NESAWG Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group The Region’s Food and Farm Network October 7, 2016 Presenters: Jessica Culley & Leila Borrero Krouse (CATA- The Farmworkers Support Committee) What is the role of advocates for sustainable agriculture in promoting the rights of farmworkers? Can we build a truly sustainable food system without considering the critical role played by […]
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 […]
Ethan Oringel Shelly Smith Seacoast Eat Local Asiyah Kurtz Jessica Bradley Jen Faigel CommonWealth Kitchen Tyler Brodie Vernon Family Farm Lisa Hodaei Delaware Nature Society Phil Wilson Lost Arts Collaborative of North America, Inc. Jenn Bassman Groundswell Center for Local Food and Farming Stacy Haught The Ohio State University Gibson Durnford Sustainable Origins Maynard Clark […]
Home › Our Work › Discussion & Work Groups › A fair and free press is critical for a thriving democracy; essential if the public and the politicians representing us are to make responsible choices and good policy. Yet, even in the most traditionally respected news and academic sources, we find misrepresentations in — and […]
The need for NEFKE was initially identified through conversations over several years within the Research and Assessment Working Group of NESAWG. Members voiced common challenges in accessing, using and sharing data and information supporting and assessing food systems work. And because it was hard to know who else was doing what across the region (with […]
As part of our mission to help build a sustainable, just and economically vibrant region, NESAWG shares information with network participants about our food system and encourages active involvement through our research and education efforts. These include: Publications NESAWG has developed seminal reports and studies in collaboration with our participating organizations. These include New England Food Policy: Building a Sustainable […]
FINDINGS OF THE 2015 NATIONAL FOOD HUB SURVEY Food Hubs Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems The 2015 National Food Hub Survey and its predecessor, the 2013 National Food Hub Survey, represent a broad effort to aggregate national level data on the characteristics and impact of food hubs Read this publication Selling Off […]
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Lesley University Brattle Campus 99 Phillips Place, Cambridge, MA 02138 Join The Privilege Institute at Lesley University for this landmark regional symposium as the national White Privilege Conference brings to New England, for the first time, its acclaimed, robust model of engagement and action. Join frontline New England racial justice activists, academics, and artists as we […]
NESAWG Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group The Region’s Food and Farm Network Home › Our Work › Research & Education › Are you a professor, graduate student, farmer or other food systems practitioner working on a northeast regional research project that you want our community to know about? Submit it here! We will post notices […]
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NESAWG Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group The Region’s Food and Farm Network October 7, 2016 Presenters: Jessica Culley & Leila Borrero Krouse (CATA- The Farmworkers Support Committee) What is the role of advocates for sustainable agriculture in promoting the rights of farmworkers? Can we build a truly sustainable food system without considering the critical role played by […]
