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Confronting the Coffee Crisis - Bacon

Can Fair Trade, organic, and specialty coffees reduce small-scale farmer vulnerability in Northern Nicaragua?

Agroecology and Food Systems, Coffee, PAR Projects download
Traditional Shade, Rural Livelihoods and Conservation in Small Coffee Farms and Cooperatives of Western El Salvador

Dissertation of Ernesto Mendez, 2004

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Agroecology and Agroecosystems (No description provided) Agroecology and Food Systems download
Cooperatives and Change

Cooperatives and change: From revolution and agrarian reform to specialized coffee exporters in northern Nicaragua

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Prices Paid to Growers

Comparison of Fair Trade vs NYSE price of Coffee, 1989 to 2010

Agroecology and Food Systems, Coffee, Trade Innovations download
The Search for Sustainable Markets

The Promise and Failures of Fair Trade

Agroecology and Food Systems, Coffee, Trade Innovations download
Costa Rica Field Experience Orientation - Agua Buena Community

Orientation guide that provides you with helpful information about your internship in Costa Rica. Learn more about the community of Agua Buena, how to get there, your accomodations, cultural differences and the local weather. The guide also provides information about health insurance, communications, travel logistics, bus schedules, a packing list, fees and expenses, as well as scholarships and grants.

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Differentiated Coffee Markets to Alternative Trade - Roberta Jaffe and Chris Bacon

What if we take certification as a starting point instead of a finish line? Is it possible to maintain the “alterity” within these certified markets as they rush to mainstream? What if, instead of comparing these differentiated coffee market segments to the corporate controlled conventional coffee markets, we look to the many examples of more local and alternative food networks?

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Building Grower / Consumer Alliances for Confronting the Coffee Crisis By Roberta Jaffe, Devon Sampson, and Annie Shattuck

In 2001, world coffee prices tumbled to all-time lows, devastating coffee-dependent farm families and their communities, in what became known as the global “coffee crisis.” Out of necessity, many farm families left their communities to find wage labor, while others cut down their coffee plants and shade trees in favor of cattle pasture. The integrity of coffee producing communities in México and Central America was strained by emigration, biodiversity was threatened by deforestation, and denuded and trampled hillsides started to wash away in the tropical rains.

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International Field Internship Program: A Collaboration between UCA San Ramon Cooperative and Community Agroecology Network

Download this internship guide to learn more about the CAN/UCA San Ramon internship program. This guide provides information about UCA San Ramon, possible project areas and research topics, the schedule for a 10-week internship, your accommodations, and program pricing. There also is information about Nicaragua, coffee culture, health and safety, contact information, and a helpful packing list.

Action Education, Internships download
12th Annual International Agroecology Shortcourse

This pdf offers UPDATED details of 12th Annual International Agroecology Shortcourse: Agroecology and the Transformation of Food Systems: The California Model.

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PROTROPICO and CAN International Field Experience Orientation Packet

This orientation guide provides you with helpful information about your internship in Cepeda or Tzucacab. Learn more details about the field course, how to get to Merida, your accommodations, cultural differences and the local weather. The guide also provides information about health insurance, communications, travel logistics, bus schedules, a packing list, fees and expenses, as well as scholarships and grants.

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The UIMQRoo/CAN Summer Field Course Orientation Guide

This orientation guide provides you with helpful information about your internship in Quintana Roo. Learn more details about the field course, how to get to José María Morelos, your accommodations, cultural differences and the local weather. The guide also provides information about health insurance, communications, travel logistics, bus schedules, a packing list, fees and expenses, as well as scholarships and grants.

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AgroEco® Coffee Order Form

The CAN AgroEco® Coffee Order Form.  Buy coffee and support the Nicaraguan Youth Scholarship Fund.

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11th International Agroecology Shortcourse Report

This report provides an overview and highlights of the 11th International Agroecology Shortcourse held in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, México, in July 2010.

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Food Security in Las Segovias: Year 1 Report

Community Agroecology Network (CAN) and our partners PRODECOOP and CII-ASDENIC are collaborating on three-year project with the goal to enhance food security and build resilient food and agricultural systems that enable 740 households (approximately 4,440 people) in the Segovias region of northern Nicaragua to reduce and eventually eliminate los meses de las vacas flacas and more successfully resist the negative impacts to food security from climate change in the future.

