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Feeding 5000, Portland Style

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Feeding 5000, Portland Style

October 31, 2016 — 1 Comment

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A Public-Private Initiative to Reduce Food Waste: A Framework for Local Communities (Finn)
Creating a Sustainable Food Future (Inst. 1, WRI)
Global Food Losses and Food Waste
Innovating Our Way to the Next Industrial Revolution (Carstedt, Senge)
Paul Hawken: Commencement: Healing or Stealing
Reducing Food Loss and Waste (Inst. 2, WRI)
Saving Water: From Field to Fork…
Sustainability Nears a Tipping Point (MIT Sloan)
Sustainable Food Recovery Programs: Making Connections to Redirect Excess Food to the Needy (Finn)
The 9-billion people question
The Food We Waste (WRAP)
The State of Food and Agriculture, 2013 (FAO)
The State of Food Insecurity in the World, 2010 (FAO)
Valuing Our Food: Minimizing Waste and Optimizing Resources (Finn)
Wasted (Gunders, NRDC)

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Feeding the 5000 Portland (Maine)
Leadership for a Sustainable Future (Goran Carstedt)
The Global Food Waste Scandal (Tristram Stuart)
The other inconvenient truth (Jonathan Foley)
The Strawberry Video (Ad Council)
Water Changes Everything
Why (Simon Sinek)
Why good leaders make you feel safe (Sinek)

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FoodPort – Concept Presentation
The Last Food Mile (UPenn)
The Necessary Revolution is Necessary Now
The scope of the Global Food Waste Problem
Valuing our Food and Water Resources — Food Security, Water Security, and Food Recovery

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McKinsey 2030 Water Resources Group Report
Nexus: The Water, Energy, and Food Security Resource Platform
Oxford Water Network
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Stockholm International Water Institute
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Water Conservation Alliance of Southern Arizona
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