Youth Engagement at the UN Food Systems Summit

From FSNE Network Leadership Institute alum Vanessa Garcia Polanco. Dear North America Food Systems Advocate, The United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth (UNMGCY), is the UN General Assembly-mandated,

Alert Re: #Massachusetts Shellfish Initiative for December 4th

From our network partners Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance. We received word that a Massachusetts Shellfish Initiative (MSI) Taskforce meeting is taking place tomorrow, Friday, December 4th at 9:00am ET and that there

The time is now: Assessing the evolving policy landscape for New England’s food future

New Date: December 16, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Click here for a recording of the event. As the Food Solutions New England network continues to build a regional movement

Walking the democracy talk

Guest post by Cathy Stanton, resident of North-central Massachusetts Even here in the bluest of states, there were splotches of red in the 2016 election, and our store is in

Choosing the Journey: Getting Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable

We are honored to offer this guest post for this year’s 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge by John Fisk, Director of Strategy and Partnerships at the Wallace Center. What does it

The Architecture of Local Authority

Guest essay by Ken Payne exploring the connection between the structures of our world, especially for the 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge Okay, this is tentative.  Writing what follows takes me

Connect the Dots to See Racism in the Food System, Then Work to Change It

Guest blog by Renee Brooks Catacalos, author of The Chesapeake Table, Your Guide to Eating Local   When I took over Edible Chesapeake magazine in 2006, I made a conscious decision to include

Uprooting Racism: Seeding Sovereignty

Our food system is built on stolen land and exploited labor. Here’s what we can do to fix it. Guest blog by Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm in Grafton,

Building Sustainable Sources of Fresh Produce

This article was originally published on TuftsNow. By Laura Ferguson January 15, 2019   Tufts, Harvard, and Boston College are coming together to support sustainable regional agriculture by investing in

Heavy hand of high tech in the food we eat

The following letter to the editor from Food Solutions New England was published in the Boston Globe in response to their recent editorial on the future of food. Thanks to