By Alexandria Neelis, Farm Fresh Rhode Island Before the pandemic, Farm Fresh Rhode Island’s mobile market had exclusively connected wholesale buyers, including restaurants, schools, universities, hospitals, and grocers, to small and mid-sized farmers though an aggregated online order form, where farmers list their wares, set their own prices, and track their sales in real time. Once […]
By Alexandria Neelis, Farm Fresh Rhode Island Before the pandemic, Farm Fresh Rhode Island’s mobile market had exclusively connected wholesale buyers, including restaurants, schools, universities, hospitals, and grocers, to small and mid-sized farmers though an aggregated online order form, where farmers list their wares, set their own prices, and track their sales in real time. Once […]
By Sara Nicholas, Pasa Sustainable Agriculture When the pandemic hit Pittsburgh, PA, Grow Pittsburgh combined a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan with grants from private sources to retain as many employees as possible as they experienced precipitous drops in sales, donations, and the volunteers they rely on. “Covid made us change the way we operated, and […]
By Sara Nicholas, Pasa Sustainable Agriculture When the pandemic hit Pittsburgh, PA, Grow Pittsburgh combined a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan with grants from private sources to retain as many employees as possible as they experienced precipitous drops in sales, donations, and the volunteers they rely on. “Covid made us change the way we operated, and […]
“FARMERS IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY HAVE TALKED FOR YEARS ABOUT COOPERATING MORE IN TRANSPORTATION, MARKETING, AND DISTRIBUTION. COVID HAS HELPED THESE NETWORKS DEVELOP,” -JEFF FRANK, FARMER, LIBERTY GARDENS By Sara Nicholas, Pasa Sustainable Agriculture For farmers Jeff Frank and Kristin Illick of Liberty Gardens in Coopersburg, PA, the pandemic forced them to rethink their already successful business as a wholesaler of salad […]
By Justin Trezza, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society In Pennsylvania, Governor Wolf’s PA Farm Bill has six funnels to support investment in the state’s agriculture. One funnel is support for urban agriculture, a strong presence in the state and throughout the northeast region. Pennsylvania Horticultural Society was able to bring the Philadelphia Tool Lending Library to fruition […]
By Justin Trezza, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society In Pennsylvania, Governor Wolf’s PA Farm Bill has six funnels to support investment in the state’s agriculture. One funnel is support for urban agriculture, a strong presence in the state and throughout the northeast region. Pennsylvania Horticultural Society was able to bring the Philadelphia Tool Lending Library to fruition […]
By Marcella Micillo, CT Food Systems Alliance In March 2020, as the COVID pandemic re-organized the way people shopped, cooked, and socialized, Connecticut officials quickly designated farmers’ markets as “essential businesses” to keep them open during the shut-down. This maintained farmers’ livelihoods, provided fresh food to residents, and offered a sense of normalcy during a […]
In January 2022, Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (NESAWG) and Community Food Funders hosted a webinar to release an updated report on regional food systems written by two long-time NESAWG participants who are white. BIPOC attendees brought up concerns during the webinar about the webinar’s orientation toward and treatment of racial justice. Attendees noted that […]
In case you missed previous announcements, we sadly had to cancel our 2022 It Takes a Region conference. We will definitely miss our in-person gathering this Fall, but NESAWG will be reaching out to you in various ways as we dive deeper into our commitment to the region. We are committed to the Northeast region and […]
In case you missed previous announcements, we sadly had to cancel our 2022 It Takes a Region conference. We will definitely miss our in-person gathering this Fall, but NESAWG will be reaching out to you in various ways as we dive deeper into our commitment to the region. We are committed to the Northeast region and […]
Harvest New England Agricultural Marketing Conference and Trade Show The Harvest New England Agricultural Marketing Conference and Trade Show is New England’s premier agricultural marketing conference. Sponsored by the six New England State Departments of Agriculture, this biennial conference began in 2007. This will be the seventh conference. With more than 800 people in attendance […]
Harvest New England Agricultural Marketing Conference and Trade Show The Harvest New England Agricultural Marketing Conference and Trade Show is New England’s premier agricultural marketing conference. Sponsored by the six New England State Departments of Agriculture, this biennial conference began in 2007. This will be the seventh conference. With more than 800 people in attendance […]
Agroforestry: From Global Strategies to Wright-Locke Farm Speaker Series and Supper at Wright-Locke Farm Find out more “A Systems Exploration of Food Security in the Northeast” A Lecture with Dr. Kate Clancy Lecture Dr. Kate Clancy, a senior scholar in food systems, will be speaking at SUNY New Paltz. Find out more Building a Stronger […]
