The Food & Environment Reporting Network

@FERNnews · New York, New York · joined 01 Sep 2010

Independent, non-profit journalism at the intersection of food, agriculture, and the environment • Donor-supported since 2011

27 022Followers

22 760Following

27 045Posts total

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The Food & Environment Reporting Network@FERNnews30 Jun

Twenty-five years, 500,000 orders of short rib, one last roast chicken. As the celebrity chef closes his signature restaurant and retires from professional cooking, FERN and @esquire join him for the end. https://t.co/sc5Qw5nxnT

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The Food & Environment Reporting Network@FERNnews16 Jun

With the shocking return of the New World screwworm and a MAHA primary upset in Iowa, we’re breaking down the new politics of food. Plus: mosquito "doom bucket" hack and an egg sandwich flex. https://t.co/FmBOlz4pHZ @hbottemiller @foodfixco https://t.co/D2bh0KiSZB

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The Food & Environment Reporting Network@FERNnews15 Jun

Young people want to avoid ultra-processed foods, but they don't cook. The solution? We can't just tell them to "start cooking," says Michael Pollan. Instead, we need to scale affordable, convenient "real food" alternatives—like fast-casual spots or Turkish meze culture. 🧵👇 http

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The Food & Environment Reporting Network@FERNnews14 Jun

Why do we say "please" to chatbots? 🤖 Michael Pollan discusses our evolutionary bias to anthropomorphize everything and the massive design choice that forced us to treat AI like a conscious being. https://t.co/SMxFM0mVnb

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The Food & Environment Reporting Network@FERNnews24 Jun 2025

Learn more about FoodFix here: https://t.co/hce3Oug26q 121 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

The Food & Environment Reporting Network@FERNnews24 Jun 2025

Listen here: https://t.co/SDMrsrGKqN 116 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

The Food & Environment Reporting Network@FERNnews24 Jun 2025

All episodes are on our website, but you can also find them on YouTube https://t.co/IBwJy4qddz 342 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

The Food & Environment Reporting Network@FERNnews24 Jun 2025

Forked takes on the politics and policy that are turning the American food system on its head. Every 2 weeks, hosts Theodore Ross (FERN) and Helena Bottemiller Evich (Food Fix) dive into the complex issues that are transforming agriculture and nutrition. https://t.co/t18NmX5dti

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

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Last 8 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

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Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views.

What the audience does

Likes28.6%4 in total

Reposts14.3%2 in total

Replies28.6%4 in total

Quotes7.1%1 in total

Bookmarks21.4%3 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

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