🇨🇦 Professor and Canada Research Chair, University of Waterloo.
Global political economy of food and agriculture. Member of IPES-Food. Website: https://jenniferclapp.owlstown.net/
Author of Titans of Industrial Agriculture (MIT Press, 2025)
Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦
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So nice to see this piece out with @jacktaggart.bsky.social @policyrelevant.bsky.social and Peter Dauvergne on global environmental governance in a fracturing liberal political economy... We talk about climate, food and plastics governance as liberal norms erode...
Fruit and Veg prices soaring in the US...Rising energy costs due to the war on Iran are having a big impact on food prices - not just production costs, but transportation, cold chain, retail, etc.
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BREAKING: The fight over the prices of essentials is out in the open. What you pay for the things you can’t do without is a political question. Affordability in this crisis means facing up to corporations. The supermarkets aren’t thrilled with the cap, even though it’s voluntary.
EU contemplates strategic fertilizer reserve - the same principle we discuss in the new @ipes-food.org report with respect to food reserves as means to insulate food systems from geopolitical turmoil. Our report here: ipes-food.org/report/the-n...
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and El Nino expected in the coming months to add to all the other forces stressing food systems right now...
www.geo.fr/environnemen...
More fertilizer woes due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz - production of phosphorus fertilizers needs sulphur (50% traded via the strait); prices have spiked from $150 to nearly $1k per tonne. It's used on corn, soy, rice and palm oil. Next up: food crisis.
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Hedge funds pile in bets ag commodities like corn, canola, and soy oil so they can profit from shifts to biofuels due to rising oil prices linked to the war in the Middle East.. with an inevitable impact on food prices...
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The Trump admin talks a lot about Big Ag and is investigating beef, egg, and seed companies. But their actions tell a different story. They accepted a weak settlement with Agri Stats, delayed Biden's tournament system regs, cut the seed liaison program, and gutted agencies enforcing antitrust laws
