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Youth Leaders of the Global Food Revolution Attend Dag Hammerskjold Farmers Market
A youthful, yet purposeful air filled the site of the weekly Wednesday Greenmarket between 1st and 2nd Ave at 47th St. Perhaps it was the Teen Iron Chefs from Urban Assembly HS in Brooklyn, or the young famers and entrepreneurs of the Youth Farmers Market and Learn It Grow It Eat It Programs (both run [...]
Continue reading...Press Release: New York City Will Host the UN’s 17th Commission on Sustainable Development
Monday, May 4, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Alexa Van de Walle, NYC Host Committee/CSD-17, lexi@alexavandewalle.com, 917-692-9651 New York City Will Host the UN’s 17th Commission on Sustainable Development, an International Symposium to Address Global Crises, and Share Best Practices on Regions Feeding Cities May 4-15, 2009 Innovative Solutions for Challenging Times New York, NY Now, as the converging food, finance, energy and climate crises push [...]
Continue reading...Public Food and the Challenge of Sustainable Development
Monday, May 4, 2009
“How School Lunches Can Help Sustain the Whole Planet” by: Linda Elswick, International Partnership for Sustainable Agriculture (IPSA) Food has a crucial role to play in advancing the sustainable development agenda. Food production and consumption affect our individual and communal health, the integrity of our eco-systems, our quality of life. Hence, political intervention on the various stages [...]
Continue reading...Event Calendar
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Event Calendar The New York City Host Committee to CSD-17 is pleased to present a listing of selected side events, presentations, City-Farm Showcase events both in- and outside CSD for delegates and representatives and a youth farmers market that includes the general public. Click here for a printable listing of Select Events
Continue reading...UN Dialogue on the Right to Food This Monday April 6th
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Farmers, community groups, researchers, government and UN partners gather to address the Global Food Crisis and the Right to Food. UN General Assembly President Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann hosts Interactive Thematic Dialogue to “address policy choices and provide answers to the poor.” While there is consensus to take decisive action, the way forward to establish a new [...]
Continue reading...New Report: A Recipe for Hunger
Saturday, April 4, 2009
The International Trade Union Confederation has just released a new report about the global food crisis. ITUC works closely with The Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC), an organizing partner for the UN Commission on Sustainable Development. The report, A Recipe for Hunger: How the World is Failing on Food, explores the truly stark situation facing [...]
Continue reading...Report from November’s Politics of Food Conference released by Manhattan Borough President
Saturday, February 21, 2009
A 15-page report entitled “Food in the Public Interest: How New York City’s Food Policy Holds the Key to Hunger, Heath, Jobs and the Environment”, is a terrific follow-up to the well attended Politics of Food Conference in November. The Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer hosted over 600 food, policy and community activists and co-sponsored [...]
Continue reading...- Youth Leaders of the Global Food Revolution Attend Dag Hammerskjold Farmers Market
- Young People Demonstrate Power and Concern at Several Events
- Urban/Rural Linkages Showcase Tours - Saturday, May 9th
- Event Calendar
- Public Food and the Challenge of Sustainable Development
- CSD-17 Policy Session set to take on global food crisis and more
- UN Dialogue on the Right to Food This Monday April 6th
- New Report: A Recipe for Hunger
- Women farmers at the center of agriculture and rural development
- Major Groups to “Highlight the Way Forward” at UN CSD session
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Pastoralism and Climate Change: Rethinking the links between livelihoods and land.
Urban Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: A often neglected challenge and a potential opportunity for urban-rural collaboration.
Farm to School Programs: New Markets in Healthier Food for Students.
International Livestock Research Institute: Better Lives through Livestock.
The Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production (PCIFAP) was formed to conduct a comprehensive, fact-based and balanced examination of key aspects of the farm animal industry.
Local Governments Stand Up and Take Action for the Millennium Development Goals.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
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