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  • Once it is up and running, Farm School will join an urban agriculture movement that includes former professional basketball player Will Allen's Growing Power, which operates farms in Milwaukee and Chicago with the goal of creating "a just world, one food-secure community at a time."

    Farm School Hits NYC AP 2010

  • Once it is up and running, Farm School will join an urban agriculture movement that includes former professional basketball player Will Allen's Growing Power, which operates farms in Milwaukee and Chicago with the goal of creating "a just world, one food-secure community at a time."

    Farm School Hits NYC AP 2010

  • "Overall, the country is food-secure although food insecurity would be experienced within communities that experienced unfavourable weather conditions," Sayifwanda said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • Using NHANES data, researchers from the Friedman School at Tufts found that women in food-insecure households were approximately 50 percent more likely to be obese and to gain at least 10 pounds in one year, compared with women in fully food-secure households.

    Left Behind fanfic 2006

  • "The reduction in the maize surplus was 107,000 tonnes ... although the country is still food-secure," Sayifwanda said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • A food-secure household with adequate dietary intake and reduced disease is likely to be adequately nourished.

    Chapter 9 1993

  • This Earth Day, Nourishing the Planet offers 15 solutions to guide farmers, scientists, politicians, agribusinesses and aid agencies as they commit to promoting a healthier environment and a more food-secure future.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Danielle Nierenberg 2011

  • "Numerous studies suggest that children in food-insecure households have higher risks of health and development problem than children in otherwise similar food-secure households," the USDA says.

    CNN.com 2011

  • Kitchen Gardeners International - Planting the seeds of a delicious, sustainable, food-secure world

    Kitchen Gardeners International - Planting the seeds of a delicious, sustainable, food-secure world Maya Howard 2010

  • Kitchen Gardeners International - Planting the seeds of a delicious, sustainable, food-secure world

    Kitchen Gardeners International - Planting the seeds of a delicious, sustainable, food-secure world Susan E. Roth 2010

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