Selling Off the Farm: Meat’s Takeover Through TTIP 2016 Publication Policy & Advocacy Authors: Sharon Treat and Shefali Sharma This first of its kind study compares EU and U.S. regulations aimed at the meat industry, including labor, the environment, animal welfare and public health. It is done with the hope that it helps policymakers and citizens […]
New England Food Policy: Building a Sustainable Food System Webinar Series – Webinar #1 Video Food Systems, Local and Regional Food Systems, NESAWG Publication, Policy & Advocacy NESAWG, American Farmland Trust, and the Conservation Law Foundation, and the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group conducted a series of 10 webinars delving into policy issues addressed in […]
Shirley Sherrod Keynotes – NESAWG 2015 Conference Video Equity, Farming, Food Justice, Local and Regional Food Systems, NESAWG Publication, Policy & Advocacy Shirley Sherrod inspired NESAWG 2015 Conference Attendees with stories of her experiences fighting for civil rights and family farmers in the South. Read more Symposium on American Food Resilience: Promoting a Secure Food […]
Climate Change Facts: FARM ENERGY, CARBON, AND GREENHOUSE GASES Publication Climate Change, Energy, Farming, Processes & Practices, Waste Recovery Authors: Cornell Cooperative Extension Farmers today face rising energy costs and uncertainty about future energy policies that affect agriculture. This guide introduces ways farmers can improve the energy efficiency of their operations and explore alternatives to traditional […]
It Takes a Region… Exploring a Regional Food Systems Approach Publication NESAWG Publication, Food Systems, Land Use, Production, Supply Chains Authors: Kathryn Ruhf and Kate Clancy This working paper was developed by NESAWG in 2010 to elaborate a clearer understanding of regionalism and of regional food systems, including terminology and definitions and to present a mix […]
Bringing the Food Economy Home 2016 Video Local and Regional Food Systems Authors: Local Futures This webinar tackles the subject of local food economies from an international perspective. Our presenters highlighted successful local food projects in the global North and South, and discussed how to localize all stages of the food supply chain – from farm […]
Instituting Change: An Overview of Institutional Food Procurement and Recommendations for Improvement 2016 Publication Farm to Institution Authors: Claire Fitch and Raychel Santo This report reviews the literature and key information resources regarding institutional food service procurement systems, presents the potential benefits of a large-scale shift among institutional procurement policies, discusses some of the existing barriers […]
NESAWG Publication, Food Access Margaret Christie, CISA and Kathy Ruhf, NESAWG, “Good Food for All in Southern New England” is a planning and assessment project that allowed Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA) and partner organizations to review the current status of healthy, regionally grown food with respect to two goals: 1) significantly increasing the market share […]
Counting Values: Food Hub Financial Benchmarking Study Publication Farming, Food Hubs, Local and Regional Food Systems, Metrics, Supply Chains Authors: Farm Credit East, Wallace Center at Winrock International, Morse Marketing Connections and Farm Credit Council, Are food hubs able to support themselves with their operations? What management decisions make the most financial difference? This 2015 report, […]
Growing Food Connections: Exploring Stories of Innovation Publication Food Systems From the Growing Food Connections Project: the Exploring Stories of Innovation series, a series of short articles that explore how local governments from across the United States are strengthening their community’s food system through planning and policy. Read more
Maryland Food System Map 2016 Map Aquaculture, Farming, Fisheries & Seafood, Food Access, Food Justice, Food Systems, Land Use, Local and Regional Food Systems, Mapping An interactive map of the many components of Maryland’s food system layered with health and demographic data. Read more
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Charting everything from factory farms to food policy councils, NESAWG’s Maps section offers interesting graphic perspectives on food and farm issues in our Northeast region. See past features below, and email us if you have relevant maps to share. Check back soon for more maps! A New Map for America Aug 22, 2016 Find out […]
In recognition of the importance of getting our stories out accurately and often — to the press and our political reps, NESAWG is launching a Community News Project project in 2015. The project aims to build the media outreach and story-telling capacity of our network participants. Often, NESAWG allies represent small, low-budget organizations, lacking a communications strategy beyond a Facebook page. Others […]
