Evaluating the Untapped Potential of U.S. Conservation Investments to Improve Soil and Environmental Health

From Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. Andrea Basche1*, Katherine Tully2, Nora L. Álvarez-Berríos3, Julian Reyes4, Laura Lengnick5, Tabitha Brown6, Jennifer M. Moore6, Rachel E. Schattman7, Lana Koepke Johnson1 and Gabrielle

New resource for farmers markets outlines legal issues related to mask policies

The team at Vermont Law School’s Center for Agriculture and Food Systems (CAFS), in partnership with the Farmers Market Coalition and NOFA-Vermont, is pleased to share a new legal resource for farmers market operators: “Face Mask Requirements

New Research: “Beyond backyard chickens: A framework for understanding municipal urban agriculture policies in the United States”

From the Food Policy Network listserv. We are excited to share a newly published open-access article that catalogues policies related to urban agriculture across the 40 most populous cities in

USDA Seeks Members for Advisory Committee on Urban Agriculture

Contact: FPAC.BC.Press@usda.gov WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking members for a new advisory committee on urban agriculture, part of a broader effort to focus on

Saving Farmland, Supporting Young Farmers

Originally published by David Bollier on bollier.org It’s a bit odd that land reform is barely mentioned in most progressive agendas. Maybe that’s because it is seen as challenging the

New addition to U.S. food hub longitudinal data now available

MSU Center for Regional Food Systems and the Wallace Center at Winrock International are pleased to announce that a report on the results of the 2019 National Food Hub Survey

Youth Engagement at the UN Food Systems Summit

From FSNE Network Leadership Institute alum Vanessa Garcia Polanco. Dear North America Food Systems Advocate, The United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth (UNMGCY), is the UN General Assembly-mandated,

Consider Joining the FSNE Steering Committee or Network Team – Call for Applicants!

  As our network moves into its second decade and evolves to meet the challenges and opportunities of our time, we invite New England farmers, fishermen, food-related educators, business people,

Emancipation Never Really Came to Agriculture

Originally published by FAIR CounterSpin interview with Ricardo Salvador on US food system JANINE JACKSON The November 27, 2020, episode of CounterSpin featured an archival interview with the Union of

Alert Re: #Massachusetts Shellfish Initiative for December 4th

From our network partners Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance. We received word that a Massachusetts Shellfish Initiative (MSI) Taskforce meeting is taking place tomorrow, Friday, December 4th at 9:00am ET and that there