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    Food Sovereignty
    By Temple of Understanding
    In Food Sovereignty
    Posted Oct 31, 2018

    Food Sovereignty

    Food sovereignty is the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and [...]

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    Statement on Human Right to Food at UN Human Rights Council
    By Temple of Understanding
    In Food Sovereignty
    Posted Oct 31, 2018

    Statement on Human Right to Food at UN Human Rights Council

    In collaboration with the Mining Working Group and Franciscans International, the Temple of Understanding is honored to contribute a statement on the Human Right to Food for the thirty-first [...]

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    Food Sovereignty, Women & Sustainability: The Roots of System Change
    By Temple of Understanding
    In Food Sovereignty
    Posted Oct 31, 2018

    Food Sovereignty, Women & Sustainability: The Roots of System Change

    Panelists reflected from their diverse perspectives on specific strategies towards food sovereignty for all, as well as what sustains them in their work, both in literal food and in spirit. [...]

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    Community Is the Key To It All: Moving Agriculture Forward with Blain Snipstal
    By Temple of Understanding
    In Food Sovereignty, What's New
    Posted Dec 13, 2016

    Community Is the Key To It All: Moving Agriculture Forward with Blain Snipstal

    The commoditization of food through industrial agriculture has fundamentally changed our relationships with both the harvest and the harvesters. And Snipstal, through what he calls “peasant [...]

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    Roots of Change: Food Sovereignty, Women, and Eco-Justice
    By Temple of Understanding
    In Videos
    Posted Oct 25, 2016

    Roots of Change: Food Sovereignty, Women, and Eco-Justice

    ROOTS OF CHANGE features women’s spirited calls to change our global direction. In this visually striking short film, women warn of the current realities and looming threats of food crisis, [...]

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    Roots of Change: Food Sovereignty, Women, and Eco-Justice
    By Temple of Understanding
    In Media, Video Gallery
    Posted Oct 25, 2016

    Roots of Change: Food Sovereignty, Women, and Eco-Justice

    ROOTS OF CHANGE features women’s spirited calls to change our global direction. In this visually striking short film, women warn of the current realities and looming threats of food crisis, [...]

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    Short Film on Food Sovereignty and Women by TOU, Oct. 24 Premiere in NYC
    By Temple of Understanding
    In Ecological Justice, Food Sovereignty, Human Right to Water, Videos, What's New
    Posted Sep 28, 2016

    Short Film on Food Sovereignty and Women by TOU, Oct. 24 Premiere in NYC

    Roots of Change features women’s spirited calls to change our global direction. In this visually striking short film, women warn of the current realities and looming threats of food crisis, [...]

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    How Can Faith Impact Sustainable Agriculture?
    By Temple of Understanding
    In Food Sovereignty, Videos, What's New
    Posted Jun 7, 2016

    How Can Faith Impact Sustainable Agriculture?

    A video from Global One about Islamic Farming.

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    Food Sovereignty, Women & Sustainability, 3/18/16 at UN CSW
    By Temple of Understanding
    In Ecological Justice, Food Sovereignty, What's New, Women's Initiatives
    Posted Mar 8, 2016

    Food Sovereignty, Women & Sustainability, 3/18/16 at UN CSW

    This panel explored access to healthy food as a lens toward understanding the interconnections of all our equity and sustainability issues.

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    The Essentials: Food, Water, Women and Justice @ CSW 2014
    By Temple of Understanding
    In Human Right to Water, What's New, Women's Initiatives
    Posted Mar 1, 2014

    The Essentials: Food, Water, Women and Justice @ CSW 2014

    This solution-oriented session covers transformed paradigms as well as pragmatic solutions and applications, including local growing, permaculture, safe seeds and closing the circle.

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