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Florian Freund
@florianfreund.bsky.social
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Economist at Thuenen Institute and lecturer at TU Braunschweig interested in international trade and food-systems 🇪🇺

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Pete Scarborough @petescarbs.bsky.social · Oct 22
The LEAP conference is back in Oxford on 22nd April 2026. We have @martinwhite33.bsky.social and @suepritch.bsky.social as keynote speakers. Abstract submissions will open early next year. Save the date! @oxfutureoffood.bsky.social
LEAP conference 2026
Date for the 2026 LEAP conference
www.futureoffood.ox.ac.uk

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OECD Agriculture @oecdagriculture.bsky.social · Apr 17
Agriculture remains a significant emitting sector, but where do these emissions come from? 

Methane and nitrous oxide make up most GHG emissions in OECD countries, driven primarily by livestock production and fertiliser use. 

Learn more 👉 www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

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Florian Freund @florianfreund.bsky.social · Apr 4
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Policy analysis indicates health-sensitive trade and subsidy reforms are needed in the UK to avoid adverse dietary health impacts post-Brexit - Nature Food
Post-Brexit free-trade agreements could increase diet-related health risks—but tariff and subsidy reforms could mitigate these risks.
www.nature.com

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Florian Freund @florianfreund.bsky.social · Apr 4
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International food trade contributes to dietary risks and mortality at global, regional and national levels - Nature Food
A large share of all food produced for human consumption is internationally traded, including foods with important public health implications such as fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts and red meat. Us...
www.nature.com

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Florian Freund @florianfreund.bsky.social · Apr 4
Besides all the economic losses from #tariffs, there are also health issues:
👉Trade in healthy foods 🍎🥦 contributed to a reduction in mortality of ~1.4 million deaths globally in 2019
👉Trade barriers from Brexit were likely to increase dietary health risks significantly.
(links below)

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Florian Freund @florianfreund.bsky.social · Apr 1
Interesting and worrying finding in recent AER paper: Only Italians and Indians are somewhat willing to reduce their meat consumption to fight climate change. The majority in other countries do not seem to care a lot. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

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Florian Freund @florianfreund.bsky.social · Mar 26
It’s both a tax for consumers and a subsidy for domestic producers

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Dominika Langenmayr @dlangenmayr.bsky.social · Feb 18
The German income tax system is too complicated. What could we do to improve it? Nadine Riedel, Martin Jacob and I wrote down a few ideas for @taxfoundation.bsky.social Europe.
taxfoundation.org/blog/germany...
Simplifying Germany's Income Tax System: A Path Toward Fairness and Efficiency
While many Scandinavians get mailed comprehensive pre-filled tax returns and only have to check whether they are correct, the average German taxpayer spends 9 to 10 hours and over €100 filing their ta...
taxfoundation.org

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Florian Freund @florianfreund.bsky.social · Jan 21
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Florian Freund @florianfreund.bsky.social · Dec 8
I would be glad to join 🙂

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Florian Freund @florianfreund.bsky.social · Dec 5
Beans and peas rank best as meat and milk replacements from nutritional, health, environmental, and cost perspectives, a new study led by an Oxford Martin researcher has found. #beans #peas #sustainability
www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/news/beans-a...
Beans and peas best meat alternative, finds Oxford research
Beans and peas are best meat and milk replacements for health and environment, says Oxford Martin School research
www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk

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Florian Freund @florianfreund.bsky.social · Nov 21
EU heavily relies on soy imports, mainly from Brazil, to fuel its meat and dairy industries.
Substituting those imports with local feed would be most likely detrimental to global land use.
To remedy this, the solution is simple: eat less meat and dairy!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Global land-use implications of preference shifts towards regional feed and sustainable diets in Germany and the European Union
In Germany and other EU countries, preferences for regional and GMO-free feed can increasingly be observed. Many industries like to brand their dairy,…
www.sciencedirect.com

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Alan Matthews @alanmatthews.bsky.social · Nov 18
I've opened a BlueSky account and plan to post here in future. Feel free to interact.

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Julia Höhler @juliahoehler.bsky.social · Nov 17
Joint PhD vacancy WUR and UGhent on Behaviour change and incentives for an improved food safety culture www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/j...

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Florian Freund @florianfreund.bsky.social · Nov 14
More sustainable diets 🥦 are not necessarily bad for farm incomes 👩‍🌾. This is even true for countries with dominant animal sectors like IR 🇮🇪 and DK 🇩🇰. And they are clearly good for the climate!
doi.org/10.1088/1748...

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Bård Harstad @bardharstad.bsky.social · Oct 27
The EU-Mercosur trade agreement is in its final round - before being ratified or abandoned.
My analysis "Trade and Trees", today accepted in AER:I, shows how a relatively simple modification of the treaty can motivate forest conservation instead of deforestation:
www.sv.uio.no/econ/persone...

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Florian Freund @florianfreund.bsky.social · Oct 23
Sehr interessant. Vielen Dank fürs Teilen!

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Florian Freund @florianfreund.bsky.social · Oct 20
hi-tech solutions, no matter how appealing to politicians, must not be a substitute for tackling the real issue of western diets and their impact, in terms of methane from lvstk production for food & dairy, and the waste and careless overuse of resources involved.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Impact of farming on climate crisis will be a key Cop topic – finally
Cop28 will discuss how global food production must become sustainable to stay within 1.5C
www.theguardian.com

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Florian Freund @florianfreund.bsky.social · Oct 19

Good news: Positive dietary health effects from international trade outweigh negative ones! The only country exhibiting a net increase in diet-related mortality from trade was Papua New Guinea.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...