Ryan Zinn
@ryanzinn.bsky.social
Agroecology | Agroforestry | Abolition
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Important read by the inimitable @grocerynerd.bsky.social and @rajpatel.org !
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Op-ed: Public Grocery Stores Already Exist and Work Well. We Need More.
Government-run, nonprofit grocery systems can better respond to food-price inflation, corporate consolidation, and inequality.
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August 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Important read by the inimitable @grocerynerd.bsky.social and @rajpatel.org !
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Agroecología e internacionalismo campesino de Cuba a Mozambiques
Libreria CLACSO
Globalizando la esperanza
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August 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Agroecología e internacionalismo campesino de Cuba a Mozambiques
Educación popular campesina y reforma agraria
Educación popular campesina y reforma agraria
YouTube video by Universidad Pedagógica Nacional
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August 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Educación popular campesina y reforma agraria
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Despite the benefits of agroforestry, cocoa landscapes in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire remain dominated by full-sun and low-shade systems.
Average shade-tree cover is just 13%, far below the 20–40% recommended for climate resilience.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Agroforestry #Cocoa #ClimateAction
Average shade-tree cover is just 13%, far below the 20–40% recommended for climate resilience.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Agroforestry #Cocoa #ClimateAction
The unrealized potential of agroforestry for an emissions-intensive agricultural commodity - Nature Sustainability
Western Africa is one of the world’s largest cocoa-producing regions, with just two countries supplying up to 60% of global production, but at a high carbon cost. Incorporating shade trees into cocoa ...
www.nature.com
August 7, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Despite the benefits of agroforestry, cocoa landscapes in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire remain dominated by full-sun and low-shade systems.
Average shade-tree cover is just 13%, far below the 20–40% recommended for climate resilience.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Agroforestry #Cocoa #ClimateAction
Average shade-tree cover is just 13%, far below the 20–40% recommended for climate resilience.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Agroforestry #Cocoa #ClimateAction
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This week we have members of the Agroecology Research-Action Collective ( @adamcalo.bsky.social , Maywa Montenegro de Wit , @beniuliano.bsky.social , @alastairiles.bsky.social ) taking on the productivist roots of the "feed-the-world" approach to food security.
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The Enduring Fantasy of “Feeding the World” – Spectre Journal
Members of the Agroecology Research-Action Collective argue against the productivist logic underlying the "feed-the-world" approaches to feed security.
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July 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This week we have members of the Agroecology Research-Action Collective ( @adamcalo.bsky.social , Maywa Montenegro de Wit , @beniuliano.bsky.social , @alastairiles.bsky.social ) taking on the productivist roots of the "feed-the-world" approach to food security.
spectrejournal.com/the-enduring...
spectrejournal.com/the-enduring...
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The fantasy of feeding the world persists because it's convenient to the status quo. It weaponizes #globalhunger to silence the voices of agrarian change. It has been a powerful ideological tool in capitalists’ efforts to maintain and extend control over nature and subaltern humans. #agroecology
The Orwellian myth at the heart of industrial agriculture?
That environmental destruction is actually conservation.
This must-read essay traces how productivism – the obsession with yield – fuels ecocide & colonialism, while failing to 'feed the world'.
📖 spectrejournal.com/the-enduring...
That environmental destruction is actually conservation.
This must-read essay traces how productivism – the obsession with yield – fuels ecocide & colonialism, while failing to 'feed the world'.
📖 spectrejournal.com/the-enduring...
The Enduring Fantasy of “Feeding the World” – Spectre Journal
Members of the Agroecology Research-Action Collective argue against the productivist logic underlying the "feed-the-world" approaches to feed security.
spectrejournal.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The fantasy of feeding the world persists because it's convenient to the status quo. It weaponizes #globalhunger to silence the voices of agrarian change. It has been a powerful ideological tool in capitalists’ efforts to maintain and extend control over nature and subaltern humans. #agroecology
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Big Ag won’t stand up for its workers—only for its profits. These powerful corporations don’t mind a scared, exploitable labor force. In fact, they count on it. farmstand.org/how-big-ag-t...
July 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Big Ag won’t stand up for its workers—only for its profits. These powerful corporations don’t mind a scared, exploitable labor force. In fact, they count on it. farmstand.org/how-big-ag-t...
Color me shocked!
The Trump administration released a report last week that it billed as a “clear, evidence-based foundation” for action on a range of children’s health issues. But the report, from the Make America Healthy Again Commission, cited studies that did not exist. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
May 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Color me shocked!
Can pension systems be part of the fight for food sovereignty?
Can pension systems be part of the fight for food sovereignty?
Most workers—especially those who feed us—lack retirement security. Farmers, farmworkers, fishers & food vendors often get little to nothing. But some countries offer hope. Food sovereignty must m...
