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Emily Reisman

@emilyreisman.bsky.social
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Assistant Prof in Environment & Sustainability at the University at Buffalo. STS + Political Economy + Agroecology. Book: The Almond Paradox, coming soon!

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Adam Calo @adamcalo.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
This summer school on political ecology of the countryside looks great.
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Political Ecologies of the Countryside: agrarian roots, environmental transformations and capitalist conflicts - 4 ECTS
The five-day intensive PhD spring school ‘Political Ecologies of the Countryside: agrarian roots, environmental transformations and capitalist conflicts’ will be held from 7-11 April 2025 in Wageninge...
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Here's the Food Professor's recent list of items that saw the biggest increase over the last year. What drove those increases? Not the carbon tax, folks. Climate change.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
"The study is impressive in its scale...cases and deaths dropped by more than 50% and in the Indigenous population the drop was even more dramatic: more than 60%." Nature Medicine study shows the effects of Bolsa Familia strongest in Black and Indigenous populations www.npr.org/sections/goa...
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Tuberculosis rates plunge when families living in poverty get a monthly cash payout
A program in Brazil that gives a monthly cash sum to families living in poverty has an unexpected — and welcome result. A new study shows that it is dramatically reducing tuberculosis rates.
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TechTonic Justice @techtonicjustice.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
News of a great victory by tenants and their advocates in Massachusetts against AI that screens out low-incomr tenants who receive housing vouchers! Congrats to all involved, including the local legal aid organization, @bostonlegalaid.bsky.social!
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Adam Calo @adamcalo.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
The land sparing logic at the heart of this NYT piece is “An alibi for ecocide.” A good time to repost the latest episode of Landscapes:
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An Alibi for Ecocide
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Emily Reisman @emilyreisman.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Ever wonder what platform capitalism looks like in agriculture? Well @landstuff.bsky.social, @zeniakish.bsky.social and I have a new paper laying out some ideas. #platforms #politicaleconomy #agtech #rentiership onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Agrarian Platform Capitalism: Digital Rentiership Comes to Farming
With the rise of digital technologies, a political-economic configuration recognised as “platform capitalism” has raised concerns over monopolistic tendencies, lack of accountability, expanded rentie...
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