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,

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

Job Opening: Project Manager, New England Feeding New England Project

JOB DESCRIPTION On Behalf of: The New England State Food System Planners Partnership Position Title: Project Manager, New England Feeding New England Project Reports to: Executive Director, VSJF Project Purpose:

Announcing new book “Transformation of our food systems – the making of a paradigm shift”

From Molly Anderson, Middlebury College It is our pleasure to present to you our new book “Transformation of our food systems – the making of a paradigm shift”. Please find

Building Bioregional Food Systems Post-COVID 19: The Northeast Healthy Soil Network & the power of regional food system reform consortium work

Originally published by 350VT. If the public demands it, we have all we need to build a regional food system in the Northeast. Thanks to COVID, the people are demanding

Some but not all U.S. metro areas could grow all needed food locally, estimates study

Originally published in Tufts Now. Researchers estimate potential for locally sourced food based on land needs for different diets A new modeling study finds that urban centers in green could

Now is the time to re-think everything about how food businesses work

Originally published by Shareable.com Oscar Perry Abello September 10, 2020 When Devita Davison looks at a plate of food, she sees more than just some nutrients and a hopefully tasty

Baker-Polito Administration Awards Over $3 Million to Improve Food Security in Massachusetts

Second Round of New Grant Program to Increase Access to Local Food August 18, 2020 BOSTON — Today, the Baker-Polito Administration announced $3.3 million in grants to address urgent food

New Farm and Energy Initiative website features resources on solar policy, biogas, and healthy soil law

The Center for Agriculture and Food Systems at Vermont Law School is pleased to share the new Farm and Energy Initiative (FEI) website, a collaboration with the Institute for Energy and the Environment.  

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