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Richard Waite

@waiterich.bsky.social

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Director, Agriculture Initiatives, World Resources Institute. Working with colleagues around the world to create a sustainable food future. DC-based. Own views.

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · Oct 21

The world is facing a global land squeeze as food, feed, fiber and fuel demand rises. How to manage it? 🧪

- PRODUCE more food and fiber sustainably on existing working lands
- PROTECT remaining natural ecosystems
- REDUCE waste and growth in demand for land-intensive goods
- RESTORE degraded lands

How to Manage the Global Land Squeeze? Produce, Protect, Reduce, Restore

By 2050, an area of land twice the size of India will be converted to agriculture. A four-pillared approach can ensure the world meets growing demand for food and fuel without destroying the environme...

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 59m

My dahlia plant is still blooming strong

Closeup of a magenta, pink, & white dahlia blooming late into fall.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 1d

me logging on

🦇Zombatman🦇 @budbuddyguy.bsky.social · 21d

The reverb 🤌

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12h

did i eat this entire plate of ethiopian? yes, i did.

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 11h

GNOT AGAIN gurgle echo echo

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 12h

For the record, your post below was the first one I’ve ever used the new “save” function on. Laughed out loud multiple times today at it

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 12h

Duchamp Flies, by Carmen Cicero, 2009, 📸 by Frank Franklin II

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evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 12h

Vladdy guerrero jr. diving for the run in the third

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

quantitative methods, qualitative methods, mixed methods

Photo of a Kansas City Chiefs press conference with Andy Reid, Travis Kelce, and Patrick Mahomes. Reid is wearing a gray suit and red tie with a lapel pin. Kelce is wearing a camp-style short-sleeved shirt with a bird print, along with a suede cap, and Mahomes is wearing a white collared shirt, a pink checkered double-breasted vest, and a pale pink tie.

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 20h

I thought I was just getting worse at Computer

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 20h

I may have checked the radar, is this causing any issues

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nathanwpyle @nathanwpyle.bsky.social · 1d

there’s always one person in the family who looks at the Doppler radar

5 emotionless people look at one person who is viewing a laptop screen and saying hmmmm

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

This is a very good one.

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 1d

easy. ipcc wgi, wgii, wgiii

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

Brassica oleracea / Brassica oleracea / Brassica oleracea

Three dudes dressed three very different ways - first in a more conservative suit and tie, second in a short sleeve shirt and hat, third in a pink vest and tie

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

😂 😭

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Rachel W. Martin @rwmartin.bsky.social · 1d

This is the right answer.

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

Brassica oleracea / Brassica oleracea / Brassica oleracea

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 4d

"i am doing my best attempt at science communication under extremely adverse conditions" deserves to be a copy pasta on here

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Elementary My Dear @mzwatson.bsky.social · 1d

Fantastic use of cruciferous vegetables 🤌 10/10 no notes

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

Brassica oleracea / Brassica oleracea / Brassica oleracea

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

🥦 🥬

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

and delicious

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

This isn’t actually a thread of different posts. It’s all just different cultivars of a single post

The “That's On Me, I Set the Bar Too Low” meme, but edited to reference Brassica oleracea. Text as follows:

Jake: I'm an expert on vegetables
Jess: Oh yeah? Name ten vegetables
Jake: Brassica oleracea
Jess: That's on me, I set the bar too low.

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

My bad

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

tl;dr: growing all of your own food takes huge amounts of land and skilled labor, a lot of the food you like probably can’t be grown near where you live, and societies around the world have been trying to move away from this model for a long time

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

You, a soi-disant sophisticated poster: “dude seriously get some new material”

Me, a connoisseur of delicious cruciferous vegetables: “no”

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · Aug 15

Brassica oleracea, Brassica oleracea, Brassica oleracea 🧪

Serious dude, colorful dude, serious dude

(I think it’s a Barbie/Oppenheimer meme but haven’t seen either movie so 🤷‍♂️)

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for your service

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

Why not both dot gif