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May 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Can pension systems be part of the fight for food sovereignty?
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ICE recently conducted a raid of farm workers, seemingly focused on pro-union worker leaders.
On Friday in New York the federal agents stopped a bus and, armed with a list, appeared to single out those who have been doing union organizing for years.
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On Friday in New York the federal agents stopped a bus and, armed with a list, appeared to single out those who have been doing union organizing for years.
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“They Actually Had a List”: ICE Arrests Workers Involved in Landmark Labor Rights Case
“We are concerned at the appearance of targeting publicly pro-union worker leaders,” said a UFW official about an ICE raid in New York.
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May 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
ICE recently conducted a raid of farm workers, seemingly focused on pro-union worker leaders.
On Friday in New York the federal agents stopped a bus and, armed with a list, appeared to single out those who have been doing union organizing for years.
theintercept.com/2025/05/05/i...
On Friday in New York the federal agents stopped a bus and, armed with a list, appeared to single out those who have been doing union organizing for years.
theintercept.com/2025/05/05/i...
Unlearning the green revolution: Inventory of agroecological practices in Ceará, Brazil, an instrument for decolonizing territory and (re)valuing peasant knowledge
Unlearning the green revolution: Inventory of agroecological practices in Ceará, Brazil, an instrument for decolonizing territory and (re)valuing peasant knowledge
In this article we discuss the use of an inventory or mapping of agroecological practices, part of the "Peasant to Peasant" (PtP) methodology that is used to promote the territorialization o...
https://www.academia.edu/127972452/Unlearning_the_green_revolution_Inventory_of_agroecological_practices_in_Ceará_Brazil_an_instrument_for_decolonizing_territory_and_re_valuing_peasant_knowledge?fbclid=IwY2xjawKHD3lleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF2Qmt4Y3ROU3V6cE1xOW02AR6QN-2LhLZ5o-_WBb5qqZIfE5HS6eND_7cQX98JS83ovwD2WeyMMiJsmsDikA_aem_epR55GBb5nGIgi8Fj5w26Q
May 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Unlearning the green revolution: Inventory of agroecological practices in Ceará, Brazil, an instrument for decolonizing territory and (re)valuing peasant knowledge
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"And the conversations became technical. The biggest, the most emotional debate in climate over the IRA was over permitting reform...How’s an everyday person getting tapped into that?"
- Rhiana Gunn-Wright for @hammerandhope.bsky.social
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- Rhiana Gunn-Wright for @hammerandhope.bsky.social
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The Climate Movement Should Become a Human Movement
It needs to tap into our emotional life in ways that will link us to material struggles rather than distract us from them.
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May 1, 2025 at 10:16 AM
"And the conversations became technical. The biggest, the most emotional debate in climate over the IRA was over permitting reform...How’s an everyday person getting tapped into that?"
- Rhiana Gunn-Wright for @hammerandhope.bsky.social
hammerandhope.org/article/clim...
- Rhiana Gunn-Wright for @hammerandhope.bsky.social
hammerandhope.org/article/clim...
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Online today @thenation.com (and I think, on the cover of the physical magazine soon) - a story I began writing in 2023. O Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST):
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
April 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Online today @thenation.com (and I think, on the cover of the physical magazine soon) - a story I began writing in 2023. O Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST):
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Two-Thirds of New York City Voters Support Creating Municipal Grocery Stores.
New York City Voters Support Municipal Grocery Stores - Climate and Community Institute
Read our Substack piece on why municipal grocery stores can bring down costs and repair food supply chains. The rising cost of groceries has driven nearly 50 …
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April 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Two-Thirds of New York City Voters Support Creating Municipal Grocery Stores.
Black farmers face setbacks over Trump budget cuts: ‘We are in survival mode’
Black farmers face setbacks over Trump budget cuts: ‘We are in survival mode’
A consortium of Black farmers in the north-east take financial hits as harsh USDA cuts threaten their operations
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Black farmers face setbacks over Trump budget cuts: ‘We are in survival mode’
URGENT: Protect Organic Farmers & the USDA National Organic Program! secure.everyaction.com/fbcVkGhVJEyo...
Protect Organic Farmers & the USDA National Organic Program!
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March 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
URGENT: Protect Organic Farmers & the USDA National Organic Program! secure.everyaction.com/fbcVkGhVJEyo...
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We hear a lot about problems in farming and #foodsystems, but what about solutions?
