Blog

Keep up with the latest policy news, USDA Funding Announcements, and food systems happenings in the Northeast.

Dec 28, 2022

NESAWG embarks on a new chapter in 2023

Dec 28, 2022

See how Jason’s organic farm inspires our own change!

Oct 27, 2022

NESAWG interviewed Karla Nicholson, Executive Director of Haymarket People’s Fund, a New England-based grant making foundation that went through a deep anti-racism transformation involving a multi-year process that started in the late 1990s, took shape in the early 2000s, and is still ongoing. 

Oct 14, 2022

NESAWG is focusing on our Racial Equity-focused Organizational & Regional Transformation Work. Learn more about that process and how we are framing the next steps!

Oct 14, 2022

In January 2022, a legacy project that culminated in a report and webinar was presented to the NESAWG community and met with backlash for failing to center BIPOC perspectives and anti-racist analyses. In April, NESAWG held a network conversation about growth, lessons learned and future building. Read the recap here!

Aug 31, 2022

This month we chatted with Pollinator Pathway Board Member, Louise Washer to learn more about her work and the importance of pollinator gardens.

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.

Jun 30, 2022

On April 2022, Lakota Chief Arvol Looking Horse issued a call to all peoples and all faiths around the globe to come in unity for the protection and healing of Mother Earth. Narragansett Indian Tribal Elders, in partnership with Native Green, echoed that call and held a sunrise and a sunset ceremony by the Ocean on January 21st on unceded territory in what is now known as the state of Rhode Island. NESAWG interviewed Bella Noka, Narragansett Tribal Elder.

Jun 09, 2022

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Jun 01, 2022

Thank you for joining our June 22nd Regional Food Systems Panel!