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From Civil Rights to Food Justice, Jim Embry Reflects on a Life of Creative Resistance

Civil Eats

SCN works with nonprofits and schools in the region to integrate farming and food production into their work and advocates for local policy that supports school gardens, urban farms, and community gardens and helps get fresh produce to food insecure residents.

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Ecological Farming Program Specialist

Caff

5% – Support EF Field Work Support field work for on-farm research and demonstration projects as needed, including but not limited to Ecological Pest Management projects 5% — General CAFF responsibilities This person will be an important member of CAFF’s Ecological Farming Team and work closely with all members of the team on various projects.

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Path to a New Farm Bill: Sustainable and Organic Research 

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

While many of these priorities – such as agricultural climate adaptation and mitigation, MMRV of greenhouse gas emissions, and public cultivar development – are important additions to improve AFRI’s focus on agroecological research, without increased funding, AFRI will be limited in its ability to address these new priority areas.

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