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Urban Rural Partnerships Working Group Input to CSD 17
As never before, there is a need for development strategies that emphasize, rather than undermine, the interdependence of economy, society and nature. In this context, a focus on food is an imperative, not an option. And people must be looked at as citizens, rather than consumers (Kevin Morgan and Roberta Sonnino, Cardiff University.) During both the [...]
Continue reading...Outreach Issues features article: Regions Feeding Cities - Urban Rural Linkages for Food Security
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Outreach Issues features Thomas Forster’s article in May 5th, 2009 issue: Regions Feeding Cities - Urban Rural Linkages for Food Security By: Thomas Forster, International Partnership for Sustainable Agriculture (IPSA) A sensible response to the convergent crises of food and energy prices, along with economic and climate vulnerability, is to give communities the tools to create [...]
Continue reading...Stone Barns Pre-CSD Planning Session – Sunday May 3
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Urban Rural Linkages for Food Security and Vibrant Markets Tarrytown, NY A short trip north of New York City took a team of 30 to Stone Barns; a bucolic farm, restaurant and meeting center only 40 minutes from central Manhattan, and an homage to New York City’s dedication to its neighboring foodsheds, to discuss the 17th [...]
Continue reading...CSD-17 Policy Session set to take on global food crisis and more
Monday, April 27, 2009
The UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) policy session kicks off its seventeenth session on Monday May 4 for two weeks, ending on May 15. It will address Agriculture, Rural Development, Land, Drought, Desertification and Africa. Ministerial Roundtables in the second week will address critical areas including: - Responding to the Food Crisis through Sustainable Development - Realizing [...]
Continue reading...Politics of Food Nov 19th: President of UN General Assembly to Speak
Monday, November 17, 2008
H.E. Father Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, M.M, the President of the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, will be speaking at The Politics of Food: New York’s Next Policy Challenge this Wednesday at Columbia University.
Continue reading...Urban Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Urban Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: A often neglected challenge and a potential opportunity for urban-rural collaboration.
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.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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