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Ariel Nessel

@anessel

Conspirator in compassion, community and common sense endeavoring to transform our global food systems

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Joined March 2009
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What if the next time someone said "wouldn't it be great if someone did something about that", they felt called and empowered to be that someone? That's what @Pollinationproj is all about. We all have a gift to offer the🌎. What is yours & what's holding you back? My interview.
Charity Matters (@charity_matters) profile pictureCharity Matters@charity_matters12 Oct 2021
This Wednesday’s episode will be a conversation with the founder of the The Pollination Project gives seed funding to grassroots volunteers #CharityMattersPodcast
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📣 BREAKING: @USDA is awarding @TuftsUniversity $10M to establish the National Institute for Cellular Agriculture: a flagship American cultivated protein research center of excellence 🇺🇸🧫 Representatives @rosadelauro & @RepKClark joined us in celebrating this milestone:
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~90% of the $540bn in global subsidies given to farmers every year are harmful and will render vast expanses of healthy land useless. By 2050, the loss of this land will make it impossible to feed the global population @ClimateEnvoy @Oxfam @SenWhitehouse theguardian.com/environment/…
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🐟🐬🐢 DYK the commercial fishing industry is not only horrible for the environment, but animal cruelty on a massive scale, too? 💔 We can all extend our compassion to aquatic animals by choosing more plant-based foods!
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"Most species fare much better if habitats are left intact,which means reducing the space needed for farming."🤔 Someone tell the author alternative proteins require 90% less land than animal protein @BezosEarthFund @NiaTero @RainforestTrust @rewild phys.org/news/2021-10-farmin…

Concentrate farming to leave room for species and carbon, better than 'eco-friendly' agriculture

Farming should be as high-yield as possible so it can be limited to relatively small areas, allowing much more land to be left as natural habitats while still meeting future food targets, according...

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The difference between EU and US agriculture policy in two tweets: @Food_EU celebrates #WorldAnimalDay with farm animal welfare legislation. @USDA celebrates new subsidies for chicken slaughterhouses.
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Farmfree food will allow us to hand back vast areas of land+sea to nature, permitting rewilding & carbon drawdown on a massive scale. It’s our best hope of stopping the sixth great extinction and, if done right, means cheap and abundant food for everyone. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Lab-grown food is about to destroy farming – and save the planet | George Monbiot

Lab-grown food is about to destroy farming – and save the planet | George Monbiot

Scientists are replacing crops and livestock with food made in factories from microbes and water. It may save humanity’s bacon, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Anand R Gopal@anandrg1 Oct 2021
1 in 3 Americans experienced a climate disaster this summer. The #climatecrisis is spiraling. But what if I told you climate advocates are missing the highest impact scalable climate solution outside of energy? Hear us out. A🧵1/7 cnn.com/2021/09/30/opinions/…
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Most critical visions of cellular agriculture are dystopian: unaccountable corporate giants force-feeding a captive population with fake meat. Ironically, that describes the food system we already have. @GeorgeMonbiot @ggreenwald @GretaThunberg theguardian.com/news/2021/ju…
Man v food: is lab-grown meat really going to solve our nasty agriculture problem?

Man v food: is lab-grown meat really going to solve our nasty agriculture problem?

The long read: If cellular agriculture is going to improve on the industrial system it is displacing, it needs to grow without passing the cost on to workers, consumers and the environment

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We need climate policy to apply the clean-energy playbook to alternative-meat production. If we do that successfully,we can save more emissions than ending the use of coal globally @rosadelauro @ericadamsfornyc @HaleyLive @CoryBooker @RoKhanna @RepRaskin cnn.com/2021/09/30/opinions/…
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The turnout for yesterday's Barn Brunch was AMAZING! It was so good to see a mix of friends old & new--& so many little kiddos! It’s so important for kids to know where their food comes from, to get the chance to meet the dogs, nose to nose, & learn about the circle of life. 🥰
Image from Elwood's Organic Dog Meat 🐾🥩 (@ElwoodDogMeat)
Image from Elwood's Organic Dog Meat 🐾🥩 (@ElwoodDogMeat)
Image from Elwood's Organic Dog Meat 🐾🥩 (@ElwoodDogMeat)
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The idea that we have taken a national park, Pt. Reyes, and degraded it to make it a worse place for communities of colors is shocking. Where is environmental justice in this reality? @SecDebHaaland @JaredHuffman @Interior thehill.com/opinion/energy-e…
When a national park erodes environmental justice

When a national park erodes environmental justice

The idea that we have taken a national park and degraded it to make it a worse place for communities is shocking. Where is environmental justice in this reality?

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Despite being one of the largest contributors to climate change, animal agriculture is not on the #COP26 agenda as a priority in climate change mitigation discussions. Stop ignoring #TheCowInTheRoom. @JohnKerry hsi.org/news-media/joaquin-p…
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GOOD Meat@GOODMeat20 Sep 2021
We're excited to announce our latest round of fundraising, along with our new partnerships with former USDA Secretary Dan Glickman as an advisor to #GOODMeat, and former DuPont executive Jim Borel on our board of directors. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Eat Just Raises $97 Million More to Fund Cultured Meat Production

Eat Just Raises $97 Million More to Fund Cultured Meat Production

Company will use the investment to make the massive bioreactors it needs to scale up output.

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In the last decade, the U.S. egg industry has gone from ‘low single digits’ of cage-free chickens to more than 30% — here’s how with @HumaneSociety

How Has the U.S. Egg Industry Changed in the Last 10 Years?

In the last decade, the U.S. egg industry has gone from ‘low single digits’ of cage-free chickens to more than 30% — here’s how with @HumaneSociety

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A new, gold-standard study found that animal agriculture now account for 20% of global GHGEs. Why aren't enviros talking about this and doing something to support alternatives? @MikeBloomberg @GretaThunberg @ClimateHuman @ClimateReality @EnvDefenseFund theguardian.com/environment/…
Meat accounts for nearly 60% of all greenhouse gases from food production, study finds

Meat accounts for nearly 60% of all greenhouse gases from food production, study finds

Production of meat worldwide causes twice the pollution of production of plant-based foods, a major new study has found

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At least 16.5% of all greenhouse gas emissions are now attributed to livestock agriculture, & it's predicted to account for 81% of the 1.5°C carbon budget by 2050. What plans do democrats have to invest in alternative proteins? @SenWhitehouse @RepCasten @RepJoeNeguse @SenWarren
You may think you live on a planet, but really you live on a gigantic meat farm, one occasionally broken up by cities, forests and deserts. @SecVilsack @anandrg @RexChapman @JacksonWild ourworldindata.org/land-use
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"we need to begin reducing the number of food animals on the planet and incentivise different consumption models" theguardian.com/environment/…
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Happy Labor Day.
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