The MOON magazine | The Future of Food
This month we gather around the topic of food—a subject everyone loves. Food is the great convenor, the global common denominator, the alchemical substance that pulls parties into the kitchen, makes...
View ArticleKeeping Agricultural Land Prices Affordable for Farmers in the UK
“The idea goes back to 2005, when members of various groups involved in ecological land management and cooperative development got to talking. Inspired by a vision for what would become the Ecological...
View ArticleExpo Milano 2015
US food rocks the Expo Visitors enter the 42,000-square-foot barn-like structure on a wide ramp built from the reclaimed Coney Island boardwalk, which was destroyed by Superstorm Sandy. One side of the...
View ArticleSlow Food Int’l Food Sovereignty Tour with Eddie Mukiibi
Where & When will visit five American cities where disparities in power and wealth trigger an inspired use of food to grow leadership, self-reliance and cooperation. Stops on the tour include...
View ArticleWrapping up 2015 with Food First
The third of 3 organizations that I am highlighting today. Of the three, this is the international organization, and one that has created some very thoughtful and provocative positions for food...
View ArticleBob Dylan and Contract Theory
As excited as many are about an American folk/rock singer composer winning the Nobel Prize for Literature, the economic prize is also worthy of mention here. First though, my favorite song lyrics of...
View ArticleCanada gets a national food policy
Canada’s long-awaited national food policy is getting $134.4 million over five years, on a cash basis, starting next year. The plan will also see Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) oversee a new...
View ArticleOff to Oregon for FSLN retreat, then….
hello strangers! I promise I am back to writing regularly for this blog, now that the mad schedule over the last few years which includes FMC GusNIP TA facilitation structure, responding to the early...
View ArticleKuni can help our markets
Much of what Kuni is extolling we are seeing in some extraordinary US farmers markets and food work, most often led by Black, persons of color, and indigenous leaders. No surprise to me that what...
View ArticleRoads to Rome and to home
I’ve got a post on the FMC site about my recent travel mentioned in the last post but am adding a point of view on this blog too: My October 2023 trip to work with Campagna Amica and World FMC was...
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