Recognizing the considerable impact of federal policy on small farms and farmers, NESAWG has worked hard over the past several years to educate people and organizations in the Northeast around Farm Bill issues and to encourage them to play an active role in moving federal policy in a more sustainable direction. We are very concerned […]
GET INVOLVED There are many things you or your group can do to help build a more sustainable and secure regional food system. Here are a few you can do today! Become a NESAWG member. Join NEFOOD-L, a NESAWG-sponsored e-mail forum devoted to the topic of food systems in the Northeastern states Sign up for […]
USEFUL LINKS NESAWG Member organizations NESAWG’s Partners at Regional and National Level: National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture Other Regional SAWGs: Western, Midwest, Southern, California Eat Local: There are many reasons to buy local food. Here are 10 good ones, in case you’re not already convinced! Below are just a few of several websites that can […]
Billie Best Regional Farm and Food Project [email protected] Kate Duesterberg Cedar Circle Farm 802-785-4737 [email protected] Judith Gillan New England Small Farm Institute 413-323-4531 [email protected] Vern Grubinger Center for Sustainable Agriculture University of Vermont Extension 802-257-7967 [email protected] Jim Hanna New American Sustainable Ag Project Coastal Enterprises, Inc. 207-871-8266 [email protected] Liana Hoodes 845-744-2304 [email protected] Ruth Katz […]
NESAWG MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS Jump to: A B C E F G H I J M N O P R S T U V Y A Accokeek Foundation Ecosystem Farm Action of Church and Community Together Agriculture, Food and Environment Program, Tufts Univ. American Farmland Trust Back to Top B Berkshire Grown Biodynamic Farmland Conservation Trust […]
NESAWG trained twenty-four agriculture economic development practitioners from 12 Northeast. Strengthening ag development as an economic development activity is critical in our highly urbanized region. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) originated in this country in the Northeast, and there are more CSA farms in our region than in any other. NESAWG led a four-year project to […]
WHO ARE WE? History: In 1992, a small group of people concerned about the full range of food system issues — from field to table — gathered in a farmhouse in western Massachusetts. From that meeting, the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group was born. Since that time NESAWG has grown to nearly seventy member organizations […]
Publications Are We Being Served? A Regional Framework for U.S. Farm and Food Policy Are We Being Served? A Policy Checklist Supporting Buy Local Campaigns and Farm-to-Institution Projects: A Resource Manual CSA 2001: An Evolving Platform for Ecological and Economical Agricultural Marketing and Production Reporting on the Land Grant Stakeholder Rule: A Commentary for the […]
Navigating the Farm Bill Landscape… The good news is that there are many groups working on Farm Bill issues that are important to the Northeast. The not-so-good news is that it’s hard to track and figure out who’s advocating for what. Even harder is figuring out what actions to take, and when. In the months […]
