<div>Well done mates</div>
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<div>just a quick read of the harvest and patterns and learnings abound...</div>
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<div>You and Monica and Chris can imagine these very insights translated into our work here on Vancouver Island</div>
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<li>Engagement, trust, honesty, relationship building is more important than getting the "right" information
<li>Importance of meeting and working with existing leaders and existing community organizations that already know the community.
<li>Community meetings aren't necessarily the best way to engage everyone in the community because of cultural differences, "don't bring them to the meeting, bring the meeting to them"
<li>Get away from the premise of "we have something to offer," but focusing on engaging people and identifying what they want and need.
<li>Backing up questions that are asked with an "action." This action, such as taste-testing, will allow people to express what they want in their community.
<li>Walking through the community and make relationships with members. Build on that base to take the next step. Photography and film is a way to have the community "survey" itself. Youth can also be involved. Lead community forum to share and build ideas.</li>
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<div>From the Harverst at </div>
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<div>Beyond Surveys: New Ways to Assess and Engage Communities</div>
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<div>Love it and you all...</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Toke Paludan Møller <<a href="mailto:toke@interchange.dk">toke@interchange.dk</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>Hi practitoners, mates and friends</div>
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<div>You will find the harvest newsletter from the first day of the Food and Society USA conference 2008</div>
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<div> - if you want to follow how the art of hosting and harvesting pattern serves 550 people who are working</div>
<div>on radically and fundamentally shifting the food systems in the USA to ins next level of health, equity and sustainablity</div>
<div>- backed by the Kellogg Foundation - check it out here</div>
<div><br></div><a href="http://www.foodandsociety2008.org/default.aspx?tabid=57&NID=12" target="_blank">http://www.foodandsociety2008.org/default.aspx?tabid=57&NID=12</a>
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<div>Today we just opened space for the whole day and 86 session have been posted...and the space is cooking</div>
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<div>You can feel the raising of consciousness, conscience and joy in the air....</div>
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<div>more harvest will be up here in the coming days</div>
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<div>from the heart of the hosting team</div>
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<div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word"><font face="'Handwriting - Dakota'"><font color="#3423ff">Phil, Tuesday, Tim, Chris, Monica and Toke</font></font></div></span></font>
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