February 1, 2011
A whole issue devoted to FOOD and SUSTAINABILITY! Introducing you to Kids Can Make a Difference and their Finding Solutions Newsletter. You can sign up for the newsletter on their home page.
1) About this issue…by Jane and Larry Levine and Christina Schiavoni
2) WhyHunger at 35: making connections, building the movement, sticking to its roots…by Alison Cohen
3) Bringing lasting change to school food: how we do it, and how you can, too…by Meredith Modzelewski
4) Just eat food …by Joan Dye Gussow
5) Eat the sky: the food and climate connection…by Anna Lappé
6) Camel farming in Tanzania…by Donna Stokes
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October 25, 2010
The Food Sovereignty track of activities during the 3-day Community Food Security Coalition gathering in New Orleans looked like the program of a gathering of Via Campesina, the worldwide peasant and family farm movement that first popularized this comprehensive and transformative concept decades ago.
Here is a listing of workshops led by or featuring US Food Sovereignty Alliance participants:
Credit and Capital for a Just and Sustainable Food System, featuring Ben Burkett, Bob St. Peter and Lisa Griffith of the National Family Farm Coalition and Niaz Dorry of the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance.
Food Movements Unite! Led by Eric Holt-Gimenez of Food First and featuring Joann Lo of the Food Chain Workers Alliance, Rosalinda Guillen of Community to Community Development.
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