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NourishPlanet

  1. To help their school purchase local and sustainable food, @McGillU students created the McGill Food Systems Project. bit.ly/Ms3unl
  2. “Agriculture has the word ‘culture’ in there, right?” bit.ly/KMCxZa
  3. Agriculture from small farmers provides food for 70% of the pop, while industrial ag only supplies 30% bit.ly/KMCxZa
  4. Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition to host food waste webinar Wed. 11 AM EST. Tune in: bit.ly/LdXImb
  5. A new @USAID project provides permaculture training to orphaned and vulnerable children struggling with HIV/AIDS. bit.ly/KawZJP
  6. The ramifications of the 2007-08 food crisis are still felt today. The @USDA tells us what to do...and what not to do: bit.ly/LtbdVm
  7. Local programs encourage eating local, curbing waste press.sn/L9a9mF @psbdebbie @psbnancy @psbjennifer @psbjeff @psbjenfusco @psbbill
  8. Press & Sun-Bulletin Op-Ed: Sowing seeds for a bountiful Broome press.sn/L9a9mF @pressconnects @bingrising @BinghamtonMayor @BCCouncil
  9. Chicago Council [@globalagdev ]: Business & Innovation in Agriculture bit.ly/JdkLCa @DFID_UK @USAID @DuPont_News @eu_echo #globalag
  10. Check out this incredible school feeding project in #Bolivia by @SamaritansPurse bit.ly/K0nKgf
  11. "50% of Africans are under 25--we need to make ag exciting to them" -Sam Dryden @gatesfoundation @GlobalAgDev bit.ly/KpGDIS
  12. "We know a lot more about soil on Mars than we know about the soil in Africa" -Hugh Grant @MonsantoCo @GlobalAgDev bit.ly/KpGDIS
  13. Women are natural at building long-term, trust-based relationships--identify and invest in capable women @GlobalAgDev bit.ly/KpGDIS
  14. "The change I would like to see is that farming becomes attractive to young people" Berry Marttin @GlobalAgDev bit.ly/KpGDIS
  15. To provide proper financing, you have to develop a proper banking infrastructure in a country. @GlobalAgDev Livestream bit.ly/KpGDIS
  16. "The African success story is right within our grasp" - @Syngenta CEO Michael Mack @GlobalAgDev #globalag Livestream: bit.ly/KpGDIS
  17. "This is the roll-up-the-sleeves, get-down-to-business panel" -Business Unusual Panel @GlobalAgDev #globalag Livestream bit.ly/KpGDIS
  18. "It is the end of the era of the hand-out. Now we are in the era of the handshake." @GlobalAgDev #globalag Livestream: bit.ly/KpGDIS
  19. It’s finally dawning us that the continent that contains the most pov. also contains the most wealth -Bono @GlobalAgDev bit.ly/KpGDIS