Reposted by Charles Stanley-Smith
Huge congratulations to our Head of Advocacy Dr Elaine McGoff on honour of wonderful & well-deserved Water Warrior Award 2025 from DCU Water Institute. She's a tireless champion dedicated to protecting our precious freshwater ecosystems
@elainemcgoff.bsky.social
@dcuwaterinstitute.bsky.social
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December 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Huge congratulations to our Head of Advocacy Dr Elaine McGoff on honour of wonderful & well-deserved Water Warrior Award 2025 from DCU Water Institute. She's a tireless champion dedicated to protecting our precious freshwater ecosystems
@elainemcgoff.bsky.social
@dcuwaterinstitute.bsky.social
@elainemcgoff.bsky.social
@dcuwaterinstitute.bsky.social
Reposted by Charles Stanley-Smith
It's worth cataloguing what has happened in the water world in the last few weeks alone.
It paints a picture of a Government who are not at all prioritising the health of our waterways, and who are failing on multiple fronts to put in place the measures we actually need.
A watery rant 🧵
It paints a picture of a Government who are not at all prioritising the health of our waterways, and who are failing on multiple fronts to put in place the measures we actually need.
A watery rant 🧵
December 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
It's worth cataloguing what has happened in the water world in the last few weeks alone.
It paints a picture of a Government who are not at all prioritising the health of our waterways, and who are failing on multiple fronts to put in place the measures we actually need.
A watery rant 🧵
It paints a picture of a Government who are not at all prioritising the health of our waterways, and who are failing on multiple fronts to put in place the measures we actually need.
A watery rant 🧵
Reposted by Charles Stanley-Smith
The Irish Times view on nitrates and waterways:
"Continuing to permit elevated stocking rates while Irish waters fail to recover is a policy position at odds with the directive’s purpose and Ireland’s own climate and biodiversity commitments."
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...
"Continuing to permit elevated stocking rates while Irish waters fail to recover is a policy position at odds with the directive’s purpose and Ireland’s own climate and biodiversity commitments."
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...
The Irish Times view on nitrates and waterways: procrastinating towards disaster
Extending derogation is at odds with Ireland’s climate and biodiversity commitments
www.irishtimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The Irish Times view on nitrates and waterways:
"Continuing to permit elevated stocking rates while Irish waters fail to recover is a policy position at odds with the directive’s purpose and Ireland’s own climate and biodiversity commitments."
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...
"Continuing to permit elevated stocking rates while Irish waters fail to recover is a policy position at odds with the directive’s purpose and Ireland’s own climate and biodiversity commitments."
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...
Reposted by Charles Stanley-Smith
"Our waters are crying out for a break from the pollution, Irish people are calling for clean water, but our voices are being drowned out in a world of political wrangling and vested interest. And the thing is, you can’t drink politics"
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
#nitratesderogation
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
#nitratesderogation
December 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
"Our waters are crying out for a break from the pollution, Irish people are calling for clean water, but our voices are being drowned out in a world of political wrangling and vested interest. And the thing is, you can’t drink politics"
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
#nitratesderogation
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
#nitratesderogation
Reposted by Charles Stanley-Smith
"Our waters are crying out for a break from the pollution, Irish people [want] clean water, but our voices are drowned out in a world of political wrangling and vested interest.
[But] you can’t drink politics."
Excellent piece by
@elainemcgoff.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
[But] you can’t drink politics."
Excellent piece by
@elainemcgoff.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Most Irish people want clean water, not a nitrates derogation
Has the Government ever asked the people of Ireland if they agree with pulling on the green jersey to convince Europe to give us another derogation?
www.irishexaminer.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
"Our waters are crying out for a break from the pollution, Irish people [want] clean water, but our voices are drowned out in a world of political wrangling and vested interest.
[But] you can’t drink politics."
Excellent piece by
@elainemcgoff.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
[But] you can’t drink politics."
Excellent piece by
@elainemcgoff.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Reposted by Charles Stanley-Smith
Public records about North Cork Creameries - a company that is a "leading supplier of butter to the internationally renowned Kerrygold brand" - paint a disquieting picture of how regulators are performing
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Rules to protect Ireland’s fragile rivers are being repeatedly breached
Public records about North Cork Creameries’ operations paint a disquieting picture of how regulators are performing
www.irishtimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Public records about North Cork Creameries - a company that is a "leading supplier of butter to the internationally renowned Kerrygold brand" - paint a disquieting picture of how regulators are performing
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Reposted by Charles Stanley-Smith
"Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating" [Gosh ... didn't see that one coming at all!]
