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Lives, breathes & writes Food Systems issues w. , Thin Ink, + others. Co-founder . Founder Myanmar Now. Fmr SE Asia corro

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    May 27

    My little rant on how stories about “food shortages” & we only have X months of wheat left seem to be conflating access & affordability with availability and how they might contribute to panic buying & hoarding.

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    22 hours ago

    🗣️Calling all journalists 🌾 Join a one-of-a-kind workshop uncovering the untold story of the beyond Ukraine. With leading experts & journalists 📆 Thursday at 10AM ET / 16:00 CEST Register⬇️

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  3. Retweeted
    Jun 20

    Food prices are spiralling upwards, even though we produce enough calories to feed EVERYONE.➡️, ACT now to: 🥕Invest in food waste programmes 🗑Tackle unhealthy, unsustainable diets 🛑Stop using food for fuel ⛽️Reduce fossil fuel dependence

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  4. Jun 18

    I unveiled a new look for Thin Ink and talked a lot about the current crisis, including misleading news headlines & a workshop for journalists. Plus warnings that poor nations face a higher bill for less food.

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    Jun 17

    As correctly points out: The current is about access and affordability. Not food shortages. Next Thursday's media workshop will unpack how can best cover the current situation beyond ➡️

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  6. Jun 17

    These days, it's almost impossible to avoid news stories about how we are running out of food. They are eye-catching and bound to induce hoarding and panic buying. They are also inaccurate. My commentary for Fortune.

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    Jun 17

    "Focus on Ukraine obscures structural problems in our food system." More misconceptions about current food price crisis in this analysis for by food systems reporter :

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  8. Retweeted
    Jun 17

    Lovely to see writing for Fortune: "Scary headlines about food shortages are misleading. Here’s why"

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    Jun 16

    If you are a journalist covering food, , or the ongoing — make sure to mark your calendars. ⬇️ This media workshop on the untold story of the food crisis will take place Jun 23 w/ , , , & Sofía Monsalve Suárez.

    Centralised, crisis-prone have been vulnerable to shocks long before . Join leading researchers and journalists & Sofía Monsalve Suárez for this media workshop on June 23 - 10am ET - 4pm CEST. ⬇️
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    Jun 15

    Join us next week with , , , , , for a deep dive into how to create resilient, equitable food systems to combat the world's hunger crises.

    Join at the 's free & virtual 2022 Global Food Security Symposium on 6/23 to learn how we can meet unprecedented global challenges with localized solutions. Register here! ➡
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    Jun 14

    If you want to know about recent , listen this: Speculation, financialization of food, and transforming misery to profit. How do we stop it?Listen , and

    We are in this latest food crisis because of a history of failures to reform . This topic is a grim & infuriating (at least to me) but always great to learn from & thanks for having & me to talk about .
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    Jun 14

    The food price crisis could have been prevented. Great conversation between exploring the impacts of speculation, export markets, import dependency, power consolidation and more.

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    Jun 14

    ⚠️The war in has sparked a food price crisis with devastating impacts being felt around the world. Was this crisis predicted❓ Could have been avoided❓ Our , , , & , in an enlightening podcast🎙️⬇️

    NEW POD: The food price crisis I'm joined by from High Level Panel of Experts for UN Committee on World Food Security & & from Listen here: Or on Apple podcasts:
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    Jun 14

    Centralised, crisis-prone have been vulnerable to shocks long before . Join leading researchers and journalists & Sofía Monsalve Suárez for this media workshop on June 23 - 10am ET - 4pm CEST. ⬇️

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  15. Jun 14

    We are in this latest food crisis because of a history of failures to reform . This topic is a grim & infuriating (at least to me) but always great to learn from & thanks for having & me to talk about .

    NEW POD: The food price crisis I'm joined by from High Level Panel of Experts for UN Committee on World Food Security & & from Listen here: Or on Apple podcasts:
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    Jun 14

    An absolute MUST-LISTEN - so informative about this , what's really going on with these crazy food prices, and what needs to happen. With our , joined by , , &

    NEW POD: The food price crisis I'm joined by from High Level Panel of Experts for UN Committee on World Food Security & & from Listen here: Or on Apple podcasts:
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    Jun 13

    Rest In Peace, amigo

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  18. Retweeted
    Jun 11

    Agriculture has disrupted the planet more than anything we have ever done, including burning fossil fuels. A sustainable future depends on recognizing this fact — and radically changing the way we farm and eat.

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  19. Jun 11

    In this week’s Thin Ink, a new online database that shows if your supermarket staple has been chemically altered, a chart that might explain why there’s so much ultra-processed food around & a couple of sobering reports.

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  20. Jun 11

    Another tale, this time from . There are a lot of things wrong with the world, but please don’t forget about .

    In his latest diary, this Kachin journalist writes about a friend who has joined local resistant forces. “I want to uproot the dictatorship,” he told the writer. “I do not want to pass on this legacy to future generations."
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    Jun 9

    Calling all journalists! Leading researchers and journalists & Sofía Monsalve Suárez will uncover the untold story of the rising food crisis beyond Ukraine. Join us and on June 23 at 10AM ET / 16:00 CEST⬇️

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