International Food Workers Week

International Food Workers Week is held annually the week around Thanksgiving to engage the public about the importance of food workers and to move people to take action in support of

Headlines and Stories

“Meet Food Solutions New England” BostonVoyager, October 30, 2017 “Keeping Maine Edible” Rosie DeQuattro, ZEST Maine, Summer/Fall 2017 “Thinking Big & Bold: How the Kendall Foundation Is Transforming New England’s Food System”
An AquAdvantage salmon behind a non-transgenic Atlantic salmon sibling of the same age. AquaBounty Technologies photo

FDA Rubber Stamps Genetically Modified “Frankenfish”

You may well have heard last week the FDA cleared the path for genetically modified salmon to hit the market after a protracted five-year review. It was a landmark decision that could
A local farmer (left) and a community-owner (right) with Maine Farm & Sea Cooperative. Photos by Nathan Broaddus.

This Maine Co-op’s Trying to Bring Fresh, Local Food to 10,000 College Students

For the past 10 years, University of Maine students have been fed by a giant corporate food distributor. If Maine Farm & Sea Cooperative wins the next contract, they’ll send
A New England Food Vision cover

UNH graduate students assess the land footprint of the New England Food Vision

UNH class inspired by the New England Food Vision  Farmers, scientists, and entrepreneurs across New England are constantly innovating new ways to grow food in New England.  Novel approaches to agriculture are vital to developing a

NH Food Alliance Seeks to Ignite Connections and Collaborations Throughout the New Hampshire Food System at their Statewide Gathering

With the interest in local food booming, the NH Food Alliance is answering the call for more connection and collaboration within the Granite State food system. On Tuesday, November 17th the

Cultivating Collective Action: The Ecology of a Statewide Food Network

http://www.extension.umn.edu/family/health-and-nutrition/toolkits-and-resources/healthy-food-access/docs/statewide-food-network-report-2015.pdf
Ray Archuleta, Conservation Agronomist at the USDA Natural Resources and Conservation Service, demonstrates a soil stability test with Vermont farm and food industry leaders at the 2015 Farm to Plate Annual Gathering

Soil regeneration and clean water touted as foundation for healthy food at annual Vermont Farm to Plate Gathering

Farm to Plate Network concludes fourth year of work implementing Vermont’s food system plan by exploring connections between the health of soil and water to the long term productivity and
Jiff Martin

Jiff Martin Selected as White House Champion of Change

On Monday, October 26, the White House recognized 12 individuals from across the country as White House Champions of Change for Sustainable and Climate Smart Agriculture. UConn Extension’s Jiff Martin was selected

Cracking the Codes: Joy DeGruy “A Trip to the Grocery Store”

FILM AVAILABLE HERE:  http://crackingthecodes.org. In this story from Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity, a film from World Trust, author and educator Joy DeGruy shares how her sister-in-law uses