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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
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From soil to solidarity
- Food,
- Climate Change
Puerto Rico
Jun 2024
Story
menu_book
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Freely you have received; freely give
United States + 2 more
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
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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![A Bolivian Indigenous person stands on a mountainside.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/aharvestofwater-acommonplacefall2021.jpg.webp?itok=PYL5V3m6)
A harvest of water
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Water, Climate Change
Location
Bolivia
Date
Media Type
Publication
book
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MCC's historical entanglements with National Socialism
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Justice and Equity
Location
Canada
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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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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![Group standing in front of Edmund Pettis Bridge in Selma, Alabama.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/mb_peace.jpg.webp?itok=gZccMIPM)
Crying out for justice
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Justice and Equity
Location
Alabama
Date
Media Type
News
newspaper
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![Presentation slide of two people shaking hands. The speakers are in a window in the upper right-hand corner.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/webinar_4.png.webp?itok=37lAYOCz)
Peace on both sides of the border: North and South Korea
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Peace
Location
Canada
Date
Media Type
Webinar
computer
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![Woman sitting on a mat threading a needle.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-06/koshish.jpg.webp?itok=j0Bjol-I)
Our ministry toward a holistic recovery and healing
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Peace
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
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![Undercurrents logo](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-08/Undercurrents.jpg.webp?itok=IeXAiXIx)
Undercurrents - Home
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Justice and Equity
Location
Ontario + 1 more
Date
Media Type
Podcast/audio
headphones
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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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![A woman with short grey curly hair, wearing purple glasses, stands in the middle of a path.](/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_mobile/public/2023-07/malindaberry-990000028a05143c_0.jpg.webp?itok=9k_KQs0F)
Interview with Malinda Berry:
Location
United States
Date
Media Type
Perspectives and Viewpoints
Pagination
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