Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 5, 2024

In 2023, the current Conservative Government passed the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act, which created an entirely new and fictitious class of genetically modified organisms – the ‘precision bred organism’, or ‘PBO’. This sneaky, undemocratic attempt to force genetically modified organisms (GMOs) onto our plates – unlabelled – has been launched by our Government, working hand-in-hand with the biotech industry, research establishment and pro-GMO ‘think tanks’.

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Western FarmPress

JUNE 25, 2024

Ep. 17. We're talking shop with Farm Futures Senior Editor Ben Potter, as he shares farmer perspectives on current carbon program details, as well as history of carbon credits.

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Agri-tech

JUNE 17, 2024

A decade-long collaborative study has discovered huge genetic potential that is untapped in modern wheat varieties. The international study which appears in Nature reveals that at least 60% of the genetic diversity found in a historic collection of wheat is unused providing an unprecedented opportunity to improve modern wheat and sustainably feed a growing global population.

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Food Politics

JUNE 5, 2024

In considering the effects of ultra-processed foods, the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) only dealt with observational research. It excluded what I consider the most important study ever done to explain weight gain: the controlled clinical trial of ultra-processed versus processed diets done at NIH in 2019. This study is hugely important for four reasons: The ultra-processed and minimally processed diets were matched for nutrients and palatability; study subjects could not tell wh

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 27, 2024

Protein Industries Canada has announced that inaugural CEO, Bill Greuel, is leaving the organization that’s focused on developing Canada’s plant-based protein industry. Greuel, who has been with the organization since October 2018, has accepted the position of Deputy Minister of Agriculture with the Government of Saskatchewan. His last day with Protein Industries Canada will be.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

JUNE 6, 2024

The latest version of the SPAM global crop area distribution model is out. You can play with it here. Some bullet points on the USDA’s National Plant Germplasm System outpost in Pullman. Yes, the above references Svalbard, as does this piece on Spanish tomatoes. Pity we can’t put olives in Svalbard, but there’s a another way to protect olive diversity.

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Berkeley Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

"We're reconstructing history here," William Carter said of his geography Ph.D. research and collaboration with UC Berkeley's Disabled Students' Program. The post With newly digitized slave ship logs, Berkeley Ph.D. student examines race, power — and literacy appeared first on Berkeley News.

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USDA Blog

JUNE 4, 2024

This summer 14 students (PDF, 85.0 KB) from agricultural migrant and farmworker backgrounds will take part in paid 10-week internships with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C.

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Food Politics

JUNE 18, 2024

The Department of Health and Human Service’s Inspector General has reported on its investigation of the FDA’s mis-handling of infant formula shortages a couple of years ago: The Food and Drug Administration’s Inspection and Recall Process Should Be Improved To Ensure the Safety of the Infant Formula Supply. I see this as a direct result of Helena Bottemiller Evich’s reporting in Politico —the power of the press, indeed (she now writes Food Fix, to which I subscribe, and where she discusses this

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 20, 2024

As cereal crops race to the finish line across Ontario, many growers are weighing the option of planting soybeans after a first harvest, which is already underway in some winter barley fields in southwestern portions of the province. Embro, Ont., farmer Ian Matheson and his family have been double cropping soybeans for two decades. He. Read More As cereal crops race to the finish line across Ontario, many growers are weighing the option of planting soybeans after a first harvest, which is alread

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Agricultural Biodiversity

JUNE 18, 2024

Diversifying the UK Agrifood System: A Role for Neglected and Underutilised Crops. It’s really hard to pick potential NUS winners. So why even try? Support them all! Can markets for nature conservation be successful? An integrated assessment of a product label for biodiversity practices in Germany. Labelling agricultural products can support biodiversity conservation, but probably not on its own.

