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Sarah S. Gardner: State’s dairy farmers ensure our food security

This opinion piece appeared in the Berkshire Eagle WILLIAMSTOWN — There are 17 dairy farms left in Berkshire County and they are vital to our food supply. Dairy farmers are
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Farming in the Face of COVID-19: Highland Cattle in Vermont

Special from our colleagues at The Carrot Project Ray Shatney and Janet Steward have been raising prizewinning Highland cattle on their family farm, Greenfield Highland Beef, in Greensboro Bend and

Leveling the Fields: Opportunities for Black People, Indigenous People, and Other People of Color

By Union of Concerned Scientists and the H.E.A.L. Food Alliance Farming offers a powerful path to build community wealth and resilience to challenges such as water pollution, droughts and floods,

Life has been difficult. But I am resilient, hopeful, and forgiving

By Julius Kolawole as told to Ivy Scott, published in the Boston Globe. Julius is the FSNE Ambassador for Rhode Island. They say, “Pull yourself up by your bootstraps.” I

CDC Resources for Food & Ag Workers During Covid-19 Pandemic

Resources that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have released to support food sector and agricultural workers and employers in response to COVID-19. Agriculture Workers and Employers- Interim Guidance

The People’s Agroecology Process: Unlocking Our Power Through Agroecology

Cross-posted from WhyHunger.org The People’s Agroecology Process emerged in 2015 as a grassroots-led initiative to scale out agroecology in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. It was inspired by

Planning for a Smarter Post-Pandemic RI Food System – Richman and Henry

Originally published on GoLocalProv.com Nessa Richman and Michael G. Henry The COVID-19 pandemic is laying bare an alarming problem with our food system. The market channels linking farms and fisheries

Standing Against Racism

Dear Friends, Seven years ago, the Food Solutions New England network declared that racial equity must be central to the food system we are collectively creating in our region. While

Broad coalition applauds new bill banning industrial ocean fish farms

Originally published on Friends of the Earth website Congressman Don Young’s “Keep Fin Fish Free Act” protects oceans from floating factory farms WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Don Young (R-Alaska) introduced the

Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance Statement on White House Executive Order to Expand Factory Fish Farms and Deregulate the Fishing Industry

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 8, 2020 Policy contact: ​Rosanna Marie Neil, NAMA Policy Counsel, ​rosanna@namanet.org Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance Statement on White House Executive Order to Expand Factory Fish Farms