Isho and Fatuma at their farm stand

A Fresh Start in New Hampshire: Isho Mahamed & Fatuma Yussuf

Fresh Start Farms is a collective of refugee and immigrant farmers participating in the New American Sustainable Agriculture Project (NASAP). A project of the Organization for Refugee and Immigrant Success

THE “GREAT NATIONS EAT” CAMPAIGN: “Slovenia, Let’s Help America.”

This past July 4th, Share Our Strength, in collaboration with a leading advertising agency, filmmakers, and media outlets, launched a public awareness campaign that deftly challenges assumptions about America’s  “greatness,”
"Maine Food for UMaine"

Maine Food for UMaine System Advocacy

This post was originally published on Farm to Institution New England’s blog. Encourage Chancellor Page to Support Maine Food for UMaine System Recommendations Opportunities like this one don’t come around very
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Networks, Collective Impact and Waking Up to Whiteness

This post was originally published on the Interaction Institute for Social Change’s blog by Curtis Ogden on August 6, 2015. “Processes aimed at racial equity change can overlook the privileged
Attendees gather at the first YFN of the 2015 season. Stone Hill College Farm is located at the Jesuit College in Easton, MA, and donates all of the food it produces to local organizations which serve low-income and food insecure populations.

Cultivating a Community of Young Farmers

On Monday afternoons at my farm, we scramble to harvest the final fruits and roots for our CSA, and to label and fill bags of herbs for Tuesday restaurant deliveries.
Little Bay, NH

Fox Point Oysters: Building Coastal Resilience

On a picturesque, sunny July day, I had the opportunity to get out on the water for a tour of Fox Point Oysters. Located in Little Bay, part of the
Dairy worker Victor Diaz in Burlington, Vermont. Photo Credit: Caleb Kenna, New York Times

New York Times hails efforts by Vermont dairy workers, CIW, Worker-driven Social Responsibility model!

This post originally appeared on the Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ blog July 6, 2015. “Success” of “innovative movements” by workers from Vermont to Florida earns spread in U.S.’s most-read newspaper… Just in time

COUNTING VALUES: Food Hub Financial Benchmarking Study

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Vermont Veggies Find New Markets

There’s no vegetable more basic than a potato. This humble, tuberous root crop, Solanum tuberosum, grows in the dark, hidden from view most of the year, and emerges late when
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Two Visions Revisited

This post was originally published by Bill Duesing on June 29, 2015. View the original post here.  There has been remarkable positive movement toward growing food for people near where they