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating
CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
"Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating" [Gosh ... didn't see that one coming at all!]
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Charles Stanley-Smith
#BuiltHeritage
This stone obelisk in County Meath makes a fine eyecatcher on the Dublin-Slane road near Ashbourne
Named the Brindley Memorial, it was erected in 1880 for a huntsman who lived locally and features related carvings around its base
#MeathHeritage #IrishFollies #ArchitecturalHeritage
This stone obelisk in County Meath makes a fine eyecatcher on the Dublin-Slane road near Ashbourne
Named the Brindley Memorial, it was erected in 1880 for a huntsman who lived locally and features related carvings around its base
#MeathHeritage #IrishFollies #ArchitecturalHeritage
October 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
#BuiltHeritage
This stone obelisk in County Meath makes a fine eyecatcher on the Dublin-Slane road near Ashbourne
Named the Brindley Memorial, it was erected in 1880 for a huntsman who lived locally and features related carvings around its base
#MeathHeritage #IrishFollies #ArchitecturalHeritage
This stone obelisk in County Meath makes a fine eyecatcher on the Dublin-Slane road near Ashbourne
Named the Brindley Memorial, it was erected in 1880 for a huntsman who lived locally and features related carvings around its base
#MeathHeritage #IrishFollies #ArchitecturalHeritage
Reposted by Charles Stanley-Smith
"The Socialists and liberals folded after the center-right EPP threatened to ditch them and work with the far right instead."
EPP have already been working with the far-right for the duration of this parliament!
www.politico.eu/article/soci...
EPP have already been working with the far-right for the duration of this parliament!
www.politico.eu/article/soci...
Socialists cave to center-right demands to slash EU green rules
The Socialists and liberals folded after the center-right EPP threatened to ditch them and work with the far right instead.
www.politico.eu
October 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
"The Socialists and liberals folded after the center-right EPP threatened to ditch them and work with the far right instead."
EPP have already been working with the far-right for the duration of this parliament!
www.politico.eu/article/soci...
EPP have already been working with the far-right for the duration of this parliament!
www.politico.eu/article/soci...
Reposted by Charles Stanley-Smith
Duffy et al.(2025) out today:
"Looking specifically at Ireland, ∼90% of ASFP [animal-sourced food production] is exported to high-income markets, with just ∼0.3% reaching low-income countries."
➡️ Demolishing the "feed the world" claims of the 🇮🇪 agri-food industry & Teagasc.
doi.org/10.1088/1748...
"Looking specifically at Ireland, ∼90% of ASFP [animal-sourced food production] is exported to high-income markets, with just ∼0.3% reaching low-income countries."
➡️ Demolishing the "feed the world" claims of the 🇮🇪 agri-food industry & Teagasc.
doi.org/10.1088/1748...
![Figure 5. Trade Flows (USD) of Animal Sourced Food Products (ASFP) & indirect Land Use Change (iLUC) from animal feed.
From:
Duffy, Colm, Carl Doedens, Róisín Moriarty, Hannah Daly, David Styles, and Malte Meinshausen. ‘National Temperature Neutrality, Agricultural Methane and Climate Policy: Reinforcing Inequality in the Global Food System’. Environmental Research Letters 20, no. 9 (2025): 094019. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adf12d.
– "Figure 5 challenges the assumption that ASFP [animal sourced food products] production in higher-income countries contributes meaningfully to alleviating global food insecurity."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6lpspwgxnxbrzgomcwnfos7u/bafkreif4qn4ahrfplb73anvo2syp57y5u5cqpxz3gfoi4ewose4n3q3xl4@jpeg)
August 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Duffy et al.(2025) out today:
"Looking specifically at Ireland, ∼90% of ASFP [animal-sourced food production] is exported to high-income markets, with just ∼0.3% reaching low-income countries."
➡️ Demolishing the "feed the world" claims of the 🇮🇪 agri-food industry & Teagasc.
doi.org/10.1088/1748...
"Looking specifically at Ireland, ∼90% of ASFP [animal-sourced food production] is exported to high-income markets, with just ∼0.3% reaching low-income countries."
➡️ Demolishing the "feed the world" claims of the 🇮🇪 agri-food industry & Teagasc.
doi.org/10.1088/1748...
Reposted by Charles Stanley-Smith
What's truly extraordinary here is that Ireland's planning approval Commission thinks it can ignore the Climate Act, energy experts & scientific reality, despite knowing its *cumulative* decisions are adding up to breaking the law & exceeding carbon budgets.
