…eat for better health. This means increasing the availability of healthy food close by, by working to provide food sources within “food deserts”; and improving local residents’ ability to afford…
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Home E Search query for: blog blog tag sustainable agriculture and food systems Implementing Community Programs We help partners launch programs and projects that emerge as community priorities. Scroll down…
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Home E Search query for: blog blog tag sustainable agriculture and food systems Community Planning: Working with Stakeholders We work with stakeholders who share our goals to identify policy, systems,…
Mobile markets make local food accessible
…food delivery service. GFN purchased local produce from 26 different farms and got it to folks experiencing food insecurity — 260,000 pounds to date, delivered as tens of thousands of food…
$100,000 Urban Agenda Grant Awarded to Enhance Food Security and Community Leadership in Hampshire County
…boasts a thriving local food economy with over 700 farms generating more than $46 million annually. However, disparities in healthy food access and workforce participation persist. The Food Policy Leaders…
PraacticalAAC Blog Post by Jeanne Tuthill
Jeanne Tuthill, an assistive technology specialist at the CCATT Center, has prepared a post for Carole Zangari’s PracticalAAC Blog, and we are pleased to share the blog with you: If…
Mohawk gets planning grant for agricultural program
…officials are planning to create a career path for secondary students to study sustainable agriculture and food systems. The program would be in collaboration with Greenfield Community College and with…
Wanted: Members for Hampshire County Food Policy Council
…a systemic lack of access to healthy food. The goal of the Hampshire County Food Policy Council, funded by a state grant, is to give people that are experiencing food…
For the Hampshire County Food Policy Council (HCFPC), community leadership is at the heart of their work.
…accessible, with accommodations that include interpretation. Like Food Policy Councils nationwide, the HCFPC will identify and propose innovative solutions to make local food systems more economically and environmentally sustainable and…
Franklin Tech students take agriculture know-how to national convention
Nine Franklin County Technical School students embraced last week’s national FFA Convention and Expo as an invaluable opportunity to connect with agriculturally inclined youth from all over the country. FFA,…