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Brainerd grad creates global career

...the effectiveness of health programs to projects on food security and nutrition. She's lived and worked in more than...daughter. In her global work, Endres specializes in food security, community livelihoods development and public health...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-08-30/brainerd-grad-creates-global-career
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Foundation seeking host sites for AmeriCorps VISTA members

...the project, and alignment with these 2012-2013 priority focus areas: ? Economic opportunity? Education ? Food security? Military veterans and their familiesHost sites recruit, interview and select their own VISTA members from a pool...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-12-28/foundation-seeking-host-sites-americ
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U.N. food agency reports slow gains in fight against hunger

...to reach goals set at the 1996 World Food Summit, the FAO unveiled a "depth of hunger" measurement in its annual food security report. Comparing the average dietary intake of the undernourished in a given country with the minimum requirement...

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Young farmers face big obstacles

...obstacles facing young farmers -- such as the high cost of farm land -- could adversely affect the nation's future food security. The U.S. Agriculture Department discounts the concern, noting that overall farm production levels are not dropping...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/092901/far_0929010043.shtml
Farm
Robbery suspects are arraigned

...wanted to go downtown because Wickham had just obtained some money. Asked by police to review video taken from the Cub Foods security cameras, the acquaintance identified Wickham as one of the robbers. From a photo lineup the cashier identified Wickham...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/092502/new_0925020003.shtml
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Deerwood sisters committed to helping others

...a month in Tanzania as an agricultural educator to begin anthropological research on HIV/AIDS and the impacts on food security. She has also spent a few months in Spain at language school (2002) and visited Morocco during that stint. In the...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/010406/nei_20060104002.shtml
Neighbors
Haiti needs a bank account

...relief alone, Haiti will be back in crisis soon enough, after the next disaster. The first step in this transition is food security: Haiti's farmers will need seed and fertilizer within weeks if they are to grow food for a destitute country. The...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/012210/opi_20100122049.shtml
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Program will allow consumers to trace pork to farms

...health threats, said Thomas Blaha, a professor at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. "Our food security and safety need to be adapted to the new conditions in our modern food supply system," said Blaha, an epidemiologist...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/020501/sne_0205010005.shtml
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World summit delegates say agricultural technologies must be shared with the poor

...plan, which many delegates hope will include detailed timetables for tackling problems of energy, biodiversity, food security, clean water and health care. Developing nations are trying to extract more aid and greater access to Western markets...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/082702/wne_0827020019.shtml
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'Warming up Winter' event set Jan. 30 sure to warm you up

...Audits, Brainerd. Family Friendly Aromatherapy and Massage: Amber Hunt, Pine River. Increasing Your Family's Food Security: Raya Newbold, Pine River. One Man's Junque is Another's Treasure: Cathy Osterloh, Perfect Picks Consignments...

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