What do you do? As NESAWG’s Policy Associate, I offer our network of organizations and stakeholders from all over the 12-state Northeast region avenues for engagement with federal policies that affect regional farming and food systems, with a particular focus on building our work in the Mid-Atlantic. My ultimate goal is to empower our network […]
By Vanessa Garcia Polanco and Amirio Freeman Last fall, we attended the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group’s 2017 It Takes a Region Conference, thanks to generous scholarship support provided by NESAWG. Vanessa was selected as conference presenter and also as a youth delegate for NESAWG’s Youth Advocacy Day in Washington, DC, and Amirio attended the […]
by Kathy Ruhf, Food Systems Consultant For seven years a multidisciplinary team of more than 40 researchers has explored the extent to which a more robust regional food system in the Northeastern U.S. could improve food access in low-income communities and improve the long-term food security of the entire Northeast. Enhancing Food Security in the […]
by Kathy Ruhf, Food Systems Consultant For seven years a multidisciplinary team of more than 40 researchers has explored the extent to which a more robust regional food system in the Northeastern U.S. could improve food access in low-income communities and improve the long-term food security of the entire Northeast. Enhancing Food Security in the […]
What you do: I am the conference manager for NESAWG’s 2018 It Takes a Region conference. This year our annual conference will be held in Philadelphia, my hometown. I will assist in bringing together dynamic individuals and organizations, presenters, participants, and practitioners who have a desire to share knowledge of food systems and come together to work towards equity and food justice. […]
What you do: I am the conference manager for NESAWG’s 2018 It Takes a Region conference. This year our annual conference will be held in Philadelphia, my hometown. I will assist in bringing together dynamic individuals and organizations, presenters, participants, and practitioners who have a desire to share knowledge of food systems and come together to work towards equity and food justice. […]
As the Executive Director of NESAWG I feel extremely lucky to learn from and partner with hundreds of dedicated and passionate people making the food system more sustainable and just. Our network includes labor activists fighting for farm and food chain workers’ rights, youth leaders growing food on urban farms, civil rights leaders fighting against […]
As the Executive Director of NESAWG I feel extremely lucky to learn from and partner with hundreds of dedicated and passionate people making the food system more sustainable and just. Our network includes labor activists fighting for farm and food chain workers’ rights, youth leaders growing food on urban farms, civil rights leaders fighting against […]
NESAWG staff and board strongly condemn our government’s inhumane and unjust actions against immigrants. We call for humane treatment for everyone seeking to enter this country, whether they are escaping violence, pursuing a better life, or joining family members who already live here. We acknowledge that all people except those indigenous to this land are settlers […]
NESAWG staff and board strongly condemn our government’s inhumane and unjust actions against immigrants. We call for humane treatment for everyone seeking to enter this country, whether they are escaping violence, pursuing a better life, or joining family members who already live here. We acknowledge that all people except those indigenous to this land are settlers […]
Keep up with the latest policy news, USDA Funding Announcements, and food systems happenings in the Northeast. The Cooperative Gardens Commission Jun 18, 2020 Find out more Local Food for Everyone May 13, 2020 Find out more COVID Policy Round-Up: Food Systems Aid So Far and to Come May 13, 2020 Find out more FARMING […]
November 12, 2015 2:30pm to November 14, 2015 2:30pm Saratoga Hilton, Saratoga Springs, NY NESAWG’s 2015 It Takes a Region Conference will be Nov 12-14 in Saratoga Springs, NY. Come join us for pre-conferences on the 12, followed by two days of workshops, plenaries, discussion forums, and networking. Our theme: PUTTING MOVE IN THE MOVEMENT! […]
November 12, 2015 2:30pm to November 14, 2015 2:30pm Saratoga Hilton, Saratoga Springs, NY NESAWG’s 2015 It Takes a Region Conference will be Nov 12-14 in Saratoga Springs, NY. Come join us for pre-conferences on the 12, followed by two days of workshops, plenaries, discussion forums, and networking. Our theme: PUTTING MOVE IN THE MOVEMENT! […]
Kari Hamerschlag, Anna Lappe, and Stacy Malkan In response to skyrocketing growth in organic and non-GMO food sales, food and agrochemical companies have spent hundreds of millions of dollars over the past several years on stealth communications campaigns designed to defend industrial agriculture, sway opinion leaders and win over skeptical consumers, according to a new […]
