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How shopping local builds community, relationships and your local economy
by Saul Brown
on December 06, 2011

Local heritage tomatoesBuying locally made products is one of the easiest ways to build community and reduce one’s environmental footprint. The experience of shopping local might remind you of your parent’s generation, when growing your own food was common and local grocery stores were named after the families that ran them. When you take steps toward local purchasing, you become part of a larger vision for how business can be a positive force in our consumer society.

 
Shifting complex systems, one fish at a time
by Cheryl Dahle
on December 05, 2011

Future of Fish“Try not to determine your self-worth by the outcome or success you have in reaching your goals. Instead, measure the success of your life by how well your actions reflect the intentions that are formed by your core values.”

—Phillip Moffit, Buddhist teacher and author

 

Three years ago, I began working on solving a problem that is as complex as they come: saving the fish. If you’re not familiar with the problem of global overfishing, the stats are stark.

 
Food for thought: When it comes to food, scarcity is the new normal
by Peter ter Weeme
on December 06, 2011

Octahedron80On or around October 31, the global population exceeded seven billion people. That’s significant for many reasons, including the fact that that’s a lot of mouths to feed. However, there are many layers of complexity behind the sheer magnitude of this figure, and most of us in developed countries are blissfully ignorant of them.

 
FoodShare Toronto’s Field to Table: Social enterprise with a mission
by Debbie Field
on December 05, 2011

FoodShareFor nearly twenty years, FoodShare Toronto has operated Canada’s first and arguably largest and most successful social enterprise nonprofit food hub, helping thousands access healthy, affordable, local and sustainably produced food through a variety of revenue generating, subsidized social enterprises.

 

 
Endless Appetites: How the Commodities Casino Creates Hunger and Unrest
by Elisa Birnbaum
on December 05, 2011

Endless appetitesFeeding the hungry, tacking the food crisis, is one of the world’s most glaring challenges. It seems everywhere you look food products are veering precariously off the affordability and availability scales, with malnutrition, instability, food riots and other related effects the results. Endless Appetites is an intricate and richly woven exploration into the multi-faceted issue of food security from award winning commodities reporter Alan Bjerga.

 

 
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