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Thanks to ABC News for this simple explanation of the different types of chicken egg production systems in Australia. It also mentions differences in risks of exposure to avian influenza, which is increasingly important these days.
www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...
Do you know what you're buying when choosing between egg labels?
Eggs are back on supermarket shelves in abundance after shortages caused by bird flu. But do you know what labels like caged and barn-laid mean?
www.abc.net.au
September 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Can animals be sustainably raised for consumption?

Check out Food Pod for Humanity Season 2 Episode 6—featuring me (!), attorney Peter Lehner, and dairy farmer Jenni Tilton-Flood—is out now.

Brought to you by the Food for Humanity Initiative at @columbiaclimate

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Episode 6 - Plant-Based Diets and Alternative Proteins Series | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
Food Pod for Humanity Season 2 explores Plant-Based Diets and Alternative ProteinsShow NotesBook: Farming for Our Future: The Science, Law, and Policy of Climate-Neutral AgricultureWebpage: Climate Ch...
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September 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"Achieving a resilient and nutrient-dense food system for Australia and regional export markets requires a holistic national approach: one that fosters cross-sector collaboration between education, agriculture, human health and the broader food system"
www.aspistrategist.org.au/australias-n...
Australia’s national security depends on robust, sustainable food and nutrition security | The Strategist
Australia has a vast agricultural sector, diverse agroecological zones, a multicultural population and strong regional partnerships. It must treat sustainable food security as both a domestic imperati...
www.aspistrategist.org.au
May 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Reading this is a must! It is the first piece I've seen that brings reality into focus.

Point 1 must be immediate - as soon as possible isn't good enough.

Thank you, Julian Cribb.

johnmenadue.com/post/2025/04...
A statement by the minister for the environment in the new Australian Government
My fellow Australians: you cannot exist, and your grandkids will not exist without a safe, healthy, habitable Earth for us all to dwell upon.
johnmenadue.com
April 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
[2/2] As pandemic risks grow, States, please adopt the Pandemic Agreement. It will act as a firm basis for ambitious, holistic, and equitable pandemic prevention and, if implemented in good faith, will yield multiple co-benefits.

Read here: bit.ly/3E7RKeu
The promise and compromise of the WHO Pandemic Agreement for spillover prevention and One Health
As scientists, health professionals, and lawyers engaged in reducing pandemic spillover risks, we recognise the urgent need for, and immense potential of, a robust international agreement on pandemic ...
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April 4, 2025 at 9:49 AM
[1/2] Delighted to share our new @thelancet.bsky.social comment exploring the challenges and opportunities for prevention and One Health in the WHO #PandemicAgreement, including solutions grounded in the text to overcome outstanding gaps in the final stages of the negotiations. bit.ly/3E7RKeu
The promise and compromise of the WHO Pandemic Agreement for spillover prevention and One Health
As scientists, health professionals, and lawyers engaged in reducing pandemic spillover risks, we recognise the urgent need for, and immense potential of, a robust international agreement on pandemic ...
bit.ly
April 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
What a dangerous recommendation by RFK Jr. Very worrying.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suggested allowing bird flu to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Veterinary scientists said that would be inhumane, dangerous and have enormous economic consequences.
RFK Jr.’s Prescription for Bird Flu on Farms: Let It Spread
The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say.
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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The world’s vanishing glaciers
March 19, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Are you trained in #Field #Epidemiology, able to be based in the UK & looking for an exciting opportunity to put your skills to good use? The RVC is seeking a Field Epidemiology Research Fellow to work on AM& AMU in Vietnam
More information available at: jobs.rvc.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at the RVC: Field Epidemiology Research Fellow
We are looking for an experienced Epidemiologist with a strong research track record and ideally with experience in international projects. Continuing our pre-existing interdisciplinary Vietnam-UK One...
jobs.rvc.ac.uk
March 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Delighted to let you know that my "Family poultry farming in Bosnia & Herzegovina & Georgia" report has been published by FAO. I really enjoyed learning about the roles of family poultry within households in these two countries.
Feedback welcome.
Report available: doi.org/10.4060/cd39...
March 16, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Delighted to let you know that my "Family poultry farming in Bosnia & Herzegovina & Georgia" report has recently been published by FAO. I really enjoyed learning about the roles of family poultry within households in these two countries.
Feedback welcome.
Report available: doi.org/10.4060/cd39...
March 16, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Pleased to be part of a wonderful team working on the revised Global strategy for the control of high pathogenicity avian influenza. It emphasises a #OneHealth systems approach, focusing on HPAI in animals to complement other sectoral influenza strategies.
openknowledge.fao.org/items/f31544...
openknowledge.fao.org
February 23, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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We need an Earth Systems Treaty to help save ourselves and a habitable Planet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wma...
An Earth Systems Treaty
YouTube video by Julian Cribb
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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When will society collapse? Around 2050, according to AI... www.ladbible.com/news/world-n...
Scientists used a computer to predict exactly when society will collapse
A group of scientists have used a computer to try and establish exactly when society will collapse, and the results are rather daunting.
www.ladbible.com
February 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Trump censors global climate data. NOAA’s famous carbon table removed from internet. www.gml.noaa.gov/
February 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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A new type of bird flu has been found in dairy cows in Nevada www.npr.org/sections/sho... This new stain is the one that caused the LA death and left a B.C. teenager hospitalized for a long time. This is very bad news, especially for diary farm workers. They better start protecting themselves.
A new type of bird flu has been found in dairy cows in Nevada
The strain of bird flu is distinct from what has previously been found in dairy cattle. The finding means the virus has again spilled over from birds to cows, and it raises some worrying questions.
www.npr.org
February 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Those little crunchy bits in your seafood are... plastic. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... And they end up in your brain.
Study finds microplastic contamination in 99% of seafood samples
The peer-reviewed study detected microplastics in 180 of 182 samples comprising five types of fish and pink shrimp
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Depressed by the lack of action of governments worldwide on the #humanemergency? Speak up now, by calling for an Earth System Treaty to create a habitable planet for our children. chng.it/rMNVpPRghw
Join the Fight for Our Future - Support an Earth Systems Treaty Now!
164 signatures are needed, let’s get there by the end of the day?
chng.it
January 31, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Serious decline in animal genetic diversity as extinction takes hold. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Study of more than 600 animal and plant species finds genetic diversity has declined globally
Analysis by dozens of scientists internationally notes urgent conservation efforts could halt or even reverse losses
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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'Human closest to self-annihilation' - hastened by misinformation. abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
2025 'Doomsday Clock': This is how close we are to self-annihilation, scientists say
Scientists and global leaders revealed on Tuesday that the "Doomsday Clock" has been reset to the closest humanity has ever come to self-annihilation.
abcnews.go.com
January 29, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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On Tue 11 March, Alyssa Leng will speak about the new paper on Australians' attitudes to immigration that she co-authored with @ryanbedwards.bsky.social and I. What do Australians really think? Can their views be changed? Find out. Zoom & in person: crawford.anu.edu.au/event/narrat...
Narratives, information and immigration policy | Crawford School of Public Policy
This seminar shares latest data on Australians’ attitudes towards immigration and results from a survey experiment testing what changes them.
crawford.anu.edu.au
January 29, 2025 at 4:39 AM