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Bring your food waste to the library for composting
Food waste collection programs are being phased in at New Orleans public libraries. I’m glad they also mention Greenmarket and their innovative compost collection program. What is significant about the...
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The Circular Economy | The UnSchool
Closing the loop on production, consumption, design, and the economy The circular economy is a smarter and more effective way of producing high-need things with high-value in the economy and with much...
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The international language of farmers markets
This is the second piece I have read in as many days about the role of local food to support newly arrived residents. A few years back, I wrote a presentation about trends in farmers markets and what...
View ArticleFarmers Markets Need Support to Collect and Use Data
The reason for FMC to put effort into this type of academic article is to make sure that researchers see the opportunity to have market operators be part of the process around what data is collected...
View ArticleExperts weigh in on latest Ag Census
According to the new data, US farmers continue to get older. The average age of all farmers (or “producers” in the Census) went up from 56.3 to 57.5 years, and the average age of “primary producers”...
View Article2020: The Scale of Cooperation
Dear colleagues, It is time for my end of the year post that I hope will encourage, appreciate, and yet challenge us in our work to build farmers markets. Do know that my posts here are separate from...
View ArticleMonica White receives two awards for her research on Agricultural Resistance...
January 16, 2020 | by BEKAH MCBRIDE Nelson Institute professor of Environmental Justice, Monica White has been awarded both the 2019 Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Outstanding Book Award and the University of...
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