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Posted - September 10, 2023 at 1:23 PM

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Scientists urged governments to end chemical farming, promoting nature-friendly agriculture to feed everyone sustainably. A 2008 report funded by the World Bank, involving 400 scientists, showed the unsustainability of chemical agriculture. Governments blocked the report, favoring chemical farming. Pesticide companies lobbied against it, gaining control over our food system. Biotech giants now surpass governments in power, polluting our planet and collecting subsidies. Sustainable small-farmer agriculture is the solution. Support local nature-friendly farms to combat corporate damage and hunger.

@supercarbon - Graham Harvey

You may not know this. After in-depth global study, scientists urged UK and US governments to end ‘experiment’ in chemical farming. They said nature-friendly agriculture would feed everyone without wrecking the planet. If you’re not aware it’s because governments buried the study https://t.co/Jna2hBALbp

@supercarbon - Graham Harvey

Called IAASTD, the report was published 2008. Funded by World Bank, it involved 400 scientists. They showed chemical agriculture was unsustainable. Ecological agriculture would feed the world better. Government blocked it and went on subsidising chemical farming. Here’s why https://t.co/iq6IDRE1wk

@supercarbon - Graham Harvey

Pesticide companies lobbied hard against the report, which threatened their global chemical market. They leaned on governments which quickly caved in and blocked the report. Elected politicians effectively handed control of our food to chemical corporations https://t.co/kyu1Z4qmmk

@supercarbon - Graham Harvey

Even government scientists backed the chemical corporations against the scientific report. UK chief scientist Beddington warned of ‘perfect storm’ – population growth, climate change, water shortage – creating fear and helping pesticide giants https://t.co/mKpOp6P2oG

@supercarbon - Graham Harvey

Working through G7 and G20 economic forums, the biotech giants have tightened their stranglehold on the world food system. They are now more powerful than governments. Their products go on polluting our planet, contaminating food, destroying nature, collecting subsidies https://t.co/UUvjrgjFlp

@supercarbon - Graham Harvey

Science is now clear – nature-friendly, small-farmer agriculture is sustainable way to feed the world – and cool our planet. The view that chemicals are needed is a myth perpetrated by agribiz. The tragedy is our politicians and world leaders have bought into it. https://t.co/b2d1i9zWQY

@supercarbon - Graham Harvey

Ours is a world of abundance. If hunger threatens it’s because corporate power is damaging the natural systems we need to feed and protect us. Governments have failed us. But the solution is in our hands – buy local food from nature-friendly farms. Their numbers are growing https://t.co/YEyySQydLr