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Partnerships bring greater variety of high-quality local food to its members at significantly lower cost. Salt Lake City, Utah (PRWEB) October 28, 2011 The Community Food Co-op, a Utah non-profit agency, announced that it has added a number of local food favorites to its list of offerings. These partnerships bring a greater variety of high-quality, locally produced food to the Co-op’s membership at a significantly lower cost. Grass-fed beef from Blue Tree Cattle Ranch;...

FACT's Healthy & Humane Farm Funds to Improve Farm Animal Welfare CHICAGO, Oct. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) will celebrate Food Day by kicking off a competitive microgrants initiative designed to empower livestock and poultry farmers across the nation. The Healthy & Humane Farm Funds Project officially launches today at FACT's first annual Fund-A-Farmer Party in Chicago. Tapping into the growing national consciousness about how animals...

CARNATION, Wash., Oct. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Full Circle, the Northwest's leading organic produce delivery service and grower, today marked the world's first annual Food Day by launching an online contest expected to generate thousands of pounds of fresh organic produce for food banks across Washington and Alaska. Food Day is a nationwide celebration of healthy, affordable, and sustainably grown food and a grassroots mobilization for improved food policies. It is led by an advisory...

CHESTERFIELD, Mo., Oct. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Americans have a lot of questions about how food is grown and raised, the impact on our health and the health of our SPOKESPERSON planet. This October, many Americans will enter into INTERVIEW positive discussions about their food during Food Day (Oct. OPPORTUNITIES: 24). America's farmers and ranchers recently kicked off The Food...

New Paper Dispels Myths About Public Health and Commodity Payments WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A white paper released today by Food & Water Watch and the Public Health Institute challenges the common assumption that government subsidies to farmers growing corn, soybeans and other commodity crops is a primary factor in increasing rates of obesity. Acknowledging that the current system of farm subsidies is in need of reform, the paper, Do Farm Subsidies Cause...

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- With a growing global population - which is expected to increase from 7 billion to 9 billion people by 2050 - investing in women farmers in developing countries pays significant dividends, a panel of experts said today at an event held in conjunction with the World Food Prize conference in Des Moines, Iowa. The panel also shared how providing female farmers with successful tools, such as establishing agricultural cooperatives, can provide...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Wholesome Wave, a Connecticut-based, non profit organization dedicated to increasing access to and affordability of fresh, locally grown food, released Tuesday, October 11th, 2011, encouraging findings from its national surveys of farmers markets and farmers that participated in its Double Value Coupon Programs in 2010. The surveys, taken from a sample of Wholesome Wave's more than 120 participating farmers markets and 1,700 farmers, found...

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Oct. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- October is National Farm to School Month, and according to Chris Ely, who deals with thousands of farmers every day in his role as farmer liaison for Applegate, the leading producer of natural and organic meats and cheeses, you don't have to live in the country to put some farm fresh in your child's lunch. "There's definitely a misconception that it's not possible to get fresh fruits, vegetables and other foods in school lunches if you live...

CARNATION, Wash., Oct. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Full Circle, a leading organic produce delivery service and grower, announced today it has acquired Eating with the Seasons, a leading Bay Area farm-to-table produce business. The partnership brings together two leaders in their respective geographies, with over 17,000 combined members. The acquisition represents Full Circle's first expansion into California, the nation's largest consumer market. Current Eating with the Seasons members and Bay...

BRAC made a commitment at the Clinton Global Initiative to mobilize $271 million to provide 7.5 million children and youth with educational opportunities. With a year to go, BRAC has already raised more than $288 million and has provided education to more than 5.5 million children and youth. New York, NY (PRWEB) September 22, 2011 In 2007, BRAC, the largest development organization in the world, made a commitment at the Clinton Global Initiative to mobilize $271 million to empower the...