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Nourishing the Planet: Empowering Women to Feed Communities

February 15th, 2011 | Blog, Stories & News, , , , , , , , , ,

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I discovered this group, Nourishing the Planet while checking out some links over at The Bovine. When I saw this video I felt really touched and hopeful. A cow or goat can really make a difference to a family, whether it is here in Vancouver or over in Africa. This is a very basic and ancient relationship!

What’s So Great about Gates?

What’s So Great about Gates?

July 22nd, 2010

This article was recently pointed out to me by a friend who knows of my distaste for the Gates Foundation and all of the "good work" they are doing. I once looked through a long list of all the projects they were funding in 'developing' countries and was quite disturbed. One example of something the ...