This is one of the most important issues with the global food system, yet it is often ignored.
Put simply, we don't actually grow much *food* in our farms around the world. Instead, we grow grossly inefficient animal feed and biofuels.
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Study: 1/2 of the calories produced on croplands are unavailable for human consumption
Dr. Jonathan Foley
Let’s change everything named for Cesar Chavez and name it for Dolores Huerta instead.
And elevate movements, not men.
California condors are the largest land bird in the US, with a wingspan of 9.5 feet. It’s been a long fight to recover them. In 1980 there were around 20. By Dec 2025, there are now 600. But the shooting of invasive/feral pigs (a widespread CA problem) with lead ammunition threatens condor recovery.
Can you guess the species this track belongs to?
Siskiyou County, in the far southern reaches of the Cascade range, outside Mount Shasta
If H.R. 4255 passes, #Lobos will lose their status as a federally protected endangered species. If “delisted” by legislation, rather than by an administrative rulemaking guided “solely by the best available science” as required by the ESA, Lobos could be on a path to their second wild extinction.
