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FarmFolk/CityFolk is a non-profit society that works with farm and city to cultivate a local, sustainable food system. They develop and operate projects that provide access to and protection of foodlands; that support local, small scale growers and producers; and that educate, communicate and celebrate with local food communities.

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Today is World Food Day, as declared by the United Nations. This year's focus is Achieving Food Security in Times of Crisis.

From the UN website:

At a time when the global economic crisis dominates the news, the world needs to be reminded that not everyone works in offices and factories. The crisis is stalking the small-scale farms and rural …

My ten year old has a strong interest in found food. This dates from many years ago - I still remember his squeal of delight at the advanced age of 2 when he pulled a stale bread crust out of a neighbor's garbage on the breezeway of our co-op in Vancouver. He was thrilled to be providing for himself. I knew then that his hunter-gatherer instinct …

These days, dandelions feel like the bane of my existence. With their tenacious taproots that seem to go all the way to China, they are harder to get rid of than zucchini bread in August, and they come in a seemingly endless supply. So it was nice to come across this article on Straight Goods by Lynn Jones of the Ottawa River Institute, reminding …

The other night on CBC radio I heard a report on Parisians picking through the discarded food from markets in order to feed their families. According to the report, these people are known as "urban gleaners". This Reuter's story on the trend states that the phrase urban gleaning comes from the term "glanage", which refers to a French tradition …