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

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

What is the 2021 UN Food Summit Really About?

As many of you know, the UN is planning a 2021 global “Food Summit.” We don’t know right now if the Summit will be in person, as originally planned, with

Black Commons, Community Land Trusts, and Reparations

By David Bollier. Originally published on David Bollier’s website. African Americans have long been victimized by the theft of their land, labor, and the ability to buy land as they

Health care procurement can heal the supply chain

New guide published by FSNE network partner Health Care Without Harm. A groundbreaking new guide available for GGHH members, featuring stories from 25 health care organizations around the globe, offers

The pandemic could actually strengthen the U.S. food system

The shock to U.S. food chains from the coronavirus has been a boon to small- and mid-sized farms and distributors. Could it be the start of a new way to

African Alliance of Rhode Island

Great overview video of African Alliance of Rhode Island, featuring FSNE Ambassador Julius Kolawale, NLI alumni Michelle Cruz and Jumoke Akinrimise. The introduction is in Portuguese but the rest of

Towards an equity competency model for sustainable food systems education programs

Authors Will Valley, Molly Anderson, Nicole Tichenor Blackstone, Eleanor Sterling, Erin Betley, Sharon Akabas, Pamela Koch, Colin Dring, Joanne Burke, Karen Spiller Abstract Addressing social inequities has been recognized as foundational to transforming food systems. Activists and scholars have

To fix the food system, fix our democracy

Originally published in the Boston Globe People go hungry not from lack of food but from lack of political power. BY FRANCES MOORE LAPPÉ Today’s multiplying threats are truly scary