Interested in and advocating for a fact based, equitable, climate resilient food system. Views are personal.
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Arpita Bhattacharjya retweeted
The average 1910 home was <1000 sq ft, water-borne disease caused ~10% of US deaths, most Americans couldn't afford steak (they ate boiling beef, salt pork, sausages, mutton, organ meat, etc), a big % of food was non-local and transported by trains, pkg'd food was exploding...
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Arpita Bhattacharjya retweeted
This is enemy-of-my-enemy agriculture.
Pollan & Berry are the counterpoint to pesticides, monocultures, and of course Monsanto - and who the hell wants to be on their side?
But the tools of industrial ag can be used poorly or well. Used well, they feed the world.
Arpita Bhattacharjya retweeted
Thriller lovers rejoice! The New York Times recently polled nearly 300 crime novelists, editors, booksellers, librarians, and other book lovers to compile its list of the Best Thrillers of the 21st Century. If you love spine-tingling whodunnits and psychological horrors, consider these picks required reading! penguinrandomhouse.com/the-r…
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This week, @irri deposited 1,890 seed samples in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, 410 for the first time. New deposits include rice from Madagascar, Costa Rica and Nepal.
IRRI’s collections now reach 99.59% safety duplication level, helping protect rice diversity for the future.
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Ethiopia and Malawi have consistently met the 10% target for public spending on agriculture. What would help more countries follow? Dr Hamady Diop of the @_AfricanUnion outlines the blended finance approaches that could: bit.ly/3YfxpKT
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🍅🧬 A gene-edited tomato just made a major leap: from the lab to a human clinical trial.
Researchers at @JohnInnesCentre developed vitamin D–biofortified tomatoes, now being tested in 200 people with low vitamin D levels in the UK.
Gene editing moving from the field to the plate — and potentially into public health.
jic.ac.uk/advances/sunshine-…
#biotech #tomatoes #VitaminD #superfood
Arpita Bhattacharjya retweeted
New research from Rothamsted and ApresLabs points to a breakthrough in oilseed rape management. A natural olive‑derived compound, SYN‑A, is showing remarkable power in restoring pyrethroid efficacy against cabbage stem flea beetle.
Find out more here: ow.ly/gqLl50ZQ56k
Arpita Bhattacharjya retweeted
Grape news! 🍇
Scientists in South Africa have successfully used #CRISPR #GeneEditing to develop a variety of grapevines that are less susceptible to downy mildew, and better at conserving water during drought. seedworld.com/europe/2026/04…
Arpita Bhattacharjya retweeted
The number of countries that grow GM crops continues to increase. #ISAAA
Arpita Bhattacharjya retweeted
This shows that for every $1 spent on buying GM seed, they gain an extra $4.90 in return. Farmers in developing countries gain more than those in developed countries, $5.08 vs $4.76. Excellent evidence that GM crops benefit small landholders in developing countries. #ISAAA
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Nearly 700 rural hospitals are already at risk of closing, even before Medicaid cuts take effect. When a rural hospital closes, the impact reaches everyone in the community, regardless of insurance. Residents may have to travel 20+ miles farther for care.
ms.now/opinion/trump-medicai…
Arpita Bhattacharjya retweeted
farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/…
maybe a good use of technology but outcomes a bit uncertain at the moment
Arpita Bhattacharjya retweeted
Awesome news today -- @sunyesf scientists are de-extincting lost American trees!
@USDA just approved a genetically modified version of one of the great American trees, the American Chestnut, that went effectively extinct due to an Asian fungal blight introduced in 1904 that killed 3-4 BILLION trees (some 120 feet tall) by 1950.
By adding in one gene from wheat to the American Chestnut genome, conservation scientists at @sunyesf have shown they can make the American Chestnut resistant to the fungal blight and revive and bring back this American classic.
Let's finish this approval by @EPA and get these planted so our kids can visit these forests!!!
Arpita Bhattacharjya retweeted
Don't worry, if you don't want to eat the mystery "beef", you can eat eggs.
Wait, eggs were recalled for salmonella. You could have a salad.
No, lettuce was recalled for cyclospora. Maybe some fruit?
Blueberries were recalled for E. coli. Cheese? Also E. coli and listeria. Fine, just eat popsicles. Those had glass in them?!
Good luck out there.
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Long after sunset, Motoaki Iijima's illuminated greenhouse north of Tokyo glows like a lantern as the flower farmer harvests pink and orange gerberas, avoiding a daytime sun fierce enough to be deadly. reut.rs/4zrK4LN reut.rs/4zrK4LN
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The adoption of GM crops has reduced tillage, contributing to healthier soils. Our latest article shows soil organic matter, a key soil health metric, increased 41% between 1990-2024. The move to chemical pest control provides significant soil benefits. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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The global scientific consensus on genetically modified crop risk assessments
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…