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Carlo Petrini: Creating A Sustainable Community: Part 4 (video)

April 19, 2010 by Cooking Up a Story

At the heart of this assessment is a stark warning. Human activity is putting such strain on the natural functions of Earth that the ability of the planet’s ecosystems to sustain future generations can no longer be taken for granted. —2005 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment To Carlo Petrini, founder of Slow Food International, one of the […]

Where’s Food Alliance? Scavenger Hunt

April 9, 2010 by Rebecca Gerendasy

April 09, 2010 Do you remember scavenger hunts? It’s a popular party activity where participants get a list of tasks or items that need to be done or collected and a winner is determined after all is completed. Food Alliance, a nonprofit organization that provides third-party certification to address safe and fair working conditions, humane […]

Kickstart Hyperlocavore: a Free Yard Sharing Community

March 22, 2010 by Rebecca Gerendasy

March 23, 2010 Do you have a yard that would be perfect for growing food, but have 1. no interest 2. too much for you to handle 3. don’t know where to start? Well, it’s time to connect up over at Hyperlocavore – an online site to bring people together who yardshare in order to […]

The Town that Food Saved: At Last, A Thoughtful Look at Local Food Systems

March 21, 2010 by Rebecca Gerendasy

March 21, 2010 Building a local food economy has been a focus of several CUpS interviews, and examples shown through stories of artisans, farmers, and businesses doing just that. It was heartening to read Barry Estabrook‘s review of a recently published book by farmer Ben Hewitt, The Town that Food Saved: How One Community Found […]

USDA Grant to Create Healthy Urban Food Enterprise Development Center in Arkansas

January 31, 2010 by Rebecca Gerendasy

January 31, 2010 Good news for the Wallace Center in Little Rock, AR. They have been awarded a $900,000 grant by the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to help run the Healthy Urban Food Enterprise Development Center (HUFED). “The purpose of the HUFED Center grant program is to establish and support a Healthy […]

In Latino Gardens, Vegetables, Good Health and Savings Flourish

January 17, 2010 by Rebecca Gerendasy

January 17, 2010 In neighborhoods where it has been hard to find fresh produce, a new organization, La Mesa Verde, helps put raised-bed vegetable gardens within reach – just outside their backdoor. “Nobody was going into the homes,” said Raul Lozano, 55, the son of farm workers, whose passion for gardening inspired him to form […]

Red Snapper Ban Stirs Controversy Among Fishermen

January 8, 2010 by Rebecca Gerendasy

January 8, 2010 Due to dwindling numbers, a ban on catching red snapper along the coast of Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas was enacted January 4, 2010. The new law has a ripple effect for many in the Southeast region. Some are seeking new regulation – to take into consideration the economic impact on a […]

It Takes a Community to Sustain a Small Farm

January 8, 2010 by Rebecca Gerendasy

January 8, 2010 Steph Larsen, of the Center for Rural Affairs, points out the essential pieces of growing a local food system, and the necessity of adding community for it to thrive. We all play an integral part in the growing, buying, and eating of food. h/t @LocavoreBlog Go to Original Source…

Consumers: Help secure Britain’s food future

January 7, 2010 by Rebecca Gerendasy

Jan. 07, 2010 Defra (UK’s Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) is calling for citizenship to ‘vote with your fork’ to influence how food might be sustainably produced. Food security is a goal for ‘Food 2030’. Go to Original Source…

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