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Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · 4h

Not surprisingly, financial speculators involved in both the run up and the slide down in cocoa prices over the past few years:

"speculators who had previously been riding the rally have more recently dumped their positions, with many now betting on falling prices"

www.ft.com/content/b6ce...

Cocoa price tumbles to 20-month low as record rally ends

Drop in demand and expectations of increased supply weigh on market

www.ft.com

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Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · 7h

Bowing to bullies would only make a bad situation worse
"A panoply of laws forcing companies to fight deforestation, labour abuses and reduce their impact on the environment are being weakened or delayed, and the US is pushing Brussels to go further."

www.ft.com/content/678f...

US demands EU dismantle green regulations in threat to trade deal

Washington wants American companies to be exempted from rules such as having to draw up climate transition plans

www.ft.com

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herman mark schwartz @thunen.bsky.social · 9h

and when the chemicals part is hit with lawsuits and goes bankrupt, the public (in different countries) will foot the bill. as with asbestos, talc, PCBs, etc

Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · 21h

On the Corteva split of seeds and agrochemicals: "the crop protection division will also bear responsibility for environmental liabilities, including PFAS (forever chemical) claims." www.agriculture.com/what-corteva... Might explain the division...

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Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · 7h

exactly

Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · 21h

On the Corteva split of seeds and agrochemicals: "the crop protection division will also bear responsibility for environmental liabilities, including PFAS (forever chemical) claims." www.agriculture.com/what-corteva... Might explain the division...

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Stacy VanDeveer @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social · 2d

Good. God.

Matthew Haugen @mjhaugen.bsky.social · 2d

"The study, published in the journal Plos One, estimates humans can inhale as much as 68,000 tiny plastic particles daily." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Humans inhale as much as 68,000 microplastic particles daily, study finds

Particles are small enough to burrow into lungs, says report, with health impacts ‘more substantial than we realize’

www.theguardian.com

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William Moseley @williamgmoseley.bsky.social · 5d

This is part 2 of a conversation I had w/ Million Belay of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa on my recent book: "Decolonizing African Agriculture: Food Security, Agroecology & the Need for Radical Transformation."
youtu.be/b_kkPkBAzMM?...

The Battle for African Agriculture Podcast || Episode 7 William G Mosley (Part 2)

YouTube video by Battle For African Agriculture Podcast

youtu.be

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Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · 6d

Largest US egg producer (w/ 40% of the US market) sees its strongest quarter ever - why? its egg prices rose nearly 5%; it's pursuing mergers and acquisitions into the processed foods sector to achieve vertical integration. This is market power in action...

www.feedstuffs.com/agribusiness...

Cal-Maine reports strongest Q1 in company history

Leading egg company advancing growth strategy by expanding specialty eggs and scaling prepared foods platform.

www.feedstuffs.com

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Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · 14d

Looking forward to speaking at this online event tomorrow on corporate power in agrifood systems - info below⤵️

Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · 25d

I'm honoured by the invitation from the FAO Right to Food team to present in this upcoming webinar on Unpacking Corporate Power in Agrifood Systems - with insights from my new book Titans of Industrial Agriculture. Sept 24 - 14:00-15:30CET

Link to register: fao.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Raj Patel @rajpatel.org · 15d

Tucked into the Appropriations Bill is a limit on the right to sue pesticide manufacturers for harm. As always, Carey Gillam has the details. www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/in-w...

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David L. Ortega @dlortega.bsky.social · 18d

In August grocery prices registered their largest monthly increase in 3 years.

I spoke to my friends over at @cnn.com about how the tariffs, immigration crackdowns, and climate change are driving the cost of food higher 📈 #inflation

CNN @cnn.com · 18d

President Donald Trump pledged to bring down grocery costs. But his administration's policies are contributing to an acceleration in prices, food economists and companies say.
https://cnn.it/46Shxlp

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Kai Heron @kaiheron.bsky.social · 18d

It's publication day!I hope the book helps to put an end to capital's imposition of bullshit abundance and artificial scarcity for once and for all.