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Fall 2010 Newsletter PDF

Fall 2010 Newsletter

About CAN, Action Education, Agroecology and Food Systems, CAN Initiatives, Coffee, Events, Internships, PAR Projects, Partner Organization Projects, Trade Innovations download
AgroEco® Brochure

Brochure that describes CAN's AgroEco® coffee. Learn about sustainable coffee production.

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2011 El Intercambio Schedule of Events

Schedule of community events for the 3rd Annual El Intercambio.

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Santa Cruz Farmers Market Map of Vendors

Look for CAN at space #52

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El Intercambio 2011 Press Release

Press release: 2011 El Intercambio: Engage, Experience, Educate. 

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Director of Action Ed Job Announcement

Download this .pdf to learn more about the job description of CAN's Director of Action Education. Apply by May 20, 2011.

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12th Annual International Agroecology Shortcourse Flyer

A one-page description of the 12th Annual International Agroecology Shortcourse that will take place July 10-23, 2011 in Santa Cruz, California.

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Prioritizing Food Security and Livelihoods in Climate Change Mitigation Mechanisms

Andrew Davis and V. Ernesto Mendez. "Prioritizing food security and livelihoods in climate change mitigation mechanisms: Experiences and opportunities in smallholder coffee agroforestry forest communities and REDD+". Policy brief based on an academic paper and book chapter looking at the carbon mitigation potential of smallholder coffee agroforestry.

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Alternative Spring Break 2012 Application

Application for Alternative Spring Break 2012

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1 Unidad: Conozcamos sobre Seguridad alimentaria

1 Unidad: Conozcamos sobre Seguridad alimentaria

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2 Unidad: Comprendiendo los meses de las vacas flacas

2 Unidad: Comprendiendo los meses de las vacas flacas

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3 Unidad: Aprendiendo y haciendo técnicas agroecológicas

3 Unidad: Aprendiendo y haciendo técnicas agroecológicas

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4 Unidad: Diversificación productiva y de los medios de vida campesina

4 Unidad: Diversificación productiva y de los medios de vida campesina

CAN Initiatives, PAR Projects download
5 Unidad: Sembrando, distribuyendo y comiendo alimentación sostenible

5 Unidad: Sembrando, distribuyendo y comiendo alimentación sostenible

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Summary Document of 2011 Food Security and Sovereignty Exhange and Forum in Nicaragua

This is the summary document (in Spanish) of a Food Security and Sovereignty Exchange and Forum that CAN organized for Green Mountain Coffee Roasting in Nicaragua this past summer. 

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2012-2013 CAN International Field Courses

A catalog of the current international field courses

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Youth Leadership and Education for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Sovereignty

GMRC Annual Report: Year 1 (Jan 14-Dec 31, 2011).

Project vision:

To empower local youth leaders to develop school and community gardens as spaces of education and community capacity-building to promote a culture of healthy and sustainable food production, preparation, and consumption among local families.

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Youth Leadership and Education for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Sovereignty

GMRC Annual Report: Year 1 (Jan 14-Dec 31, 2011).

Project vision:

To empower local youth leaders to develop school and community gardens as spaces of education and community capacity-building to promote a culture of healthy and sustainable food production, preparation, and consumption among local families.

Agroecology and Food Systems, Internships, Partner Organization Projects download
Food Security and Sovereignty in Las Segovias Project: CAN-PRODECOOP-CIIASDENIC

Annual Report: Year Two: September 2010-December 2011.

Project goal:

The primary goal of this project is to work in partnership with PRODECOOP, the nineteen 1st level base cooperatives and CII-ASDENIC to build the capacity within the cooperatives and decrease hunger and enhance food security by building resilient food and agricultural systems.

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Food Security and Sovereignty in Las Segovias Project: CAN-PRODECOOP-CIIASDENIC

Annual Report: Year Two: September 2010-December 2011.

Project goal:

The primary goal of this project is to work in partnership with PRODECOOP, the nineteen 1st level base cooperatives, and CII-ASDENIC to build the capacity within the cooperatives and decrease hunger and enhance food security by building resilient food and agricultural systems.

Agroecology and Food Systems, CAN Initiatives, PAR Projects, Partner Organization Projects download

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