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@MAViatte
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Combining environmental sustainability and social justice perspectives to support regenerative localised food ecosystems. Founder of @PoFFest
Edinburgh
Joined September 2012
I'm seldom on Twitter X these days so head over here to keep in touch: https://t.co/pZ7ZyfVNbD (And tell me: can you recognise this beautiful garden?)
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This should be really fun and fascinating too! I'll be there, working in the cosy public living room and enjoying all sorts of #fungi -inspired chat. Come and say hello!
Botanic Lates: A night of mushroom magic✨🍄 Learn about fungi with our science experts, dance under oak trees, listen to music while taking in views of the city & sip a drink while creating your own mushroom art. 🗓️Thurs 15 Aug ⏰6:30-9pm 🎟️Book here: https://t.co/EighwvAWZb
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Live from Downing Street: Watch my first speech as Prime Minister
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My government will serve you. Politics can be a force for good. The work of change begins today.
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DM or email me if you'd like the link to the recording #InauguralLecture
Congratulations to Professor Charlotte Hardman @LivUniPsyc who celebrated her inaugural lecture last week which discussed inequalities and food systems: https://t.co/OMh0kTXAVy
#TeamLivUni
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And easy to grow too, even on a small patch! Will you have a go?
Fresh from the plot these broad bean beauties score high on flavour + the shoots/leaves are edible & fix nitrogen in soil! 🏆 What are u harvesting? 🍓🥒🥔 @SoilAssociation @RobsAllotment @allotmentonline @UKSustain @Capital_Growth @Sally_Morgan @urbangardens 🌾👩🌾
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"I'm not standing under the arse of a cow for the rest of my life" I said back in 2004, as I left the farm to go for a job with Mercedes Benz and told dad I didn't want to farm. Weirdly, it wasn't an argument... he agreed I shouldn't do it. 20 years later here I am with a
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Big thanks @greenfunders for the opp. to share my thoughts on the beauty & value of #UrbanFoodGrowing + the strategic opportunity to invest in localised regenerative food ecosystems. Once you see it on the ground, you'll understand why it's a no brainer. Have a read & explore...
On #WorldVeganDay, let's embrace a powerful vision for change! Marie-Amélie Viatte's new blog highlights the transformative potential of regenerative urban food ecosystems and how investment into this could be the catalyst for change we're looking for. https://t.co/6oP1CTN1LA
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Wow, wow, wow, a fabulous opportunity to be at the heart of one very exciting urban food growing initiatives, right here, in Edinburgh! Closing date: 23 October.
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Are you coming? If you've not yet discovered Lauriston Farm, this is your chance! Don't miss it.........
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Yes, I was delighted to be given this opportunity to share my thoughts. Increasingly, I see urban food growing as our collective insurance policy that'll keep us afloat on the stormy seas of the 21st century. Have a read below and tell me your thoughts.......
Our founder @MAViatte was delighted to speak at @SURFscot's annual conference on #communityfoodgrowing. She was then invited to write a piece about it. It's just been published! Have a read here:
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Remember the #Western way is not the only way. What if... we thought & acted a bit more in the spirit of #Ubuntu? What would our #relationship with one another look like? What would our impact on #nature & non-human beings be? ...And what wld the place of the @EdenProject be?
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Our landscapes are shaped by the hands of farmers. This is such a critical time to support and champion nature-friendly farming. #NatureFriendlyFarmingWeek
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Beautiful #film. Very gentle and inspiring illustration of the power of food. :) #MasterCheng
https://t.co/TOujR7L3ht
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A chef arrives in a remote Finnish village to meet an old friend, but he cannot find them.
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😭🐝 please support our #communityowned shop - we're in it for sustainable food systems, for more organic, more plant based, less chemical, less plastic ... and a future for our kids that has the abundance of nature we have the privilege to be part of 🌍❤️
This is utterly heartbreaking. Poor, poor honeybees... and they won't be the only insects affected by this spraying.
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Got an hour? Brilliant podcast on the potential for transformation of business and how amazing the 🌍 could be if it was a bit more #communitybenefitsociety (like us 😉) and a bit less profiteering and infinite growthy to serve the few.
Thanks so much to @MandaScott at the Accidental Gods podcast for a thought-provoking discussion about how we can transform the inherently dysfunctional for-profit economy into a sustainable, enjoyable not-for-profit economy! You can listen here: https://t.co/EFlxukSjTv
#degrowth
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!! Calling secondary school educators worldwide - if you wish your students could study Regenerative Economics, then pls do sign & share this open letter, supporting the creation of a free, open-access curriculum & textbook. It's time. https://t.co/IeTTlXtyIx
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Monty reveals how he’s changing the way he gardens in response to our changing climate, in this free podcast. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. https://t.co/xX8XLncmg9
#climatechange @TheMontyDon
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