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Matthew Rimmer<p>Our lives depend on seeds. Trump’s cuts put our vast reserves at risk<br>Thor Hanson<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/03/seed-reserves-trump-cuts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/apr/03/seed-reserves-trump-cuts</span></a><br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/seeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seeds</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
AlexanderVI<p>This afternoon I have purchased <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/PeanutButter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeanutButter</span></a> from TWO <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> producers who control production from field to jar. </p><p>This is a small spoonful of the "convenience and low prices are not always inherently good things" medicine I find I need to apply to an increasing number of my purchasing decisions. </p><p><a href="https://stranger.social/tags/canpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canpoli</span></a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a></p>
CBC Montreal<p>Mario Roy: the farmer and economist seeking Quebec Liberal leadership<br>With a federal election looming and Donald Trump’s tariffs making waves, the Quebec Liberal Party is in the midst of a leadership race. Five candidates are vying for the top spot, and one of them is Mario Roy. At 31, Roy brings a unique perspective to the race. A farmer from the Beauce and the seventh of nine siblin...<br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Quebec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quebec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Beauce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Beauce</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6710900?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/player/play/9.6710900?c</span><span class="invisible">mp=rss</span></a></p>
CBC Canada<p>How Ontario's forgotten Farmerettes helped feed the nation during WW II<br>During and after the Second World War, thousands of Ontario girls became Farmerettes, taking on the work to support Canada’s food supply. Their contributions were largely forgotten — until now. The new documentary We Lend a Hand premieres in Sudbury on Friday, and features first-hand...<br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/farmerettes-documentary-sudbury-1.7500205?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/far</span><span class="invisible">merettes-documentary-sudbury-1.7500205?cmp=rss</span></a></p>
Derek Caelin is writing a book<p>"Big Data applications are intrinsically socio-technical; their development and deployment are a product of social interactions between people, institutional and regulatory settings, as well as the technology itself. "</p><p>“If they don’t tell us what they do with it, why would we trust them?” Trust, transparency and benefit-sharing in Smart Farming<br><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1016/j.njas.2018.11.002#abstract" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10</span><span class="invisible">16/j.njas.2018.11.002#abstract</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/SmartFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmartFarming</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Data</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a></p>
ABC Feeds<p>Farmers have battled floods, frost and drought — and now US tariffs<br>By Stacey Pestrin, Josephine Lim, and Daniel Keane</p><p>The imposition of US import tariffs is the latest in a long series of challenges for SA farmers, who have battled frost and flooding in recent years, and are currently contending with drought.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-04/us-import-tariff-a-burden-and-opportunity-for-sa-farmers/105132550" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-04/us-</span><span class="invisible">import-tariff-a-burden-and-opportunity-for-sa-farmers/105132550</span></a></p><p><a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/BeefCattleFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeefCattleFarming</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/LivestockFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LivestockFarming</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Viticulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Viticulture</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/TradeAgreements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeAgreements</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trade</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/StaceyPestrin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StaceyPestrin</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/JosephineLim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JosephineLim</span></a> # <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/DanielKeane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanielKeane</span></a></p>
Windspeaker.com<p>“This investment allows us to push innovation even further—developing reliable, science-backed biological solutions that improve soil health, strengthen crops, and reduce dependence on heavy chemical inputs.”</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farming</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/biotech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biotech</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/indigenous-agricultural-biotech-company-receives-2m-rd-and-expand-markets" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">windspeaker.com/news/windspeak</span><span class="invisible">er-news/indigenous-agricultural-biotech-company-receives-2m-rd-and-expand-markets</span></a></p>
Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)‘I hope he’s right’: Markets tumble on tariffs — but Trump isn’t flinching <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/03/i-hope-hes-right-markets-tumble-on-tariffs-but-trump-isnt-flinching-00269800?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/03/i-hope-hes-right-markets-tumble-on-tariffs-but-trump-isnt-flinching-00269800?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/tradeagreements" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TradeAgreements</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/manufacturing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Manufacturing</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/negotiations" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Negotiations</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/warinukraine" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WarinUkraine</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/agriculture" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Agriculture</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/u" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#U</a>.S.economy <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/investment" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Investment</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/wallstreet" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WallStreet</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/medicines" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medicines</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/sanctions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sanctions</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/industry" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Industry</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/military" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Military</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/patients" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Patients</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/pentagon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pentagon</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/security" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Security</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/politics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/defense" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Defense</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/ethanol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ethanol</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/exports" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Exports</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/imports" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Imports</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/markets" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Markets</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/trade" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trade</a>
CBC Kitchener-Waterloo<p>How Ontario's forgotten Farmerettes helped feed the nation during WW II<br>During and after the Second World War, thousands of Ontario girls became Farmerettes, taking on the work to support Canada’s food supply. Their contributions were largely forgotten — until now. The new documentary We Lend a Hand premieres in Sudbury on Friday, and features first-hand...<br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/farmerettes-documentary-sudbury-1.7500205?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/far</span><span class="invisible">merettes-documentary-sudbury-1.7500205?cmp=rss</span></a></p>
