Catherine James

Sign the petition to prevent the damage done by harmful invasive species We will take your support to the Federal Environment Minister calling for increased funding and efforts to stop invasive species-led destruction, deaths and extinctions in Australia.

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Spectacular with their ruffled petals

Chemical pollution a threat comparable to climate change, scientists warn More than 100 million ‘novel entity’ chemicals are in circulation, with health impact not widely recognised

It's easy to assume that anything you can buy in a shop, find in your house or apply to your body must be safe

Because they wouldn't be allowed to sell it if it wasn't, right?

I mean, someone must have tested it, right?

Wrong

Oh I love this! How magnificent 🤩 Going to have to find a spot in my garden for some I think x

'To appease Donald Trump': Australia's beef backflip all too convenient After repeatedly arguing it wouldn't trade away biosecurity standards to assuage Trump, the government now argues it is satisfied with improvements in US cattle traceability.

After repeatedly arguing it wouldn't trade away biosecurity standards to assuage Trump, the government now argues it is satisfied with improvements in US cattle traceability.

What Would it Take to Electrify Ag Trucking? - Offrange Agricultural transport is a significant contributor to climate change. Full electrification is a ways off, but advocates note subtle signs of progress..

What would it take to electrify the ag trucking industry? We dug in:

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Good luck with it Asher 🤞 I hope there's much less shit option out there for you!

A OECD Trade & Agriculture Starter Pack for those interested. go.bsky.app/P4denVy

From freight to plate: The 'mind-boggling' journey of 'fresh' food Most "fresh" food travels thousands of kilometres to be sorted, divvied up and, in some cases, sent back to the place it came from — at huge cost to farmers and shoppers. But some new options are starting to sprout.

Most "fresh" food travels thousands of kilometres to be sorted, divvied up and, in some cases, sent back to the place it came from — at huge cost to farmers and shoppers. But some new options are starting to sprout.

Cattle industry walks away from net-zero target by 2030 pledge Less than a decade after the red meat industry promised to reach net-zero emissions by 2030, it abandons the goal claiming it is not possible.

'it's not a step backwards but a bit of a strategic realignment' 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

so many thoughts on this, might add later but seriously - shouldn't we be working out the how we meet it rather than the 'if we can'??

#agsky #netzero

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Victorian Country Hour - ABC listen Conflict in the Middle East is already changing the value of products at the farm gate in Australia

How Middle East conflict hits Australian farmers and the world trade in protein

Lab grown meat gets approval in Australia

Kevin Butler gives an update on Balzeaid's plan to pay for freight on hay to keep stock alive

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If you are confronted by any privileged, entitled old white men experiencing a meltdown over the humanitarian actions of a 22yo female champion and legend, the Greta Thunberg Helpline is still operational and still taking calls. Please refer anyone in need. ☎️

I'm increasingly seeing pics of biodiverse solar farms 👍

Q fever – an old zoonosis with a better diagnosis Q fever or 'query fever' is a vaccine-preventable zoonosis first described in Australia in 19377. The causative agent8 for this disease is the obligate intracellular coccobacillus Coxiella burnetii. The bacterium has two structural versions called large cell and small cell variants (LCV and SCV) - and two antigenic forms, Phase I and Phase II. The SCV exhibits exceptional environmental resistance, surviving on wool, meat, and milk for periods ranging from one to 40 months after being shed from infected animals.

An overview of Q Fever and some musings on why numbers of Coxiella burnetii infections were higher than usual in 2024.

Seriously impressive!

US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🤡😱😱

Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".

#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience

Victorian Country Hour - ABC listen The Victorian Country Hour broadcasts live from from a drought-affected dairy farmer at Naringal, in the state's south west

Country Hour broadcast from a dairy farm in south-west Victoria at Naringal near Warrnambool.

We talk with young families about the decisions they are making, how communities stay together and what you tell your staff.

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Mujica and his dog in front of his house

Mujica's advice for the young: “Work for what is required to live, do not live to work. If you adjust your needs, you have to work less. And I have time left to exercise my freedom. If I let my needs multiply, goodbye to my freedom.”

Here we go.

I don't have much to say about this one to encourage you to read, and the title will turn many of you away - and maybe it should - but I don't know what I would do with myself if I didn't get this one out:

India’s First Gene-Edited Sheep Born at SKUAST-K SRINAGAR: The Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST-Kashmir) has successfully produced a gene-edited sheep, setting a new benchmark in reproductive biotechnology an...

India’s First Gene-Edited Sheep Born at SKUAST-K kashmirlife.net/indias-first... via @Kashmir Life

Use Strategic Thinking to Create the Life You Want In corporate strategy projects, executive leadership teams work through a series of questions to determine how their businesses can succeed. Individuals can use a similar process to figure out how to ...

Loving this article on how the demands of everyday life — the here and now — can overwhelm us, leaving little time to think about the long term and what we are working toward. This is like trying to run a business without a strategy.

hbr.org/2023/12/use-...

Wait, we can kill it? Let’s go!

I've a few of these climbing a pergola in SE Australia - chosen because the leaves are sooooo big!

Drought forum today at Molesworth near Yea in Victoria.

100 or so in the town hall hearing valuable information on how to get through.

Drowned herds. Towns underwater. Farmers in NSW are facing ‘absolute devastation’ Those who survived the 2021 floods and are still recovering from ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, ‘have lost absolutely everything’ in the latest deluge * NSW floods live updates: latest flooding news * NSW floods map: record-breaking rain in charts and maps * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast For dairy farmer James McRae, the floods arrived in a perfect storm. It had been a wet autumn on the New South Wales mid-north coast, saturating the soil, which made it hard to sow new pastures. When 200mm of rain hit overnight on Monday, low-lying farms in his community of Barrington were “completely decimated”. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

Drowned herds. Towns underwater. Farmers in NSW are facing ‘absolute devastation’

... another for #agsky #auspol 😘

No idea why media still depicts Nats as a farmers party. They are a mining party beholden to coal and gas interests and funded by Gina Rinehart. When there is a conflict between farmers and fossil fuels, they always back fossil fuels. Their opposition to wind is to protect fossil fuels for longer.