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Report Finds That Agriculture Is Breaching Several Planetary Boundaries

Food Tank

The report lays out 47 concrete actions that agriculture businesses can take to restore Earth’s ecological balance— while maintaining a positive return-on-investment. The climate crisis is not a standalone crisis,” Duko Hopman, a partner at McKinsey and co-author of the report, tells Food Tank. Become a member today by clicking here.

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The Mashpee Wampanoag Work With a Cape Cod Town to Restore Their Fishing Grounds

Civil Eats

If the plan succeeds, it will help rebuild wetlands and traditional food sources for the tribe, once largely excluded from environmental decision-making. It is a modest effort, a starting point to repair fraught relations, reconcile with the past, and strategize for the future.

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NOAA Is Rolling Out a Plan to Radically Expand Offshore Aquaculture. Not Everyone Is Onboard.

Civil Eats

Opponents to the plan point to known risks, including ecological disasters like the infamous 2017 salmon spill that took place in Washington State waters when a salmon net pen collapsed, releasing roughly 300,000 Atlantic salmon in Puget Sound. Aquaculture is just contributing to the commodification of food.” meter per second.