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September 18, 2012 to September 20, 2012

Climate Change Adaptation Forum Focusing on Food Security and Traditional Plant Use [1]

This forum is for community‐level practitioners, academics, government representatives and community leaders who work in the area of climate change adaptation in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities in Canada and Tribes in the United States.

Other Events [2]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [4]
Science [5]
Policy [6]
Planning & Growth [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Health [9]
Government [10]
Forests [11]
Food [12]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Disasters [15]
Climate Change [16]
Biodiversity [17]
Agriculture [18]
Region: 
Canada [19]

"Survey Shows Shark Fin Soup a Local Delicacy, International Problem" [20]

"CHICAGO -- At Ming Hin Cuisine in Chicago's Chinatown, a giant shark fin decorates the wall in the main dining room, and shark fin soup is offered on the banquet menu for customers willing to pay the price."

Biodiversity [17]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Food [12]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Chicago Tribune [23], 08/10/2012
September 10, 2012 to September 13, 2012

2012 LTER All Scientists Meeting [24]

The Nation's largest ecological research network will hold its triennial meeting at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park, Colorado.

Professional Meetings [25]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Wildlife [26]
Water & Oceans [21]
Technology [4]
Science [5]
Pollution [27]
Policy [6]
Planning & Growth [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Forests [11]
Food [12]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Environmental Studies [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Environmental Health [14]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Disasters [15]
Climate Change [16]
Biodiversity [17]
Air [31]
Agriculture [18]
Region: 
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [32]
National (U.S.) [22]

"Playing Chicken on Food Safety?" [33]

"One-third of a second.  That's how long a federal inspector will have to examine slaughtered chickens for contaminants and disease under new rules proposed by the federal government."

Agriculture [18]
Food [12]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution [34], 08/06/2012
August 15, 2012 to August 18, 2012

Urban Agriculture Summit [35]

Urban agriculture is becoming an essential element of food security, improving access to healthy, affordable food in a rapidly urbanizing world, generating much-needed skills development and local employment, and improving local environmental and community health. The first Urban Agriculture Summit in Toronto, Canada, presented by Green Roofs for Healthy Cities and FoodShare, will be action-oriented.

Other Events [2]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Food [12]
Environmental Health [14]
Economy & Business [36]
Agriculture [18]
Health [9]
People & Population [37]
Planning & Growth [7]
Region: 
Canada [19]

"Food-Borne Illnesses Not Diminishing, CDC Finds" [38]

"Little progress has been made in combating many types of food-borne illnesses in recent years, according to new federal data, an outcome that food safety advocates say underscores the need to put into place the landmark food-safety bill signed by President Obama more than a year ago."

Agriculture [18]
Consumer [39]
Food [12]
Health [9]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: Wash Post [40], 07/30/2012

Boots on the Ground at Annual SEJ Gathering [41]

  

SEJ Publication Types: 
SEJ News [42]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [16]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Environmental Politics [29]
Food [12]
Journalism & Media [43]
Natural Resources [8]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [44]
People & Population [37]
Planning & Growth [7]
Water & Oceans [21]
Wildlife [26]
Region: 
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [45]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

"USDA Meatless Monday Posting Retracted After Beef Industry Calls Foul" [46]

"WASHINGTON -- The Agriculture Department says a statement on its website encouraging its employees not to eat meat on Mondays was made without proper clearance."

Agriculture [18]
Environmental Politics [29]
Food [12]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [22]
Source: AP [47], 07/27/2012

SEJ Member Spotlight: Paula Crossfield [48]

[48]

New SEJ member Paula Crossfield is a founder and managing editor of the Food & Environment Reporting Network (FERN), the first and only independent, nonprofit news organization that produces investigative journalism in the critically under-reported areas of food, agriculture, and environmental health. She is also a founder of Civil Eats, a national news site on sustainable food issues.

Visibility: 
Public [3]
Food [12]
Environmental Health [14]
Agriculture [18]

EPA Withdraws CAFO Database Rule [49]

EPA says it could instead compile a database partly from information collected by some states. But that information is often spotty and inconsistent — which will make it hard for EPA to compile it and even harder to make useful conclusions from it. And the withdrawal may make it harder to get the information disclosed.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [50]
Topics on the Beat: 
Food [12]
Environmental Politics [29]
Agriculture [18]
Region: 
Northwest (OR WA) [51]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [52]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [53]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [54]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

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[1] https://www.sej.org/calendar/climate-change-adaptation-forum-focusing-food-security-and-traditional-plant-use [2] https://www.sej.org/category/event-type/other-events [3] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/technology [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/policy [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/cities-towns [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health [10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government [11] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests [12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food [13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/fisheries [14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1 [18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture [19] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/canada [20] https://www.sej.org/headlines/survey-shows-shark-fin-soup-local-delicacy-international-problem [21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [22] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [23] http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/08/08/161171/survey-shows-shark-fin-a-local.html [24] https://www.sej.org/calendar/2012-lter-all-scientists-meeting [25] https://www.sej.org/category/event-types/professional-meetings [26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife [27] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmentalists [29] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air [32] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mountain-west [33] https://www.sej.org/headlines/playing-chicken-food-safety [34] http://www.ajc.com/news/playing-chicken-on-food-1491072.html [35] https://www.sej.org/calendar/urban-agriculture-summit [36] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business [37] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [38] https://www.sej.org/headlines/food-borne-illnesses-not-diminishing-cdc-finds [39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer [40] http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/food-borne-illnesses-not-diminishing-cdc-finds/2012/07/28/gJQAaFGxGX_story.html [41] https://www.sej.org/publications/sejournal-sp12/boots-ground-annual-sej-gathering [42] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/sej-news [43] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [44] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/nuclear-power/radiation [45] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest [46] https://www.sej.org/headlines/usda-meatless-monday-posting-retracted-after-beef-industry-calls-foul [47] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/26/usda-meatless-monday-post_n_1705113.html?utm_hp_ref=green&ir=Green [48] https://www.sej.org/library/sej-member-spotlight-paula-crossfield [49] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/epa-withdraws-cafo-database-rule [50] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/watchdog-tipsheet [51] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northwest [52] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic [53] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-plains [54] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-lakes [55] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food?page=105 [56] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food?page=102 [57] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food?page=103 [58] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food?page=104 [59] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food?page=107 [60] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food?page=108 [61] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food?page=109 [62] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food?page=110 [63] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food?page=135