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Thin from Thin Ink @thinink.bsky.social · 19d

Last week, I shared a wide-ranging interview with @jennifer on Titans of Industrial Agriculture. This week, I’m staying focused on this topic and sharing an excerpt from the book.

Thanks again @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social !

news.thin-ink.net/p/power-and-...

Power & Prejudice

An illuminating excerpt from "Titans of Industrial Agriculture"

news.thin-ink.net

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Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · 21d

Really??!!

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Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · 26d

Call for papers! @danielleresnick.bsky.social , @philbakernz.bsky.social and I are co-editing a special issue in the journal Food Policy on "Rebuilding Global Food Governance amidst a Crisis of Multilateralism" - Papers due Feb.1, 2026. For more info, see link!

www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Food Policy | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Food Policy | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

Read the latest articles of Food Policy at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

www.sciencedirect.com

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Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · 24d

beautiful!

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Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · 25d

Calling all global food governance scholars! Call for papers for a special issue in case you missed it... info below!

Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · 26d

Call for papers! @danielleresnick.bsky.social , @philbakernz.bsky.social and I are co-editing a special issue in the journal Food Policy on "Rebuilding Global Food Governance amidst a Crisis of Multilateralism" - Papers due Feb.1, 2026. For more info, see link!

www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Food Policy | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Food Policy | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

Read the latest articles of Food Policy at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

www.sciencedirect.com

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Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · 25d

I'm honoured by the invitation from the FAO Right to Food team to present in this upcoming webinar on Unpacking Corporate Power in Agrifood Systems - with insights from my new book Titans of Industrial Agriculture. Sept 24 - 14:00-15:30CET

Link to register: fao.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · 26d

Such an honour to be interviewed by the awesome and insightful @thinink.bsky.social about some of the big themes in my new book, Titans of industrial Agriculture. Link below!

Thin from Thin Ink @thinink.bsky.social · 26d

Regular readers of Thin Ink know I’m a big fan of @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social's work. So of course when her latest book, Titans of Industrial Agriculture, came out earlier this year, I had to read it.

It's a bit of a magnum opus: 13 chapters nearly 500 pages.
news.thin-ink.net/p/its-about-...

It’s About Power, Not Prices

Jennifer Clapp on how decades of antitrust policy missed the real dangers of Big Ag consolidation & encouraged industrial agriculture’s lock-ins

news.thin-ink.net

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Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · 26d

Call for papers! @danielleresnick.bsky.social , @philbakernz.bsky.social and I are co-editing a special issue in the journal Food Policy on "Rebuilding Global Food Governance amidst a Crisis of Multilateralism" - Papers due Feb.1, 2026. For more info, see link!

www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Food Policy | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Food Policy | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

Read the latest articles of Food Policy at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

www.sciencedirect.com

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Megan Blake @geofoodie.bsky.social · 28d

New starter pack! go.bsky.app/9mZrrpQ

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Charles Levkoe @clevkoe.bsky.social · Sep 7

Food as a weapon of war': Local academic says Canada must act against starvation in Gaza www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/f...

www.tbnewswatch.com

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IPES-Food @ipes-food.org · Sep 4

🚨Trump’s trade wars are hitting food systems hard – pushing up #foodprices and deepening hunger.

Local food systems aren't just a nice idea. They're a lifeline for #foodsecurity.

"Resilience can no longer be outsourced" writes @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social.

📖 ipes-food.org/in-the-cross...

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Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · Sep 5

wonder what that will do to the burgeoning 'digital ag' markets if farmers opt for used equipment?

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High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition @hlpe-fsn.bsky.social · Sep 4

Join us today!
The HLPE-FSN report “Building resilient food systems” calls for a paradigm shift in the way we approach policies — a reset in our collective mindset.
🕑at 14:00 CEST

Register: www.fao.org/cfs/cfs-hlpe...

High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition @hlpe-fsn.bsky.social · Aug 5

📢 #SaveTheDate!
Join us for the launch of the new report by the HLPE-FSN of @UN_CFS on "Building resilient food systems".

🗓️4 September 2025, 14:00 CEST
📍FAO HQ in Rome & online
🌐In 6 languages

Sign up today!
fao.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#ResilientFoodSystems #FoodSecurity #CFS53

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