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🌾🎙️ Food for thought: Did you know that #foodsystems account for 15% of global #fossilfuel use? And while many sectors are decarbonizing, the fossil fuel industry sees #food as its new frontier for expansion – pushing growth in fossil fertilizers and plastics? 🛢 Introducing #FuelToFork, a groundbreaking new podcast launching October 24. Powered by IPES-Food, TABLE, and the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, we expose the hidden role of fossil fuels in food production. From farmers to scientists to campaigners, we’ll hear from experts tackling this complex challenge head-on. Can we phase out fossil fuels in food? What powerful forces stand in the way? Subscribe to Fuel to Fork now to find out. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e9DFV9YR #FoodSystems #ClimateAction #FossilFree #Sustainability

🌍 Who Controls Our #Land? Increasingly, it’s not #farmers, but financiers.🤑 One highlight of this year was our landmark #LandSqueeze report, exposing the unprecedented pressures on farmland and what can be done to achieve equitable access to land. In this video, our expert Nettie Wiebe unpacks the global land squeeze and its devastating effects on farmers, communities, and food systems. Nettie highlights how speculative capital is pushing up land prices, preventing young farmers from entering agriculture, destroying biodiversity and local ecosystems, and hollowing out communities. Including in her own community in Saskatchwen Canada. As she says, “Land is the source of our food and our life. We need new regulations to ensure farmers—not financiers—control the land.” 📖 Explore the full Land Squeeze report here: https://lnkd.in/dDPRqN8c #LandRights #SustainableFarming #FoodSystems #LandJustice

🚌🚂✈️ Heading home for the holidays? Long journeys call for great podcasts. A we have just the thing: #FuelToFork. This 7-episode investigation dives deep into the hidden ingredient fueling our #foodsystem — #fossilfuels. Featuring world-leading experts, it unpacks the links between fossil fuels, farming, food, and the fight for a sustainable future. From the environmental costs of fertilizers to the ubiquity of plastic packaging, from the fuel in the tractor, to the gas firing the stove. Fuel to Fork reveals why the food system is ripe for change—and how we can transform it. Intriguing, informative, and perfect for the journey. 🎧 Start listening: 👉 https://lnkd.in/e9DFV9YR Produced with TABLE & Global Alliance for the Future of Food #ClimateAction #Sustainability #podcast

A teenager is suing Kraft-Heinz, Mondelez, Coca-Cola & others for marketing addictive ultra-processed food to kids. "The lawsuit alleges that the food companies have long known their products are harmful and deliberately engineered them to be as addictive as possible."

What a whirlwind year! As 2024 comes to an end, we’re reflecting on some of our highlights: https://lnkd.in/eqigEXmW 🌍 Our #LandSqueeze report sparked global conversations about rising land inequality – from rising land prices to new waves of land grabs. 🛒 #FoodFromSomewhere, our report championing localised food markets as a key to resilience, had an enthusiastic reception – from UN institutions to local food actors in every continent. 🎙️ #FueltoFork, our first foray into podcasting, reached new audiences, compellingly exposing the #fossilfuels in our food. 📈 We launched our sparkling new website in English, French, Spanish & Portuguese, nearly quadrupling monthly visitors and cataloguing our past work. Read all about it in our 2024 Activity Report https://lnkd.in/eqigEXmW None of this would have been possible without the incredible support and collaboration of our partners. As we look ahead to 2025 – IPES-Food's 10th year – we're excited to deepen these partnerships, take on new challenges, and continue driving change for more equitable, sustainable #foodsystems. What were your highlights this year? Share them below! 🎉

💯! We've heard these arguments before. Industrial agriculture, & the ultra processed foods it churns out, is responsible for mass disease, 1/3 of global warming emissions, & vast destruction of nature. All while starving 2.8 billion people of access to a healthy diet. The idea that we need to suck it up and entrust BigAg to do more of the same (but better) is a recipe for disaster. Evidence is clear, #agroecology can produce resilient, healthy, abundant food while protecting biodiversity, farmer livelihoods & soil. And overcoming hunger is a question of providing access to food, not further industrialising the countryside.

Europe’s food future is at a turning point. As #agri Commissioner Christophe Hansen prepares to unveil his vision for agriculture and food, the stakes couldn’t be higher. https://lnkd.in/e5iyA-MX With farmers’ protests demanding action and the Strategic Dialogue on EU agriculture forging a rare consensus, the mandate for transformative reform is undeniable. Public support is strong. “This is a golden opportunity to act… Hansen has a chance to deliver not just a ‘vision,’ but a legacy,” writes Olivier De Schutter in his op-ed for EUobserver. The path forward demands clear priorities and bold action: ✅ Fair prices for #farmers ✅ Healthy, sustainable #food choices for all ✅ #Climate resilience and generational renewal ✅ Systemic collaboration to unite stakeholders “Let 2030 be the year we look back and say: this was the moment Europe got the recipe right.” 📖 https://lnkd.in/e5iyA-MX #FoodSystems #Sustainability 🌍#Agriculture 🚜#Leadership

🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 The IPBES #NexusAssessment Summary for Policymakers is now available! Explore the most comprehensive assessment ever of the interconnections between biodiversity, water, food, health & climate. 🌏 Options for a just & sustainable future! https://lnkd.in/d__2Hn6m

Traveling for the holidays and need a new podcast? 🎧 Find out about the hidden ingredient in your food ... #fossilfuels 🦴🛢️ Episodes 1-7 of #FueltoFork are out now! Listen here: bit.ly/fueltofork Produced with IPES-Food & Global Alliance for the Future of Food.

The year is 2030. 🅰️ A thriving Europe: vibrant farmers’ markets teem with fresh, sustainable food. Fair prices and public support allow farmers to prosper, while young farmers access affordable land. OR 🅱️ A failing Europe: Farmers face greater financial precarity. Ultra-processed foods dominate, farms struggle to withstand extreme weather, and Europe’s agrifood policy remains unfit to rise to the challenge. Which path will the EU’s new Agriculture & Food Commissioner, Christophe Hansen, choose? He inherits an extraordinary opportunity – and an equally extraordinary responsibility... Latest op-ed by Olivier De Schutter for EUobserver 📖 https://lnkd.in/e5iyA-MX #Food #Farming #Agriculture #Foodsystems