Patrick Webb
@patrickwebb.bsky.social
Professor at Tufts University, but all posts and views are my own. Food policy, nutrition, humanitarian action, international development, economics, public health, science.
Today's mid-August harvest. 🤗
August 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Today's mid-August harvest. 🤗
What's the story...?
August 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
What's the story...?
Basketflowers. They close up at night, only to unfold the next morning. Delicate, despite their prickly looks.
August 18, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Basketflowers. They close up at night, only to unfold the next morning. Delicate, despite their prickly looks.
My helianthus (perennial sunflower) and amaranth are luxuriating in this August's New England heat. And the pollinators too.
August 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
My helianthus (perennial sunflower) and amaranth are luxuriating in this August's New England heat. And the pollinators too.
I didn't expect this when I went to get my ladder! But life always finds a way...
July 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I didn't expect this when I went to get my ladder! But life always finds a way...
Here's my version. Stunning colour combo.
July 12, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Here's my version. Stunning colour combo.
Welcome back FEWS NET. The latest update on global food insecurity makes for hard reading, as usual: fews.net/global/speci.... Up to 45% shortfall in rain from long term trends in pastoral zones of Ethiopia and Sudan. Likely flooding in Kenya. But humanitarian aid cut like never before....
July 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Welcome back FEWS NET. The latest update on global food insecurity makes for hard reading, as usual: fews.net/global/speci.... Up to 45% shortfall in rain from long term trends in pastoral zones of Ethiopia and Sudan. Likely flooding in Kenya. But humanitarian aid cut like never before....
Our new paper shows how critical it is to use reliable data to achieve effective targeting and use of development resources: doi.org/10.1038/s414....
Sadly, the source of these data was terminated a few weeks ago. Draw your own conclusions...
Sadly, the source of these data was terminated a few weeks ago. Draw your own conclusions...
April 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Our new paper shows how critical it is to use reliable data to achieve effective targeting and use of development resources: doi.org/10.1038/s414....
Sadly, the source of these data was terminated a few weeks ago. Draw your own conclusions...
Sadly, the source of these data was terminated a few weeks ago. Draw your own conclusions...
And over at Wholefoods, nothing to see here...
February 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
And over at Wholefoods, nothing to see here...
Lovely day snowshoeing in the forest. Nothing else of consequence happening today, right?
January 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Lovely day snowshoeing in the forest. Nothing else of consequence happening today, right?
Proud to note that our 2013 paper in the Lancet series on nutrition has reached 1,000 citations in Google Scholar. Not a lot, maybe, for earth science and climate papers, but quite a lot for a single nutrition article. Great that it still has legs!
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lnkd.in/eR8KXMxy
January 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Proud to note that our 2013 paper in the Lancet series on nutrition has reached 1,000 citations in Google Scholar. Not a lot, maybe, for earth science and climate papers, but quite a lot for a single nutrition article. Great that it still has legs!
lnkd.in/eR8KXMxy
lnkd.in/eR8KXMxy
Our new paper tracking process (or not) on food systems transformation globally using harmonized metrics. A valuable accountability mechanism:
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lnkd.in/ebRdbqim
January 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Our new paper tracking process (or not) on food systems transformation globally using harmonized metrics. A valuable accountability mechanism:
lnkd.in/ebRdbqim
lnkd.in/ebRdbqim
Finally, some New England weather that allows for snow-shoeing. Yay!
January 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Finally, some New England weather that allows for snow-shoeing. Yay!
Meanwhile, in Greeland...
January 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Meanwhile, in Greeland...
Afternoon in Le Guilvinec, Brittany. Crisply cold but wonderful with it.
December 28, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Afternoon in Le Guilvinec, Brittany. Crisply cold but wonderful with it.
Festive London. Always fun!
December 22, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Festive London. Always fun!
We can change some short-term household outcomes (like dietary diversity) through behaviour change interventions; but chronic poverty and food insecurity hinder deeper impacts. New paper on research in Uganda.
Free access (until 27 Jan 25):
authors.elsevier.com/c/1kECs7sxZ~...
Free access (until 27 Jan 25):
authors.elsevier.com/c/1kECs7sxZ~...
December 8, 2024 at 3:50 PM
We can change some short-term household outcomes (like dietary diversity) through behaviour change interventions; but chronic poverty and food insecurity hinder deeper impacts. New paper on research in Uganda.
Free access (until 27 Jan 25):
authors.elsevier.com/c/1kECs7sxZ~...
Free access (until 27 Jan 25):
authors.elsevier.com/c/1kECs7sxZ~...
Clear affect of India removing its export ban on the global market price for rice. Africa was most impacted by this artificial inflation. www.ifpri.org/blog/india-l...
December 6, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Clear affect of India removing its export ban on the global market price for rice. Africa was most impacted by this artificial inflation. www.ifpri.org/blog/india-l...
Oyster mushroom in my garden. These mushrooms are carnivorous. To get needed nitrogen, they secrete a toxin that stuns passing nematode worms. Apparently, thr mushroom then sends out fibres to find the worm, enter its mouth and suck out the guts. And here I was going to fry it up.for tea....
November 23, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Oyster mushroom in my garden. These mushrooms are carnivorous. To get needed nitrogen, they secrete a toxin that stuns passing nematode worms. Apparently, thr mushroom then sends out fibres to find the worm, enter its mouth and suck out the guts. And here I was going to fry it up.for tea....
In western Nepal.
November 17, 2024 at 1:44 PM
In western Nepal.