Working to eliminate the injustices that cause hunger.
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- September 1975
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love on-line chat-East coast time
Thursday, November 5 at 10:00pm - Ecological Farming Conference
Asilomar Conference Grounds
Wednesday, January 21 at 8:00pm - Conventional Farming & Environ...
Mitchell Auditorium, The College of...
Wednesday, January 21 at 7:30pm - Small Planet Fund Party and Au...
Colors Restaurant
Wednesday, December 10 at 6:00pm - San Francisco Green Festival -...
East Hall
Thursday, November 13 at 5:00pm - Synthetic Biology aka "extreme...
Mission Creek Senior Community
Thursday, November 13 at 9:00am - A Food Agenda for the next Adm...
Wheeler Auditorium, University of C...
Wednesday, October 1 at 7:00pm - Premier of the documentary, Ca...
LaPena Cultural Center
Wednesday, September 3 at 7:00pm
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Food First 2005-2008 photosCreated on August 21, 2008 at 10:50am
Food First A White House Chef Who Wears Two Hats. http://tinyurl.com/y8t4krr
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When Sam Kass is not grilling fish for the first family, he is pondering the details of child nutrition legislation, funding streams for the school lunch program and the best tactics to fight childhood obesity.
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Food First Tell Obama: No pesticide lobbyist nominees. http://tiny.cc/X4iTZ
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Despite campaign promises to the contrary, President Obama has nominated to two key posts “Big Ag” industry insiders who come straight from the chemical pesticide and biotechnology sectors.
Food First Agriculture potential on Oakland's public lands. Model for other cities? http://tinyurl.com/yk8v29t
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Food First Push back from ag industry--are foodies for justice gaining ground. http://tinyurl.com/ykhooex
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Nutrition and public policy expert Marion Nestle answers readers' questions in this column written exclusively for The Chronicle. E-mail your questions to food@sfchronicle.com, with Marion Nestle in the subject line.
Food First Nov 5 9:00pm EST/ 6:00pm PST live chat-organics, food politics. http://tinyurl.com/ydytazs
Time:10:00PM Thursday, November 5th
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Food First One in six Americans live in poverty. http://tiny.cc/CEHyZ
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A revised formula for calculating medical costs and geographic variations show that approximately 47.4 million Americans last year lived in poverty, 7 million more than the government's official figure.
by Tanya Kerssen Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, delivered his first major address on agriculture last week on the occasion of the 2009 World Food Prize symposium in Des Moines, Iowa. The World Food Prize is awarded annually to pioneers in biotechnology, and Mr...
Food First Urban fruit gleaning builds community. Forage Oakland http://tinyurl.com/ygt4p94
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Civil Eats promotes critical thought about sustainable agriculture and food systems as part of building economically and socially just communities.
Food First People's Grocery West Oakland selected by GX as recipient of 2009 Green Alternatives Honoree http://tinyurl.com/yh9z5as
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A culture of fear, suspicion, and hatred toward Muslims was rampant following 9/11. In response, Samina founded American Muslim Voice, an organization dedicated to creating lifelong friendships between Muslims and people of all communities. ...
Food First FDA and CT Attorney General investigate smart choices labeling: food industry cancels the labeling http://tinyurl.com/yk4ew5c
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washingtonpost.com's health and wellness blog by Jennifer Huget tackles health in the news -- and your life.
by Tanya Kerssen and Shoshana Perrey read more
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Techno-Fixes from the Green Revolution in Africa
by Rick Jonasse
Techno-fixes from the Green Revolution in Africa | Food First/Institute for Food and Development Pol
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The Institute for Food and Development Policy/Food First shapes how people think by analyzing the root causes of global hunger, poverty, and ecological degradation and developing solutions in partnership with movements working for social change.
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4 million people hungry just in NY city. http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2009/
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As cost of living rises, more Americans are finding it difficult to afford food.
