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This one page fact sheet was created as one in a series by the Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiatives Roundtable (CR-FAIR), based in Victoria, British Columbia.  The subtitle of the document is: "Growing dependencies and shrinking resources call for changes to our food system."

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RealCost_of_Food_factsheet_CRFAIR.pdf

Instructional resources for classroom use prepared by various authors and funded by the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture. Nine lessons, each including lists of materials, outlines, procedures, references, and other information. 

Edited book based on the proceedings of an international workshop held at Yale University in 2004, titled Food Sovereignty, Conservation, and Social Movements for Sustainable Agriculture in the Americas. (222 pages) Contains feature articles, panel summaries, breakout session reports and transcripts of interviews with leaders in the movement. Edited by Avery Cohn, Jonathan Cook, Margarita Fernández, Rebecca Reider, and Corrina Steward. A collaborative project of the International Institute for

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Agroecology_and_the_Struggle_for_FS_in_the_Americas.pdf

InFERG is a centre of excellence for research, education and communication based in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (FARE) of the University of Guelph with active research, educational and communication activities related the local and global food economy. The group seeks to inform public, private and non-governmental decision makers and to contribute to public discussion on contemporary food issues. Site gives access to dozens of downloadable academic working papers.

Andrea Borges Ferrera of the National Leadership of the Landless Workers of Brazil speaks during the conference plenary "Food Systems and Climate Change: The Impacts and Solutions". This plenary took place on October 8, 2008 at the 12th Annual Conference of the Community Food Security Coalition in Cherry Hill, NJ. (21 min)

Molly Anderson of Food Systems Integrity speaks during the conference plenary "Food Systems and Climate Change: The Impacts and Solutions". This plenary took place on October 8, 2008 at the 12th Annual Conference of the Community Food Security Coalition in Cherry Hill, NJ. (22:39 min)

Journal article by Kameshwari Pothukuchi, Ph.D. and Jerome L. Kaufman in "Agriculture and Human Values" 16: 213–224, 1999 (12 pages)
 

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foodsystemonurbanagenda.pdf

Full-colour brochure (6 pages). Produced by the National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC), supported by Via Campesina and Grassroots International.
 

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foodsovereignty.pdf

Article (4 pages) by Shannon Bradley and Wendy Mendes (City of Vancouver Food Systems Planners), "Sparc BC News" Summer 2005

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Creating_justsustainable_food_system_in_Vancouver.pdf