Small Planet Fund

Via Campesina

Tsunami Relief January 2005: Emergency support for tsunami relief, given to Via Campesina, a global network of grassroots networks of farmers and fisherfolk. The Via Campesina relief fund described its work as helping “fisherfolk and peasant communities in their own relief and reconstruction from the tsunami disaster.” viacampesina.org

Tyson Poultry Union

Poultry Packing Plant Union Drive February 2005: Emergency support for Maria Martinez and her union drive with Tyson Union Local 556 in Washington.

ForesTrade

SOS Sumatra Campaign February 2005: Start-up funds for a new sustainable development project and fair trade efforts in Sumatra, a region devastated by the tsunami. forestrade.com

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Landless Workers Movement

Workers March March 2005: Emergency support to the Landless Workers Movement to help organize their national march of rural workers and their supporters. In one of the largest public demonstrations, the march gives voice to the landless to express to the public and the governing Workers Party that land reform continues to be critical to Brazil's development and to promoting social equality, food security and a vibrant civil society. mstbrazil.org

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United Farmworkers

National Farm Workers Service Center April 2005: Ongoing support to one of the nation's most important farmworker unions, founded by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, for its Center that promotes affordable housing and educational radio. nfwsc.org

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People's Grocery

Local Development May 2005: Emergency grant to up-and-coming non-profit promoting food access and food justice in the low-income community of West Oakland, California. The grant will help the People's Grocery increase neighborhood access to locally-produced fruits and vegetables. Along with a mobile market, the People's Grocery provides job opportunities and skills development for area youth and works to uphold the human right to healthy and affordable food through community self-reliance. peoplesgrocery.org

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Flagstaff Foodlink

Flagstaff Youth Gardens May 2005: Essential support for one Flagstaff Youth Gardens paid summer intern. The grant will help the Gardens develop peer-leadership and mentoring in the form of their internship program, with one paid intern working with other youth in the small urban farm throughout the summer. Says founder, Johanna Divine, we "grow people, not only food." flagfoodlink.org

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Rooted in Community

2005 Conference Scholarship June 2005: Scholarship for youth attending the 2005 Rooted in Community conference building local self-reliance and accessible food systems and fostering awareness on the health hazards of our industrial food system. Says conference organizer Hank Herrera: "We had a very successful 2005 Rooted in Community conference. We had over 100 youth and adults at the National 4-H Youth Conference Center. The youth engaged in a variety of learning experiences, from visiting the offices of their Senators and Representatives to conducting taste comparisons of local versus industrial tomatoes on the street. They networked, learned from each other and had fun. With the help of the Small Planet Fund grant we were able to scholarships for every youth who needed one. lejyouth.org

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Education for Sustainable Living Program

India Exchange Project August 2005: Travel funds to India for environmental student leaders in the UC system to share their vision and work with Indian university students, who may be swayed by the hi-tech vision of corporate globalization. Brainchild of Satish Kumar and Vandana Shiva and student leaders. eslp.net

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Acorn

Hurricane Recovery and Rebuilding Fund September 2005: acorn.org

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Southern Mutual Help Association

Rural Hurricane Recovery and Relief September 2005: southernmutualhelp.org

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Federation of Southern Cooperatives

Rural Hurricane Recovery and Relief September 2005: federationsoutherncoop.com

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Occidental Arts & Ecology Center

Californians for GE-Free Agriculture October 2005: oaec.org

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Community Food Security Coalition

Conference October 2005: foodsecurity.org

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Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

Hurricane Katrina Speak-out Tour October 2005: ellabakercenter.org

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