Guess we'll see how 🇮🇪 & 🇪🇺 judges decide.
Guess we'll see how 🇮🇪 & 🇪🇺 judges decide.
New data centre secures planning permission in Dublin, absurdly arguing that being powered mainly by on-site gas turbines means it will “play a part in Ireland’s decarbonisation strategy” - it’s the most deceitful yet common argument thrown out there.
www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/data...
www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/data...
Data centre operator successfully challenges decision to refuse it planning permission for two new centres | BreakingNews.ie
EdgeConneX Ireland said that it was not within the remit of South Dublin County Council to determine whether there was sufficient capacity on the national grid.
www.breakingnews.ie
August 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
What's truly extraordinary here is that Ireland's planning approval Commission thinks it can ignore the Climate Act, energy experts & scientific reality, despite knowing its *cumulative* decisions are adding up to breaking the law & exceeding carbon budgets.
Guess we'll see how 🇮🇪 & 🇪🇺 judges decide.
Guess we'll see how 🇮🇪 & 🇪🇺 judges decide.
Reposted by Charles Stanley-Smith
Excellent article here from @hannahdaly.ie outlining the danger of pursuing bioenergy as a climate solution, particularly relevant given the recent approval of HVO power stations at Tarbert and Platin: www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
#bioenergy #bioliquids #biofuels #HVO #greenwashing #Ireland
#bioenergy #bioliquids #biofuels #HVO #greenwashing #Ireland
The climate ‘quick fix’ that could be worse than fossil fuels
At a Time of Climate Crisis: There are serious questions over the sustainability of hydrotreated vegetable oil and the industries that are promoting its use
www.irishtimes.com
August 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Excellent article here from @hannahdaly.ie outlining the danger of pursuing bioenergy as a climate solution, particularly relevant given the recent approval of HVO power stations at Tarbert and Platin: www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
#bioenergy #bioliquids #biofuels #HVO #greenwashing #Ireland
#bioenergy #bioliquids #biofuels #HVO #greenwashing #Ireland
Reposted by Charles Stanley-Smith
When it comes to water quality, there's the lobbyist spin, & then there's the truth.
The data on water quality & Local Authority reporting non-compliance rates with the agri regs at 42% in 2024 tells its own story. A shocking lack of compliance.
www.independent.ie/farming/news...
The data on water quality & Local Authority reporting non-compliance rates with the agri regs at 42% in 2024 tells its own story. A shocking lack of compliance.
www.independent.ie/farming/news...
Two farmers penalised 100pc of BISS payments for refusing access for inspections as EPA seeks more enforcement
In a stark warning to uncooperative landowners, two farmers in Ireland were hit with a punitive 100pc reduction in their Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) payments in 2024 after refusing ...
www.independent.ie
July 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
When it comes to water quality, there's the lobbyist spin, & then there's the truth.
The data on water quality & Local Authority reporting non-compliance rates with the agri regs at 42% in 2024 tells its own story. A shocking lack of compliance.
www.independent.ie/farming/news...
The data on water quality & Local Authority reporting non-compliance rates with the agri regs at 42% in 2024 tells its own story. A shocking lack of compliance.
www.independent.ie/farming/news...
Reposted by Charles Stanley-Smith
🔴 NEW: How Ireland’s ‘Mediocre’ Milk Powder Made it Big in West Africa
📝 @brigitte-whl.bsky.social @phoebecooke.bsky.social @shaunacorr.bsky.social with Beloved John @premiumtimesng.bsky.social 👇
www.desmog.com/2025/07/14/i...
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www.desmog.com/2025/07/14/i...
How Ireland’s ‘Mediocre’ Milk Powder Made it Big in West Africa
In a packed function room in Lagos, Nigeria, the jaunty sounds of Stevie Wonder’s ‘Sir Duke’ start to play. Then, as a giant sparkler and confetti cannon erupt, a curtain slowly parts to reveal a spin...
www.desmog.com
July 15, 2025 at 7:19 AM
🔴 NEW: How Ireland’s ‘Mediocre’ Milk Powder Made it Big in West Africa
📝 @brigitte-whl.bsky.social @phoebecooke.bsky.social @shaunacorr.bsky.social with Beloved John @premiumtimesng.bsky.social 👇
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Reposted by Charles Stanley-Smith
What happens to the Paris Agreement once we overshoot 1.5ºC? The implications are difficult to imagine, but this is no longer a theoretical question, and it's the subject of my column today:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Overshooting 1.5 degrees: What happens now?
At a Time of Climate Crisis: Focusing solely on the feasibility of 1.5 risks paralysis; instead, debate should centre on how to reduce warming and prepare for large-scale carbon drawdown
www.irishtimes.com
July 3, 2025 at 8:10 AM
What happens to the Paris Agreement once we overshoot 1.5ºC? The implications are difficult to imagine, but this is no longer a theoretical question, and it's the subject of my column today:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Reposted by Charles Stanley-Smith
"Yes, we need to make the system less rigid and complex. But slashing environmental rules isn’t simplification. It’s sabotage." 👇
⚠️Later today, Agriculture Ministers will meet in Luxembourg to discuss a new ‘simplification’ of agricultural rules. ⚠️
The European Commission claims this could save €1.58 billion a year for farmers and €210 million for national administrations.
#Agrifish
The European Commission claims this could save €1.58 billion a year for farmers and €210 million for national administrations.
#Agrifish
June 24, 2025 at 6:54 AM
"Yes, we need to make the system less rigid and complex. But slashing environmental rules isn’t simplification. It’s sabotage." 👇
Reposted by Charles Stanley-Smith
"Hundreds of rivers will be condemned to decline under Government plans to lower environmental standards for them"
SWAN has 'grave concerns' that "466 stretches of rivers, lakes & estuaries" to be "classified as 'heavily modified water bodies'
www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
SWAN has 'grave concerns' that "466 stretches of rivers, lakes & estuaries" to be "classified as 'heavily modified water bodies'
www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
Plan to ‘write off’ hundreds of Irish rivers as no-go areas for nature angers green groups
Hundreds of rivers will be condemned to decline under Government plans to lower environmental standards for them, it is feared.
www.independent.ie
May 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"Hundreds of rivers will be condemned to decline under Government plans to lower environmental standards for them"
SWAN has 'grave concerns' that "466 stretches of rivers, lakes & estuaries" to be "classified as 'heavily modified water bodies'
www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
SWAN has 'grave concerns' that "466 stretches of rivers, lakes & estuaries" to be "classified as 'heavily modified water bodies'
www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
Reposted by Charles Stanley-Smith
1. Whenever you see really vicious and widespread "spontaneous" attacks on scientific findings that challenge powerful economic interests, you can be assured that corporate lobbyists have been busy behind the scenes.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document shows
Eat-Lancet report recommended shift to more plant-based, climate-friendly diet but was extensively attacked online
www.theguardian.com
April 11, 2025 at 5:46 AM
1. Whenever you see really vicious and widespread "spontaneous" attacks on scientific findings that challenge powerful economic interests, you can be assured that corporate lobbyists have been busy behind the scenes.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Charles Stanley-Smith
Illegal wildfires across Kerry are again threatening people's lives, health (via smoke), homes, power lines, roads, forests, etc, and hogging fire service man hours.
Whenever there's a dry spell, Irish uplands are set ablaze. Why is this STILL tolerated?
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
Whenever there's a dry spell, Irish uplands are set ablaze. Why is this STILL tolerated?
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
Watch: Fire service tackling wildfires across Co Kerry
The worst affected was the Caherdaniel area where crews from Sneem were joined by those from Cahersiveen and Killarney
www.irishexaminer.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Illegal wildfires across Kerry are again threatening people's lives, health (via smoke), homes, power lines, roads, forests, etc, and hogging fire service man hours.
Whenever there's a dry spell, Irish uplands are set ablaze. Why is this STILL tolerated?
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
Whenever there's a dry spell, Irish uplands are set ablaze. Why is this STILL tolerated?
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
Reposted by Charles Stanley-Smith
Nature is the only mature and competitive carbon removal technology.
But currently agriculture and forestry are eroding our carbon sinks.
Time to invert the trend.
#RestoreNature #ClimateAction
But currently agriculture and forestry are eroding our carbon sinks.
Time to invert the trend.
#RestoreNature #ClimateAction
March 19, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Nature is the only mature and competitive carbon removal technology.
But currently agriculture and forestry are eroding our carbon sinks.
Time to invert the trend.
#RestoreNature #ClimateAction
But currently agriculture and forestry are eroding our carbon sinks.
Time to invert the trend.
#RestoreNature #ClimateAction
Reposted by Charles Stanley-Smith
UK government wrongly claims that "Sustainable Aviation Fuels" #SAF can offset climate harm caused by airport expansion. The only type of SAF that's viable at scale is made from veg oil and animal fats. More palm oil, soya, slaughterhouse residues.😠 See www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/2025/fat-gra...
