Reflections from @LUGElab - an #interdisciplinary #research group studying #agriculture, #foodsecurity and the #environment @UBC
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🚨 New Report:
Ten Facts about Land Systems for Sustainability is a call to action for policymakers seeking sustainable and equitable solutions to urgent global challenges.
🌏 @NRamankutty (IRES/@ubcSPPGA) is among the co-authors from 20 countries
👉 10facts.glp.earth/
Nature of Food Blog retweeted
Dana James, a PhD candidate with @ubcfarm & @ubcires, and her colleagues built upon grassroots calls from the food sovereignty movement to argue that the food system can and should be redistributed to become more resilient, sustainable and equitable. foodsystemsjournal.org/index…
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Our new paper is out today in @ERLjournal on ecosystem services in Canada for conservation planning! (iopscience.iop.org/article/1…)
We mapped hotspots of carbon storage, freshwater, and outdoor recreations across the country. Here are the main messages.
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Nature of Food Blog retweeted
We are closing our survey on labour & agroecological management soon! It is also available in Punjabi and Chinese (traditional and simplified characters)! Linked in first page of survey here: ow.ly/5zbH50C1hi9
The odds of winning a gift card are real good. Pleas share!
There's still time to fill out the BC veg farmer survey for a chance to win a $50 gift card from Lee Valley!
We hope you'll share your experience. This research is being conducted by Dr. Hannah Wittman (PI) and Susanna Klassen.
Link at: ow.ly/5zbH50C1hi9
Nature of Food Blog retweeted
Plant-based meats are on the rise. But are they #sustainable? “It’s well-known that eating lower down the food chain is more environmentally efficient,” @NRamankutty @ubcires nationalobserver.com/2020/12… via @NatObserver
Nature of Food Blog retweeted
"For some countries in sub-Saharan Africa the cost of a basic 1GB MONTHLY plan ranges from as much as 64% to 188% of the ANNUAL income of the poorest 10% of the population" Indeed, even when coverage exists costs are prohibitive for low income farmers go.nature.com/34NXju0
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Nature of Food Blog retweeted
Are we really in a data revolution if hundreds of millions of farmers still cannot get online?
Check out our new paper at Nature Sustainability on the global digital divide in agriculture:
nature.com/articles/s41893-0…
Research graciously led by @ZiaMehrabi
Nature of Food Blog retweeted
New correspondence in @nature by @ZiaMehrabi.
"What is urgently needed is greater political will, not more data synthesis."
nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
Nature of Food Blog retweeted
We are truly lucky to be working with such a brilliant and kind person. Congratulations, Navin!
Congratulations to Prof. @NRamankutty (SPPGA; @ubcires) for receiving the prestigious Wihuri International Prize in recognition of his work on sustainable global food systems. Read more: ow.ly/UnzQ50BNLJe
Nature of Food Blog retweeted
At the #UNBiodiversitySummit last month, leaders from several countries signed the #leaderspledgefornature, committing to reversing biodiversity loss. We need more countries to sign on!
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SES and resilience scholarship increasingly recognizes the need for equity and justice, but rarely names the inequities. Our new piece in @WorldDevJournal seeks to do just that, drawing on 3 lessons for resilient food systems from the pandemic. authors.elsevier.com/c/1bWWM…
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"[The] focus should be on policies that promote groundwater conservation through electricity reforms and financial incentives"
Check out @balsher_sidhu 's piece in CGIAR's Water, Land & Ecosystems blog wle.cgiar.org/thrive/2020/06…
Nature of Food Blog retweeted
For #BCfarmers who have just finished a long season: cozy up with a cuppa something delicious and earn some $ by helping @ubcfarm researchers w the #BCvegfarmersurvey bit.ly/2qOzP6R Pls RT @bcagcouncil @ARDCorp @pacagshow
@CHC_CCH @BCFarmersMarket @fruitandvegmag
Nature of Food Blog retweeted
Opinion: Instead of flight shaming, let’s be thoughtful and selective about all travel ensia.com/voices/flight-sham… via @ensiamedia @elenabennett @ubcires @ubcSPPGA
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The LUGE lab is looking for motivated students to work with us in the winter term through UBC's Work Learn program!
Apply to get experience with global agricultural data (ID 869113) or as a full-stack web developer (ID 869121)
ubc-csm.symplicity.com/stude…
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Today I began the process of migrating 9 yrs of my life I mean academic lit from Elsevier-owned @mendeley_com to @zotero. Bc #openaccess #openscience matter. Read more on why @NatureFoodBlog post by Steve Chignell. Science is political. link.medium.com/AUGXm7hRsX – at Vancouver, British Columbia
Nature of Food Blog retweeted
New blog post in series explores chapter on Indigenous #foodsovereignty through fisheries governance with #Batchewana First Nation, #Saugeen First Nation, and Chippewas of Nawash at Neyaashiinigmiig co-authored by @KLowitt @CharlesLevkoe fledgeresearch.ca/2019/05/29…
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Why might financial incentives alone fail to motivate farmers to undertake conservation practices? @drmolliechapman explains new research on the importance of relational values and listening to affected people: buff.ly/2UfgLvo HT @vereseufert @NatureFoodBlog
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The @EATforum and @TheLancet have developed a diet for the future. How much should nuts be part of it? What is feasible? medium.com/the-nature-of-foo… #EATLancet #Food #Planet #Health