Marianne Landzettel
mlandzettel.bsky.social
Marianne Landzettel
@mlandzettel.bsky.social
Journalist writing about food, farming and ag policy. Author of The Sustainable Meat Challenge
If you care about #food and the #environment Dodge County INC by Sonja Trom Eayrs is a must read! www.slowfood.org.uk/2025/12/06/s...
My book of the year: Dodge County INC. by Sonja Trom Eayrs A legal thriller set in rural America - with valuable lessons for the UK - Slow Food in the UK
Sonja Trom Eayrs grew up on the family farm in
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December 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The BBC is in a crisis and fighting for survival. Please help save a global news organisation that is by no means perfect but one we nevertheless all need.
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Trump-proof the BBC
The BBC is our national broadcaster, we must defend it against those who want to destroy it.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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The magnitude, advanced methods and extent of Native American agriculture continues to be vastly underestimated IMHO: scitechdaily.com/archaeologis...
Archaeologists Uncover Massive 1000-Year-Old Native American Farms That Defy the Limits of Agriculture
Hidden beneath Michigan’s forests, researchers have uncovered vast ancient farmlands built by ancestral Menominee communities, revealing a complex agricultural system. Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, with...
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October 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Industrial ag on one side, nature on the other.... Thank you @horton_official for reporting Steve Reed's extraordinary remarks at #Groundswell! For more:
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England divided - nature on one side, agriculture on the other? Or: when DEFRA secretary Steve Reed visits Groundswell - Slow Food in the UK
When Groundswell started in 2016 it was a niche event,
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July 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Are our diets at risk? New trade deals could open the door to lower food standards - putting animal welfare, farmers, and the quality of our food at stake.
www.slowfood.org.uk/2025/04/27/w...
Why our diets soon may get much worse - Slow Food in the UK
New trade deals could open the door to lower food standards. Buying healthy, British grown and produced, non-GM food might soon get a lot harder.
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April 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Five years ago, we reconnected with farmers during lockdown—now, they’re facing their biggest crisis yet. Rising costs, extreme weather, labour shortages, and government cuts are pushing UK farms to the brink. Who will grow our food in the future? www.slowfood.org.uk/2025/03/20/uk-farming/
COVID lessons not learnt: Why there is heartbreak and misery in rural England - Slow Food in the UK
UK farmers are facing a crisis—rising costs, extreme weather, labour shortages, and government cuts are pushing many to the brink. With food security at risk, who will grow our food in the future?
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March 21, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Egg prices soared after bird flu, but federal price controls kept milk prices steady — at farmers' expense investigatemidwest.org/2025/02/19/e...
Egg prices soared after bird flu, but federal price controls kept milk prices steady — at farmers' expense - Investigate Midwest
America’s dairy industry is being ravaged by bird flu, leading to a significant decline in milk production in many states, including California, the nation’s largest dairy-producing state that hit a 2...
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February 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Agriculture in Taiwan - where (organic) food production matters for political survival. tinyurl.com/2bk3e7cs
Taiwan: Where the government is behind farmers all the way - Slow Food in the UK
Taiwan: Where the government is behind farmers all the way It’s 7am in Chiayi, a city with about 260,000 inhabitants, some 250km south of the capital Taipei. The farmers market stretches along the nar...
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January 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM