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		<title>The PVGrows Forum</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Risley Schroeder</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; PV Grows hosts a half day Forum twice each year.  These events are open to the interested public and bring together a diverse group of individuals, businesses and organizations working toward a healthy, local food system. “Food systems” sta...]]></description>
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		<title>“Fast Talk About Food”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madeleine Charney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WATCH THE VIDEO OF THE LIGHTNING TALKS. Picture this scenario – the lively din of eighty people’s discussion; the aroma of the local meal they are sharing, prepared in the adjacent kitchen. The group proceeds to the audience-style seating where the...]]></description>
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		<title>Coming in 2013: The Pioneer Valley Community Agriculture Fund</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Rosen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“I want to invest in my local food system but I don’t know how.  Can you help?” Since PVGrows came together in 2008, the Finance Working Group has focused on this question.   With this question in mind, we started our efforts to help bring ad...]]></description>
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		<title>Pioneer Valley Backyard Chicken Association</title>
		<link>http://www.pioneervalley.info/community-resources/pioneer-valley-backyard-chicken-association_id=1041</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo Landers</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Farmstands and Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pioneer Valley Backyard Chicken Association (PVBCA) was created in May 2008 as a way to connect folks who raise and keep chickens on a small scale in their backyards. Visit them here.]]></description>
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		<title>UMass Five Rolls Out Farm Share Loan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo Landers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[from Credit Union Times (Jan 16, 2012) To help make it easier for farmers to better manage expenses and promote local agriculture, UMass Five College Federal Credit Union is once again offering its zero-interest Farm Share Loan. The $347 million credit union in Hadley, Mass., said members will have the ability to finance an individual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New! PVGrows Video Channel</title>
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		<comments>http://www.pvgrows.net/pvgrows-video-channel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>http://www.pvgrows.net</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are now posting videos of PVGrows events at our PVGrows YouTube Channel.  Also included are videos we recommend from around the Valley, and around the country.  Have a video you recommend? Send us the link!]]></description>
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		<title>Registration Now Open for the PVGrows Fall Forum – Oct 27</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where are the opportunities in the new local food economy?   Come hear how six local entrepreneurs have created successful for-profit and not-for-profit enterprises.  &#8220;Putting Our Money Where Our Mouths Are: Farm &#38; Food Entrepreneurship in...]]></description>
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		<title>PVPC will hold Food Security Public Input Session at Fall Forum</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 06:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of the PVGrows Fall Forum on October 27, the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission will hold an optional afternoon session, from 1 to 3pm. Participants will learn about the latest assessment of the valley’s food system and give input for the reg...]]></description>
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		<title>“Fast Talk about Food” – Higher Education Networking Event – Nov 9</title>
		<link>http://www.pvgrows.net/higher-ed-event-nov-9/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pvgrows.net/higher-ed-event-nov-9/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food in the Pioneer Valley]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The PVGrows Higher Education Working Group has just announced the eight featured speakers for the &#8220;Lightning Talks and Networking Event,&#8221; November 9, Northampton.]]></description>
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		<title>The PVGrows Loan Fund is accepting new applications</title>
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		<comments>http://www.pvgrows.net/the-pvgrows-loan-fund-is-accepting-new-applications/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food in the Pioneer Valley]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[PVGrows is looking for committed entrepreneurs with well-researched plans to develop facilities or activities which expand the market for Pioneer Valley-grown agricultural products, such as post-harvest handling, processing, marketing, or distribution....]]></description>
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