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Health Nexus and 3M Canada are proud to announce the launch of the new 3M Health Leadership Award.

This annual award will recognize an outstanding community leader that has had an impact on the health of their community by addressing at least one of the social determinants of health such as; food security, inclusion, housing, education,etc... In its inaugural year, this award will celebrate those who have enhanced their community through dedicated contribution and inspiring change.

Information, ideas, and strategies for activists opposed to factory farming. A project of the Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE) in New York.
 

A 315-acre farm/ecological land trust on Cortes Island, British Columbia.
Linnea offers an ecological gardening program, and various short-term summer workshops on such topics as wildcrafting, seed saving, bio-dynamic farming, Permaculture Design, blacksmithing, living roofs, and green woodworking. Also runs a potato co-op, a septage composting project, a harvest festival, a weather station and an elementary school serving sixty students.
 

Irene Martin discusses the economic and cultural importance of salmon to the coastal communities of the Northwest. Save our Wild Salmon. Sept 24, 2007. 5:06 min.

When journalist Steven McFadden first wrote about CSAs back in 1990, there were about 60 CSAs in the country. Now in 2004, he says, there are around 1,700 ... and he sees a strong potential for another wave of CSA development, a wave that could not only triple or quadruple the number of CSAs over the next few years, but also raise in importance the role these farms play in their communities. Source: The Rodale Institute, 2004.

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History_of_CSA-World_of_Possibilities.doc

Final report on a community-based research project looking at community gardens, urban food security and health in a low-income and very culturally diverse part of Toronto. Research conducted by the Urban Gardening Research Opportunities Workgroup (UGROW) in 2004 and 2005. Report is 27 pages.

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seeds_soil_stories.pdf

Guidebook to web-based resources for foodies and internet-savvy advocates of social change.   Note: If you don't yet consider yourself internet-savvy, read this!) Includes a very long list of links to other fantastic sites, food guides, consumer resources, newsletters, research centres, advocacy organizations, collaborations, initiatives etc.
Produced by Destin Joy Layne, director of the Eat Well Guide, and Leslie Hatfield, editor of the Green Fork Blog, 2008  (37 pages)
 

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CultivatingTheWeb.pdf

Directory (9 pages). Date unknown (current?)

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SalmonArm_Local_Directory.pdf

Discussion paper (8 pages). National Family Farm Coalition, 2007

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Food_from_Family_Farms_Act.pdf

Policy brief (8 pages). By Katy Mamen, Oakland Institute, Spring 2007.
Pretty general information - no specific policy guidance
 

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facing_goliath.pdf