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So I watched this webinar & have a few thoughts.
Incoming mega🧵 on #Medicine & #ModernAg
Buckle up.
Incoming mega🧵 on #Medicine & #ModernAg
Buckle up.
At the dawn of the 20th century life expectancy for Americans hovered around 45 years of age.
In other parts of the globe, people lived to the ripe old age of 30.
ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy
In other parts of the globe, people lived to the ripe old age of 30.
ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy
At the same time ~ 45% of the American population farmed.
According to 1950 census data 1 out of 2 Americans lived on a farm in 1900.
ourworldindata.org/employment-in-…
According to 1950 census data 1 out of 2 Americans lived on a farm in 1900.
ourworldindata.org/employment-in-…
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
Aflatoxin plays a major role in the development of liver cancer world-wide.
Where does aflatoxin come from?
Fungal infections of crops...
How about a Friday fungal thread?🧵1/
bit.ly/3RuSo7M
Aflatoxin plays a major role in the development of liver cancer world-wide.
Where does aflatoxin come from?
Fungal infections of crops...
How about a Friday fungal thread?🧵1/
bit.ly/3RuSo7M
>60% of the world's population depends on 3 staple grasses for their food security: Rice, wheat & corn (maize).
It turns out that insects like to eat these cereals for breakfast - a huge problem for small holder farmers.2/
bit.ly/3P9Oq2n
It turns out that insects like to eat these cereals for breakfast - a huge problem for small holder farmers.2/
bit.ly/3P9Oq2n
As insects snack, they pick up fungal spores from weeds & soil then spread them from plant to plant.
A double-whammy -
Not only do farmers lose crops to the insects, but the remaining crop gets infected. 3/
weforum.org/agenda/2021/06…
A double-whammy -
Not only do farmers lose crops to the insects, but the remaining crop gets infected. 3/
weforum.org/agenda/2021/06…
