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  1. The Abandonment of Agricultural Land in Gaspe, Quebec
    The Causes and the Impacts on Land Use
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1985
  2. Agrica's Tanzania Rice Scheme Has Devastated Local Farmers, Say NGOs
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    A flagship rice plantation in Tanzania run by UK investors has allegedly destroyed the livelihoods of local smallholder farmers, driven them into debt and impacted the local environment, according to a new report published by the Oakland Institute.
  3. Agricultural Land Use Change in Canada: Process and Consequences
    Land Use in Canada Series: Number 21
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1982
    Three of the six chapters focus on the Saugeen River Valley.
  4. The AT Reader
    Theory and Practice in Appropriate Technology
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1985
    An introduction to appropriate technology, both as an explanation of the concerpt and extensive examples and applications.
  5. Canadian Federation of Agriculture
    Media Profile in Sources
    Resource Type: Organization
  6. Canadian Organic Growers Inc.
    Media Profile in Sources
    Resource Type: Organization
  7. Connexions
    Volume 6, Number 3 - September 1981 - Atlantic Development/Le Developpement Atlantique
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1981
  8. Connexions
    Volume 7, Number 3 - July 1982 - Prairie Region/Region des Prairies
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1982
  9. Connexions
    Volume 8, Number 2 - Summer 1983 - Toward a New Economy
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1983
  10. Connexions Annual 1994
    A Sourcebook of Social and Environmental Alternatives
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1994
    Simultaneously a reference book and an introduction to the world of social and environmental alternatives. The bulk of the Annual is devoted to listings of grassroots groups. It also contains a series of introductory articles surveying a wide range of social and environmental issues and possibile alternatives.
  11. Connexions Library: Africa Focus
    Resource Type: Website
    Published: 2009
    Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on Africa.
  12. Connexions Library: Agriculture and Farming Focus
    Resource Type: Website
    Published: 2009
    Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on farming and agriculture.
  13. Connexions Library: Central and South Asia Focus
    Resource Type: Website
    Published: 2009
    Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on central and southern Asia.
  14. The Economy of Cities
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1970
    Ideas about what makes cities rich or poor, how cities grow, and how city growth affects national economies.
  15. Harper's Worst Offense against Refugees May Be His Climate Record
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    The Middle East drought between 2006 and 2011 was without precedent since modern record keeping, killing over 80 per cent of livestock and driving up local food prices. Already poor populations had to contend with higher temperatures that dried soil and failed rains during the normally wet season due to weaker winds from the Mediterranean. A key long-term driver of this unfolding humanitarian catastrophe is climate change. And on that front, Canada’s record of contributing to this crisis is far more significant than our wretched record so far in resettling Syrian refugees.
  16. Land and Community
    Crisis in Canada's Countryside
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1988
    Sim's thesis is that rural society is overlooked due to urban dependence upon "great associations," economies of scale, and other socio-cultural institutions of unmanageable size.
  17. New Internationalist
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    New Internationalist reports on issues of world poverty and inequality. We focus attention on the unjust relationship between the powerful and the powerless worldwide in the fight for global justice.
  18. Portugal: The Impossible Revolution?
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1977
    The story of what happened in Portugal between April 25, 1974 and November 25, 1975, as seen and felt by a deeply committed participant.
  19. Position Paper on Rural Development
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1978
    In the above paper submitted to the Canadian Council on Rural Development, the National Farmers Union (NFU) encourages the CCRD to continue to press for federal policies which develop a publicly planned economy in Canada and which include all sectors in a definite development plan.
  20. P. Sainath
    Resource Type: Website
    The website of P. Sainath, rural reporter in India.
  21. Ten Theses on Farming and Disease
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2017
    There’s a growing understanding of the functional relationships health, food justice, and the environment share. They’re not just ticks on a checklist of good things capitalism shits on.

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