Network News

Jan 01, 2023

NESAWG undertook this project in the fall of 2022 to begin to assess Northeast positioning going into the 2023 Farm Bill year. We asked network respondents about the quality and quantity of their congressional relationships, their priorities for the Farm Bill, and their needs for regional coordination. Here are the results.

Jul 12, 2022

As we all know, the Northeast has been hit with extreme high temperatures, much like other areas of the country, of Europe, and of the entire world. Farmers, growers, animals, plants- we are all feeling it. Sadly, this might result in “heatflation” - a further rise in food prices due to heat, drought, wildfires, bodies of water drying up, pest invasion, and entire crop production being severely compromised.

May 19, 2022

Intentional and systemic racism and historic disinvestment in Black communities has led to the circumstances of the tragic white-supremacist terrorist attack that left ten people dead and three wounded at a neighborhood grocery store on Saturday. We are calling on policy makers to implement policies that will end acute and chronic violence against Black people. We are calling on policy makers and everyone to invest in Black communities and Black-led initiatives. We are calling on people to exert pressure on elected officials and everyone in their sphere of influence to demand an end to extreme and chronic violence toward Black people.

Jan 01, 2022

NESAWG undertook this project in the fall of 2022 to begin to assess Northeast positioning going into the 2023 Farm Bill year. We asked network respondents about the quality and quantity of their congressional relationships, their priorities for the Farm Bill, and their needs for regional coordination. Here are the results.

Aug 17, 2021

Submit your nominations for the recipient of NESAWG's 2021 Mutual Aid Award - nominations due September 15, 2021.

Nov 19, 2020

Learn how direct service organizations, non profits, activists, and community members tackled food insecurity in Kingston, NY.

Jul 06, 2020

NESAWG convenes a group of food systems organizations and leaders who engage collectively with the Northeast Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NEASDA) at their annual meeting and throughout the year. We can’t engage in person this year, so we are compiling an online publication to show our state Departments of Agriculture how sustainable agriculture and food systems stakeholders use federal, state, and local programs in innovative ways to improve our regional food system. If you have a story about a federal, state, or municipal program or policy, fill out this form to tell us briefly about your effort and we will be in touch to discuss how we can share your story.

Jun 18, 2020

We spoke to farmer, community activist, and one of the founders of The Cooperative Gardens Commission (CGC), Nate Kleinman, who shared the vision for the CGC, and what they are doing to facilitate resource sharing between people who have growing knowledge and resources and the people who need them.

May 13, 2020

With donations from local farms and support from local non-profit ADK Action and the Adirondack Foundation, Hub on the Hill was able to start creating EFPs (emergency food packages).

May 13, 2020

Food Not Bombs Providence is supporting its residents by delivering groceries with produce recovered from restaurants and local farms in Pawtucket, RI.