Have you seen #agroecology in action? A farmer reclaiming land, a community building #foodsovereignty, a method that works? Share a story that gives you #hope. Here's one that made our week start on a good note 👇
Have you seen #agroecology in action? A farmer reclaiming land, a community building #foodsovereignty, a method that works? Share a story that gives you #hope. Here's one that made our week start on a good note 👇
From Forgotten Plots to Collective Economy: A Rural Women's Community Model in Honduras - Groundswell International
A group of rural women in Honduras transformed a neglected plot of land into a thriving community-led initiative, overcoming cultural and structural barriers to strengthen food sovereignty, empower wo...
www.groundswellinternational.org
March 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
We hear a lot about problems in farming and #foodsystems, but what about solutions?
Have you seen #agroecology in action? A farmer reclaiming land, a community building #foodsovereignty, a method that works? Share a story that gives you #hope. Here's one that made our week start on a good note 👇
Have you seen #agroecology in action? A farmer reclaiming land, a community building #foodsovereignty, a method that works? Share a story that gives you #hope. Here's one that made our week start on a good note 👇
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Trump Admin says it wants farmers to grow more for US market & healthier food. Then, pulls rug from under farmers.
“To get notice on a Friday afternoon, with no forewarning. It’s already late in the season. Farmers have already started preparing for those sales" www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/b...
“To get notice on a Friday afternoon, with no forewarning. It’s already late in the season. Farmers have already started preparing for those sales" www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/b...
Trump Cuts Could Squeeze Small Farmers and Food Banks
Promising a return to “fiscally responsible initiatives,” the Agriculture Department ended two Biden-era programs that paid farmers to provide food to schools and low-income families.
www.nytimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Trump Admin says it wants farmers to grow more for US market & healthier food. Then, pulls rug from under farmers.
“To get notice on a Friday afternoon, with no forewarning. It’s already late in the season. Farmers have already started preparing for those sales" www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/b...
“To get notice on a Friday afternoon, with no forewarning. It’s already late in the season. Farmers have already started preparing for those sales" www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/b...
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“The possibilities and the opportunity and what the future holds seems so much brighter.” www.kuer.org/science-envi...
Cultural fire is the Washoe Tribe’s answer to beat back climate-fueled wildfires
In the Western U.S., extreme wildfires are damaging tribal lands. Climate change has only made the situation more dire. That’s why the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California is working to reintroduce i...
www.kuer.org
March 12, 2025 at 1:06 AM
“The possibilities and the opportunity and what the future holds seems so much brighter.” www.kuer.org/science-envi...
Agricultura de carbono: vender humo no enfriará al planeta
Agricultura de carbono: vender humo no enfriará al planeta
Las corporaciones promueven la controvertida “agricultura de carbono” para evitar disminuir sus propias emisiones. Los proyectos se ubican en grandes fincas en Norte América, Europa y Brasil, y tambié...
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March 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Agricultura de carbono: vender humo no enfriará al planeta
#agroecology From the Past to the Future
From the Past to the Future (SSIR)
How philanthropy can help build a more resilient and equitable food system through agroecology
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March 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
#agroecology From the Past to the Future
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I sent numerous tips about #agroecolgy & #agroforestry to NPR's climate solutions reporter late last year saying these are worth covering -- turns out she was perhaps reading my messages 🙌
She produced a terrific feature on #silvopasture in Colombia & it's airing across the US today, listen here:
She produced a terrific feature on #silvopasture in Colombia & it's airing across the US today, listen here:
This Colombian 'hotel for cows' could help reduce deforestation in the Amazon
Clearing land for cattle and cows is the single biggest driver of rainforest loss in the Amazon. This "hotel for cows" in Colombia offers a solution.
www.npr.org
March 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I sent numerous tips about #agroecolgy & #agroforestry to NPR's climate solutions reporter late last year saying these are worth covering -- turns out she was perhaps reading my messages 🙌
She produced a terrific feature on #silvopasture in Colombia & it's airing across the US today, listen here:
She produced a terrific feature on #silvopasture in Colombia & it's airing across the US today, listen here:
Alarm as bird flu now ‘endemic in cows’ while Trump cuts staff and funding
Alarm as bird flu now ‘endemic in cows’ while Trump cuts staff and funding
Experts say current US outbreak is unlikely to end without intervention with further mutation of virus likely
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Alarm as bird flu now ‘endemic in cows’ while Trump cuts staff and funding
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The federal government has historically discriminated against Black farmers. The recent funding halt from the Trump administration presents yet another hurdle to those who have spent decades fighting for equity in farming.
Black farmers among those left in limbo amid federal funding freeze
The federal government has historically discriminated against Black farmers. The recent funding halt from the Trump administration presents yet another hurdle to those who have spent decades fighting ...
www.npr.org
February 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The federal government has historically discriminated against Black farmers. The recent funding halt from the Trump administration presents yet another hurdle to those who have spent decades fighting for equity in farming.