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Our RAPP colleague Rachel Bonar, Project Manager for Catholic Charities' New Roots for Refugees Program is pictured above at Juniper Gardens in Kansas City.
 
Friends,
 
New Roots for Refugees offers a series of workshops in the winter months focused on different things relating to developing farm businesses in the US. Here is a list of our workshops.

Jon Vosper (L) and Timothy Olrunfemi, RAPP partners from the International Rescue Committee (IRC) Phoenix, pictured at the February 2010 RAPP Workshop in Washington DC.
 
IRC Phoenix provides the following comprehensive training materials for agencies needing Kirundi language curriculum. ISED and ORR are grateful to IRC for making this notable contribution. For more information, contact:
 

 
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Review
 

Obama Administration Details Healthy Food Financing Initiative
 

Ali Outadi (L) and Abbas Outadi at their sheep operation near Boise, Idaho.
 

A Newly Arrived Refugee Farming near Indianapolis, Indiana.
 
10 Reasons why I Love Refugee Farming
By Lauren Swain
 
 Here are the top-10 reasons for loving refugee agriculture ( and you have probably already have a similar list!):
 
 

 
A band of RAPP Brothers and Sisters at the 2010 Refugee Agricultural Partnership Program Workshop during the Great Washington DC Blizzard of '10.
 
 2010 RAPP Workshop Summary
by Hannah Lee

Eileen Nichols, Founder Webb City Farmers'  Market
 

Organic necterines grown at Dry Fork Farm near Stay More, Arkansas.
 
Dave Wilson, an agronomist with King's Agriseeds in Ronks, Pennsylvania, provides two links to glossaries of terms of use to grants writers and others who need to be precise in how they describe the environments in which they work. ISED thanks Dave for these useful links: