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I’ve been missing a bunch of deadlines lately. NOFFN recently partnered up with the Office of Service Learning at Delgado to develop a brochure about NOFFN’s work. I was late turning it in, but the pressure of having to give something to students forced me to confront the question that many non-profits face – What…
Together with the Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement & Development, NOFFN is holding a training workshop for board members, staff, partner organizations, and community members led by The People's Institute for Survival & Beyond. What follows are some thoughts on why the training on Undoing Racism in the New Orleans Food System is…
An urban food system consists of a sustainable and integrated system of food production, processing, distribution, marketing, consumption and waste management in an urban landscape. An urban food system integrates live, work, and play into the activities of a productive landscape. The success of an urban food system relies on the coordination pieces of a…
This past Saturday (10/20/2012), the Center for Sustainable Engagement & Development (CSED) and partners (NOFFN included) called attention to the “food desert” in the Lower 9th Ward with a “pop up” o mail order viagra in uk utdoor grocery. Organizers set up grocery store aisles in the parking lot of All Souls Church and gave…
Urban gardening is a very effective way to get fresh and healthy produce to the people who need it most. But there’s just one sickening caveat. These gardens tend to be next to highways or in close proximity to former waste dumps or industrial sites. This means that the soils in these gardens are at…
