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I found this article in a link from comrade Malekafzali's twitter account written by Luke Carneal. It is a good overview of agricultural issues in Palestine and food issues in Gaza specifically. A few excerpts:

Michael Fakhri, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, found in his most recent report that “Israel has destroyed approximately ninety-three per cent of the economy of the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector.” That report, released in July, contextualizes Israel’s attacks on Gaza’s food system as a key strategy in its genocide.

Heirloom seeds have been largely replaced in Gaza by hybrids, which large agribusiness monopolies import. These seeds, especially when combined with other modern farm technologies like synthetic nitrogen fertilizer, can increase yields substantially. It is not common practice to save hybrid seeds, as the next generation is almost guaranteed to produce diminished results. This situation keeps growers as perpetual patrons of the multinational corporations who own and sell these elemental farm inputs.

The vast majority of farms in the Gaza Strip are smallholdings. I spoke with an agricultural expert in Gaza who estimated that more than ninety-five percent of the farmers in the strip cultivate plots that are between a half and three dunams (a dunam is equivalent to 1,000 square meters). In most US cities, less than one percent of the food available to consumers is grown on urban farms.

1)First watch the video and see a very rare USA win.

2)Then read Allen Miller's post, click on his name and read his profile.

43 comments and no one did 2)

(illustration by Joe Biden)

Sunshine Protection Act. When the worst person you know etc... (marco rubio)

I just spent all day thinking it was an hour later than it is. I was planning on going for a bike ride in the last hour of light so I waited till 5pm and went outside and it was dark already. Went back inside looked at the clock on the wall - 5pm - then checked my phone - 4pm - and remembered daylight savings time. It feels like mild jet lag twice a year and I think I would prefer no DLT. Orange man says he will sign it so if he wins the election it might be the only useful thing he does in 4 years.

Kroger made final arguments for merger with Albertsons. Albertsons owns Safeway so now Kroger meglo corp international gmblz will be the largest grocery business in the usa. Kroger will own Alberstsons, Jewel-Osco, Safeway, Dillons, Food-4-Less, Fred Myers, Frys, Harris Teeter, Home Chef, King Soopers, Mariano's, QFC, Ralphs, Roundy's, JayC, Smiths and Vitacost.

Aldi is German owned. They own trader joes and recently bought Winn-Dixie & Harveys making them second largest food meglo corp

In 2024, Trader Joe's joined SpaceX in a lawsuit to have the National Labor Relations Board, which enforces U.S. labor law in relation to collective bargaining and unfair labor practices, deemed unconstitutional.

Bro consuming enough caffeine to paralyze an elephant. Any yerba-mate drinkers on hexbear? I'm looking for a source of caffeine cheaper than coffee. Last two months I've seen the largest food price increase since the pandemic and coffee is just about off the menu at this point. I kept going cheaper but I realized that as you go down the cost structure the coffee has less caffeine (img below) and I'm at diminishing return level now. Yerba-mate is a sub tropical woody long growing plant so even If I could grow it I probably wouldn't be able to get enough caffeine out of one plant but if I can get seeds I might give it a try. Amazon has a 4.4 lb bag for $19. Thats much cheaper than coffee but I can't get good info on how mate compares lb for lb wrt caffeine.

My new favorite version of Misionera.

The west is big mad because Mongolia did not arrest Putin when he arrived on a state visit.

Meanwhile they rolled out the red carpet and old school cool:

pls compost your poop ty

compost toilet