With all of the bad news going around, I've decided to post a bit of good news. So enjoy your afternoon tea (if you're feeling a little British today, as I am) and check out the good news!
- FarmFoody.org launches, providing foodies, farmers, and chefs with a new, interactive social networking (or should we call it edible networking?) tool. The site reminds me of Eat Well Guide but allows users to upload videos or receive bulletins from their favorite farms.
- The EU Parliament Voted by a Large Majority to ban 22 pesticides and tighten when and where the others can be used.
- The Center for a Livable Future proposes a solution to contaminated food: local, sustainable agriculture.
- Canadians are ahead of their time, apparently. On January 23, Liberal Members of Parliament hosted community meetings about food policy. They hope to create a comprehensive food policy for Canada. (There is no place that I know of that has a comprehensive food policy, so this is HUGE if they can pull it off.)
- We've been able to buy foreign Fair Trade products for years, but we now have domestic fair trade too! From the group's press release:
DFTA is a coalition of 35 businesses, including marketing and retail coops, farmer, farmworker and indigenous peoples associations, and civil society organizations devoted to organic agriculture and coop development. In addition to Organic Valley, DFTA counts among its members the Northeast Organic Farming Association, Equal Exchange, the White Earth Land Recovery Project, Centro Campesino, CATA, the Rural Advancement Foundation International, the Organic Consumers Association, the Farmer Direct Coop, and the National Cooperative Grocers Association.
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