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• WHERE’S THE BEEF? NOT IN THE URJ’S NEW ETHICAL EATING INITIATIVE

  
  The Jew and the Carrot — Authority: 127
  In his Shabbat morning sermon to 3500+ members of Reform congregations at the  URJ’s 70th Biennial Convention in Toronto , Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president of the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) , launched the Green Table, Just Table - Shulhan Yarok, Schulhan Tzedek initiative calling for a commitment to ...
  3 days ago

• A Farm in Danger: Help Save Bed-Stuy Farm

  
  Green Fork Blog — Authority: 511
  In one Brooklyn community, neighborhood residents are fighting to keep their farm. Bed-Stuy Farm, once a neighborhood garbage dump, was transformed into an urban oasis that produces over 7,000 lbs of fresh food every year, helping feed more than 4,000 people a month through the Brooklyn Rescue Mission . The Farm is ...
  3 days ago

• The Struggle for Land Rights in Thailand

  
  The Jew and the Carrot — Authority: 127
  Cross-posted on From the Ground — the blog of American Jewish World Service (AJWS). This post is authored by Susan Rosenberg, AJWS’s Director of Communications, who is blogging from the field in Thailand. Greetings from Thailand, where fighting hunger, achieving food security and land ownership are ...
  3 days ago

• Check out a Food Justice Project Youtube Video!!

  
  Community Alliance for Global Justice — Authority: 112
  Click the link below to see an awesome video slideshow that highlights our two current projects, the Teach Out! site visits and Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice – activist guide and recipe book. Great job to Molly Woodring and Laura Brady for working on this together!   Make sure you turn your ...
  4 days ago

• Urban Gardening Radio Show

  
  Community Alliance for Global Justice — Authority: 112
  November 7, 2009 – Green $ense Urban Farming This edition of Green $ense will focus on urban agriculture – from gardening to farming – as Robert Colangelo interviews guests that include non-profits, visionaries, and entrepreneurs that are reducing the carbon footprint by bringing food to the people. Tune ...
  5 days ago

• Agro-Ecology in Colombia: Farming in the Face of Flooding

  
  The Jew and the Carrot — Authority: 127
  Cross-posted on From the Ground — the blog of American Jewish World Service (AJWS). Imagine waking up one morning to find your crops—the food that keeps you alive—completely submerged in water and entirely destroyed. This is exactly what happened along the Sinú River in northern Colombia, a region that ...
  5 days ago

• Teach-Out! Reportback: Jubilee Farms and Local Roots

  
  Community Alliance for Global Justice — Authority: 112
  Teach Out! at Jubilee and Local Roots A Reflection by Valentina de la Fuente At today’s Teach Out to Jubilee and Local Roots farms in Carnation, we hear from farmers on their experiences farming in the Snoqualmie Valley, one of the last remaining regions in King County designated specifically as farm ...
  2 weeks ago

• A Chat With Noah Alper, Schmear King

  
  The Jew and the Carrot — Authority: 127
  Recently I had the chance to speak with Noah Alper, founder of the eponymous Noah’s Bagels.  Noah, who sold Noah’s Bagels in 1999, has been in the food business since the 1970s, when he started Bread and Circus, the East Coast natural food chain (bought by Whole Foods in 1992).  He’s kept kosher since the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Win a copy of Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer

  
  The Jew and the Carrot — Authority: 127
  Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals is not for the faint of heart. His recent article in the New York Times (excerpted from the first chapter) includes stories of his grand-mother, a holocaust survivor, which he uses to define himself as well as frame his book. The Jew and The Carrot’s Jonathan ...
  2 weeks ago

• Solutions to Global Hunger: From Seed Banks to Market Gardening to Crop Rotation

  
  The Jew and the Carrot — Authority: 127
  Today’s New York Times features several letters to the editor in response to “ Experts Worry About Feeding the World as Its Population Grows , ” an article published on October 22. The letter writers call attention to several issues: the political realities that perpetuate global food insecurity; the ...
  2 weeks ago

• CAGJ’s 7th Teach Out! Join CAGJ in visiting FEEST’s Community Potluck!!

  
  Community Alliance for Global Justice — Authority: 112
  CAGJ’s Seventh Teach Out! Wednesday November 25th: Join CAGJ in visiting FEEST’s Community Potluck!! Teach Out! Engaging the Local Food Cycle Seventh Event! Join CAGJ at FEEST’s November Community Potluck! Wednesday, November 25th 3:30pm join us for cooking in the kitchen 5:30pm The potluck begins 7:00pm Clean ...
  2 weeks ago

• *FRESH* at Green Screens @ Lincoln Center this Tuesday

  
  The Jew and the Carrot — Authority: 127
  The other day my boyfriend and I were enjoying a Sunday walk in Brooklyn when we ran into his friend Ana, her partner and their adorable new baby.  Among the introductions and pleasantries she mentioned that she was distributing her film FRESH .  “Here, tell me what you think of it,” she said handing me a copy, ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Great Land Grab

  
  the irresistible fleet of bicycles — Authority: 133
  Oakland CA : A new report from the Oakland Institute, The Great Land Grab: Rush for World’s Farmland Threatens Food Security for the Poor , sounds the alarm on the threat that land grabbing poses to food security and livelihoods. Land grabs–the purchase of vast tracts of land from poor, developing countries by ...
  3 weeks ago

• ACTION ALERT: Help Protect family fishermen and oceans!

  
  Community Alliance for Global Justice — Authority: 112
  Will you help protect our family fishermen and our oceans? Wednesday, October 28th Between 10:30am and 2:30pm, Ballard Town Square (Between Leary and Ballard Ave.) On October 28th, people across the country, from Washington to Maine will be standing up to support family fishermen, healthy oceans, and sustainable ...
  3 weeks ago

• ACTION ALERT! King County budget eliminates ag programs

  
  Community Alliance for Global Justice — Authority: 112
  An Action Alert from Mary Embleton of the Cascade Harvest Coalition: Dear Friends,   This is a call to action.  We need your help and support to draw attention to King County’s budget process and the Executive’s proposed elimination of all funding for Puget Sound Fresh, WSU King County Extension and core ...
  3 weeks ago

• Will Obama Save America from Capitalism

  
  The LA Progressive — Authority: 439
  If the Obama administration wants to be a truly transformational force in American history, rather than a slightly-better-than-average, one-term presidency with good intentions, it will give America the new New Deal.
  4 weeks ago

• The Schoolyard Foodie: Props to the People

  
  Teacher, Revised — Authority: 117
  Thanks to the hard work of a few fed-up teachers, students, community members, and district staff, the I hella love Oakland community is doing something about the malignant federally subsidized food system. And, yes, this post is meant to make Oakland School District homies look good.
  4 weeks ago

• Farm Labor Experts: The Solution is Not For Sale

  
  The Ethicurean: Chew the right thing. — Authority: 493
  Friend o’ Ethicurean Twilight Greenaway writes about sustainable food for San Francisco’s Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA), which nourishes, inspires and educates SF residents and visitors by running the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market and other educational programs. We’re big fans ...
  8 weeks ago

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