Sustainable food systems advocate. Director @TCAAccelerator. Mom. YIMBY. #GoodTrouble always.
Arlington, VA
Joined October 2009
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Transforming our agrifood systems requires targeted interventions & concerted action to address hidden social, environmental & health costs. I hope #SOFA2024 report serves as a call to action & inspires individual & collective efforts to ensure #SDGs & #4Betters. #TrueCostOfFood
Our food has hidden environmental, social and health costs.
Uncovering the #TrueCostOfFood is the first step to make our agrifood systems more inclusive, resilient and sustainable.
But we all have a role to play👉bit.ly/4fjncne
#SOFA2024
Jenn Yates retweeted
We're gearing up to launch the 2024 edition of The State of Food and Agriculture #SOFA2024 : Value-driven transformation of agrifood systems
Register to join us!
🗓️ 8 November
⏰ 12:00 CET
📌fao.zoom.us/webinar/register…
Jenn Yates retweeted
Peter Goodman from @WorldBank highlights that TCA has the potential to overcome siloed approaches.
Bringing departments and Ministries together can be a key challenge in policymaking, but TCA has already initiated cross-departmental collaboration at the World Bank.
Jenn Yates retweeted
Today at #COP16Colombia:
📌 Food Systems for People and Planet: How True Cost Accounting can offer a Roadmap toward Solutions
⏲️ 4:00pm - 5:30pm (Cali time)
📍 CGIAR Food Pavilion, Centro de Eventos Valle del Pacifico - CEVP, Cali, Colombia
🔍 Learn more here: events.cgiar.org/foodsystems…
@CGIAR @BiovIntCIAT_eng @RockefellerFdn @futureoffoodorg @TCAAccelerator @true_price @nfp_sdg2 @WBG_AgriFood
#COP16 #FoodSystems #Biodiversity
Jenn Yates retweeted
@annalappe's Opening Remarks:
"True Cost Accounting is not just telling the story of impact and the story of damage, but the story of possibility"
Anna was referencing this study by @futureoffoodorg & @GistImpact
futureoffood.org/wp-content/…
“Public procurement is a really powerful way to [to transition to regenerative and agroecological approaches]. Using true cost accounting, we can make that case even more compelling than I think we otherwise would be able to do so.” - @InnovationWoman #COP16Colombia
Jenn Yates retweeted
Walz on his son Gus getting emotional during his speech: "I'm grateful I got to experience it. I'm so proud of him. I'm proud of him, I'm proud of hope, I'm proud of Gwen ... our politics can be better ... life can be kinda hard."
Jenn Yates retweeted
Presenting…a near complete playlist of songs played at tonight's #DNC2024 roll call. Making some tweaks here and there but currently at >90% complete. Enjoy!
open.spotify.com/playlist/4q…
Jenn Yates retweeted
Traditional evidence in research circles often excludes oral, non-English and community-derived expertise.
But to overcome the urgent crises of our time, it’s critical that we create solutions that are based on a diversity of knowledge. bit.ly/4dfYvqU
EC impact assessment “concluded that every Euro invested in restoration would deliver a return of between €8 and €38, depending on the ecosystem. In comparison, it found that the region was already paying over €50 billion per year for costs associated with degraded soils.”
Business involvement in the EU’s landmark nature legislation elevates policy advocacy as a powerful tool that more companies should integrate into their sustainability strategies. Written by @_TheresaLieb: buff.ly/46hMizj
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“Is it real food, made to nourish you, or is it an industrially produced edible substance made to turn your health into money for someone else?”
What's the *purpose* of ultra-processing? Corporate gain. The crux of the issue succinctly stated by @DoctorChrisVT (from the new paperback, which you should all buy immediately)
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@capitalweather Hailstorm in N. Arlington was bonkerballs. I’ve been here 16 years and have never seen one this intense!
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Our city is glowing—DC peak bloom is here! 🌸
See our complete guide to DC cherry blossom season here: bit.ly/48Zc2jC
📸: hocofoto, tinaka202, raulrodriguez_2020, & drchubacca on IG. #WashMagPhoto
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If we want to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss and transform our food systems for good, we must move beyond traditional success metrics and use #TrueCostAccounting to measure the #HiddenFoodCosts.
@devex cc @alexander_tmg & @JennYates_: devex.com/news/opinion-scali…
Excellent thread to follow for food and ag updates from #COP28.
5/ Daily Food Systems Update from #COP28 for 6 Dec mailchi.mp/61a4255e8a17/cere…
❌Bad news for food in formal negotiations
👩💻Preview of a new interactive NDC tool
🐄💨Dairy Methane Action Alliance launched
plus🗑️food loss & waste and🌱soil updates
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Jenn Yates retweeted
EcoAction Arlington provides a wide variety of #environmental education programs and service projects for #Arlington #students. These hands-on events emphasize stewardship of our planet's resources for our future community leaders: bit.ly/grantwishes2023
So excited about this great lineup! And at 9:30am EST it's one of the rare #COP28 events taking place at a civilized time for those of us joining remotely from the eastern US. 🙂
EVENT: Food systems are driving the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, malnutrition and social inequality. This must change.
Join experts and learn how #TrueCostAccounting can transform food systems.
Attend in person at #COP28 or virtually:
eventbrite.com/e/the-true-co…
ALT COP28 EVENT: The True Cost of Food Date: Monday, 4 December 2023 Time: 18:30-19:30 GST Location: Online and in-person at the Food and Agriculture Pavillion, Blue Zone Moderator: Sara Farley, Vice President, Food Initiative, The Rockefeller Foundation Panelists: Annelies Withofs, Programme Manager, Ikea Foundation David Laborde, Director of the Agri-food Economics Division, FAO Jaqueline McGlade, Chief Scientist and Co-founder of DownForce Technologies Ottmar Edenhofer, Director & Chief Economist (PIK); FSEC Co-chair Vera Songwe, Non-resident Senior Fellow, Africa Growth Initiative, Brookings Institution, FSEC Co-chair Pavan Sukhdev, Chief Executive Officer, GIST Impact
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Jenn Yates retweeted
⚠️#TrueCostAccounting reveals that 1/5 hidden costs in our food system are environment-related:
- greenhouse gas and nitrogen emissions
- land-use change
- water use
Transforming our food systems is urgent. Sign up to find out more: tcaaccelerator.org/
