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Food, Inc. for the Classroom

Taylor Watson

I’m always looking for educational resources to pass on to teachers and students preparing for this year’s World Affairs Challenge theme, Food: Feeding the Planet Sustainably in the 21st Century.  I recently checked out the documentary Food, Inc.in which filmmaker Robert Kenner examines our ...

Can Food Work for New Yorkers?

Daniel Carlton

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn Announces Plan to Overhaul Food System The United Nations defines food security as systems operating in a manner such that “all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs ...

Sustainable Business: Equal World Coffee

Equal World Coffee comes from Rwanda, “The Land of a Thousand Hills." This tiny East African nation is among the few places in the world that has the perfect climate for consistently growing fabulous, Connoisseur Grade Arabica, Specialty Coffee.  Equal World Coffee has a wonderful relationship ...