Resource Pointer #112
January 22, 1997
For copies of the following resources, please contact
the appropriate publishers or organizations directly.
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-- Job Announcement --
*Job Announcement -- The California Coalition for
Pesticide Use Reduction (CPUR), a coalition of six
environmental/ sustainable agriculture organizations
(including PANNA), seeks Coordinator for multi-year,
statewide pesticide reduction effort. Coordinator will
act as CPUR's spokesperson and coordinate CPUR's
meetings, fundraising efforts, research of pesticide-
related issues, coalition building, strategy development
and public outreach. Qualifications: Excellent
communication skills; three years in public-interest
sector; background in environmental, agriculture,
consumer and/or pesticide issues; campaign/media
experience. Timeline: CPUR hopes to hire a Coordinator
as soon as possible. Search will remain open until
position is filled. Please send resume and cover letter
to: CPUR SEARCH COMMITTEE, 116 New Montgomery, Suite
530, San Francisco, CA 94105; email jkaplan@igc.org.
-- Food Security --
*International Conference on Sustainable Urban Food
Systems, May 22-25, 1997.* Centre for Studies in Food
Security, Ryerson Polytechnic University. Conference
will examine range of topics related to urban
agriculture, including urban design, health and
nutrition, and social, environmental, political and
economic issues. Workshops and speakers will focus on
developing conceptual framework for sustainable urban
food systems, stressing connections between local and
global levels of food security. Conference will include
local tours dealing with urban food security. Mustafa
Koc, Department of Sociology, Ryerson Polytechnic
University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON, M5B 2K3,
Canada; phone (416) 979 5000 ext. 6210; email
mkoc@acs.ryerson.ca.
*Urban Agriculture, Progress and Prospect: 1975-2005,
1996.* Jac Smit. Examines growth of urban agriculture
worldwide and forecasts that the number of urban farmers
will double by 2005. Argues that governments should
embrace and promote urban agriculture, stressing its
benefits to food security, waste management and
landscape maintenance. Includes case studies of urban
agriculture policies in Argentina, Chile, Singapore and
Zambia. 28 pp. No charge. Specify Report 18. Luc J.A.
Mougeot or BrendaLee Wilson, Cities Feeding People,
International Development Research Center (IDRC), P.O.
Box 8500, Ottawa, Canada, K1G 3H9; phone (613) 236-6163
ext. 2310; fax (613) 238-7230; email blwilson@idrc.ca;
http://www.idrc.ca/cfp.
*World Food Summit: Synthesis of the Technical Background
Documents, 1996.* UN Food and Agricultural Organization
(FAO). Presents compilation of technical papers on food
security and related issues. Describes systems that have been
successful in creating food security, discusses agricultural
research and investment, and examines international trade and
food aid. 54 pp. Available on Internet (see below).
Distribution and Sales Section, Viale delle Terme di
Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy; fax (39-6) 52253152 or (39-6)
52255155; email Publications-sales@fao.org;
http://www.fao.org.
*Partners for Food Security: The Role of Trade Unions, Rural
Workers' Organizations, Agricultural Producers' and Farmers'
Associations, Cooperatives and Development/Advocacy
Organizations in Contributing to the World Food Summit and
its Follow-up, 1996. Marilee Karl (ed.). Describes the causes
of food insecurity from perspective of several labor and farm
worker unions and associations. Outlines areas of agreement
among these groups, including that access to food and land
reform are critical to food security and that structural
adjustment and trade liberalization are important causes of
food insecurity. Describes aims and activities of the 14
organizations represented in the report and includes contact
information. 196 pp. Code: D/W3169. Distribution and Sales
Section, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy;
fax (39-6) 52253152 or (39-6) 52255155; email Publications-
sales@fao.org; http://www.fao.org.
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in the Online Resource Pointer to send review copies of
publications, videos or other sources to our office
(address listed below) or to contact Information Program
Associate Adam Kirshner for further information.
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