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jessehirsch.bsky.social
Journalist, food and agriculture. Editor of Ambrook Research, a new kind of agriculture publication: https://ambrook.com/research
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Why is this community farm nestled in Adirondack State Park giving away everything it grows? Stephan Sveshnikov pays a visit in The Crops No One Will Ever Buy: ambrook.com/research/lab...

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Willing to bet neither of these men know that I've made Slack reaction emojis with their photos

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RFK Jr's anti-seed oil rhetoric — based on the sketchiest of evidence — is making canola and soy farmers nervous. Is a ban on its way, and will that pit FDA's priorities against USDA's? Daniel Walton digs into a thorny, of-the-moment issue: ambrook.com/research/cul...

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I've always looked younger than I am but I have one close friend who's like "no you don't"

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RFK Jr's anti-seed oil rhetoric — based on the sketchiest of evidence — is making canola and soy farmers nervous. Is a ban on its way, and will that pit FDA's priorities against USDA's? Daniel Walton digs into a thorny, of-the-moment issue: ambrook.com/research/cul...

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New followers: I edit Ambrook Research, where we cover interesting corners of agriculture, ecosystems, and food production. Writers, here is our pitch guide: ambrook.com/research/wri... And readers, sign up for our smart/stylish weekly newsletter here: ambrook.com/research/new...

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A perfect three second video

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"The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat." www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...

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FDA plans to end most food safety inspections www.thedailybeast.com/fda-plans-to...

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FDA plans to end most food safety inspections www.thedailybeast.com/fda-plans-to...

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Forests are suffering in the face of rapidly climbing temperatures. Researchers are now experimenting with "assisted migrations," moving trees to climates more suitable for longevity. @elissawelle.bsky.social looks into it: ambrook.com/research/lan...

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Sometimes I get an email and I'm like "what are you talking about"

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Customer at farmers market boring everyone with facts about egg price fixing. I secretly wanted to engage!

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Trump just paused enforcement of a rule that protects miners from inhaling toxic silica dust, a major cause of black lung disease inthesetimes.com/article/trum...

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From the official White House account today

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“I don’t think this plant is a lost cause,” said Lily Hislop @currantlylily.bsky.social, who runs the only institutionally backed #blackcurrant breeding program in the West at the Savanna Institute. #Blackcurrants showing up in Ambrook Research! ambrook.com/research/cro... @jessehirsch.bsky.social

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Journalists are bearing witness to, and holding space for, a whole lot of trauma right now. Here's just one story of many about that. My latest for Ambrook Research and @jessehirsch.bsky.social ambrook.com/research/leg...

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YOU GUYS.

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Bluesky can't take a joke www.wired.com/story/bluesk...

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Haven't ever read a story about why they started putting peanut butter in whiskey

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Our correspondent @lelanargi.bsky.social was reporting on a $3 billion USDA climate program when the program abruptly went dark, leaving many thousands of farmers devastated. Lela wrote about a story transforming midway through — turning into something much more sad. ambrook.com/research/leg...

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Our correspondent @lelanargi.bsky.social was reporting on a $3 billion USDA climate program when the program abruptly went dark, leaving many thousands of farmers devastated. Lela wrote about a story transforming midway through — turning into something much more sad. ambrook.com/research/leg...

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Highly recommend this story

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Fishermen all over the world rely on the "Maximum Sustainable Yield," a figure that lets them know how not to overfish. New research shows that our MSY figures may be quite inaccurate, putting our fisheries at risk. New from Katarina Zimmer: ambrook.com/research/sus...

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