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This 2004 paper by Tim Lang is part of a Cultures of Consumption Working Paper Series.  In the paper, Professor Lang explores the food consumer's experience in a time of food revolution, dating back to World War II.  As he states in the paper, "food consumption is contested terrain and that these very different interpretations of the consumer’s food experience are driven by a food revolution, often in the name of the consumer, but now framing the consumer experience."   

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This paper examines the bylaws across Canada with regards to urban poultry and compares them as well as having a great list of sources for anyone interested in setting up urban hen advocacy in their own communities.

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Tim Lang of City University's Centre for Food Policy delivered this paper at Cornell University in April 2009.  The paper is subtitled: Thoughts on the long dynamic of Food Democracy, Food Control & Food Policy in the 21st Century.  Tim explores the enormity of the current challenges to food policy and elaborates on why he believes the current "crisis" is neither new nor unexpected.

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Provincial Health Officer's Annual Report for 2005 (174 pages). Note of interest: The PHO recommends mandatory labeling of GE foods. Also comments on intensive livestock operations, aquaculture, and industrial contaminants in food.
 

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Six-page article by Frances Moore Lappe written for YES! Magazine's special Spring 2009 issue "Food for Everyone". The city that ended hunger is Belo Horizonte, the 4th largest city in Brazil. How'd they do it?? Read on...

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Private non-profit educational foundation dedicated to promoting sustainable agriculture and rural development, progressive food policy, environmental stewardship (especially wrt water), and strong local food systems. Based in Oklahoma, USA.

Organization dedicated to developing and strengthening Missoula County's food system, promoting sustainable agriculture, building regional self-reliance, and assuring all citizens equal access to healthy, affordable and culturally appropriate food. CFAC grew out of a Community Food Assessment conducted by faculty and students at the University of Montana in 2003. Coalition is supported by Missoula City Council and the Board of Missoula County Commissioners.
 

An update of the 2006 Food Policy Toolkit from October 2006, this 43 page guide is subtitled: "Guidelines to assist your organization increase awareness and commitment to health and local food sustainability."  Full of useful resources and information as well as sample food policies, Toolkit is a project of the Moving Food Policy Forward in Surrey and White Rock project.

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Food First's mission is to end the injustices that cause hunger, poverty and environmental degradation throughout the world. Food First believes that a world free of hunger is possible if farmers and communities take back control of the food systems presently dominated by transnational agri-foods industries. Food First carries out research, analysis, advocacy and education for informed citizen engagement with the institutions and policies that control production, distribution and access to food.

Profile of HEAL, an award-winning, BC-grown, community health project. HEAL stands for Healthy Eating and Active Living, a network of farmers, community activists, retailers, wholesalers, restauranteurs, nutritionists, youth, mental health workers, First Nations, government staff, food processors, organic growers and others in the North who came together to tackle their communities' health and food security needs in innovative ways. By MaryAnne Arcand, published in the newsletter of SPARC, Summer 2005 (3 pages).

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