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		<title>School and Regional Food Systems</title>
		<link>http://www.localandjust.ca/2013/04/school-and-regional-food-systems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Chorney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In spring 2012, the Child Nutrition Council of Manitoba and MAFRA worked together to better understand school and regional food systems in Manitoba. Through mixed methods surveys, semi-structured interviews, and regional workshops, a unique system and set of attitudes was uncovered. &#160; For schools, this system consists primarily of conventional foods and sources, and struggles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growing Resistance Book Launch</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Chorney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regina&#8217;s Emily Eaton is launching a book on the farmer-led coalition that defeated the introduction of GM wheat in Canada. In 2004 Canadian farmers led an international coalition to a major victory for the anti-GM movement by defeating the introduction of Monsanto’s genetically modified wheat. Canadian farmers’ strong opposition to GM wheat marked a stark [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The global food crisis &#8211; “all we need now is the will to act”</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manitoba Alternative Food Research Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Priscilla Settee on Indigenous Food Sovereignty</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Weier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the link to Dr Priscilla Settee&#8217;s April 4 presentation in Winnipeg on Indigenous Food Sovereignty.]]></description>
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		<title>Getting It Right: Building A Resilience Plan for the First Nation Community of Wha Ti, Northwest Territories</title>
		<link>http://www.localandjust.ca/2013/02/getting-it-right-building-a-resilience-plan-for-the-first-nation-community-of-wha-ti-northwest-territories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manitoba Alternative Food Research Alliance</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Northern]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How are we going to feed nine billion people in the year 2050? Free Public Event at UofManitoba</title>
		<link>http://www.localandjust.ca/2013/01/how-are-we-going-to-feed-nine-billion-people-in-the-year-2050-free-public-event-at-uofmanitoba/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Anderson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On February 11th, 2013 MAFRA will be hosting an interactive skype session with Dr. Evan Fraser to discuss this issue, after a viewing of his video “Feeding Nine Billion”. Dr. Fraser is currently working at the University of Guelph, and has been working toward creating awareness for the issue of global hunger and how we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2013 Funded Community Proposals</title>
		<link>http://www.localandjust.ca/2013/01/2013-community-proposals-we-want-to-hear-from-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 03:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manitoba Alternative Food Research Alliance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following community proposals have received MAFRA  funding for 2013-2014: Cross Regional: Change the Normal                                             $4,000 Share the Fruit                             [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food for the Future</title>
		<link>http://www.localandjust.ca/2012/11/food-for-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Weier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Oak Lake area of Manitoba Leah Lees and Rhoda Canning spent their entire summer working with ten rural kids to develop a love of food and food skills that were otherwise becoming less valued in the community. The children each grew their own garden plots, sold produce at the market, helped neighbours with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vancouver Island Traditional Food Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.localandjust.ca/2012/10/vancouver-island-traditional-food-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://www.localandjust.ca/2012/10/vancouver-island-traditional-food-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Weier</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nuu chah nulth Tribal Council]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[traditional food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tseshaht First Nation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tseshaht Territory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities Indigenous Food Network]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“A community is the mental and spiritual condition of knowing that the place is shared, and that the people who share the place define and limit the possibilities of each other&#8217;s lives. It is the knowledge that people have of each other, their concern for each other, their trust in each other, the freedom with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food Justice Photography</title>
		<link>http://www.localandjust.ca/2012/09/food-justice-photography/</link>
		<comments>http://www.localandjust.ca/2012/09/food-justice-photography/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Weier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[composition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Duncan McNairnay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[editing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food matters manitoba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photo editing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photo tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visual structure]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This summer MAFRA was fortunate to help organize a number of food justice focused photography workshops lead by Duncan McNairnay. The idea behind the workshops were that photos can help community organizations to tell the story of their food focused projects and individuals tell the story of their experiences with food. Food Matters Manitoba will be showcasing [...]]]></description>
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