Local And Just

By Chelsea Dutkiewich With the many issues in the world today, we often forget to pay attention to the long and slow emergencies, which may be the most critical of all. The growing world population and relatively stagnant growth in food production is predicted to threaten a long-term global food crisis that could have disastrous [...]

by aanationtalk on February 12, 2013 “Disasters can and do happen. Small, rural, remote and coastal communities have been affected by hurricanes, wildfires, water contamination and an assortment of other hazards. Resource-based jobs have often disappeared and families have moved to larger urban centers. Some communities have slowly disappeared while others have flourished. What makes [...]

The following community proposals have received MAFRA  funding for 2013-2014: Cross Regional: Change the Normal                                             $4,000 Share the Fruit                             [...]

Are you cool as a cucumber? Not just is the cucumber known for it’s capability to cool down our bodies, it has also been recognized to help with jaundice, diarrhea, epilepsy, sore throat, conjunctivitis (redness of the eye) and swelling of extremities. Often you should try to de-seed the cucumber as the body can have [...]

October 16 is a big deal in foodie and food justice circles, and has been since its inception over 25 years ago in Italy. It is World Food Day, an event that celebrates the importance of food and that highlights the need to address the life threatening hunger and poverty that confronts almost a billion [...]