New England Stands Out in Union of Concerned Scientists’ 50-State Food System Scorecard

From our friends at Farm to Institution New England (FINE) Last week, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) released a new 50-State Food System Scorecard, which ranks U.S. states based on farm and

Dispatch from America the Bountiful Tour

Food Solutions New England longtime participant and Process Team member Niaz Dorry updates us from the road. Greetings from Charleston, South Carolina! I’m writing you at the end of the
"Sign up for the 2018 21-day Racial Equity Challenge!"

Offerings From the Fourth Annual 21 Day Racial Equity Challenge

This post was originally published on the Interaction Institute for Social Change blog by Curtis Ogden on May 14, 2018. On April 22nd, the fourth annual 21 Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge wrapped
Kim Werst

Let’s Talk About… Your White Nonprofit: A reflection on power and awkwardness for nonprofit sector

I am writing this for white-identifying nonprofit board members, directors, project managers, or funders. I hope these activists will also find it important to candidly talk about community based programs
Fannie Lou Hamer

Dismantling a Broken Food System: Three Possibilities

Through 400 years of plantation enslavement, lynchings, lost years of family history, loss of earning potential through lack of inheritances, and generations of neglected educational opportunities, African American producers and

Why I Work To Uproot Racism In The Food System

The reason that I as a Black person work to end inequity in the entire food system is simple: Black farmers currently operate less than 1% of the nation’s farms
Angela

Why I Work to Dismantle White Supremacy in the Food System

“As white people we need to make a choice about how we’re going to be white in this world.  We can be part of continuing white supremacy or we can
Emerging Leaders at NESAWG Conference

Age Should Not Be A Limiting Factor When It Comes To Doing Food Systems Work

This post by Vanessa Garcia Polanco and Amirio Freeman originally appeared on NESAWG’s blog. Last fall, we attended the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group’s 2017 It Takes a Region Conference, thanks
Curtis Ogden

UNH announces joint recipients of Thomas W. Haas Professorship

On February 5th, UNH named Curtis Ogden and Karen Spiller as joint recipients of the Thomas W. Haas Professorship in Sustainable Food Systems. The professorship was established in 2013 with
Measuring Up: Demonstrating the Impact of Farm to Institution through Metrics, Fall 2017 Blog Series - FINE

Measuring Up: Data-Driven Recommendations for Achieving Farm to Institution Success

This installment was originally posted on the Farm to Institution New England (FINE) blog.   INSTALLMENT NO. 6 OF 6 The Power of Institutions to Change the Food System New England schools,