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Wed, 2011-10-26 00:45 — mdmcdonald
Food supply, food politics, and food safety in the US, inclusive of global concerns and needs

Group focusing upon the food security needs of the US, and world.

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Allen Clark Bob Ross Carl Taylor Christine Springer Corey Watts david hastings
drvroeg Gavin Macgregor... John Hoffman Kathy Gilbeaux LintonWells LuisKun
Maeryn Obley mdmcdonald Michael Gresalfi Rahul Gupta Ray Shirkhodai Samuel Bendett
Siftar Tim Stephens tom.mcginn William Lyerly
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Nationwide Survey of Urban and Peri-Urban Farms

Fri, 2013-03-15 10:17 — Maeryn Obley

submitted by Stella Tarnay

March 2013 - Carolyn Dimitri, Lynda Oberholtzer, Andy Pressman

We are currently looking for farmers in or around urban areas to take part in a national study (through a survey) being led by New York University, The Pennsylvania State University, and the National Center for Appropriate Technology.
 
The study seeks to examine the state of urban and peri-urban farming in the United States, including the: (1) technical assistance and information needs on the part of urban farms that can be met through outreach programs; (2) production, management, and marketing risks for urban farms and the development of programs to address those risks; and (3) increased awareness on the part of policymakers and communities of the benefits of urban farming. A national outreach and technical assistance program will be developed based on the results of this research.

Farmers not in Philadelphia should take the survey below:
(SURVEY FOR NON-PHILADELPHIA FARMERS)

Farmers in Philadelphia should take this survey:
(SURVEY FOR PHILADELPHIA FARMERS)

Fast Food Linked to Asthma and Allergies in Kids

Mon, 2013-02-04 10:04 — LuLu2012

Fast Good  

Photo by Peter Dazeley/ Getty Images

healthland.time.com - by Alexandra Sifferlin - January 15th, 2013

Submitted by Kathy Gilbeaux

(LINKS TO STUDIES REFERENCED IN THIS ARTICLE ARE LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST)

Obesity isn’t the only potential toll that dinner from the drive-thru may have on your health.

It’s not just your waistline that may pay a price for eating fast food meals three or more times a week, but your immune system as well. According to a study published in the journal Thorax, fast food fare is linked to an increased risk of asthma, eczema and rhinitis among kids and teens. The study  also found that eating fruit could protect against these disorders among all age groups.

Video - Community Harvest

Wed, 2013-01-30 17:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Stella Tarnay

meridianhillpictures.com - Directors: Brandon and Lance Kramer - Editor: Cameron King

Community Harvest celebrates the natural and cultural harvests of our community, documenting the dramatic transformation of a forgotten vacant urban alley in our Nation’s Capital into a majestic, public garden and collaborative green space.

Food Risk

Fri, 2012-11-30 18:21 — Maeryn Obley

Correlation of violent protests in Africa and the Middle East with local food prices.

Image: Correlation of violent protests in Africa and the Middle East with local food prices.

compression.org - October 25th, 2012 - Robert W. "Doc" Hall

Formal risk management has become common in large organizations. Risk management has become complex, standardized in ISO 31000, and meriting university degrees. Most risk assessment multiplies the consequences of an event times its probability to create a risk index. Managements can then choose to eliminate, mitigate, or accept each risk.

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Webinar - Sustainable Food Management: Food: Too Good to Waste

Sat, 2012-10-27 20:31 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Thursday, November 15, 2012 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EST

Webinar Registration

Join us to learn ‘first-hand’ from local community stakeholders about the toolkit developed as a direct result of a community pilot titled:  ‘Food: Too Good to Waste’.  This toolkit can be customized and used by any interested local government or community group.  By viewing this webinar you will hear and learn:
• How the West Coast Climate and Materials Management Forum communities collaborated to develop this toolkit focusing on 5 key waste prevention behaviors  to reduce wasteful household food habits
• How development of this toolkit resulted in both cost savings and environmental benefits
• At a retail value of $125 billion annually, Americans throw away about ¼ of all food purchases
• FACT: A family of four can save more than $1,600 a year by making small changes in how they shop, prepare and store food to prevent food waste
• Food is among the single largest, yet the least recovered, waste streams in the U.S.
• How this toolkit is tailor-able and can be used by any interested local government or community.

New Report: American Lives at Risk from Unsafe Foods

Sat, 2012-10-27 01:29 — Maeryn Obley

uspirg.org - October 24th, 2012 - Nasima Hossain

Despite government commitments to address the problem, food recalls are on the rise and our food safety systems are broken, according to a new report by U.S. PIRG.  Contaminated food makes 48 million Americans sick every year and costs over $77 billion in aggregated economic costs.  In the USA over the last 21 months, 1753 people were made sick from foodborne illnesses linked directly to food recalls and the cost was over $227 million.

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Universal Rules Discovered that Allow Anticipation of Critical Transitions

Tue, 2012-10-23 23:49 — Kathy Gilbeaux

phys.org - October 22, 2012

Sudden shifts in complex systems such as the climate, financial markets, ecosystems and even the human body can be preceded by surprisingly comparable warning signals. It is crucial to be able to predict such transitions, but this is notoriously difficult. In an article in the journal Science of October 19, a group of Wageningen University scientists and colleagues showed that systems that are on the verge of a critical transition often emit comparable signals.

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If Extreme Weather Becomes the Norm, Starvation Awaits

Sat, 2012-10-20 22:55 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

Drought-withered corn stalks in Indiana, August 2012. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

guardian.co.uk - by George Monbiot - October 15, 2012

With forecasts currently based only on averages, food production may splutter out even sooner than we feared

I believe we might have made a mistake: a mistake whose consequences, if I am right, would be hard to overstate. I think the forecasts for world food production could be entirely wrong. Food prices are rising again, partly because of the damage done to crops in the northern hemisphere by ferocious weather.

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Food Scarcity: The Timebomb Setting Nation Against Nation

Fri, 2012-10-19 15:44 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Paul G.Kaplan

        

A drying corn field in southern Minnesota. Bad weather has resulted in a poor harvest this year. Photograph: David I. Gross/ Corbis

As the UN and Oxfam warn of the dangers ahead, expert analyst Lester Brown says time to solve the problem is running out

guardian.co.uk - by John Vidal - October 13, 2012

Brandon Hunnicutt has had a year to remember. The young Nebraskan from Hamilton County farms 2,600 acres of the High Plains with his father and brother. What looked certain in an almost perfect May to be a "phenomenal" harvest of maize and soy beans has turned into a near disaster.

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Book - Full Planet, Empty Plates
http://www.earthpolicy.org/mobile/books/fpep

Oxfam Report - 'Our Land, Our Lives': Time Out on the Global Land Rush
http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/our-land-our-lives-time-out-on-the-global-land-rush-246731

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Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
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Cutting Food Losses in Half Would Feed an Additional Billion People

Thu, 2012-10-11 22:28 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Samuel Bendett

Homeland Security News Wire - October 11, 2012

More efficient use of the food production chain and a decrease in the amount of food losses will dramatically help maintaining the planet’s natural resources and improve people’s lives; researchers have proved a valid estimation, for the first time, for how many people could be fed with reducing food losses

Researchers in Aalto University have proved a valid estimation, for the first time, for how many people could be fed with reducing food losses.

An Aalto University release reports that the world’s population is an estimated seven billion people. An additional one billion can be fed from our current resources, if the food losses could be halved. This can be achieved if the lowest loss percentage achieved in any region could be reached globally.

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General Topic Tags: 
Food
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Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

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