Network Ripple Effects of an Equity Challenge

FSNE Comment: As we get ready to start organizing the fifth consecutive 21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge for April 2019, we are taking a moment to reflect on the learning

Directories of Farmers Markets Across New England

We are blessed in New England with a long tradition of farmers markets throughout the growing season.  The number of active markets has increased and the seasons have expanded, with

Real Food Challenge Launches Real Food Standards 2.1

This week’s lead blog post comes from our colleagues at Real Food Challenge, active members of the Food Solutions New England regional network. Real Food Challenge is excited to announce

It Takes a Village – A Community Effort to Dissolve Cape Kids’ Hunger

A Community Effort to Dissolve Cape Kids’ Hunger by Eileen Morris and courtesty of Edible Cape Cod A broad warehouse-like structure looms on Queen Anne Road in Harwich, among a

New England Stands Out in Union of Concerned Scientists’ 50-State Food System Scorecard

From our friends at Farm to Institution New England (FINE) Last week, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) released a new 50-State Food System Scorecard, which ranks U.S. states based on farm and

Dispatch from America the Bountiful Tour

Food Solutions New England longtime participant and Process Team member Niaz Dorry updates us from the road. Greetings from Charleston, South Carolina! I’m writing you at the end of the
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Building Civic Muscle for Food Resilience

In our region, the Connecticut River Valley in Massachusetts, there is a lot of talk right now amongst community food organizations about the whiteness of the majority of people leading
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Offerings From the Fourth Annual 21 Day Racial Equity Challenge

This post was originally published on the Interaction Institute for Social Change blog by Curtis Ogden on May 14, 2018. On April 22nd, the fourth annual 21 Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge wrapped
Kim Werst

Let’s Talk About… Your White Nonprofit: A reflection on power and awkwardness for nonprofit sector

I am writing this for white-identifying nonprofit board members, directors, project managers, or funders. I hope these activists will also find it important to candidly talk about community based programs
Fannie Lou Hamer

Dismantling a Broken Food System: Three Possibilities

Through 400 years of plantation enslavement, lynchings, lost years of family history, loss of earning potential through lack of inheritances, and generations of neglected educational opportunities, African American producers and