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Sustainability Briefings launch with case studies on climate change and the New England food system
Monday, 08 December 2014
Food Solutions New England is pleased to announce the release of a collection of case studies on climate change and the New England food system. These case studies—a total of
- Published in General
Preserving Livestock With Your Purchases
Thursday, 27 November 2014
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
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New England Groundfish Update
Monday, 24 November 2014
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
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Thinking about Local-to-Regional in Vermont
Friday, 21 November 2014
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.
- Published in Vermont
Entire Town of Ashland, NH Gets Behind HEAL Community Garden
Monday, 17 November 2014
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
- Published in New Hampshire
Your comment counts!
Friday, 14 November 2014
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
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Why CLiCK?
Thursday, 13 November 2014
“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
- Published in Connecticut
Can That Melon Kill Me?
Sunday, 09 November 2014
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
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Rocking the Boat for 20 Years!
Wednesday, 05 November 2014
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
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New job numbers, economic growth, and food justice conversations are focus at Vermont’s Farm to Plate Annual Gathering
Monday, 03 November 2014
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
- Published in Vermont
A Long Row in Fertile Ground
Wednesday, 29 October 2014
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
- Published in News & Announcements
What is Network Strategy?
Monday, 27 October 2014
This post was originally published by Curtis Ogden on October 22, 2014 on the Interaction Institute for Social Change blog. [This] graphic is something that I recently created, borrowing heavily
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Q&A with Brian Donahue featured in the Boston Globe
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
Brian Donahue, one of the authors of A New England Food Vision, discusses farming and the Vision in this interview in the Boston Globe. Donahue is a farmer and Associate Professor of
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