Dismantling a Broken Food System: Three Possibilities
Thursday, 12 April 2018
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
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Why I Work To Uproot Racism In The Food System
Tuesday, 10 April 2018
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
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Why I Work to Dismantle White Supremacy in the Food System
Thursday, 05 April 2018
“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
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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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