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Feb
27
2010
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Local Government Toolkit for Sustainable Food ProductionThis Toolkit shares innovative and effective actions that are being taken in British Columbia, Canada, and elsewhere to promote sustainable food production. It offers tools and advocacy ideas to help regional board members, area directors, municip... Comments (0) Posted by: Admin |
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Jul
5
2009
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The Real Cost of Food - Fact SheetThis one page fact sheet was created as one in a series by the Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiatives Roundtable (CR-FAIR), based in Victoria, British Columbia. The subtitle of the document is: "Growing dependencies and shrinking resourc... Comments (0) Posted by: Admin |
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Jun
21
2009
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Growing Space: The Potential For Urban Agriculture in the City of VancouverWritten by Terra Murphy Kaethler in 2006, this report provides an overview of the benefits of urban agriculture and explores best practices of urban agriculture initiatives in four North American cities which are presented as case studies. The rep... Comments (0) Posted by: Admin |
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Apr
6
2009
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GroundWorks Resource & Training CentrePublic resource library and training/meeting centre in Victoria, BC. Has print, map, visual and computer resources on food security, community development, mapping, planning, food entrepreneurship, and other topics. A joint project of Lifecycles P... Comments (0) Posted by: Admin |
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Mar
29
2009
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Voices of Experience Videos: Good Advice for New FarmersA project of the Beginning Farmers Resource Centre, Cornell University Cooperative Extension. Site features twelve short videos profiling farmers sharing advice learned from experience. Titles include: Comments (0) Posted by: Admin |
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Mar
13
2009
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Vitalizing the Vacant: The Logistics and Benefits of Middle- to Large-Scale A...Unpublished paper by Annie Myers, for a course in City Planning (”Land Use Controls”), Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley, 2008. Written to provide planners with models of six existing urban farms and... Comments (0) Posted by: Admin |
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Feb
10
2009
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Success Stories in Restoring Urban and Rural Communities with Healthy Food (P...Loel Solomon, Director of Community Health Initiatives and Evaluation at Kaiser Permanente, speaks during the conference plenary "Success Stories in Restoring Urban and Rural Communities with Healthy Food". This plenary took place on October 7, 20... Comments (0) Posted by: Admin |
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