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		<title>So You Wanna Raise Pigs?</title>
		<link>http://www.farmtoforkresearch.com/2010/07/so-you-wanna-raise-pigs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarahmcars</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a growing interest in pastured pork as a method of sustainable agriculture. Raising pigs on pasture is not only more humane and natural for the animals, it is also environmentally sound and produces meat that is more nutritious and, as many people discover, flavorful as well. Family farms raise pigs to pass the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building Food Communities &#8211; Local Food and Buying Groups/Clubs</title>
		<link>http://www.farmtoforkresearch.com/2010/03/building-food-communities-local-food-and-buying-groupsclubs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.farmtoforkresearch.com/2010/03/building-food-communities-local-food-and-buying-groupsclubs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I visited Tyler Jones of Afton Field Farm near Corvallis (website&#8230;&#8230;..blog). We talked about food buying clubs/groups and it brought me back to some previous ideas I had around starting one such club back in Manitoba with members of the Harvest Moon Local Food Initiative. Check out this video of Tyler talking about his clubs/groups. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ask not only what your farmer can do for you but what you can do for your farmer…</title>
		<link>http://www.farmtoforkresearch.com/2010/02/ask-not-only-what-your-farmer-can-do-for-you-but-what-you-can-do-for-your-farmer%e2%80%a6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[direct marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe that, as much as possible, the crops grown and animals raised on a farm should be thought of as food not commodity. So, naturally, I’m interested in how we move towards having more farmers/ranchers transition into direct relationships with eaters where food is grown and moved into the hands of eaters without being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Video: Reclaiming Agriculture for Family Farms in Oregon</title>
		<link>http://www.farmtoforkresearch.com/2010/01/new-video-reclaiming-agriculture-for-family-farms-in-oregon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.farmtoforkresearch.com/2010/01/new-video-reclaiming-agriculture-for-family-farms-in-oregon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Anderson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Food]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out the newest F2F video short created with and for the Friends of Family Farmers in Oregon. I&#8217;ve been in Oregon for almost nine months now and have learned a great deal about direct farm marketing and local food in this part of the continent. Along the way, I have found myself in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dirty Words?   L@$&amp;! F@%D</title>
		<link>http://www.farmtoforkresearch.com/2010/01/dirty-words-l-fd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Anderson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Food]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dirty Words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food 2030]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I stumbled across a link to the United States Department of Agriculture’s YouTube site the other day. To my surprise, they had a channel dedicated to a new initiative launched earlier this year entitled “know your farmer, know your food”.  Click for YouTube channel. Ostensibly, the initiative aims to connect local consumers with local producers to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Story of Food &#8211; Reflecting on Food Politics</title>
		<link>http://www.farmtoforkresearch.com/2009/12/the-story-of-food-reflecting-on-food-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.farmtoforkresearch.com/2009/12/the-story-of-food-reflecting-on-food-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Anderson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Food]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Global Food]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ USC Canada has released a new video short describing &#8220;the story of food&#8221;. The video largely outlines the decline of biodiversity in mainstream/industrial agro-food production systems. It touches on the downside of genetically modified crops, the plight of the family farm, climate change and hunger/obesity. The short video ends by encouraging consumers to &#8216;buy local, organic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Local Food in Manitoba – Online Resources for Farmers and Eaters</title>
		<link>http://www.farmtoforkresearch.com/2009/11/324/</link>
		<comments>http://www.farmtoforkresearch.com/2009/11/324/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:55:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[direct marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As any farmer who has embarked on the journey of selling local food will tell you, marketing directly to consumers is about more than producing a healthy, tasty and desirable food product. It is also about making connections with those who are interested in eating such a product. There are many methods of building a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Video &#8211; Harvest Moon Local Food Initiative</title>
		<link>http://www.farmtoforkresearch.com/2009/03/video-harvest-moon-local-food-initiative/</link>
		<comments>http://www.farmtoforkresearch.com/2009/03/video-harvest-moon-local-food-initiative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cooperative marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since our first meeting in October 2006, we have been working closely with the farmers and supporting partners of the Harvest Moon Society Local Food Initiative to develop a collective marketing group to bring locally produced food to the homes of Manitobans. It has been an intense, challenging and highly rewarding two and half years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Think Local First &#8211; Talking and Walking &#8216;Local&#8217; in Manitoba</title>
		<link>http://www.farmtoforkresearch.com/2009/01/events-training-listings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.farmtoforkresearch.com/2009/01/events-training-listings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In February, I participated in a number of conferences and sessions. The first, on February 2nd in Swan Lake, was hostd by Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives and focused on  the Harvest Moon Local Food Initiative and the process of starting a related project in your own locale (Poster). The next was in Winnipeg [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harvest Moon Local Food Initiative Website Launch</title>
		<link>http://www.farmtoforkresearch.com/2008/12/harvest-moon-local-food-initiative-website-launch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.farmtoforkresearch.com/2008/12/harvest-moon-local-food-initiative-website-launch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week in Manitoba, the Harvest Moon Local Food Initiative launched a new website that will act as a portal between farmers and eaters, facilitating food transactions and information exchange between farm and fork. This exciting new tool will evolve with the organization and in the future will incorporate community building components that will further allow [...]]]></description>
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