The Faces of Forever Farmland

The land we use to grow our food–whether it’s a hilltop dairy farm, a valley vegetable field, or an urban community garden — is irreplaceable. Farmers from farms throughout the
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Illustrating Equality VS Equity

This post was originally published on the Interaction Institute for Social Change (IISC) blog. IISC has long believed that this image, illustrating the difference between equality and equity, is worth
"Eating GMOs? Don't Know? Demand GMO Labeling Now!"

What you need to know about GMO Labeling in the Bay State

The New Year has just arrived and a topic that should be on everyone’s radar is GMO labeling. After last year’s announcement of the release of MA-based biotech company, Aquabounty’s,
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Network Profile: Jesse Rye

Jesse Rye is the Co-Executive Director of Food Systems Enterprise at Farm Fresh Rhode Island, an organization committed to growing a local food system that values the environment, health, and
photo pop with Keynote speaker Shirley Sherrod

Putting Move In The Movement

NESAWG’s 2015 It Takes A Region Conference This post was originally published on NESAWG’s News. At our 2014 Conference, our keynote speaker, Jim Hightower said, “NESAWG, you put move in
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Updates from the States: Rhode Island and Connecticut

Rhode Island The Rhode Island Food Policy Council (RIFPC) staff, Communications and Outreach Director Sumana Chintapalli and Network Director Leo Pollock, present a 2015 year in review 2015 was an
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Update of the Real Food Standards

The Real Food Challenge is a national campaign leveraging the purchasing power of colleges and universities to transform the food system. Their primary campaign is to shift $1 billion of
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Updates from the States: New Hampshire and Massachusetts

New Hampshire The NH Food Alliance reflects on the tremendous amount of progress they have experienced in the Granite State food system in 2015. Shared the Viability Initiative The NH
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Updates from the States: Maine and Vermont

As we look towards 2016, we are sharing a 3-part series featuring updates on the food systems work going on in each of the New England states. Maine Overall, there
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How Vermont Chevon Is Revolutionizing The Goat Meat Industry In Vermont

This post was originally published by UVM Dining. Natalie Lovelace is a member of the UVM Real Food Working Group and the Calculator Intern. In mid-November, Caylin McKee, UVM Dining