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350 square miles of California water soon to be restricted fishing areas

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  • A plan to protect ocean health by restricting fishing in some areas takes effect in Southern California in just a few days
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Deborah Kane lands federal farm-to-school post

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  • Deborah Kane, former Ecotrust vice president was named head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm to School initiative
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Ecotrust 2012 Indigenous Leadership Award Call for nominations

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  • Nominations are open for Ecotrust’s 11th annual Indigenous Leadership Award
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National Ocean Policy: Let’s work together to manage marine resources

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  • Health and resilience of marine environment is crucial to maintaining a diverse suite of economic, social and environmental benefits that we all depend on
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Jobs of the future

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  • Ecotrust examines the jobs challenge
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Triple bottom line thinking (Ed Backus interview)

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  • Ed Backus, Vice President of community ecosystem services discusses Ecotrust and marine initiatives
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FoodHub makes second trip to White House

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  • Amanda Oborne, acting director, participated with some 60 other industry leaders in a conversation about the importance of local food
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Marine Stewardship Council certification worth the trouble for Alaska fisheries

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  • Seafood world has been abuzz with the news that the Alaska salmon industry has pulled out of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification process
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Columbia biogas: a great opportunity for Portland

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  • Columbia Biogas has been planning a Northeast Portland facility that will convert commercial food waste into renewable energy and sustainable fertilizer
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A revolution in the lunch line – changing school lunches

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  • This week’s Whole Food Market’s Consumer Conflict Speaker Series focused on healthy eating in our schools
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Economically, we are what we eat

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  • This is the second installment in a series about the concept of import substitution by Bob Wise
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National Community Fisheries Network launches promoting “community-caught” seafood brands

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  • Today marks the beginning of a new era in community-based fishing in America
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Ecotrust helps launch Community Fisheries Network

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  • Ecotrust announced Wednesday that it helped to launch a new national organization that will promote regional fisheries
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New national Community Fisheries Network includes Port Clyde group

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  • Fourteen community fishing associations from Maine to Alaska have banded together to start the national Community Fisheries Network
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Farmers markets move online

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  • Regional, web-based services to connect small-time growers to consumers are popping up around the country
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Farmers’ markets move online

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  • Online Farmers’ markets extend a vital lifeline to local growers and help satisfy the needs of food shoppers who care about the quality of their food
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Partnering with Nature: how one city’s growth could be greened

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  • Brent Davies highlights a new report, Partners With Nature, that tallies up the potential for increasing biocarbon
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A look at the new farmers’ movement

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  • Zoë Bradbury talks about her new book and her life at Valley Flora Farm in Langlois
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River rally rocks the planet

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  • Cathy Kellon and Kate Carone from Ecotrust talked about the Whole Watershed Restoration Initiative
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Zoë Bradbury rallies the new farmers’ movement

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  • Zoë Bradbury left her job at Ecotrust, where she was a regular contributor to Edible Portland, to start farming on Oregon’s southern coast