Grist: On Earth Day, Eight Ways to Eat with the Planet in Mind
By Danielle Nierenberg and Anna Lappe What’s food got to do with loving the planet? Everything. The global food system — from production to consumption to waste — contributes to one-third of all...
View ArticleDanielle to be Panelist at Oxfam America & Chicago Fair Trade’s Sweet...
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM - A fair food system is about more than well-fed people. It’s about equality, sustainability, and justice. This special event will discuss how sweet food...
View ArticleSaskatoon Star Pheonix: What You Can Do to Create a Sustainable Food Culture
By Paul Hanley “Eating is an agricultural act,” as Wendell Berry puts it. It is also an environmental act. Eaters, i.e. all of us, can contribute to a more sustainable agri-food system by improving...
View ArticleGlobal Food Security Symposium 2013
Saturday, May 25, 2013 – The Global Food Security Symposium 2013: Capitalizing on the Power of Science, Trade, and Business to End Hunger and Poverty will focus on how to mobilize science, increase...
View ArticleRestaurant Opportunities Center of Chicago Quarterly Roundtable Meeting
Monday, May 13, 2013 – The Restaurant Opportunities Center of Chicago (ROC) is holding its quarterly roundtable discussion May 13th at Las Palmas Restaurant. The purpose of the industry roundtable is...
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World Fair Trade Day 2013
May 7-8 2013 – To celebrate the 2013 Chicago World Fair Trade Day, a two day festival will be held in Daley Plaza. The festival will host a global marketplace where patrons can learn about fair trade...
View ArticleKuapa Kokoo: Producer Perspectives on Cooperative Development In Ghana
Monday, May 6 2013 – In order to combat the threat of farmers being marginalized by the liberalization of the cocoa market in 1993, a group of cocoa farmers came together to form a cooperative that...
View ArticleThe Times of Northwest Indiana: Food Tank Offers Strategies on Saving Water
by Phil Wieland The United States suffered its worst drought in at least 25 years in 2012, in an event that affected 80 percent of the country’s agricultural land. Coupled with droughts in other parts...
View ArticleForbes: 7 Habits Of Good Eaters
by Beth Hoffman There is a lot of information out there about what you should not eat. From fast food to smothered salads, Lunchables to soda pop – the survey now unequivocally says that the American...
View Article4th National Conference for Women in Sustainable Agriculture
Nov. 6-8, 2013 Des Moines, IA Gather with women farmers, advocates and landowners from across the US, who are engaged in healthy food and farming, for a unique mix of sharing, learning, field tours,...
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