Heritage breed turkeys

Preserving Livestock With Your Purchases

This post was originally published in Just Roots’ November newsletter. Heritage Breed Turkeys If you want to help preserve threatened breeds of livestock, eat them. That statement is one that
Boat on the water at the Portland Fish Exchange

New England Groundfish Update

The New England Fishery Management Council voted at their meeting on Tuesday, November 18th in Newport, RI on the groundfish fleet diversity amendment, a draft policy that members of the
Produce in the cooler at City Market

Thinking about Local-to-Regional in Vermont

Vermonters who love local food usually think “Vermont” when they think “local.” But Vermont farmers and food businesses operate at different scales and sell products to all types of markets.
Community gardener and sign

Entire Town of Ashland, NH Gets Behind HEAL Community Garden

Community Input Sets the Stage The Ashland HEAL community coalition and many community volunteers worked for over a year on engaging partners to plan and install a new Community Garden

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Get informed and take action on the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)’s Produce Safety Rule and Preventive Controls Rule. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is asking for feedback from farmers and consumers before the
view of CLiCK's door

Why CLiCK?

“Teach a person to fish and they will fish for a day, CLiCK a sustainable food system and we will ALL eat forever!”  CLiCK (Commercially Licensed Co-Operative Kitchen) is a
Fresh produce market

Can That Melon Kill Me?

In July 2011, a listeriosis outbreak spread across 28 states.  By the time it ended, 143 people had been hospitalized and 33 people had died.  The culprit was cantaloupe contaminated
Rock the Boat graphic

Rocking the Boat for 20 Years!

Policy decisions and market mechanisms that turned farms into food production machines with grave ecological, health and economic consequences are being mirrored on the marine side. Fishing is being turned
Vermont Farm To Plate Table Talk

New job numbers, economic growth, and food justice conversations are focus at Vermont’s Farm to Plate Annual Gathering

  Every October, food system leaders and innovators who comprise the Vermont Farm to Plate Network convene to review the progress towards implementing the State of Vermont’s Farm to Plate Strategic Plan

A Long Row in Fertile Ground

Western New England’s agricultural legacy has persisted for more than three centuries, through waves of migration, technological innovation and economic uncertainty. In many ways it is the birthplace of American