To All Who Care About Food, the Environment, and the Well-Being of Farmers: For years, you’ve supported our online television show Cooking Up a Story, which has helped spread information about sustainable food systems and the lives of farmers life around the world. With your support, Cooking Up a Story has blossomed, with almost 9 million video views on YouTube alone. Now, YouTube is launching 100 channels featuring original programming …Read the Rest
The Stop Community Food Centre launches new online resource
The Stop Community Food Centre in Toronto has forwarded this note about its new online community food resource, the Learning …Read the Rest
Kingston to Pilot Memorial Centre farmers’ market
This decision appeared in the local EMC Kingston publication recently. A pilot farmers’ market project should begin in Spring 2012! …Read the Rest
Food policy a Canadian federal election issue
The Globe and Mail published this article today about the food policy positions of the major Canadian federal parties with …Read the Rest
Community food centre coming to nearby Perth, Ontaro
The Stop is Growing [Press Release]First published in The Stop Community Food Centre on March 8, 2011The Stop is Growing: …Read the Rest
New Iowa food system resilience report released
Cultivating Resilience: A Food System Blueprint that Advances the Health of Iowans, Farms and Communities Angela M. Tagtow, MS, RD, …Read the Rest
Model lease agreements, garden rules, and more
Check out the interesting resources that have been recently made available by the organization Public Health Law & Policy. This …Read the Rest
Measure What Matters – Two new reports on sustainable agriculture
This website and new reports came across our listservs today. The information in these reports should be of interest to …Read the Rest
Urban agrarianism changes in American cities
This note came across our desks, addressing changes to urban agriculture policy, research and zoning in American cities like Minneapolis, …Read the Rest
Upcoming talks at Ban Righ Centre at Queen’s University
There are two upcoming food- and agriculture-related talks taking place as part of the Ban Righ Centre’s Speaker Series. The …Read the Rest
Tougher food labelling laws in Canada
This short news brief was recently posted in the Kingston Whig Standard. Feds toughen food labelling lawsBy Jessica Murphy, Parliamentary …Read the Rest