every Thursday evening in Downtown Lod through end of summer.

#organicfarming #randycaparosophotography #lodiwinecountry #lodifarmersmarket

Last updated 1 year ago

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Annie · @theappletree
622 followers · 2124 posts · Server ruhr.social

Yesterday I sent a toot about the only one percent of Irish farmers who grow vegetables, and look what my friend send to me as an answer.

theorganiccentre.ie/

#farming #ireland #organicfarming #leitrim #seeds #vegetables

Last updated 1 year ago

@fmhilton
Fires are a complex thing. We understand that are a part of maintaining some and even the communities would do fires.

Our understanding is is poison for , with crops designed to kill and other forms of .

With , there is a 35% increase in variety of species in an area, and 50% greater abundance of .

#controlledburns #ecosystems #aboriginal #industrialagriculture #gmo #insects #biodiversity #organicfarming #wildlife

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MJ Muse · @MJmusicinears
476 followers · 5431 posts · Server mastodon.world

cnn.com/2023/05/01/us/illinois people were killed after a dust storm caused dozens of vehicles to crash along a major highway in Central Illinois on Monday, officials said.

The crashes along I-55 led to the interstate closing in Sangamon and Montgomery counties dust from newly plowed fields in unstainable farming practices, took over the highway.

#environmental #sustainability #organicfarming

Last updated 2 years ago

EU Agriculture🌱 · @EUAgri
154 followers · 2156 posts · Server respublicae.eu

RT @cdeualmeria: 🚨¡Presenta tu candidatura a los Premios 2023! 🌾

🐞Beneficia a la
🌱Preserva la del suelo
🐄Promueve el bienestar de los

Vía @EUAgri

🔗Link ⬇️

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#EUOrganic #biodiversidad #fertilidad #Animales #organicfarming

Last updated 2 years ago

Maher Asaad Baker · @MaherAsaadBaker
2 followers · 39 posts · Server mas.to

The Future of Agriculture and Organic Farming
by Maher Asaad Baker

maher-asaad-baker.medium.com/t...

#organicfarming #agriculture

Last updated 2 years ago

Glen L Creasy · @SabrosiaVit
46 followers · 27 posts · Server epicure.social

If you want to know if a block of land in France is being farmed organically, now you can look it up online! Filters are provided for field crops, forage crops, vegetables, fruit, grapes, perfume/medicinals and finally, others (which includes olives).

I note that our vineyards are correctly identified as being organic... :-)

agencebio.org/cartobio/

#farming #organics #organicfarming #france #fruitproduction #vegetableproduction #oliveproduction #wine #grapes #organicwine #bio

Last updated 2 years ago

Matthew · @picard
130 followers · 2260 posts · Server mas.to

Sutton Community Farm is fundraising to help get through the cost of living crisis.

The farm is a community-owned farm - the only one in London - and focuses on naturally-grown, local, seasonal produce; improving biodiversity; and supporting other organic farmers nationwide. They deliver across S London and NE Surrey!

If anybody would like to contribute:

crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-sutto

#savesuttoncommunityfarm #costofliving #fundraising #localproduce #seasonalproduce #organicfarming #biodiversity

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EU Agriculture🌱 · @EUAgri
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RT @ruralnetwork: ATTENTION to Organics Industry - Awards application opening this Sat @agriculture_ie

🐦🔗: n.respublicae.eu/EUAgri/status

#organicfarming

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