FoodWISE, world fisheries, world poverty

Gigi Berardi reads FoodWISE, on sustainable fisheries, and extends concerns to increasing world poverty and COVID connections. See: coronavirus and poverty Here is an example of the kind of research that needs to be done, and policy that needs to be considered, in fisheries

FoodWISE, fishing, coronavirus cases

    Gigi Berardi reads about sustainable fishing in FoodWISE, and discusses the need for information—for fisheries management, but also in looking carefully at coronavirus infections as restrictions are eased, as here: why aren’t cases spiking in Europe/.   Image: From https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/608113/italy-coronavirus/

FoodWISE, poor coronavirus science, and university double-speak

Gigi Berardi reads FoodWISE, on policies that support resilience. In her vlog last night, she had a link to Trevor Noah’s now-viral soliloquy on how society is a contract, and we don’t have a good one. Noah also speaks about Malcolm Gladwell’s principles of legitimacy (agree on what the principles are, that people enforcing principles…

Society is a contract

Society is a contract—and that contract is only as strong as the people abiding by it. So says Trevor Noah to his The Daily Show audience (link here: Society is a contract). Direct, eloquent, passionate, Noah breaks down structural racism, widespread civil unrest and looting, the immediate condemnation of what the world witnessed on camera—the…

FoodWISE, EducationWISE, BLM-WISE

Gigi Berardi reads FoodWISE, on policy and subsidies that make sense, and mentions the most important news of the day. In her little world, that would be what’s happening at universities with current and projected enrollments, and should we have access to financial (solvency) reports. See: Colleges and Universities, and, in her big world, it’s…

FoodWISE, sterile bananas, and EU strategies for a coronavirus-resistant food system

Gigi Berardi reads about biodiversity in FoodWISE—and genetically old and biologically sterile bananas. Enter the European Parliament—making the food system more resilient, not less, in the coronavirus pandemic. For example, as is described here, A most resilient food system, Sustainable food for 2030 is going to look like this: “50% reduction in the use and…