Heritage breed turkeys

Preserving Livestock With Your Purchases

This post was originally published in Just Roots’ November newsletter. Heritage Breed Turkeys If you want to help preserve threatened breeds of livestock, eat them. That statement is one that
Boat on the water at the Portland Fish Exchange

New England Groundfish Update

The New England Fishery Management Council voted at their meeting on Tuesday, November 18th in Newport, RI on the groundfish fleet diversity amendment, a draft policy that members of the

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Get informed and take action on the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)’s Produce Safety Rule and Preventive Controls Rule. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is asking for feedback from farmers and consumers before the
Fresh produce market

Can That Melon Kill Me?

In July 2011, a listeriosis outbreak spread across 28 states.  By the time it ended, 143 people had been hospitalized and 33 people had died.  The culprit was cantaloupe contaminated
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Rocking the Boat for 20 Years!

Policy decisions and market mechanisms that turned farms into food production machines with grave ecological, health and economic consequences are being mirrored on the marine side. Fishing is being turned
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What is Network Strategy?

This post was originally published by Curtis Ogden on October 22, 2014 on the Interaction Institute for Social Change blog.  [This] graphic is something that I recently created, borrowing heavily
Brian Donahue

Q&A with Brian Donahue featured in the Boston Globe

Brian Donahue, one of the authors of A New England Food Vision, discusses farming and the Vision in this interview in the Boston Globe. Donahue is a farmer and Associate Professor of
National Fisheries Solidarity Movement, one of the 2012 Food Sovereignty Prize honorees, being recognized by Brett Tolley and Niaz Dorry of the Northwest Marine Alliance.

Food Sovereignty is a Path Toward a Just Society

What is food sovereignty? I come from a four-generation commercial fishing family and while growing up I’d never heard the term – food sovereignty. But since then, I’ve come to

Fair Food Business Boot Camp – Apply today

WHAT: 3-day intensive skill-building program giving good food entrepreneurs the knowledge and resources they need to grow—plus the potential to win up to $10,000 in consulting services. Led by Jay

Investing in a sustainable food and farm future

This post was originally published on The Hill’s Congress Blog. This week, state agriculture officials from across the country have gathered on the shores of Lake Champlain for the National