Cover of an issue brief with cows in a field up top and a lighthouse over looking the issue on the bottom. The text reads "Food Solutions New England Issue Brief. From Extraction to Regeneration: A Just Transition Approach to Financing Climate Resilience in the Food System"
Click here to download a PDF version of the issue brief In 2016, global leaders, seeking to define uses of nature that benefit both biodiversity and societal well-being, recognized the
By Karen Nordstrom, Policy Program Co-Director, Food Solutions New England, and Ernesto Méndez, Faculty Director, UVM Institute for Agroecology In the realm of food systems and planetary health, innovation often
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By Karen Nordstrom, Policy Program Co-Director, Food Solutions New England The Food Systems Research Center (FSRC) Summit held in September 2024 brought together leading thinkers and practitioners in the field
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By Sandra Aronson, MS, MPH The National Strategy: A Comprehensive Approach The White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, held in September 2022, marked a significant milestone in the
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By Alex Redfield, Policy Program Co-director, Food Solutions New England I’ve been thinking a lot about “taking two steps forward and one step back” recently, particularly in the context of
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Interview and introduction by Karen Nordstrom, Program Policy Co-director, Food Solutions New England Environmental justice (EJ) is a fundamental movement that strives to address the disparities in the distribution of
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A policy update from Karen Nordstrom, Policy Program Co-Director, Food Solutions New England “All our landscapes hold the potential to become more resilient and to even mitigate climate change. Soils
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A policy update from Karen Nordstrom, Policy Program Co-Director, Food Solutions New England We have been preoccupied with the question: What would it look like if the farm bill served
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This issue brief is part of Food Solutions New England’s Campaign for Climate Resilience. The purpose of this campaign is to advocate for community-led solutions to create a climate-resilient food
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**Update: Deadline for applications have been extended. Apply by Friday, June 30. Applications for the seventh Network Leadership Institute (NLI) are open. Organized by Food Solutions New England (FSNE), the