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		<title>SELRS at the Lake &#8211; SELRS Update</title>
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		<title>Equity vs. Equality; differences &amp; discoveries &#8211; SELRS Update</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[From my experience (Brenda) – no question created more discomfort in our conversations than asking “what does equity mean to you?” After many long pauses, we received a wide variety of answers and from these conversations we have had many large lessons that inform the framework we are building. There is a difference between Equity [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gfsa.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12248294&#038;post=837&#038;subd=gfsa&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Open Source &#8211; SELRS Update</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Most people working in the non-profit sector would love it if their organization could do more with its existing staff and volunteer resources. We often care passionately about the work we do, but lament the wasteful ways we have to do things. Wasted hours, wasted money, wasted contacts, and wasted opportunities! We&#8217;re tired of being [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gfsa.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12248294&#038;post=830&#038;subd=gfsa&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Infusing Value in Supply &#8211; SELRS Update</title>
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		<title>Destination: Sitopia&#8230;? &#8211; SELRS Update</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[With harvest season behind us and Thanksgiving suppers well digested, hibernation and slumber sound like a natural next step. But alas, Christmas supper and New Year&#8217;s cheers are just around the corner. AND&#8230; seed catalogues are almost in the mail! It&#8217;s a little known fact that Growing Food Security in Alberta (GFSA) is coming up [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gfsa.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12248294&#038;post=783&#038;subd=gfsa&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Digesting the Global Food System &#8211; SELRS update</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nausea, heart burn, indigestion&#8230; upset stomach, diarrhea&#8230;! No, it&#8217;s not just the Pepto Bismol commercial : ). It&#8217;s the feeling you get when you try to put together and digest the recipe of our global food system. We&#8217;ve heard it said that, &#8220;We eat first with our eyes, then with our mouths&#8221;. In the case [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gfsa.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12248294&#038;post=744&#038;subd=gfsa&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>St. Paul Harvest Ball – Food, Farm, and Family</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you get when you put a farmers market, local artists, sustainable food enthusiasts, two great guest speakers and a delicious local food supper prepared by community volunteers together!? The second annual St. Paul Harvest Ball put on by Champions for Change on October 29, 2011! Connecting Food Farm and Family was the goal! [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gfsa.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12248294&#038;post=722&#038;subd=gfsa&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nikki Way and her helpers put on a great Farmers’ Market event in the U of A SUB on Friday, the 21st of October during the University&#8217;s Sustainability week. &#160; &#160; &#160; Farmers, gardeners, processors and crafters were all there along with others with displays about food and sustainability organizations. It was an honour to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gfsa.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12248294&#038;post=714&#038;subd=gfsa&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Talk is cheap. Let&#8217;s have a real conversation. SELRS Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our previous SELRS update told you about how we are entering a phase of conversation-mapping and relationship-building. We&#8217;ve been getting out, talking to each other and to people across the food system. The conversations last about an hour and allow us to get to know a bit better who people are, how they define and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gfsa.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12248294&#038;post=680&#038;subd=gfsa&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Harvest Wedding</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a rainy weekend in mid-June of this year, my fiance (now husband) and I took off for a few days and nights of planning. Thanks to the rain and a big tent &#8211; we were cozy inside, working on our holistic goals for our life together as well as doing some more immediate scheduling [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gfsa.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12248294&#038;post=684&#038;subd=gfsa&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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