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Yup. When I think of #alfalfa though, my old brain pictures this.

Alfalfa from The Little Rascals. 1930’s?

Norbert Leo Butz, Toby Huss, Virginia Kull, Marcus Scribner, Barkhad Abdi And James Le Gros To Star In Jack Fessenden’s Eco-Noir ‘Alfalfa’
#Casting #Alfalfa #BarkhadAbdi #JackFessenden #JamesLeGros #MarcusScribner #NorbertLeoButz #TobyHuss #VirginiaKull

https://deadline.com/2025/05/norbert-leo-butz-toby-huss-marcus-scribner-more-to-star-alfalfa-1236397854/

#smallgrain and #alfalfa field day coming up at #ucd: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdXYd4wMQGkQIlLbaNw_r9njbRl3qBUj9_mOWAOzAN4L6d1_Q/viewform

I am the alfalfa and the omegaga.

#alfalfa #omegaga

From 2014: #Diné #FoodSovereignty : A Report on the #NavajoNation Food System and the Case to Rebuild
a Self Sufficient Food System for the Diné People

by the Diné Policy Institute, April 2014

#GMO / #GE on the Navajo Nation

"GMO/GE seeds are currently being used on the Navajo Nation by the #NavajoAgricultureProductsIndustry (#NAPI), located near the chapters of #Hogback, #UpperFruitland, and #Shiprock including #GMOCorn purchased from #Monsanto. As the region remains a major agricultural hub for many Diné farmers, the risk of #GMOContamination of Diné crops, particularly corn, is high. Furthermore, NAPI’s production of #alfalfa also utilizes GMO seed, which many Diné livestock owners purchase under the '#NavajoPride' brand, so GMO/GE feed is entering the Navajo Nation food system through NAPI products.

"In terms of Diné cultural perspectives, Diné knowledge holders, elders, and farmers have criticized the practice of GMO/GE by #biotech industries throughout Diné Policy Institute’s research and Food Sovereignty Initiative, stating that these practices are in direct violation of our teachings; of the Diné Fundamental Laws and our relationship and duty with plants and animals, particularly with our relationship with corn, our most sacred plant, and have stated that GMO/GE threatens the Diné way of life. As GMOs/GE pose such a large threat to Diné famers, Diné seeds, and Diné lifeways, and go against our most basic teachings, it is vital that the Navajo Nation and Diné people address both the presence of GMO/GE food and seeds on the Navajo Nation as well the potential future risks of GMO/GE to Diné Agriculture.

Ban on GMO/GE Seeds and #Pesticides on the Navajo Nation

The technologies and legalities of #GeneticModification and #GeneticEngineering are in direct contradiction to Diné Food Sovereignty. The #corporate ownership and control of seeds threaten the future of Diné agriculture; Diné people must control their seeds and agricultural practices in order to rebuild a self-sufficient food system that provides healthy foods for Diné people and also ensures the continuation of Diné agriculture and lifeways. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that Diné people, Farm Boards and Committees, Chapters, and the Navajo Nation move to ban GMO/GE seeds on the Navajo Nation. As GMO/GE seeds are already being used on the Navajo Nation by the Navajo Agricultural Products Industry (NAPI), this will require NAPI to change agricultural practices and policies, and end the purchase and production of GMO/GE crops. Recent State legislations have outlawed the banning of GMO/GE seeds in many counties; counties and states in the United States where people have the authority to ban GMO/GE seeds are becoming increasing rare. Therefore, the Navajo Nation and the Diné people have a unique opportunity to enact what many cannot through an assertion of Diné Sovereignty.

Native Seed Protections

"In addition to banning GMO/GE seeds, the Navajo Nation and Diné people should also consider enacting legal protections for our Diné seeds, to hold biotech corporations accountable for contamination of Diné seeds if this does occur. This is particularly urgent as legislation and court decisions at the state and federal level are making it increasingly difficult to hold biotech companies responsible for the contamination of heritage, heirloom, and non-GMO/GE seeds. One example of this is the '#MonsantoProtectionAct,' a piece of federal legislation.

#SeedBanks and #SeedLibraries

"Diné people can begin to protect Diné seeds and provide access to heritage, non GMO/GE seeds through the creation of community Seed Banks and Seed Libraries. Seed banks store seeds, while seed libraries allow people to take seeds to grow, provided that they give some seeds back from what they grow after harvest. Diné seed banks and libraries would also provide access to seeds for growers, addressing a concern of famers in the Community Food Assessment – that they didn’t have access to Native seeds. Seed Banks can include state of the art technology, such as that used by #NativeSeedSearch in Tucson, AZ. However, this is not necessary; Diné and other Native people historically stored seeds in clay jars, recent excavations of such seed preservation methods in the Midwest have produced seeds that were able to grow after 800 years. The seed bank in Tesuque Pueblo in New Mexico stores seeds in jars in a dark and cool in-ground cellar.

Education

"GMO/GE ingredients are in the majority of foods that Diné people are eating and GMO/GE seeds are on the Navajo Nation, however, most Diné people are unaware of the existence of these practices. Therefore public education and outreach on genetic modification and genetic engineering for both Diné people and Navajo Nation leadership is needed."

pages 78-79

https://www.dinecollege.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dpi-food-sovereignty-report.pdf

#CorporateColonialism #GMOs #BigAg
#EndCapitalism #Colonialism #FoodSecurity #Decolonize #TraditionalFoods
#Capitalism #CulturalGenocide

Unser heutiges Abendessen: Krautspätzle 😋

Wir haben frischen Weißkohl verwendet und Tempeh-Würfel dazugegeben. Getoppt haben wir das ganze dann noch mit Alfalfa-Sprossen. Es war sehr lecker!

#krautspätzle #kraut #spätzle #tempeh #kohl #vegan #sprossen #alfalfa

The Great Salt Lake is shrinking as 62% of river #water bound for it is diverted for human use; 71% of the water is used for #agriculture, 80% of which for irrigating #alfalfa & hay to feed #cattle. Reducing #irrigation of #livestock feed is key to save the lake: https://news.oregonstate.edu/news/reducing-irrigation-livestock-feed-crops-needed-save-great-salt-lake-study-argues

💛 Artist: #ALFALFA + #LaPupila #TheDreamers in City: #Toronto /6, Peel Ave / Kanada 🇨🇦 10/2024 - Title: "Breaking the borders" (No one in the world is illegal) - #Art #Streetart #Artist #Immigrants #Borders #Mural

Streetartwall. An impressive mural with a message has been painted on the outside wall of a flat house. The wall is divided into the colors light yellow (top) and purple (bottom) and shows the head of a dark-haired girl behind a wire fence. The fingers of her hand are clutching the wire. The head of an oversized gray bird is also pecking at the wire from the right, creating a hole in the fence. In the center above this hole is written in purple: "No one in the world is illegal" The mural was created by several artists in unusual painting styles. The girl is reminiscent of Art Nouveau ladies and the large bird is reminiscent of charcoal drawings from old zoology books. Beautiful.
Info: The Artists: "A reminder to blame governments, landlords and billionaires for todays crisis, not immigrants".

(4/x) Vast areas of good US cropland are used to grow animal feed (#corn #alfalfa #hay #sorghum), not crops to directly nourish humans. Also globally a lot of prime #farmland no longer produces human food directly, raising #foodsecurity concerns: https://drawdown.org/insights/greenwashing-and-denial-wont-solve-beefs-enormous-climate-problems #landuse

#wewv #wawv #vegan #plantaardigeten #plantbased #moestuin #BiologischeGroenten #tomaten #komkommer #alfalfa #frietjes #patat #Bamischijf #veganstoverij

#EAS #WEA for Alfalfa, #OK; #Garfield, #OK; #Grant, #OK; #Major, #OK; #Woods, #OK: National Weather Service: SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING in effect for this area until 4:30 PM CDT for DESTRUCTIVE 80 mph winds. Take shelter in a sturdy building, away from windows. Flying debris may be deadly to those caught without shelter. Source: NWS Norman OK #Alfalfa, #OK; #Garfield, #OK; #Grant, #OK; #Major, #OK; #Woods, #OKwx** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***

#EAS #WEA for Alfalfa, #OK; #Garfield, #OK; #Grant, #OK; #Major, #OK; #Woods, #OK: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 30 at 3:42PM CDT until October 30 at 4:30PM CDT by NWS Norman OK Source: NWS Norman OK #Alfalfa, #OK; #Garfield, #OK; #Grant, #OK; #Major, #OK; #Woods, #OKwx** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***

Santiago viene firmando todo tipo de convenios con Arabia saudita por lo mismo. Se exportan pellets de alfalfa, instalándose algunas empresas y reconfigurandose otras, para poder cumplir con los compromisos.
Lo que cuenta ese compañero es tal cual. Los pozos se secan y muchos campesinos terminan migrando sin conocer el motivo.
Agregar también que imponen su modelo a los tradicionales productores de alfalfa, como mi familia. Como es imposible «competir», terminan arrendando la tierra.
Por suerte, no son pocos los que han retomado las riendas de su propio campo y ya no quieren saber nada con, por ejemplo MEGALAFA.
Eso generó también retomar las relaciones comerciales con los clientes habituales. Pero el tema que no se subsana es el del AGUA

https://blognooficial.wordpress.com/2024/10/23/programa-de-radio-el-descompresor-sobre-el-agua-y-los-convenios-con-arabia-saudita/

#agua #alfalfa #arabiaSaudita #córdoba #exportaciónDeAgua #extranjerización #MEGALAFA #santiagoDelEstero #traslasierra

Jack & the Green Sprouts Alfalfa and Alfalfa & Onion Sprouts have listeria contamination. #jackandthegreensprouts #alfalfa #onion #sprouts #listeria #infection #recall
https://www.instagram.com/p/DBKUW-Uui6Z/

an Alfalfa ( Medicago sativa ) crop in bloom in high summer time , near Storrington, West Sussex, England. July 2024.
#alfalfa #storrington #westsussex #southdowns #england #bloomscrolling

#EAS #WEA for Alfalfa, #OK; #Grant, #OK: National Weather Service: SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING in effect for this area until 6:15 PM CDT for DESTRUCTIVE 80 mph winds. Take shelter in a sturdy building, away from windows. Flying debris may be deadly to those caught without shelter. Source: NWS Norman OK #Alfalfa, #OK; #Grant, #OKwx** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***

#EAS #WEA for Alfalfa, #OK; #Grant, #OK: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 2 at 5:42PM CDT until July 2 at 6:15PM CDT by NWS Norman OK Source: NWS Norman OK #Alfalfa, #OK; #Grant, #OKwx** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***

#BloomScrolling #MedicagoSativa #Alfalfa #Nature

@ericmbudd

#Alfalfa is not the enemy. It’s actually a beneficial legume. The article says “Cattle-feed #crops, like alfalfa, consume 90% of all water used by Upper Basin agriculture.” So it’s not just alfalfa but includes other crops used for livestock feed.

In arid and semi-arid areas of the US, there are always trade-offs and pressures as to whom benefits from the limited #water supplies. In the end, some irrigated crops may come up short.