Age Should Not Be A Limiting Factor When It Comes To Doing Food Systems Work
Thursday, 08 March 2018
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
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UNH announces joint recipients of Thomas W. Haas Professorship
Friday, 16 February 2018
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
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Measuring Up: Data-Driven Recommendations for Achieving Farm to Institution Success
Tuesday, 12 December 2017
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,
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Life, Liberation and Embodying Regeneration
Monday, 27 November 2017
This post was originally published on the Interaction Institute for Social Change blog by Curtis Ogden on November 20, 2017. “We know that there is no help for us but from one
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Measuring Up: Producer Perspectives on Institutional Markets
Tuesday, 21 November 2017
This installment was originally posted on the Farm to Institution New England (FINE) blog. INSTALLMENT NO. 5 of 6 Over the past several weeks, this blog series has presented data on
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Measuring Up: Accessing Local Food Products & Identifying Barriers to Local Procurement
Wednesday, 08 November 2017
This installment was originally posted on the Farm to Institution New England (FINE) blog. INSTALLMENT NO. 4 of 6 As interest in local food procurement increases at the institutional level, purchasers
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Race and Equity in Regional Food System Organizing
Tuesday, 07 November 2017
Race and equity are concerns in all parts of our society, and the food system is no different. From food apartheid to low wages, the food system reflects discrimination in
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Measuring Up: Working Within the System – Institutional Budgets, Operational Characteristics & Local Food Procurement
Monday, 30 October 2017
This installment was originally posted on the Farm to Institution New England (FINE) blog. INSTALLMENT NO. 3 OF 6 Schools, institutions of higher education and hospitals in New England spend hundreds of
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How to Make More Local Food Choices
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
This infographic originally appeared on the ZeroCater blog. Hundreds of years ago, the food most people ate typically came from their backyard, or that of a neighbor, or local farmer.
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Measuring Up: When, How, and Why to Define “Local”
Monday, 16 October 2017
This installment was originally posted on the Farm to Institution New England (FINE) blog. INSTALLMENT NO. 2 OF 6 Local food programs at New England schools, institutions of higher education, and
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