Liz Wills-O’Gilvie (left) listens to an attendee report back from a small-group exercise.

150 Meet in Greenfield for New Farmer Gathering

New farmers assembled the Arts Block in Greenfield, Massachusetts, on Dec. 12 from all over New England, New York state, and even Canada for the Northeast New Farmer Winter Gathering.

Long-Term Benefits of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/documents/SNAP_report_final_nonembargo.pdf
The Intervale Food Hub staff are excited to ramp up their sales of Vermont-grown produce to UVM through Sodexo. Photo by Jessica Sipe.

8 New Local Vendor Ties Changing The Way We Eat

This post was originally published on Farm to Institution New England’s blog. New England Producers are Gaining Approval to Sell Local Food to Big Institutional Buyers Lately, we’ve heard about a
Katrina - Deborah's Jam at CWK

CommonWealth Kitchen Helps Farmers and Food Businesses

It was a productive season for many New England famers and for CommonWealth Kitchen as well. The bountiful harvests provided a new way for CommonWealth Kitchen to support the New England Food Vision.  This

Our Broken Food System (And How to Fix It)

Join Dr. Ricardo Salvador, director of the Food and Environment program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, on a a wild ride through the food system, connecting the dots between diet-related
Scouts, their parents and siblings all pitch in to harvest the troop’s three-quarter-acre garden on the John and Cindy Roy potato farm in Fort Kent. Photograph by Julia Bayly for Bangor Daily News.

New UMPI ag concentration comes amid opportunities for fallow land

Re-posted from Bangor Daily News November 28, 2015 by Anthony Brino, Bangor Daily News staff. Biologist Jason Johnston and his colleagues at the University of Maine Presque Isle have long wondered why the
Bands of Abenaki have been growing corn, beans, squash and sunflowers as part of the Seeds of Renewal Project, which works to revive crops that have long been thought to have disappeared. Photo credit: FRED WISEMAN

Project Revives Abenaki Crops, One Seed At A Time

Almost a decade ago, Abenaki scholar and paleoethnobotanist Fred Wiseman started working with Abenaki communities as part of the documentation process for federal tribal recognition. While he was in these
Helen Costello

Network Profile: Helen Costello

Helen “HC” Costello is the Program Manager at the New Hampshire Food Bank, a distributor and supplier to hunger relief agencies serving food insecure community members. In 2014, the New
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Learn More About Farm to Institution New England’s Current Projects

This post was originally published on Farm to Institution New England’s blog. This year, our focus has been on four major projects: our Farm & Sea to Campus Project, the collaborative

Talking Turkey: Talking Wages

On this Thanksgiving, there is indeed much to be grateful for, yet on a day so focused on food and family, it is hard to escape the fact, nor should