Soil is under-appreciated. But it's vital in so many ways.
We depend on it for our survival yet we’re currently losing it 50-100 times faster than it’s able to rebuild.
There are more micro-organisms in one teaspoon of soil than there are humans on the planet! 🪱
Here's a deeper look at the importance of soil for #WorldSoilDay…
#UK’s #IntensiveFarming hotspots have 79 times more chickens than people, data shows - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/19/uk-intensive-farming-hotspots-79-times-more-chickens-than-people-data-shows-river-pollution-wye-severn
"#IntensiveFarming is the predominant method of producing #meat, #dairy products and #eggs in Europe and elsewhere in the world. It is also recognised as one of the most polluting industries worldwide in 2024, generating nearly 15% of global #greenhousegas emissions. However, the impact of #livestock farming on its immediate environment remains relatively unexplored."
Intensive agriculture is killing the environment.
In Campo de Cartagena in #Murcia illegal wells, illegal desalination and overuse of fertiliser turned #MarMenor into a sewer.
In this article: illegal irrigation of avocado and mango plantations is drying up rivers in the #Malaga area - in turn this will lead to #desertification of the region.
That avocado on your toast is costing the Earth, probably.
Are home #hydroponics the answer?
Infections from animals may cause 12 times more deaths by 2050 - study
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Most modern epidemics have been caused by pathogens that spread from animals to humans, also known as zoonotic diseases.
They can spread to humans via direct contact with animals, vectors such as ticks or mosquitoes, contact with an area where animals live, or consuming contaminated food or water.
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Paper: https://gh.bmj.com/content/8/11/e012026
#animals #disease #pandemic #outbreak #zoonosis #zoonoses #spillover #domestication #wildAnimalFarming #hunting #trapping #backyardFarming #CAFO #IntensiveFarming #stopFuckingAroundWithAnimalsOrElse
"a large # of #students in #Thailand r deprived of vital nutrients in their diet, farmers in the country r also suffering fr an #unsustainable #foodproduction system .. bec they r forced to opt for #intensivefarming & hv to sell their crops cheaply to #middlemen .. even tho the govt claims to be supporting organic farming, organic farmers still don't get enough backing .. their lack of access to markets also makes them financially unstable, which deters others from switching to #organicfarming"
PM2.5 pollution from ammonia resulting from spreading manure on farmland much more relevant than particulate pollution from cars. I wasn't expecting THAT!
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/22/air-pollution-lobbying-politics-ulez?s=09
Animal welfare activists increase calls to ban cage system poultry farming in East Africa #AnimalWelfare #IntensiveFarming #CageFree #FarmingAndDevelopment #FarmedAnimals #FarmedAnimalWelfare https://farmersreviewafrica.com/animal-welfare-activists-increase-calls-to-ban-cage-system-poultry-farming-in-east-africa/
'#Health alarm as tide of rotting #seaweed chokes #UK holiday #beaches'
'Potentially lethal to fish and dangerous for humans, the summer’s #toxic invader is caused by #WarmingSeas and strong winds'
''The Kent area also suffers from nutrient enrichment of coastal waters due to #sewage discharge as well as #AgriculturalRunOff.'
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/26/health-alarm-as-tide-of-rotting-seaweed-chokes-uk-holiday-beaches #ClimateCrisis #GlobalHeating #IntensiveFarming #Farming
"While true diversity lies somewhere within this range, our effort is the first realistic estimate of global diversity in soil, and we need it to advocate for soil life in the face of the biodiversity and climate crises.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/07/more-than-half-of-earths-species-live-in-the-soil-study-finds-aoe?fbclid=IwAR3SRf3h0yYgWJ3jnOfDfYh4FuFpIWjwBRBkuwflkO1ZRUiuCfNNgYteGyM
#NoDigGardening #Biodiversity #ClimateCrisis #IntensiveFarming #WildlifeGardening #InsectsandInvertebrates #Soil #SoilLife
#IntensiveFarming is biggest cause of bird decline in Europe, study says.
Use of #pesticides and #fertilisers identified as most significant factor behind loss of 550 million birds from skies https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/15/intensive-farming-is-biggest-cause-of-bird-decline-in-europe-study-says
According to Defra, in 2019, just 14% of rivers in England met 'good ecological status'.
https://www.soilassociation.org/causes-campaigns/better-rivers-an-end-to-pollution/
#ClimateChange #pollution #UKRivers #Wildlife #IntensiveFarming
Water politics: How Spain’s drought became a battle ground for rural votes https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/water-politics-how-spains-drought-became-a-battle-ground-for-rural-votes/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BirdsandHabitatsDirectives #EUWaterDirective #Intensivefarming
Water politics: How Spain’s drought became a battle ground for rural votes https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/water-politics-how-spains-drought-became-a-battle-ground-for-rural-votes/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BirdsandHabitatsDirectives #EUWaterDirective #Intensivefarming
Water politics: How Spain’s drought became a battle ground for rural votes https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/water-politics-how-spains-drought-became-a-battle-ground-for-rural-votes/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BirdsandHabitatsDirectives #EUWaterDirective #Intensivefarming
@LookNoFurther #dustbowl refugees driven from their homes because the integrity of the land was destroyed by settlers’ cattle and wheat. They didn’t know then, but now we still have #intensiveFarming destroying the #land and #refugees from our man made #climatecrisis being stopped at the #Mexico border #indigenouspeople #sustainablefarming
Just listening to this podcast about #Animal #Sentience, that looks into research showing just how similar we animals really are.
This shouldn’t come as a surprise tho, eh? 😉
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dvbn84
@vegan #BBC #Podcasts #Podcast #AnimalSentience #Farming #IntensiveFarming #Pigs #Bees #Vegan #Veganism
@shaman@cryptotalks.social
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...all meat and dairy #subsidies, in particular in #G20 countries.
We already use the equivalent of all the #Americas for #livestock, i. e. #meat and #DairyProduction. This must be reduced. In so doing, this would greatly advance humanity in our aim to preserve #biodiversity when combined with less #IntensiveFarming methods, such as rededicating a certain amount of "Green strips" to #wildlife.
Source: https://ourworldindata.org/land-use
7. Food Production.
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