Climate crisis | The Guardian<p>How philanthropists are destroying African farms – video <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2025/apr/03/how-philanthropists-are-destroying-african-farms-video" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/video/20</span><span class="invisible">25/apr/03/how-philanthropists-are-destroying-african-farms-video</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climatecrisis</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Foodsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Foodsecurity</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Philanthropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philanthropy</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Farming</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Seeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seeds</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Kenya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kenya</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Food</span></a></p>
JuneSim63<p>"Diversity is a core component of resilience, so we need rapid, ongoing and diverse adaptation of our regional food systems – everywhere, all the time. If we’ve been preserving all these seeds for some imagined future need, then the need is now. Arguably, it’s already too late"</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SeedLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeedLibrary</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HeritageSeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeritageSeeds</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/02/seeds-biodiversity-hurricane-helene" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/apr/02/seeds-biodiversity-hurricane-helene</span></a></p>
GhostOnTheHalfShell<p>10 min</p><p>What you can plant to help out bee populations.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3fnsnNChi4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=q3fnsnNChi</span><span class="invisible">4</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a></p>
Global News Winnipeg<p>Manitoba puts up money for the agricultural sector in the face of tariffs<br>The Manitoba government is promising $150 million for the agricultural sector to help handle tariffs imposed by the United States and China.<br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Manitoba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Manitoba</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a><br><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/11113233/manitoba-puts-up-money-for-the-agricultural-sector-in-the-face-of-tariffs/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">globalnews.ca/news/11113233/ma</span><span class="invisible">nitoba-puts-up-money-for-the-agricultural-sector-in-the-face-of-tariffs/</span></a></p>
Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/SchoolGardens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolGardens</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/gov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gov</span></a> </p><p>'The popularity of farm to school legislation is rapidly increasing. Between 2021 and 2023, 43 states and DC proposed 296 bills that relate to at least one of farm to school’s three core elements–school gardens, education and local procurement. Of these bills, 128 passed.'</p><p><a href="https://www.vermontlaw.edu/news-and-events/new-resource-launch-state-farm-to-school-policy-handbook-and-database-2002-2023" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vermontlaw.edu/news-and-events</span><span class="invisible">/new-resource-launch-state-farm-to-school-policy-handbook-and-database-2002-2023</span></a></p>
🌱🌺 Le Jardin des Faunes 🌾🍅🌿<p>Pourtant je m'étais renseigné, informé, j'avais demandé à des collègues et amis des conseils. </p><p>Mais bizarrement personne ne m'a dit "fais pas le con", et du coup, bah moi, bam, qu'est-ce que je fais ? 🤦</p><p>bref... donc, foin, espace d'abri, vermifuges, onglons, etc. ça va a peu près. Juste apparemment avec les bêtes faut être patient et pas chercher à leur faire peur. Incroyable non ?</p><p>Heureusement que je suis maraîcher hein ! De toute façon, éleveur c'est clair que j'aurais pas pu !</p><p><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/paysannerie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paysannerie</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/betise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>betise</span></a></p>
🇨🇦 Michael Porter 🇨🇦<p>Mastodon! I'm delivering a talk to a couple of grade 9 classes in a month on the use of space (mainly satellites, but probes to other planets, comets, etc., will be included).</p><p>How does your work benefit from satellites? </p><p>I'm thinking of a direct use of the data, as opposed to stuff like “internet access” or “my bank relies on satellites to transfer my grant money from one account to another” 😄</p><p>Anecdotes, rants, personal stories are all fair game 😊<br>(To the inevitable suggestion that I just Google this, yes, I can, and have, but I want the human element - I want to be able to say "someone I ‘know’ uses satellites for their job, and this is what they like about the tech”)</p><p>Hashtag suggestions are welcome. <br>(Also - question: Does Mastodon discriminate hashtags with different capitalization? Are <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> and <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> functionally different? We *really* need some kind of ISO standard 😉) </p><p><a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Physics</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/SolarActivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarActivity</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geology</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/SevereWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SevereWeather</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <br><a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Satellite</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Satellites</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/oceanography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oceanography</span></a></p>
NewsFlash<p>✅ Importance Score: 55 / 100 » Donald Trump tariffs own goal as they 'could cost US household up to $4,200 a year' - Donald Trump has been warned that his "Liberation Day" tariffs could end up costing the average US household $4,200 (£3,...<br>Read More » <a href="https://newsflash.one/2025/04/02/donald-trump-tariffs-own-goal-as-they-could-cost-us-household-up-to-4200-a-year/?feed_id=915455&amp;_unique_id=67ed97b9ee245" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsflash.one/2025/04/02/donal</span><span class="invisible">d-trump-tariffs-own-goal-as-they-could-cost-us-household-up-to-4200-a-year/?feed_id=915455&amp;_unique_id=67ed97b9ee245</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BreakingNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BreakingNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LatestNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LatestNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TopStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TopStories</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/World" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>World</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Paul Houle<p>🧊 Nanotech-induced cooling found to improve crop yields in arid climates</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nanotechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nanotechnology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/materials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>materials</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a></p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-03-nanotech-cooling-crop-yields-arid.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-03-nanotech</span><span class="invisible">-cooling-crop-yields-arid.html</span></a></p>
Jon PENNYCOOK<p>'While food standards remain a red line in negotiations, which are expected to continue beyond Wednesday, giving U.S. producers greater access to the U.K. market would put Britain’s farmers — already infuriated by tax changes — under further pressure.'</p><p><a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/britain-does-not-deny-concessions-on-agriculture-in-uk-us-talks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.eu/article/britain-do</span><span class="invisible">es-not-deny-concessions-on-agriculture-in-uk-us-talks/</span></a></p><p>'Vance said there had been “infringements on free speech” in Britain, which “also affect American technology companies and, by extension, American citizens.”'</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farming</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
michael<p>I missed the memo when the US stopped <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antibiotics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antibiotics</span></a> misuse in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> (as Devi Sridhar suggests here but the document linked describes the practice when it was current)</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/02/antibiotics-stop-working-prescription-gp-animal-farming" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/apr/02/antibiotics-stop-working-prescription-gp-animal-farming</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AntibioticsResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntibioticsResistance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/superbugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>superbugs</span></a></p>
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