Sunday, September 13th, 2009
Keith McHenry is a co-founder of Food Not Bombs which is one of the fastest growing revolutionary movements and is gaining momentum throughout the world. There are hundreds of autonomous chapters sharing free vegetarian food with hungry people and protesting war and poverty. Food Not Bombs is not a charity. ...
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Monday, September 7th, 2009
Gasoline prices are rising. Food prices are rising. Mortgage payments are rising.
Things are getting tight all around.
Global oil exports have peaked, and the world is now entering an unprecedented energy transition that taking the world economy by surprise.
How will declining oil exports impact individuals, businesses, communities and entire nations?
How do ...
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Saturday, August 29th, 2009
Elisabeth Gauffin, Vice President of the International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP),gave a speech at the Thirty-fifth (special) Session of the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, which focused on the Immediate Plan of Action of the Independent External Evaluation (IEE)Duration : ...
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Thursday, August 20th, 2009
World Bank Chief Robert Zoellick speaks at the end of the 2008 Spring Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank in Washington, adressing ambitions to tackle poverty in a world faced with surging food prices.Duration : 0:40:31
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
A new short film, Ending Child Hunger: School Lunches for Kids Around the World, is a call to action to end the hunger that afflicts 300 million children worldwide. The United States, building upon its tradition of fighting hunger, can lead the international community in making sure every child can ...
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Friday, August 14th, 2009
Vandana Shiva at ISECS "Beyond Monoculture" Conference, talking about food laws
Ladakh, India, 2006Duration : 0:4:25
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Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
An overview of the key themes and meaasges from the International Culinary and Food congress held in NYC in September 2008Duration : 0:3:44
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Saturday, July 25th, 2009
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In this segment from Organic Living TV with the Hippy Gourmet, we take a wondrous tour of the Slow Food Nation conference in our backyard here in San Francisco, California. Slow Food is an international organization dedicated to local, sustainable, organic, fair-trade ingredients and to the artisan providers and chefs ...
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Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
This Video features an interview of Ms Simona Smeraldi, FAO Consultant for the Right to Food Unit, which was transmitted by SAT8 an Italian satellite TV. The event documented the World Food Day 2007 celebration on the theme of the "Right to Food", during a Conference in December 2007: "Il ...
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Saturday, July 18th, 2009
The International Food Blogger Conference presented by Foodista.com featured the world's top 100 food bloggers and several infamous culinary influentials and businesses. The event gathered everyone together in Seattle, Wash. to discuss food, writing and technology in an interactive, fun and DELICIOUS setting. www.ifbc.foodista.comDuration : 0:5:37
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