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Jan 20 2012
Economic Prosperity
After two years of conceptual designing and planning, the Food Commons has recently published its 2.0 version of its original and boldly ambitious concept paper that was first issued in March of 2010.
Dec 2 2011
ROC has helped plant the seeds of progress across the state and nation. We are thankful to our network because we could not have done it without your support and online involvement.
Dec 1 2011
How much food are you wasting during the holidays? According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the US generates more than 34 million tons of food waste each year!
Nov 17 2011
The Occupy movements around the country appear almost exclusively focused on Wall Street and Washington. However, the issues go way beyond money and politics to how we as a society of local and national identities come together in dialogue and action to re-engineer important systems, infrastructure and institutions to best serve the interests of the vast majority – the 99%.
Oct 7 2011
Environment & Climate
Lately when I go to the fish counter at my local market, I’m overwhelmed trying to determine the most sustainable options for salmon, especially with all the conflicting messages out there about farmed and wild-caught.
Sep 30 2011
Healthy Food Access
Environment & Climate
Valued Workforce
Economic Prosperity
US Farmers and Ranchers Alliance attempts national Food Dialogues to overcome growing consumer concerns with the food system.
Sep 28 2011
In this week’s Healthy Food and Planet series, we’ll dig deeper into how farmers are adapting to climate change and learn about what new practices they are implementing to lessen its impact.
Sep 1 2011
“In the European style it’s about striving, the ‘me life,’ everything about me. In the village, it’s all about the community.”
Aug 26 2011
The heart of the problem around GE plants and animals is power, including potential for financial dominance and control over the food supply by corporations, which by law must think first about profits for their investors, not the needs of society overall.
Aug 18 2011
As summer draws to an end, Roots of Change (ROC) wanted to know what were this summer’s top five sustainable food books to read.
