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From Franklin to Washington: UMass Permaculture Wins Challenge
Daily Collegian
March 6th, 2012
The University of Massachusetts Permaculture Committee won the White House ‘Campus Champions of Change Challenge,’ for which it was nominated last month, according to the Permaculture Committee Facebook page and the campus challenge website.
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Eatocracy
February 24th, 2012
Chefs with Issues is a platform for chefs and farmers we love, fired up for causes about which they’re passionate. Chef John Ash serves on the Board of Advisors of Seafood Watch, an educational initiative for sustainable seafood by the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
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Our World 2.0
January 26th, 2012
In these days of increased concern over food security, resource scarcity and deteriorating ecosystems, the system of design known as permaculture is an important part of finding sustainable solutions.
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Ashoka 
January 13th, 2012
I started working at Ashoka 10 years ago – incredible, isn’t it?! And the most important thing these last 10 years is meeting so many special and wonderful people like each of you.
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Indigenous Designs
January 11th, 2012
The lives of four Peruvian women are about to change. Thanks to The Hoop Fund, an non-profit that organizes microloans for worthy causes, these women will be gaining new skills, a new career, and new hope in this brand new year ahead.
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Positive News
March 5th, 2012
Uniting behind the banner of ‘food sovereignty’, people are working not just for access to food – as described by the concept of food security – but for communities to have the right to democratically define their own food and agricultural systems without harming other people or the environment.
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Yes! Magazine
February 13th, 2012
Going beyond organic, a new generation of farmers is nurturing nature as well as crops.
Read More (+8 rating) Loading ...Why Authentic Fair Trade Matters: The CESMACH Story Retold
Equal Exchange
January 19th, 2012
This article exemplifies the difference between Authentic Fair Trade and a corporate-centered imitation of Fair Trade. The former focuses on small farmer co-operatives and a belief that Fair Trade’s mission is to support the development model of organized farmers.
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New Agriculturist
January 11th, 2012
In particular, the research team wanted to test the hypothesis that a diversified system would offer improved ecosystem services, and that these would contribute to enhanced food security among a broad base of Malawi’s rural poor.
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Forbes
January 10th, 2012
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