The 21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge Spreads Across the Country

It’s been four months since FSNE hosted its most “attended” 21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge, with more than 7,000 participants and more than 650 officially participating organizations, businesses and groups.

Health care institutions, nonprofits team up to battle hunger and the pandemic

Originally published in the Boston Globe. By Janelle Nanos Globe Staff,Updated August 14, 2020, 5:28 p.m. Caitlin Middaugh with the Malden YMCA gathered food for COVID-19 patients at the Walnut

It’s the End of the Beginning of the Coronavirus

Originally published in Rhode Island Monthly The coronavirus outbreak blasted holes in Rhode Island’s already-frayed social safety net, and the pandemic isn’t over yet. August 12, 2020 Ellen Liberman Between

FSNE Network Leadership Institute – Letters

Note: This letter is in response to a letter shared with FSNE’s Network Leadership Institute facilitators in March of this year.   —————- August 11, 2020 Dear [names of original

A Small Mattapan Farm Blooms, Despite The Pandemic

Originally published by WBUR. Boston is home to the nation’s oldest continuously operated victory garden. The 500 small plots in the Fenway neighborhood date back to World War II, when

Building a Co-op Economy in Maine—And Perhaps in Your State Too

Originally published in Non-Profit Quarterly Davis Taylor and Rob Brown July 31, 2020 Consider an economy facing significant economic challenges. The economy is relatively small, geographically isolated, and faces challenging

Black Lives Matter in the Food System

BY THE CIVIL EATS EDITORS Coronavirus, FARMING, FOOD + POLICY, Food Justice Posted on: July 20, 2020  |  Leave a Comment During the first half of 2020, the disproportionate spread

Farming as the Climate Changes: Soul Fire Farm, Petersburg, New York

Originally published by Sustainable Food Trust. The world is facing a climate crisis and the changes this brings is dramatically impacting farmers across the world. As temperatures rise and rainfall

Gardening for Health program to launch at The University of Vermont Medical Center

Originally published in VermontBiz. Gardening for Health is an introductory gardening, nutrition and health education program created to cultivate patient and community health. The program connects concepts of physical activity,

Maine Farmers Struggle with New, Harsher Climate Reality

The Northeast is warming faster than any other region in the contiguous U.S., which means longer, drier summers punctuated by more intense bouts of precipitation. Originally published by Civil Eats.