Food Lab to Help Guatemalan Presidential Commission The Sustainable Food Lab has launched a new project with the Presidential Commission of Rural Development in Guatemala to help assess and expand their approach to addressing rural agricultural poverty. Read… Brazilian Business Coalition Forms
The Sustainable Food Lab has spawned a Brazilian counterpart. Read… SAI Platform and Business Coalition Consider Collaboration The Sustainable Agriculture Initiative Platform (SAI Platform) and the Sustainable Food Lab Business Coalition met during the Food Lab meeting in London and are considering a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding). More… Urban School Meals Institute Food Lab member Toni Liquori is convening two meetings this spring to explore the viability of an Urban School Meals Institute. Liquori has invited Food Lab Food Service companies as the scale of the large city school systems need to be integrated with wider distributions networks that include fresh, frozen, and processed foods. More... | SFL Calendar Sustainable Food Lab Meeting, October 17-18, 2007 Antigua, Guatemala (Learning Journeys in Central America lasting 2-7 days will precede this meeting)* Business Coalition Meeting with SAI Platform, hosted by Coca-Cola, June 29, 2007 Learning Journey - China, April 6-17, 2008
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* Oxfam has offered to host a learning journey prior to SFL meeting in Guatemala. The learning journey will explore the role of market access as part of a livelihood project by Oxfam in Honduras. Visits would include sites in Nicaragua and a very interesting regional market project in El Salvador. The objective is for a small business oriented group, through field visits and focused conversation, to (a) learn about Oxfam’s sustainable livelihoods framework and approach to development, (b) take a systemic look at the role of market access links and discuss domestic trading (national and intra-regional) initiatives, and export strategies, and (c) set the foundation for specific collaborations moving forward among SFL members and regional actors. | Links and Related EventsLarge Urban School Meals Network exploratory meetings, May 8-10, 2007 and June 19-21, 2007 Healthy Food in Healthcare FoodMed, June 28-29, 2007, Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, MA For links to lots more news and upcoming events take a look our recent blog post |
