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Another Food Day: Talking About Systems
Yesterday marked the second annual Food Day in the United States. Not to be confused with the international observance of World Food Day that celebrated agricultural cooperatives last Tuesday, the...
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A new initiative that launched yesterday aims to spur change in the complex global food system by fostering the growing community of voices on food issues. What’s more, it is attempting to tackle the...
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Food Systems for Better Nutrition
Last week on the Blog concluded with ten principles of a landscape approach as outlined in a recent paper by Sayer, et al. Taken together with the announcement of the new Global Landscapes Forum at...
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Legislating Food Security in India
As the world’s second most populous country, with nearly one and a quarter billion people and about 600 million of those involved in agriculture, India is an important country to watch with regards to...
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Food and Urban (Socio-Natural) Metabolism
By Laura Shillington, Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University, Quebec, Canada Dr. Shillington focuses her work on sustainable urban...
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Looking Within and Beyond City Limits
Cities and their urban populations are rapidly growing, concentrating people and resource use geographically. Last Friday brought our second Landscapes Roundtable, this time focused on urban food...
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A Foodshed View of Resilience
By Philip Ackerman-Leist, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Director of the Masters in Sustainable Food Systems*, Green Mountain College, Vermont, USA As July transitioned to August, the...
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Please Tell Lorna …
By John Blewitt, co-director of MSc Social Responsibility and Sustainability, Aston University, Birmingham Blewitt argues that there is a growing recognition that more localized food production is...
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Five Examples of Successful Urban Agriculture Done Differently Around the World
On Wednesday, the Landscapes Blog focused on the right to food in honor of World Food Day and Blog Action Day. While hunger, nutrition, and food security is often discussed in relation to rural...
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Landscapes as Sources of Traditional, Culturally-Acceptable and Nutritious Food
Aquatic ecosystems in Sri Lanka provide a good source of animal protein for village dwellers. By Teresa Borelli and Danny Hunter, Bioversity International Good things often come in small packages....
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