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		<title>Invisible Structures: A Cooperative Model for Local Food Production &#038; Distribution</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2016 21:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[image_frame align=&#8221;left&#8221; height=&#8221;300&#8243; width=&#8221;300&#8243; prettyphoto=&#8221;false&#8221;] [/image_frame] Harrison Quigley, Founder of Onchenda Open Global Food Cooperative, will present the Onchenda cooperative social enterprise business model, and how it is intended to regenerate healthy local communities, economies and ecosystems once launched. He will be seeking participation from workshop attendees on perfecting the model in a manner that [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Harrison Quigley, Founder of </span><a style="line-height: 1.5;" href="http://permacultureconvergence.com.webserver.vera.asdf456.com/2016/08/02/onchenda-open-global-foods-cooperative/">Onchenda Open Global Food Cooperative</a><span style="line-height: 1.5;">, will present the Onchenda cooperative social enterprise business model, and how it is intended to regenerate healthy local communities, economies and ecosystems once launched. He will be seeking participation from workshop attendees on perfecting the model in a manner that would motivate them to collaborate with Onchenda long-term in their respective areas of expertise.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><b>Presented By: <a href="http://permacultureconvergence.com.webserver.vera.asdf456.com/2016/09/01/harrison-quigley/">Harrison Quigley</a> and <a href="http://permacultureconvergence.com.webserver.vera.asdf456.com/2016/09/01/colleen-dick/">Colleen Dick</a></b></p>
<p class="p1"><a href="http://permacultureconvergence.com.webserver.vera.asdf456.com/2016schedule/"><em>Friday, September 16th | 11:50 AM &#8211; 12:10 PM | Solar Panel: El Sol</em></a></p>
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		<title>Harrison Quigley</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Lott]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2016 20:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[image_frame align=&#8221;left&#8221; height=&#8221;300&#8243; width=&#8221;300&#8243; prettyphoto=&#8221;false&#8221;][/image_frame] Harrison is a Founder of Onchenda Open Global Food Co-op, a start-up Utah Benefit Corporation social enterprise. An educator, management trainer and consultant for over twenty-five years, Harrison worked with organizations on four continents in the software, legal, retail, automotive, manufacturing, telecommunications, market research, and health care industries. A Permaculture [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p>Harrison is a Founder of <a href="http://permacultureconvergence.com.webserver.vera.asdf456.com/2016/08/02/onchenda-open-global-foods-cooperative/">Onchenda Open Global Food Co-op</a>, a start-up Utah Benefit Corporation social enterprise. An educator, management trainer and consultant for over twenty-five years, Harrison worked with organizations on four continents in the software, legal, retail, automotive, manufacturing, telecommunications, market research, and health care industries. A Permaculture enthusiast since living in Australia in the 1980s, career opportunities brought Harrison to China and Taiwan, revitalizing his interest in restoration of natural capital and ecosystem services. Harrison created <a href="http://permacultureconvergence.com.webserver.vera.asdf456.com/2016/08/02/onchenda-open-global-foods-cooperative/">Onchenda Open Global Food Co-op</a> to help others interested in restoration of natural capital and ecosystem services, and profitably providing the wherewithal for transition to a balanced, sustainable lifestyle for those in need.</p>
<p class="p1"><a href="http://permacultureconvergence.com.webserver.vera.asdf456.com/2016/09/01/invisible-structures-a-cooperative-model-for-local-food-production-distribution/"><b>2016 RED Talk Presentation: Invisible Structures: A Cooperative Model for Local Food Production &amp; Distribution</b></a></p>
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		<title>Colleen Dick</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Lott]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2016 20:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[image_frame align=&#8221;left&#8221; height=&#8221;300&#8243; width=&#8221;300&#8243; prettyphoto=&#8221;false&#8221;][/image_frame] After several decades of nutrition consultation, the obvious truth that food is only as healthy as the soil in which it is grown settled upon Colleen, and her search for solutions has led to her joining with Onchenda Open Global Food Cooperative.  Her previous work has been with individuals, healthcare [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="p1">[image_frame align=&#8221;left&#8221; height=&#8221;300&#8243; width=&#8221;300&#8243; prettyphoto=&#8221;false&#8221;]<a href="http://permacultureconvergence.com.webserver.vera.asdf456.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Colleen-Dick.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3938" src="http://permacultureconvergence.com.webserver.vera.asdf456.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Colleen-Dick.jpg" alt="Colleen Dick" width="200" height="200" srcset="http://permacultureconvergence.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Colleen-Dick.jpg 200w, http://permacultureconvergence.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Colleen-Dick-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a>[/image_frame]</p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">After several decades of nutrition consultation, the obvious truth that food is only as healthy as the soil in which it is grown settled upon Colleen, and her search for solutions has led to her joining with <a href="http://permacultureconvergence.com.webserver.vera.asdf456.com/2016/08/02/onchenda-open-global-foods-cooperative/">Onchenda Open Global Food Cooperative</a>. </span></p>
<p>Her previous work has been with individuals, healthcare professionals, fitness centers, and corporations to improve health and nutrition awareness. She believes that vibrant health and fitness, as well as resistance to disease, may be facilitated through the habits of eating a well-balanced, whole food diet, the judicious use of supplements, getting adequate exercise, personal and social vigor.</p>
<p>Colleen has Completed the&#8221;Food as Medicine&#8221; course sponsored by Georgetown University Medical School and the Center for Mind-Body Medicine (2008)</p>
<p class="p1"><a href="http://permacultureconvergence.com.webserver.vera.asdf456.com/2016/09/01/invisible-structures-a-cooperative-model-for-local-food-production-distribution/"><strong>2016 RED Talk Presentation:<span data-sheets-value="{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Invisible Structures: A Cooperative Model for Local Food Production &amp; Distribution&quot;}" data-sheets-userformat="{&quot;2&quot;:17281,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;10&quot;:0,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;17&quot;:1}"> Structures: A Cooperative Model for Local Food Production &amp; Distribution</span></strong></a></p>
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