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Michael Minter
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Director of CONCITO's Food Division. Here for constructive news and insights on how to thrive on this planet 🌍

📍Malmö/Copenhagen
🔗 https://concito.dk

#foodsystems #climateaction #carbonfootprint
#dkgreen #dkfood
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micminter.bsky.social
Glædelig bælgfrugtsdag allesammen! Hummus er det nye leverpostej, bare bedre, billigere og sundere. Kan varieres på mange måder og passer perfekt som pålæg, dip og meget andet 🫛🫘🌱

#dkgreen #dkfood #bælgfrugternesdag #worldpulsesday
Skål med hjemmelavet hummus. Kikærter, olivenolie, tahin, hvidløg, spidskommen, citronsaft, salt, peber, vand. Blend. Færdigt!
February 10, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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robertgrandt.bsky.social
Et tragisk resultat af alt alt alt for billig #vejgodstransport i #Europa med massiv #socialdumping bag rattet.
Mens #speditører & #vognmænd jubler, fyldes vejene med 🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛.
#BareDetErBilligt #dkpol #dkgreen #arbejde #dktrp
February 7, 2026 at 4:16 PM
micminter.bsky.social
Ny rapport fra CONCITO giver et konkret bud på et prioriteringssystem for Danmarks arealomlægning. Fremme af plantebaserede og nye proteiner samt fremme af planterige madvaner i Danmark og udlandet bør ses som en uadskillelig del af en bæredygtig arealanvendelse 🌱

#dkgreen #dkfood #dkpol
Ny rapport: Klare prioriteringer giver plads til flere hensyn i arealomlægningen af Danmark
Den historiske omlægning af det danske landskab er i fuld gang. Den grønne treparts primære fokus er lige nu kvælstof og udtagning af lavbundsjorde, men om lidt skal vi også finde pladsen til biodiver...
concito.dk
February 3, 2026 at 11:49 AM
micminter.bsky.social
Og på dansk: Stærkt at WRI fremhæver treparten og plantestrategi mv. Men ambitionerne skal også gennemføres, og det kræver langt mere skub i udvikling af plantebaserede og nye proteiner. Håber det reflekteres i den kommende vækstplan for landbrug, fødevarer og biosolutions🌱 #dkgreen #dkfood #dkpol
micminter.bsky.social Michael Minter @micminter.bsky.social · 17d
Proud to see Denmark's agriculture and food policy included in @worldresources.bsky.social Stories to Watch 2026: www.wri.org/insights/sto... 👀

#dkgreen #dkfood #foodsystems #storiestowatch🧵
January 30, 2026 at 11:16 PM
micminter.bsky.social
Proud to see Denmark's agriculture and food policy included in @worldresources.bsky.social Stories to Watch 2026: www.wri.org/insights/sto... 👀

#dkgreen #dkfood #foodsystems #storiestowatch🧵
January 30, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Reposted by Michael Minter
georgemonbiot.bsky.social
This week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Reposted by Michael Minter
brucespringsteen.net
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
micminter.bsky.social
Både fødevarebudgettet og klimabudgettet rækker længere med planterig kost. Der var cirka 80 kroner og 40 kg CO2 at spare ved at skifte oksekød og bacon ud med linser, squash og chiafrø i denne fynske linselasagne 🌱 #dkgreen #dkfood
Se duellen: Rækker ny madcheck længere med denne type lasagne?
En ny madcheck fra Folketinget skal være et plaster på såret for de høje fødevarepriser. Vi tester, hvad det betyder for husholdningsbudgettet, hvis man dropper kød.
fyens.dk
January 28, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Reposted by Michael Minter
videnskab.dk
Næsten halvdelen af Danmarks areal bruges til dyrefoder. Hvordan ser det konventionelle landbrug ud om ti år? #dkvid #dkforsk
Næsten halvdelen af Danmarks areal bruges til dyrefoder. Hvordan ser det konventionelle landbrug ud om ti år?
De kommende år vil en lang række forandringer påvirke det konventionelle, danske landbrug, som vi kender det. Det landbrug, der mere end noget andet har formet vores land. Kom med i stalden og på marken og forstå udviklingen sammen med landets førende landbrugsforskere.
videnskab.dk
January 24, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Reposted by Michael Minter
information.dk
Søgemaskiner, mail, korttjenester, hard ware … USA har besat vores digitale liv, men det er ikke umuligt at slippe fri. Læs eller genlæs vores guide fra sidste år til, hvordan du (næsten) kan gøre dig fri fra amerikansk techdominans.
Guide til digital afvænning fra USA: Sådan her gør du
www.information.dk
January 19, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Reposted by Michael Minter
whittledaway.bsky.social
If Denmark can get farmers to agree to dropping their nitrates derogation, adopting a carbon tax on meat, government promotion of plant-based diets and rewilding a fifth of the country - why can't Ireland?

www.irishtimes.com/science/2026...
Denmark’s plan for a greener country offers ideas worth Ireland’s attention
Carbon tax on farming and taking land out of agricultural production among bold moves by the Danes
www.irishtimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:01 PM
micminter.bsky.social
Clear message from WRI: Eat less beef.
worldresources.bsky.social World Resources Institute @worldresources.bsky.social · Jan 15
There’s no such thing as climate-friendly beef—despite a growing number of "carbon neutral" and "net zero" beef labels entering the marketplace.

New WRI research reveals why: it’s about the land.

Learn more: go.wri.org/beef-emissio...
January 16, 2026 at 3:21 PM
micminter.bsky.social
Har forlængst sagt farvel til X og goddag til Bluesky, og er gået i gang med:

Deaktiveret Facebook
Genstart på Mastodon
Google Chrome 👉 Ecosia
Gmail 👉 ProtonMail
Google Photo 👉 ProtonDrive
Instagram 👉 Pixelfed
Whatsapp og Messenger 👉 Signal (den er svær)

#danmarkskifter #unplugbigtech #goeuropean
January 15, 2026 at 8:44 PM
micminter.bsky.social
Vilde areal-proportioner! Der kommer voldsomt meget mere energi ud af en hektar med solceller end en hektar med raps, og på en hektar med solceller er der også plads til lidt biodiversitet 🦋 #dkgreen #dkpol
ourworldindata.org Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · Jan 13
The world dedicates a Poland-sized area of land to producing liquid biofuels such as bioethanol & biodiesel. Is there a more efficient way to generate energy?

Putting solar panels on the land used for biofuels, e.g., would produce enough electricity for all cars and trucks worldwide to go electric.
How much energy can be produced on global land currently used for liquid biofuels? Bar comparison showing energy per year from land currently used for liquid biofuels: Biofuels for transport — 1,400 TWh per year; Solar panels on the same land — 32,000 TWh per year. Side annotations: 31,000 TWh shown for context as the amount of electricity the world generated in 2024; 7,000 TWh per year shown as the amount of electricity the world would need to power all of its cars and trucks if they were electric. Note: This assumes the world uses 32 million hectares of land to grow crops for liquid biofuels, based on net land use which subtracts land allocated to co-products such as animal feed, and assumes solar PV uses 1 hectare of land per GWh. Data source: Energy Institute; Cerulogy; Ember; and author calculations. Chart is licensed CC BY to Our World in Data.
January 13, 2026 at 5:55 PM
micminter.bsky.social
Serviceoplysning: Den danske version af denstoreklimadatabase.dk er flyttet til concito.dk og webtabellen er lukket. Alle fem landeversioner samt baggrundsdata findes på thebigclimatedatabase.com.

Inkluderer lige et tip til billigere og mere klimavenlig pasta bolognese🍝🐮🌱

#dkgreen #dkfood
Den Store Klimadatabase 1.2 Klimaberegning af forskellige opskrifter på pasta bolognese
January 13, 2026 at 9:13 AM
micminter.bsky.social
Nedsat moms på alle fødevarer vil være endnu en forspildt chance for at skubbe danskernes fødevareforbrug i en sundere og mere klimavenlig retning. Momsfri frugt og grønt vil hjælpe på flest parametre #dkgreen #dkfood #dkpol
Venstre og landets største fagforening: Momsen skal sænkes på samtlige fødevarer
Udmeldingen fremgår af et debatindlæg med Stephanie Lose (V) og 3F's forbundsformand som afsendere.
www.dr.dk
January 10, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Reposted by Michael Minter
waiterich.bsky.social
“If Americans increased their protein intake by just 25%…it would require about 100 million acres of additional ag land each year — an area larger than Michigan, Ohio & Pennsylvania combined — & increase annual emissions by 100s of millions of tons of CO2e, according to @worldresources.bsky.social.”
Opinion | The New Food Pyramid, Brought to You by Big Meat
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:06 PM
micminter.bsky.social
New US dietary guidelines “make an aggressive turn to recommending an abundance of animal-sourced foods — meat and dairy — putting them at odds with both the consensus in nutrition science and the federal government’s own expert advisers.” Good read by @mbolotnikova.bsky.social 👇
mbolotnikova.bsky.social Marina Bolotnikova @mbolotnikova.bsky.social · Jan 9
The most painful part of the dietary guidelines for me specifically