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Berkeley Blog

JUNE 11, 2024

Researchers will use neuroimaging to observe the effects of psilocybin on the human brain — in real-time. The post Psychedelics change how we see the world. A UC Berkeley study aims to find out why. appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Food Tank

JUNE 18, 2024

School cafeterias are notorious for serving up chicken nuggets and pizza that resemble fast food more than nutrition, but millions of schoolchildren across the nation will soon have a better chance of eating healthy, sustainable meals. New nutrition standards for child nutrition programs just released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will help schools improve menus.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 5, 2024

A version of this article originally appeared in The Deep Dish, our members-only newsletter. Become a member today and get the next issue directly in your inbox. In 1948, E.M. Emmert, a horticulturist at the University of Kentucky, was tinkering around with how to build a cheap greenhouse. He decided to use polyethylene sheets in lieu of the glass sides, bending the plastic film around a wooden frame.

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Food Politics

JUNE 7, 2024

At long last, Peter Byck’s Roots So Deep is available for viewing. Peter is at Arizona State. He’s done something quite remarkable, so much so that I wrote a blurb for his films. If we are going to do anything to prevent further climate change, soil degradation, and groundwater pollution, we are going to have to transform current agricultural practices to those that are more regenerative.

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 25, 2024

The national industry association that represents the Canadian cereal grains value chain is navigating some internal upheaval, as multiple grain company members have notified the organization of their intent to withdraw their membership in Cereals Canada.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

JUNE 25, 2024

Jeremy tackles food as medicine and superfoods in his latest newsletter. Do subscribe. The ultimate expression of food as medicine is the search for active ingredients. Why go to the bother of eating broccoli or Brussels sprouts if you can swallow a pill of glucosinolates and get all that cancer-fighting power directly? I’ve even seen arguments that beneficial phytochemicals be purified from wild plants and somehow incorporated into the batter for chicken nuggets.

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Berkeley Blog

JUNE 13, 2024

Human breast milk contains a unique blend of prebiotic sugars that are tricky to replicate in commercial infant formula. New research shows that plants may be the perfect manufacturers. The post Can engineered plants help make baby formula as nutritious as breast milk? appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Food Tank

JUNE 19, 2024

Food Tank is rounding up 20 podcasts that take listeners on a journey of food and agriculture systems around the world. These shows highlight the efforts of food producers, reflect on how eaters’ earliest memories in the kitchen shaped who they became today, and offer solutions for sustainable ocean management. Whether you’re looking for a true-crime story, an engaging interview with food policy champions, or trying to navigate the latest health and wellness fads, there’s a show for everyone. 1

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USDA Blog

JUNE 18, 2024

Four years ago, Jordan McMahon wasn’t sure if he would go to college. Today, he is a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 1890 National Scholar and published researcher. He recently graduated from Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio and will be pursuing a master’s degree, eventual Ph.D., and a career in agriculture.

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Food Politics

JUNE 19, 2024

The FDA has issued its boringly titled Southwest Agricultural Region Environmental Microbiology Study (2019 – 2024). The report seems designed to be boring. Its subject, however, is anything but. Let me do some translating ( in Italics ).

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 4, 2024

How do corn hybrids respond to foliar feeding? And what’s the potential yield impact and return on that investment? Those are questions PRIDE Seeds agronomist Stephanie Myslik tackles on this episode of RealAgriculture Corn School. In 2023, Myslik ran a trial to evaluate how tissue testing and foliar feeding could impact the PRIDE hybrid A6929G4.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

JUNE 2, 2024

Understanding the role of biodiversity in the climate, food, water, energy, transport and health nexus in Europe. Meta-analysis shows that a lot of things people do affect biodiversity negatively, yet biodiversity affects most things people want to do positively. Food Systems Interventions for Nutrition: Lessons from 6 Program Evaluations in Africa and South Asia.

