A New England Food Vision at the Boston Local Food Festival

At the 2015 Boston Local Food Festival, the Sustainable Business Network and Food Solutions New England present The New England Village, featuring vendors from each New England state. At 12:00 pm there
Omnivore's Delight

From Vision to Reality: Recipes for A New England Food Vision

Food System Research Project There are three dietary patterns explored in A New England Food Vision: the typical American dietary pattern called the ‘Current Diet’; the Omnivore’s Delight (OD), which
Farm to Plate Network Diagram

Network Design for Collective Impact

This post was originally published on the Interaction Institute for Social Change’s blog by Curtis Ogden on March 7, 2013. It is offered as a Food Policy Resource for the

THE “GREAT NATIONS EAT” CAMPAIGN: “Slovenia, Let’s Help America.”

This past July 4th, Share Our Strength, in collaboration with a leading advertising agency, filmmakers, and media outlets, launched a public awareness campaign that deftly challenges assumptions about America’s  “greatness,”
System of Inequality graphic

Networks, Collective Impact and Waking Up to Whiteness

This post was originally published on the Interaction Institute for Social Change’s blog by Curtis Ogden on August 6, 2015. “Processes aimed at racial equity change can overlook the privileged
Attendees gather at the first YFN of the 2015 season. Stone Hill College Farm is located at the Jesuit College in Easton, MA, and donates all of the food it produces to local organizations which serve low-income and food insecure populations.

Cultivating a Community of Young Farmers

On Monday afternoons at my farm, we scramble to harvest the final fruits and roots for our CSA, and to label and fill bags of herbs for Tuesday restaurant deliveries.
"Low wages forced me to move back home with my family, and even still I struggle with paying bills. It's sad to see so many of my co-workers work full-time, but still need public assistance to survive. We work hard, we deserve to be paid a self-sustaining wage." - Mileika (Hartford) ONE FAIR WAGE

One Fair Wage: Restaurant Worker Justice at the 2015 New England Food Summit

I have been a server at Denny’s for 7 years and never once questioned why my managers or customers were able to talk to and treat me the way that

Putting MOVE in the Movement: NESAWG’s 2015 It Takes a Region Conference

The Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (NESAWG)’s annual It Takes a Region Conference brings together farm and food practitioners across the 12-state Northeast region to learn, debate, collaborate, and innovate ideas and solutions to

Write to Congress: Do not Derail or Diminish Breadth and Depth of Proposed Dietary Guidelines for Americans

On June 30th, New Hampshire hosted a panel discussion focused on the role of Women in Agriculture with Representative Kuster, Deputy Secretary of the USDA Krysta Harden, our state Commissioner
Food Chain Workers Delegation

Food Chain Worker Power at the 2015 New England Food Summit

At my house we share “gratefuls” before dinner. This week holding hands around the table set with fresh veggies and grains with grumbling tummies I thanked the farmworker who sweated