January 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
UK government wrongly claims that "Sustainable Aviation Fuels" #SAF can offset climate harm caused by airport expansion. The only type of SAF that's viable at scale is made from veg oil and animal fats. More palm oil, soya, slaughterhouse residues.😠 See www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/2025/fat-gra...
Reposted by Charles Stanley-Smith
A Dutch court ordered the government to drastically cut nitrogen emissions in the Netherlands by 2030.
High stocking rates & excessive use of synthetic fertilisers are incompatible with water quality, air quality, climate action & nature restoration. m.independent.ie/farming/news...
High stocking rates & excessive use of synthetic fertilisers are incompatible with water quality, air quality, climate action & nature restoration. m.independent.ie/farming/news...
Dutch court orders government to cut nitrogen emissions
A Dutch court ordered the government on Wednesday to drastically cut nitrogen emissions in the Netherlands by 2030, in a ruling that could hurt construction and will put pressure on farmers to reduce ...
m.independent.ie
January 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
A Dutch court ordered the government to drastically cut nitrogen emissions in the Netherlands by 2030.
High stocking rates & excessive use of synthetic fertilisers are incompatible with water quality, air quality, climate action & nature restoration. m.independent.ie/farming/news...
High stocking rates & excessive use of synthetic fertilisers are incompatible with water quality, air quality, climate action & nature restoration. m.independent.ie/farming/news...
Reposted by Charles Stanley-Smith
Webinar 12-1pm today (Jan 23rd)
"Ireland’s scientific and legal responsibilities on climate change."
Speakers:
Prof. Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social
Dr. Andrew Jackson, UCD
Oisín Coghlan, Friends of the Earth
Rose Wall, CLM.
⬇️
Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
"Ireland’s scientific and legal responsibilities on climate change."
Speakers:
Prof. Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social
Dr. Andrew Jackson, UCD
Oisín Coghlan, Friends of the Earth
Rose Wall, CLM.
⬇️
Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: CEJ Webinar: Ireland’s Climate Justice Obligations - Outlining Ireland’s Legal, Scientific, and Policy priorities ahead of a new government.. After register...
Join Community Law and Mediation to learn about Ireland’s scientific and legal responsibilities on climate change, upcoming climate cases, and what the next Government must do to close the emissions g...
us02web.zoom.us
January 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Webinar 12-1pm today (Jan 23rd)
"Ireland’s scientific and legal responsibilities on climate change."
Speakers:
Prof. Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social
Dr. Andrew Jackson, UCD
Oisín Coghlan, Friends of the Earth
Rose Wall, CLM.
⬇️
Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
"Ireland’s scientific and legal responsibilities on climate change."
Speakers:
Prof. Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social
Dr. Andrew Jackson, UCD
Oisín Coghlan, Friends of the Earth
Rose Wall, CLM.
⬇️
Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Reposted by Charles Stanley-Smith
In Ireland we pride ourselves so much on our green reputation, we even turn the water green...
The Naas canal looking eye poppingly green this morning.
#NutrientPollution
The Naas canal looking eye poppingly green this morning.
#NutrientPollution
January 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
In Ireland we pride ourselves so much on our green reputation, we even turn the water green...
The Naas canal looking eye poppingly green this morning.
#NutrientPollution
The Naas canal looking eye poppingly green this morning.
#NutrientPollution
Reposted by Charles Stanley-Smith
This appears to have been ghostwritten by Big Ag.
We currently produce more than enough calories each day to feed a population of 10 billion. But too large a proportion of those calories is controlled by a handful of mega-firms, meaning much is wasted or hoarded away from those who need it
We currently produce more than enough calories each day to feed a population of 10 billion. But too large a proportion of those calories is controlled by a handful of mega-firms, meaning much is wasted or hoarded away from those who need it
Far be it from me to contradict the Nobel brains trust, but how about instead of "just make more" we try: waste less and to give countries their own agency over food production?
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Nobel prize winners call for urgent ‘moonshot’ effort to avert global hunger catastrophe
More than 150 Nobel and World Food prize laureates sign open letter calling for immediate ramping up of food production
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2025 at 9:25 AM
This appears to have been ghostwritten by Big Ag.
We currently produce more than enough calories each day to feed a population of 10 billion. But too large a proportion of those calories is controlled by a handful of mega-firms, meaning much is wasted or hoarded away from those who need it
We currently produce more than enough calories each day to feed a population of 10 billion. But too large a proportion of those calories is controlled by a handful of mega-firms, meaning much is wasted or hoarded away from those who need it