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Berkeley Blog

JUNE 28, 2024

"This case will be a Rorschach test for elected officials," one expert said. "Will they redouble their efforts to provide shelter and housing, or fall back on laws that punish people for being homeless?" The post Supreme Court has ‘greenlighted the criminalization of homelessness,’ Berkeley experts say appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Modern Farmer

JUNE 27, 2024

Sam Rudman, one of the first-year farmers of Friends Farm in Lafayette, Colorado, says covering a field with fertilizer shortly before 60-miles-per-hour winds started up was definitely one of his many “rookie mistakes” as a new farmer. He clearly remembers the day in February 2023 when winds threatened to blow away hundreds of dollars in supplies and hours of hard work as a big wakeup call.

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Western FarmPress

JUNE 11, 2024

Episode 16: Jessie Jarvis, Of the West founder sand CEO, shares top tips to find a job in agriculture

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Food Politics

JUNE 11, 2024

This seems to be a slow news week so I’m going to get caught up on research papers I think worth reading. I first heard about this study from this video, from Dr. Greger’s newsletter announcement (I subscribe). Here’s the study: Ornish D, et al. Effects of intensive lifestyle changes on the progression of mild cognitive impairment or early dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease: a randomized, controlled clinical trial.

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 28, 2024

When all the policy focus on a changing climate has been on slowing or stopping the change from happening, a second aspect has been largely ignored: adaptation. That’s the subject of a new policy concepts paper, “Climate Change in Canadian Agriculture: The Context and the Evidence Demonstrate that Policy Should Refocus on Adaptation,” penned by.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

JUNE 14, 2024

Atlas Obscura: Jesus never ate bananas. Smithsonian: Hold my Lava Flow.

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Berkeley Blog

JUNE 21, 2024

Osagie K. Obasogie, a professor of law and bioethics, has teamed up with the Los Angeles Review of Books to launch a two-year, national conversation on the history of eugenics and the ways it still shapes science, medicine and technology. The post The legacy of eugenics appeared first on Berkeley News.

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NASDA

JUNE 20, 2024

Letter Dear Chairs Stabenow and Thompson and Ranking Members Boozman and Scott: On behalf of the diverse undersigned organizations, representing pesticide manufacturers, formulators, distributors, and environmental non-governmental organizations, we are writing to express our support for the continuation of the role of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Interagency Work Group (IWG).

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Agri-tech

JUNE 7, 2024

Two-day, online course: 12-13 November 2024 The BBSRC funded Delivering Sustainable Wheat (DSW) Institute Strategic Programme spans nine UK research institutes and universities and aims to develop new wheat germplasm containing the next generation of key traits. The aim of the DSW In Practice course is provide an entry level introduction to wheat research, giving a taste of the work in DSW.

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Food Politics

JUNE 27, 2024

If you haven’t been worried about microplastics in your body, perhaps this study will get your attention. Here’s the abstract: Its alarming conclusion: The detection of MPs in penile tissue raises inquiries on the ramifications of environmental pollutants on sexual health. Our research adds a key dimension to the discussion on man-made pollutants, focusing on MPs in the male reproductive system.

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Real Agriculture

JUNE 30, 2024

At least one crop protection company is among the group of Cereals Canada’s industry members that have submitted withdrawal notices to the national cereal grain value chain organization. BASF Canada Agricultural Solutions filed the notice ahead of Cereals Canada’s annual general meeting on June 27th. Several grain company members, including Cargill, have also signaled their.

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USDA Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

Springfield Community Gardens (SCG) in Springfield, Missouri has been successfully operating and growing since 2010 with the assistance of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) 2501 Program.

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Berkeley Blog

JUNE 18, 2024

The post U.S. News ranks Berkeley Engineering No. 3 grad program nationally appeared first on Berkeley News.

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NASDA

JUNE 6, 2024

Letter Dear Secretary Vilsack, We appreciate the ongoing efforts of your agency to respond to the outbreak of H5N1 in dairy cattle, especially the opportunity to regularly meet with you and your team to share information and concerns. State departments of agriculture, like USDA, are dedicated to protecting farmers, farmworkers, and the workforce throughout the entire supply chain.

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