Threading a gift link, and @kcklatt.bsky.social's Substack post now has some excellent additional context on the guidelines' treatment of plant-based diets that's worth a read
screenshotted text: "Meanwhile, the guidelines’ characterization of vegetarian and vegan diets can only be described as hostile and stigmatizing, enumerating an inflated list of potential nutrient shortfalls, some of which are not well-supported. This isn’t to say that there aren’t nutrients that need special attention in plant-based diets — there absolutely are — but they can be met fairly straightforwardly, and all dietary patterns come with nutritional trade-offs. The alarmism directed toward vegan diets in particular is a shame, because there are extremely good ethical and environmental reasons to avoid meat and dairy."
January 10, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Reposted by Michael Minter
georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Thick as mince and thick as thieves. A column about the absolute idiots European legislators have made of themselves over the naming of food, at the behest of meat lobbyists.
You laugh and then you weep.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
When is a sausage not really a sausage? Ask the meat lobby | George Monbiot
European legislators may ban plant-based products from using the name to prevent ‘confusion’. Just don’t mention beef tomatoes or buffalo wings, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:26 AM
micminter.bsky.social
Stor skuffelse i CONCITO over regeringens klimamål. Udskyder de beslutninger, der fremadrettet skal drive omstillingen i landbrug, industri og transport og får slet ikke adresseret ansvaret for vores globale forbrugsudledninger #dkgreen #dkpol #klimalov
Nyt klimamål på 82 % i 2035 er både uambitiøst og utilstrækkeligt
Regeringens nye klimamål på 82 % reduktion i 2035 er en stor skuffelse.
concito.dk
December 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Reposted by Michael Minter
ieep.eu
🌾🚜 The #AgriFood sector must transition towards sustainability and resilience, however lack of investment remains a major obstacle.

In our latest brief with @concito.bsky.social we explore ways to align finance with long-term #ClimateGoals and how the EIB can drive this transition👇
Financing the green transition in EU agriculture and the role of the European Investment Bank - IEEP AISBL
This briefing examines the European Investment Bank’s (EIB) prospective role in supporting the transition to a sustainable and resilient agri-food sector in the EU.
ieep.eu
December 18, 2025 at 9:23 AM
micminter.bsky.social
The European Investment Bank (EIB) @eib.org is increasingly important for financing long-term green investments across the agrifood sector. New brief from @ieep.eu and @concito.bsky.social recommends actions to strengthen this role #dkgreen #eudk #foodsystems #euagrifooddays
Scaling financing for the green transition of the agrifood sector in the EU
Transforming Europe’s agri-food sector is essential to achieving climate neutrality and restoring ecosystems, yet one of the biggest barriers remains finance. As the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) fu...
concito.dk
December 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
micminter.bsky.social
Det er ikke for sjov, når Parisaftalens parter anerkender "at bæredygtig livsstil, bæredygtige forbrugsmønstre og bæredygtig produktion, med industrilands-parterne i spidsen for indsatsen, spiller en vigtig rolle med hensyn til at imødegå klimaændringer." Sæt i gang #dkgreen #dkpol
Replik: Jo, Danmark bør selvfølgelig tage ansvar for udledninger drevet af danske forbrugsmønstre
Mogens Fosgerau og Frikk Nesje fra Københavns Universitet kritiserede Concitos opfordringer til, at Danmark konkret arbejder for at nedbringe de forbrugsbaserede udledninger. Her svarer tænketanken.
klimamonitor.dk
December 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
micminter.bsky.social
No ham in hamburgers, no dogs in hot dogs - and consumers get it. The EU should focus on promoting sustainable diets, not on policing words and making obvious obstacles to plant-based foods. CONCITO supports this call against the "veggie burger ban" 🍔🌱 #noconfusion
weplanetint.bsky.social WePlanet @weplanetint.bsky.social · Nov 25
‼️Over 600 stakeholders have now united against the "Veggie Burger Ban"

From NGO's to companies, the message to the EU institutions is clear: consumers are not confused and we don't need costly restrictions that will harm consumers, businesses, and the shift to sustainable foods.

#noconfusion
December 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Reposted by Michael Minter
jcsvenning.bsky.social
Debating the aesthetics of #wind & #solar is a luxury. The real crisis is climate change—threatening billions with deadly heat & catastrophic ecosystem breakdowns ♨️🥵🔥 Green #energy is a necessity🍃 Challenges exist (noise, land use) but are manageable - biggest risk is inaction #dkpol #climatechange
September 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM