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People Putting Food First #147
Happy New Year! As we begin the year, I want to invite you to share some dates with friends and family who live in Western Washington. I will be speaking there at three universities and several bookstores, as well as several other events. To view my schedule, go to the events calendar on Food First's website. If you want to bring a Food Movements Unite! speaker to your community, contact Marilyn at 510-654-4400 ext 234.
People Putting Food First #146
As we end the year, I want to thank you for subscribing to People Putting Food First. It's been an exciting year. In November we celebrated our 35th year with the release of our latest book.
People Putting Food First #145
Looking to start a student food co-operative? CoFed has the answers.
By Aja Peterson
People Putting Food First #144
Education with a Tasty Twist
By Genna Rochlin
“Bendale Swiss Chard Rolls” and “Bendale’s Chocolate Truffle Beet Cake.” These are just two of the recipes available from the Bendale Business and Technical Institute.
People Putting Food First #143
Growing Power expands in Chicago
February 14, 2011
By Lee Saint Pierre
“To grow food, to grow minds and to grow community.” That is the goal of Growing Power, a nonprofit organization and land trust with sites in Milwaukee, WI, and Chicago, IL. Growing Power is helping to provide high-quality, safe, and affordable food for people by supporting and enhancing local community food system through food production, hands–on training, outreach, and educational demonstrations.
People Putting Food First #141
How can food movements unite?
This is the question being addressed in Food First's upcoming book Food Movements Unite. Our companion website is beginning to feature excerpts of interviews with folks from around the world who have devoted their lives to movement building aimed at transforming food systems.
Rosalinda Guillen of Rainbow Coalition; United Farm Workers (UFW); LUPE, Community to Community Development (C2C)
People Putting Food First #140
Raising Parents: How I invited my folks to join the sustainable food movement
By Cait Van Damm
People Putting Food First #139
One Stop Shopping at “Super Farmers Markets”
By Beth Sanders
People Putting Food First #137
Building a Local Food Trade Economy
By Kate Polakiewicz
Farm Stand (http://www.global-community.org:8080/cyclos) is a new online community resource based in central Vermont that allows members of the website to participate in a food trade system.i Membership is open to farmers, individuals, businesses and organizations that have food- related goods and services to trade.