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Vermont leads again
“Vermont is now officially, quantitatively the number one state in the union for local foods two years running, according to Strolling of the Heifers’ 2013 Locavore Index.” Having spent some of the...
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Building a Racially Just Food Movement | IATP Food and Community Fellows
“Undoing racism in the food system requires more than good intentions. We must act, employing thoughtful strategies to attack polices and practices that uphold systemic racism. Additionally, and...
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Vermont Feasibility Report
Very proud to release the Vermont Feasibility Market Currency Report this week. I was contracted last fall to do this work by Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Marketing (VAAFM) in partnership...
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Women farmers doubled
Posted by Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan, on April 29, 2013 “A study released today by USDA’s Economics Research Service, Characteristics of Women Farm Operators and Their Farms found...
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USDA report: Nutrition Assistance in Farmers Markets: Understanding Current...
I have begun to take notes on the 799 page report released by the USDA last week (authored by Westat) on nutrition assistance programs managed at markets/with direct marketing farmers. This (FM Ops) is...
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UC Berkeley Occupy Farm is plowed under by police but already replants
By Judith Scherr and Doug Oakley ALBANY — About 50 Occupy the Farm activists returned to a piece of land Monday evening to replant vegetables plowed under earlier in the day after UC Berkeley police...
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40 organizations
Food Tank, one of my favorite new think tanks, is highlighting organizations worldwide doing good work. It’s a good list, although a bit of a surprise what is here and what is not…...
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Public Farmers?
I often have discussions with people about the term public markets, I assume partly because it is on my business card! I wanted to share these two market definitions: the first done by Project for...
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Nutrition Assistance Report Part II
More quotes and odds and ends from the Nutrition Assistance Project Report. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, Office of Research and Analysis, Nutrition Assistance in Farmers...
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Where you from?
http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2013/05/31/michigan-tracks-cattle-from-birth-to-plate/
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State and Network Leader Discussion Series
Calling all State Association and Market Network Leaders: Please register for the FMC State and Network Leader webinar discussion on July 8th, at 4pm EST/1 PST. We will be discussing the Mobile Market...
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The MOON magazine | The Future of Food
This month we gather around the topic of food—a subject everyone loves. Food is the great convenor, the global common denominator, the alchemical substance that pulls parties into the kitchen, makes...
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The Crop Hop: Celebrating Family Farmers & Supporting Farm Advocacy
The Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA’s mission is to cultivate markets, policies, and communities that sustain thriving, socially just, and environmentally sound family farms. RAFI works...
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Maryland Food System Map | Center for a Livable Future
This is one of my favorite food system sites . Wouldn’t it be great if each state and every regional projects collected and shared this type of visual data? A screen shot of the Maryland Food System...
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Vermont Law School Helps Farmers Markets and CSAs
Good overview of the new Center for Agriculture and Food Systems at Vermont Law School that Laurie Ristino is heading. I am honored to be part of one of their first grants to help markets, written in...
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Notes from Farmers Markets In Low-Income Communities webinar
Farmers markets in low-income communities webinar August 29, 2013 Speaker 1: Mukethe Kawinzi, Project Coordinator, The Food Trust Farmers markets are an effective means to bring fresh and healthy means...
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Can Public Health Unite the Good Food Movement? | Civil Eats
Although this is a vital article on the breadth of the problems and issues that face the fight for the farm bill, I hesitate to wrap the entire alternative food and farming movement inside of a crisis,...
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2013 Sustainable Cleveland Summit
As a food system organizer and researcher, I try to find events to attend that draw together many different sectors and initiatives. Last year, this sustainability conference focused on Local Foods and...
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National 2013 Food Hub Survey-NFGN
Authored by Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems & The Wallace Center at Winrock International From the Executive Summary: Findings from the survey showed that food hubs...
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Waste not
40% of our food is wasted; 25% is wasted by the consumer. Great points to share with your community. Sustainable America
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