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Update of the Real Food Standards

The Real Food Challenge is a national campaign leveraging the purchasing power of colleges and universities to transform the food system. Their primary campaign is to shift $1 billion of
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Updates from the States: New Hampshire and Massachusetts

New Hampshire The NH Food Alliance reflects on the tremendous amount of progress they have experienced in the Granite State food system in 2015. Shared the Viability Initiative The NH
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Updates from the States: Maine and Vermont

As we look towards 2016, we are sharing a 3-part series featuring updates on the food systems work going on in each of the New England states. Maine Overall, there
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How Vermont Chevon Is Revolutionizing The Goat Meat Industry In Vermont

This post was originally published by UVM Dining. Natalie Lovelace is a member of the UVM Real Food Working Group and the Calculator Intern. In mid-November, Caylin McKee, UVM Dining
Liz Wills-O’Gilvie (left) listens to an attendee report back from a small-group exercise.

150 Meet in Greenfield for New Farmer Gathering

New farmers assembled the Arts Block in Greenfield, Massachusetts, on Dec. 12 from all over New England, New York state, and even Canada for the Northeast New Farmer Winter Gathering.

Long-Term Benefits of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/documents/SNAP_report_final_nonembargo.pdf
The Intervale Food Hub staff are excited to ramp up their sales of Vermont-grown produce to UVM through Sodexo. Photo by Jessica Sipe.

8 New Local Vendor Ties Changing The Way We Eat

This post was originally published on Farm to Institution New England’s blog. New England Producers are Gaining Approval to Sell Local Food to Big Institutional Buyers Lately, we’ve heard about a
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CommonWealth Kitchen Helps Farmers and Food Businesses

It was a productive season for many New England famers and for CommonWealth Kitchen as well. The bountiful harvests provided a new way for CommonWealth Kitchen to support the New England Food Vision.  This

Our Broken Food System (And How to Fix It)

Join Dr. Ricardo Salvador, director of the Food and Environment program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, on a a wild ride through the food system, connecting the dots between diet-related
Scouts, their parents and siblings all pitch in to harvest the troop’s three-quarter-acre garden on the John and Cindy Roy potato farm in Fort Kent. Photograph by Julia Bayly for Bangor Daily News.

New UMPI ag concentration comes amid opportunities for fallow land

Re-posted from Bangor Daily News November 28, 2015 by Anthony Brino, Bangor Daily News staff. Biologist Jason Johnston and his colleagues at the University of Maine Presque Isle have long wondered why the
Bands of Abenaki have been growing corn, beans, squash and sunflowers as part of the Seeds of Renewal Project, which works to revive crops that have long been thought to have disappeared. Photo credit: FRED WISEMAN

Project Revives Abenaki Crops, One Seed At A Time

Almost a decade ago, Abenaki scholar and paleoethnobotanist Fred Wiseman started working with Abenaki communities as part of the documentation process for federal tribal recognition. While he was in these
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Network Profile: Helen Costello

Helen “HC” Costello is the Program Manager at the New Hampshire Food Bank, a distributor and supplier to hunger relief agencies serving food insecure community members. In 2014, the New
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Learn More About Farm to Institution New England’s Current Projects

This post was originally published on Farm to Institution New England’s blog. This year, our focus has been on four major projects: our Farm & Sea to Campus Project, the collaborative
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Food Solutions New England is a regional network supported and coordinated by the University of New Hampshire Sustainability Institute.

The FSNE network does not endorse or oppose specific candidates for elected office or proposed legislation. Instead, we seek to inform, educate and advocate for general policy ideas that align with the network’s stated values and vision for a just, sustainable and resilient regional food system. While FSNE receives support from the UNH Sustainability Institute, our activities do not reflect the positions of the University of New Hampshire, the University System of New Hampshire, or its Board of Trustees.

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