Cheap Food as Charity? Shaky Foundations?

20Apr09

Sunny gives a video summary of the first 2 panels (low income food access and locally sustainable food supply) at the Ontario’s Test Kitchen Conference.

Filed under: Conferences, Economics, Environment, Ethics, Food, Food Distribution, Food Retail, Food Safety, Food Security, Food Sovereignty, Health and Wellness, Non Profits/Not for Profits, Policy and Law, Soil Management, Toronto   |  2 Comments
Tags: Alison Blay-Palmer, alternative, ALUS, change, conference, Daily Bread Food Bank, distribution, environmental services, Food, GET, income, Janet Poppendieck, kitchen, land, Local Food Plus, Marin Organic, Ontario, reform, security, sink, Society, solutions, sovereignty, STOP, sustainable, Sweet Charity, system, use, video, Wayne Roberts, YuRanch

RFP: Marketing Consultant(s) for Compost and Food Products, Toronto, Ontario (FoodCycles)

30Mar09

FoodCycles is seeking marketing consultant(s) to conduct refined market research and develop a strategic marketing plan for 2009.

Filed under: Composting, Green Business, Jobs/Careers, Toronto, Urban Development   |  3 Comments
Tags: advertising, contracts, demo, design, eco, environmentally friendly, FoodCycles, jobs, marketing, packaging, request for proposal, RFP, sustainable

WHY ORGANIC FOOD REALLY “IS” GOOD FOR YOU

29Jan09

Growing and Eating for Nourishment, Nourishing the Future will have keynote speaker Carlo Leifert, leader of the largest, most sweeping organic food study ever done to date (http://bit.ly/171JG, http://bit.ly/gPZd). Over 30 research organizations, businesses and universities were involved in using science to get to the bottom of things. You will learn about the truth of what makes real good and healthy food at this one-day conference on Saturday, Feb 21st at the U of T Conference Centre (89 Chestnut St).

Filed under: Agriculture, Conferences, Environment, Food Security, Food Sovereignty, Health and Wellness, Meat Me Organic, Organic Agriculture, Press Releases, research, Science, Soil Management   |  3 Comments
Tags: alcohol, canning, chemicals, conference, cosmetics, farming, fertilizers, Food, Food Sovereignty, healthy living, livestock, meat, moms, mothers, organics, pesticides, pregnancy, preservation, research, Restaurants, Science, spirits, study, sustainability, sustainable, wine

Digital Project Teaches Eco-Friendly Farming

11Jan09

“Digital Green” is a project of Microsoft Research India working to speed sustainable farming techniques to large numbers of small and marginal farmers in India via modern information technology.

Filed under: Agriculture, Composting, Environment, Organic Agriculture, technology, Training   |  Leave a Comment
Tags: Composting, database, developing nations, ecologically friendly, education, environmentally friendly, India, information technology, IT, knowledge sharing, learning, skill building, Soil Management, sustainable, sustainable agriculture, third world, Training

The Store Wars – Organic food versus chemicals and GMOs

26Dec08

“A small and very funny animation of a parody of star wars, made to alert people about some of the serious problems of producing and eating food using dangerous synthetic chemicals, Genetically Modified Organisms, allowing big corporation interests control the food chain, and other problems that helps to destroy nature and the health of people. As this animation shows, producing and buying organic food on smaller and more ethical stores is the best solution for many of these problems.
BUY ORGANIC, FOR YOU, FOR OTHERS AND FOR NATURE.”

Filed under: Agriculture, Food, Food Sovereignty, Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO), GMOs, Organic Agriculture   |  Leave a Comment
Tags: Agriculture, chemical, conventional, farm, Food, fume, genetic engineering, gmo, industrial, lethal, modification, organic, poison, sustainable, toxin

For 3 Years, Every Bite Organic

13Dec08

In a fascinating experiment — on himself — Dr. Alan Greene, a pediatrician and author in Danville, Calif., decided to find out. For the last three years, Dr. Greene has eaten nothing but organic foods, whether he’s cooking at home, dining out or snacking on the road.

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Tags: Agriculture, biota, community, development, nature, nurture, organic, organisms, relationships, Science, Soil, sustainability, sustainable