21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge

Food Solutions New England is committed to addressing structural racism in our food system. We believe that we cannot talk about and work for sustainability, food security, and economic prosperity

NOAA Unveils Draft 5-Year Fisheries Climate Change Strategy

NOAA thinks climate change is serious enough to propose a massive 5-year strategy aimed at better understanding the impact on fisheries and how to prepare for and adapt to those
Harvest New England and FINE logos and conference details

Farm to Institution Track at the Harvest New England Conference

Farm to Instituion New England is hosting a Farm to Institution Track at the Harvest New England Ag Marketing Conference! Farm to Institution New England is excited to be hosting
Harvest New England logo

Harvest New England Agricultural Marketing Conference and Trade Show

Harvest New England is a cooperative marketing program created by New England’s State Departments of Agriculture in 1992. It sponsors this regional conference every two years.  Wednesday & Thursday, February 25 and 26 Sturbridge, MA  The full
"I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits." - Dr Martin Luther King, Jr.

The New England Food Vision, Dr. King, and the Black Prophetic Tradition

One of the gifts of MLK Day is the opportunity to reflect on how Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy can inspire our work for social justice.  I say social

Growing and Learning Together at The Food Project’s Winter Institute

Each year, The Food Project welcomes participants from all around the United States to participate in their Winter Institute. Attendees of the Institute learn how to create a successful model
Marilyn Moore

An inclusive food plan for everyone’s health

More than 15 years ago I began educating women about breast cancer mortality and early detection.  Most of my outreach centered around African American women who suffer the highest mortality
Save the Date announcement for the Farm to Institution Summit

USDA Announces $50,000 Farm to School Grant for 2015 Farm to Institution Summit

$5 Million Awarded to Farm to School Programs Nationwide  The Northeast Regional Steering Committee of the National Farm to School Network has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the U.S.
Karen Washington speaking at the symposium

Secure Lands for Urban Agriculture

On Friday, December 12, 2014 Equity Trust hosted a first-of-its-kind event: a one-day regional symposium on developing models of secure tenure for urban community farms. The gathering brought together over 35
Mindmap: An artifact from a recent convening about how to start effective networks, summarizing what the participants learned together. The video below describes this product in more detail.

Yes to Collaboration, But How?

This post was originally published on the Social Transformation Project blog.  Like a broken record, progressives have repeated for years that we need to work together and coordinate beyond our traditional