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Using Social Media to Build Community Food Security

I’ve only recently discovered the bits & bytes website, an online food security resource database.  Developed with financial support from the BC Community Food Action Initiative and the Government of Canada’s Social Development Partnerships Program, the site strives to be a living, ever-growing cornucopia of freely-accessible, community food security information and resources.
The database hosts a range [...]

Youth Take Charge Program Accepting Applications for Funding

The newly created Youth Take Charge program aims to increase youth attachment to Canada by encouraging engagement in the fields of history and heritage, civic and youth service, arts and culture and economic activities.
The program will provide grants and contributions to eligible organizations in support of projects involving youth aged 7 – 30.  
The first deadline for applications is June [...]

Exploring Rural Development: Women in Rural Economies

I’m getting by this spring with a little help from my friends … including my pan-west colleague, Evelyn Clark, Senior Project Manager with Community Futures BC.  Evelyn has extensive experience of both the theory and practice of leadership … read on for the fourth installment of The Fringe’s limited online series exploring rural/rurban development – from a women’s perspective.
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Women [...]

Cooperation vs. Collaboration

Cooperation is about agreement; it is a structure of interaction. 
Collaboration is about creation; it is a philosophy of interaction.

To Beef or Not to Beef …

June is fast approaching, marking the one-year anniversary of Sir Paul McCartney’s bounce onto the Meatless Monday bandwagon.  And while it’s not a campaign against cruelty to animals, per se, it is a campaign against animal agriculture … and one that I simply cannot and will not support.
Read more about my beef at FarmOn.com.
As always, [...]

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