Food and Farming Issues in Service-Learning

Hello,

I have enjoyed participating in this listserve this last year. The
conversations and shared ideas have been wonderful.

I come to you with a question about service related to agriculture. Oxfam
America has selected Food and Farm Issues as one of its topics for its
college program. We have US-partners working on this issue in the government
arena as well as other international partners working on food security
issues on global platform. I want to know if anyone has had experience
crafting college service programs with an emphasis on food and farming, for
instance developing campaigns to support local farms through university food
service purchasing or hosting farmer's markets on campus so students can by
organic produce or even sending students to farms to study the issues
farmer's face in today's economy. Oxfam America is trying to put together a
campaigning toolkit similar to the Fair Trade Coffee Toolkit we have online
at www.oxfamamerica.org/fairtrade/ <http://www.oxfamamerica.org/fairtrade/>
. 

Any help or activities you have created/hosted would be appreciated.

Xavier Benavides
National Outreach Coordinator
Oxfam America
26 West Street
Boston, MA 02111
(617) 728-2488
(800) 77-OXFAM ext. 488
FAX - (617) 728-2596
www.oxfamamerica.org <http://www.oxfamamerica.org> 

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