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CFAC produces a quarterly newsletter with news about what is happening in our area around local food and agriculture. Click on the date for a downloadable pdf of each issue.
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Spring 2010
Articles include:
- A Call to Action: stop losing fertile ground
- CFAC member profile: the Mannix Brothers
- Food Policy Expert Visits Missoula
- Gardening with Kids
- National Food Safety Legislation Update
- Missoula Farmers' Markets 2010
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CFAC's Land Use coordinator, Paul Hubbard, at the April 7th press conference release of Losing Ground: the future of farms and food in Missoula County.
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Autumn 2009
Articles include:
- Everyone Has Access to Good Food at Missoula's Farmers' Markets
- Community Planning for Future Farms: an update from the field
- National Farm to School Policy Update
- Capturing Missoula's Foodshed 2010 calendar
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Nearly 90 Missoula children, parents, and community members gathered at the PEAS Farm for a community "Eat-in." The event was one of 300 that took place across the country to promote the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act.
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Spring 2009
Articles include:
- National Childhood Nutrition Act Holds Potential for Montana Farm to School Programs
- Development Review Must Include Impacts on Agriculture
- City Makes Moves to Protect Farmland
- 2009 Legislature Recap
- CFAC Members Envision Missoula's Food System Future
- Farmers Market EBT Program Kicks Off Its Third Year!
- Five Tips for Raising Backyard Chickens
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CFAC members brainstorm their visions for Missoula's food future at the April 2009 first annual membership meeting.
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| Autumn 2008
Articles include:
- Missoula Farmers Market EBT success!
- Food Security: Can we go back to the future?
- USDA Grant provides opportunity for Farm to School
- Missoula Community Co-Op: Business Unusual
- Montanans working to redevelop food processing
- Assessing the Nutrition Environment of Missoula
- Rooted in the Soil: Farm Tour Highlights
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CFAC member and retired farmer, Jim Cusker, entertains participants of the Rooted in the Soil farm tour with an historical account of Missoula's local food system.
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Spring 2008
Articles include:
- Tokens for all at Farmers Market
- CFAC review sub-division proposals to evaluate impact on farm land
- School gardens growing in Missoula
- Meat recall creates opportunities for Missoula producers
- Land Link Montana now accepting applications
- Movie Review: Two Angry Moms
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Autumn 2007
Articles include:
- CFAC projects help to ensure access to local food
- Open Space Bond money protects vital farm land
- Farm to School update and recognition
- Finding Solutions to Food Insecurity releases research findings
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