garrettbroad.bsky.social
Faculty at Rowan University. Researcher & teacher focused on food systems/sustainability, media/technology, public opinion/social movements, animals/alternative proteins. Philly/South Jersey guy. Soft pretzel aficionado. Opinions mine. garrettbroad.com
👤 Joined on 19 September 2023
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@garrettbroad.bsky.socialThe EU depends on imported #fertiliser, as shown again by the war in Iran. But manure—suggested by some as solution—cannot replace mineral fertiliser because the #livestock sector itself is a net consumer of it. Scaling up #manure “production” would increase fertiliser use: doi.org/10.1111/1746... +
Show PostIndeed. The livestock sector—where manure comes from—relies itself on synthetic nitrogen, i.e. livestock via manure does not help agriculture get off fossil fuel, it adds to the problem, as I illustrate in a new short paper: bsky.app/profile/ajst...
Show PostGreat thread @garrettbroad.bsky.social - I struggle with the same worries and wrote this piece that resonates very much with your reflections - clim-eat.org/agroecology-... the long version reflects on solutionism from both poles of the debate
Show PostMeat and dairy industry communications have been explored in two very recent, interesting papers (figures from each below). TLDR: it's the same old story. 🧵
Show Post(Bill Belichick voice) We’re onto the semis
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