Dietary Guidelines and Sustainable Food System Advocacy

The Scientific Report of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) has been released. This report will ultimately inform the content of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) for 2015 published

Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Human Diets

Dietary guidelines are about diets and health, but the ways people eat have many impacts. The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) began its work in late 2013, and released its Scientific

Antibiotics – Agriculture, Medicine, & Meat in New England Institutions

Health Care Without Harm’s Healthy Food in Health Care program engages the health care community in bringing an end to the routine use of antibiotics in raising food animals. Such routine, non-therapeutic

Regional Food Hubs

As we work to rebuild our foodsheds, regional food hubs are an integral ingredient. When “local” began to re-root in the American landscape and psyche during the first decade of
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Farm to Institution Summit

April 7-9, 2015 UMass Amherst, Amherst, MAThe 2015 Farm to Institution Summit will bring together leaders who are working to increase the amount of local and regional food served in schools, colleges and health

Maybe Food Security Comes First

Sometimes a single sentence says so much.  Unpacking it takes up space and does not add an iota to the meaning that is already there.  Here is one such sentence,

More similar than different

With full disclosure, I admit it. It is 17 days in to Food Solutions New England’s Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge. I didn’t take on a new reading each day as
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Putting A New England Food Vision to Work

A Food Solutions New England WebinarTuesday, March 17, 12 – 1 pm Register Now A New England Food Vision is a collaborative report that considers the future of our region:
Curtis Ogden at the 2013 Summit in Maine

Leading With Racial Equity

About half-way into FSNE’s 21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge, there have been some very interesting learnings, discussions, and reflections offered up via the Forum, Facebook event page, and Twitter (#FSNEEquityChallenge). I am
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Communities of Color and the Food Movement

As an Ambassador, I have had an abundance of opportunities to share the mission of Food Solutions New England (FSNE) in Connecticut; Dr. King’s birthday and Black History Month led the way