We’ve received news about a bill to establish a Granite State Farm to Plate Program. From John Carroll: SB 141, a bill we have been working on to establish Granite State…
Category: policy and legislation
Strategic Opportunities for Sustaining NH’s Agricultural Renaissance
Are you involved with a NH group working to strengthen our food system? Then the NH Coalition for Sustaining Agriculture wants to hear from you! What issues are you working on? What…
Possible Moratorium on Northern Shrimp Season
From the Bangor Daily News: Maine shrimp industry in such dire straits season might be called off this year PORTLAND, Maine — Maine’s shrimp boats traditionally take to the waters…
GMO: Our Right to Know!
We know many are feeling disappointment about the defeat of proposition 37 in California, but there is actually a lot to celebrate. Prop 37 has exponentially elevated the GMO conversation, not…
Susan Clark on Slow Democracy, October 2
Slow Democracy — Rediscovering Community, Bringing Decision Making Back Home Susan Clark RiverRun Bookstore, 142 Fleet Street, Portsmouth, NH Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 7 pm Free and open to the…
Pass the Farm Bill, Now!
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement about Congress’ failure to pass comprehensive, multi-year food, farm and jobs legislation before the current law expires on Sept. 30, 2012: “In…
Public Lecture: Kathleen Merrigan, USDA Deputy Secretary, September 24
Public Lecture: Kathleen Merrigan, USDA Deputy Secretary The Sustainability Institute at UNH UNH Memorial Union Bldg – Theater I, Durham, NH Monday, September 24, 2012 4 pm Free and open…
GMO Labeling Update
An update on GMO labeling from New Hampshire Farms Network: Right now the U.S. Senate is working to hammer out the final details on the farm bill and it isn’t pretty….
Local Food & Community Self-Governance Forum, June 18
From Food for Maine’s Future: Local Food and Community Self-Governance Forum #1 Planned for Blue Hill A community forum will be held at the Blue Hill Town Hall on Monday,…
2012 Farm Bill Supports Diversified Farming
Deborah Mcdermott reports on the inclusion of the Local Farms, Food and Jobs Act in the 2012 Farm Bill, and other good news. From SeacoastOnline: Score one in Washington for…
Action Alert: Tell Congress to Support Local Food in the 2012 Farm Bill
Action Alert on the Farm Bill 2012, via the Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA): Next week, the Senate Agriculture Committee will start writing its version of the 2012…
America Wants GMOs Labeled
The campaign, Just Label It, succeeded in delivering a petition asking the FDA to label genetically engineered food, with a record breaking one million public comments. As their infographic shows,…