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"I don't see Palestine as an isolated story" On grief, land, and love in the struggle for Palestinian food and memory

I’ve been wanting to do an issue on food systems in Palestine for a while. I also wanted to do it with somebody who's very much deep in the food culture, storytelling, & preservation issues. This week, I finally managed to do it with Vivien Sansour.

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Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

It’s About Power, Not Prices Jennifer Clapp on how decades of antitrust policy missed the real dangers of Big Ag consolidation & encouraged industrial agriculture’s lock-ins

Regular readers of Thin Ink know I’m a big fan of @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social's work. So of course when her latest book, Titans of Industrial Agriculture, came out earlier this year, I had to read it.

It's a bit of a magnum opus: 13 chapters nearly 500 pages.
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Power & Prejudice An illuminating excerpt from "Titans of Industrial Agriculture"

Last week, I shared a wide-ranging interview with @jennifer on Titans of Industrial Agriculture. This week, I’m staying focused on this topic and sharing an excerpt from the book.

Thanks again @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social !

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Eight Years On… The Rohingya & the rise of global indifference & impunity

I’ll be honest. I thought hard (but not v. long) about doing another heavy issue, since this was yet another week where cowards with lethal weapons targeted journalists & food aid. It also marks 8 years since Myanmar military's brutal attack on the Rohingya.

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Jack White is a badass.

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly A quartet of food reports highlight where we are

This week, I mourn the passing of David Nabarro, rage at #whatshappeninginMyanmar & look at 4 reports on food.

The Good 😎👌🔥: #SOFI2025 showed global hunger going down, moderate & severe hunger contained, healthy diets now more reachable & stunting's been stunted.

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Who Owns Our Food? The agricultural commodity giants few of us know

Did you know that..

🌽 4 companies controlled between 50-60% of global trade in essential cereals, oilseed & protein crops in 2022?

🔠 They are known collectively as the ABCDs because of their names: Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Bunge, Cargill and (Louis) Dreyfus?

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Happening on Monday. Pls do drop by if you're in Reykjavik. More details here: www.ru.is/vidburdir/ta...

#whatshappeninginMyanmar
#burma #myanmar

"I felt like a prisoner"

A Kachin journo wrote this 3 years ago. It remains pertinent. "Within days... old customers at my regular tea shop no longer had the same looks as they did before. They did not dare to speak as loudly as they used to. They no longer dared to watch news openly."

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It is now 4 years since the coup in Myanmar turned the lives of millions of people upside down. We've been supporting brave storytellers to share their thoughts, hopes & fears about life under military rule. They are vital now more than ever...

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The morning of stark reality

As we inch closer to 4th anniversary of the coup, here's an old diary from a Kayah journalist we supported. Within 12 months, she went from having a stable life to fleeing into the jungle, with her young children, while continuing to work. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar.

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Looking Forward… & Back Key challenges for food systems in 2025 and beyond

Only 10 days into new year & we're already seeing: warnings of widening famine in Sudan, deaths of at least 6 dozen kids in Gaza Strip (where famine has apparently taken hold) & one of the most expensive wildfire disasters in U.S. history.

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Snowy street and orange sunset

Home can be pretty

My significantly better half cofounded @kitetalesmm.bsky.social. With all the ongoing tragedies around the world, we mustn't forget what's happening in Myanmar/Burma.

See you in Chiangmai next Friday!

#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

"You're welcome" he shouts into the void.

I wasn't sure, but then there were about 10 of those replies in a few screenfuls so I opted for both.

I'm new here, so what's the netiquette. Do I just block this arsehole or do I report them.

Celeste bicycle leaning against bright red sign warning of hills in a faded tilled field.

#cycling #photography

Food Systems at COP29 "The Finance COP" is nearly midway through. Where are we on Food Systems discussions?

This week's Thin Ink was hours late, no thanks to: a storm that delayed flights for hours, airports with few sitting areas, and hour-long queues. Hopefully the content is still fresh though.

#FoodSystems #ClimateChange #COP29

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