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4/5/18

Why I Work to Dismantle White Supremacy in the Food System

4/5/18
“As white people we need to make a choice about how we’re going to be white in this world. We can be part of continuing white supremacy or we can be part of dismantling it.” -Jardana Peacock Access to land and food are human rights. In United States history, the connection between food apartheid and land access is clear, and we can trace racial injustice historically by analyzing present day
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4/3/18

I am guilty: Exploring my identity and values as an immigrant in food systems

4/3/18
I am guilty. I am guilty of drinking fair trade and organic coffee out of mason jars. I am guilty of supporting farm-to-table restaurants owned by white folks in communities of color. I am guilty of being one of the few people of color at the farmer's markets while the other patrons stare at my Afro-Latina looks in disbelief that I can afford and want to buy fresh produce. I am guilty of being
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3/8/18

Age Should Not Be A Limiting Factor When It Comes To Doing Food Systems Work

3/8/18
This post b y Vanessa Garcia Polanco and Amirio Freeman originally appeared on NESAWG’s blog . 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
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3/5/18

My Time on the Line

3/5/18
The Shah Family Foundation has been working closely with The Boston Public Schools Food and Nutritional Services and the City of Boston on a pilot project in East Boston schools that provides fresh, healthier food to students in BPS. This program creates finishing kitchens at satellite schools who have traditionally relied on frozen, vended meals. Students in these schools are now served fresh
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2/16/18

UNH announces joint recipients of Thomas W. Haas Professorship

2/16/18
On February 5th, UNH named Curtis Ogden and Karen Spiller as joint recipients of the Thomas W. Haas Professorship in Sustainable Food Systems. The professorship was established in 2013 with a $1 million gift to the Sustainability Institute at UNH from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, generated from a donor-advised fund established by Durham philanthropist Tom Haas. According to the
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