FSNE’s Late Spring 2022 Policy Update

Fair Play Required for Local and Regional Food Systems Transformation Contributed by Karen Nordstrom, FSNE Policy Network Manager Key Issue:  Over the last month, much has happened on the policy
Senator Craig Hickman, Maine Ambassador

Meet FSNE’s new Maine and New Hampshire Ambassadors!

We are ecstatic to introduce you to the newest members of the Food Solutions New England Ambassador Team. As many of you know, we have had Ambassadors in the three

Comments in response to USDA’s Supply Chain request

The Food Solutions New England network is pleased to have jointly created and submitted comments to USDA with the Food System Planners Partnership (representing all six New England states), highlighting

Somali Bantu Community Association find farmland – Little Jubba Central Maine Agrarian Commons

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

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.

That Flour You Bought Could Be the Future of the U.S. Economy

Keep baking bread. Small grain companies may suggest a better path for American business. Originally published in the New York Times opinion section. By the established logic of the business

Maine Harvest FCU grant program aims to boost farmland buys

Originally published in Mainebiz. A new program by the Maine Harvest Federal Credit Union will pay closing costs for farmland sales or refinancing, a move aimed at taking advantage of
Good Food Bus and truck with table set up for sales

Good Food Bus launches second season in Maine

On July 18 Cultivating Community and its partner the St. Mary’s Nutrition Center, both of Maine, launched the second season of the Good Food Bus, a mobile food market featuring

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and USDA visit with Cultivating Community

On July 18, Cultivating Community convened a welcome reception at their Boyd Street Urban Farm in downtown Portland for Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree and Dr. Desiree Drucker Ross, who manages