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BOULDER, Colo., March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Slow Money, named one of the "top five trends in finance," hosts its fourth Slow Money National Gathering April 29-30 in Boulder, Colorado. (Register at www.slowmoney.org.) In just three years, Slow Money has emerged as a major new funder of local food systems, moving $23 million into small food businesses around the country, including farms, creameries, grain mills, niche organic brands, local processing, distribution and...
As part of milestone, new Foster Farms Poultry Education and Research Facility at Fresno State becomes first American Humane Certified(TM) university poultry operation FRESNO, Calif., March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Family-owned Foster Farms today announced that its fresh chicken products have earned humane certification from American Humane Association. The American Humane Certified(TM) (AHC) program, developed in 2000, is the nation's first independent, third-party humane...
LONGMONT, Colo., Feb. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance is actively being formed following a successful introductory webinar about the effort that was held on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, and which attracted nearly 200 interested parties from across the U.S. First Nations Development Institute (First Nations), based in Longmont, and the Taos County Economic Development Corporation (TCEDC), based in Taos, New Mexico, held the webinar and...
Tierra Farm offers three tips for buying organic: Understand labels, support food cooperatives and know the origins of your food and labor practices of growers. Valatie, NY (PRWEB) December 26, 2012 Keeping New Year Resolutions to live healthier can be easier to keep by adding organic products for snacking to your healthy eating routines, according to Tierra Farm, a producer of USDA certified organic nuts, dried fruit, granola and trail mixes, as well as Fair Trade chocolate and coffee...
ARDEN HILLS, Minn., June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With almost 1 billion people suffering from chronic hunger and more than 3.5 million children dying from under-nutrition each year, agricultural and food companies must deliver the needed innovations to sustainability produce more food with fewer resources in order to feed a growing global population. That was a message delivered by Land O'Lakes President and CEO Chris Policinski today during the "Future of Food -- Food Security...
Report offers roadmap for action by global leaders to create a sustainable food system Nearly one billion people in the world are undernourished, while millions suffer from chronic disease due to excess food consumption. Global demand is growing for agricultural products and food prices are rising, yet roughly one-third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted. Climate change threatens more frequent drought, flooding and pest outbreaks, and the world loses 12 million...
POULTNEY, Vt., Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At heart, Fred Kirschenmann is a farmer--he still runs a 2600-acre family farm in North Dakota. Ever since the 1970s, when he converted the farm to a certified organic operation, he began thinking deeply about sustainability of agriculture as it is practiced today. His inquiry led to several decades of research, study and experimentation, and today Kirschenmann is an internationally-known advocate for land ethics and sustainable...
Agricultural Policy Expert Luke Knowles Named Senior Adviser for American Humane Association Farm Programs WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Luke Knowles, former Special Assistant to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and an expert on the link between sustainable agriculture and rural development, has been named Senior Adviser to American Humane Association's Farm Animal Welfare Program. In this role, he will be advising the 135-year-old nonprofit organization...
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a grant to the Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust (LANLT) to expand educational resources and programs related to community gardening and urban farming. This project will continue USDA's efforts to combat malnutrition while supporting local and regional food systems. "The simple act of planting a garden can help unite neighborhoods around a common effort and inspire communities...
