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![Three men are engaged in a conversation](/sites/default/files/2024-06/BillJanzen2_1.jpg)
Founding Ottawa Office director Bill Janzen honoured with the Order of Canada
Canada
Jun 2024
News
newspaper
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![Man in a field with a basket of gourds](/sites/default/files/2024-06/Websitethumbnail.jpg)
A field trip: growing safer vegetables in Bangladesh
Listen now- Food
Bangladesh
Jun 2024
Podcast/audio
headphones
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Farmers grow safe vegetables to protect health, environment
- Food
Bangladesh
Jun 2024
Story
menu_book
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From soil to solidarity
- Food,
- Climate Change
Puerto Rico
Jun 2024
Story
menu_book
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![IVEP participant is crouched and feeding a baby calf with a bottle.](/sites/default/files/2024-06/image000000%281%29.jpg)
Seeing our lives through the eyes of an IVEPer
United States + 1 more
Jun 2024
Story
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Freely you have received; freely give
United States + 2 more
Jun 2024
Story
menu_book
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![A man squats and works in his garden](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/img_20220211_162722.jpg.webp?itok=5FyoU5mi)
Staying home or choosing to roam
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Migration and Refugees, Food
Location
India
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![A large group of people at a graduation ceremony. They are all holding their diplomas.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/rs114309_155f396a-lpr.jpg.webp?itok=woraBHSO)
Caring for people on the move
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Migration and Refugees, Food
Location
Latin America
Date
Media Type
Publication
book
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![Bees coming out of their hive](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/bees.jpg.webp?itok=gQoRdm4L)
Finding hope in buzzing and laughter
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Food
Location
Nicaragua
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![A Nepali woman sits on the ground and feeds a baby with a spoon. Another child is sitting to the left of her.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/feeding-enhanced.jpg.webp?itok=TxDr3MKj)
Super flour saves the day for children in Nepal
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Health, Food
Location
Nepal
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![A lush garden](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/stinkysticky-acommonplacefall2021_0%20%281%29.jpg.webp?itok=BlblL4k0)
Stinky sticky: An organic approach to managing pests
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Food
Location
Tanzania
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![A portrait of a Haitian man in a blue plaid shirt](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/jean-remyazor-acommonplacefall2021.jpg.webp?itok=gFo8hi_m)
First person: Jean-Remy Azor
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Food
Location
Haiti
Date
Media Type
Publication
book
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![A close up of a man's hands holding a bundle of seeds](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/storingseedsforthefuture-acommonplacefall2021.jpg.webp?itok=cOyYa43q)
Storing seeds for the future
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Food
Location
Haiti
Date
Media Type
Publication
book
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![Hands holding grain stocks](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/a_new_way_to_grow_cover_photo.jpg.webp?itok=TXP3Wz_9)
A new way to grow
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Food
Location
India + 5 more
Date
Media Type
Publication
book
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![A group of six plates filled with a variety of food](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/jawanda_clemence_s_final_product_dish.jpg.webp?itok=Yxtlxzrv)
The great Mwenezi cook-off
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Food
Location
Zimbabwe
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![A packed refrigerator](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/img-0335.jpg.webp?itok=aUwXWcUG)
"We can't afford to stockpile food"
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Poverty Reduction, Food
Location
Ontario
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![Volunteers can meat in a warehouse](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/rs111948_us2021111_canning_hh_1.jpg.webp?itok=ZwdybbGz)
Canning meat for the world
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Food
Location
Syria + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Story
menu_book
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![Bill Siemens volunteers two days a week at the MCC Saskatchewan Centre in Saskatoon, cutting up old jeans and weaving the strips of fabric into small rugs that are sold to support MCC programs. The 70](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/resource-space/SK2011_05mrc_cb0159.JPG.webp?itok=yCkV3lAE)
Peace: A thread woven through MCC’s ministry
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Peace, Food
+3 more
Location
Syria + 3 more
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Media Type
Story
menu_book
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