Tag Archives: sustainable ag

Will the Real Family Farmer Please Stand up?

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Dodge

By Michelle Knapik Environment Program Director The beauty of the Sustainable Ag and Food System Funders Conference is its recipe for learning and relationship building. There were panel sessions that offered a rich mix of historical perspectives, policy issues, and movement … Continue reading →

Posted in Food & Food Systems | Tagged family farmers, food aggregators, food coops, industrial ag, Land Stewardship Project, Local Foods, real cost of food, sustainable ag | Leave a comment

Cooking Up a Healthy Food System

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Dodge

Michelle Knapik, Program Director (Click on the image for the Better World Cafe website) I recently returned from a 2.5 day food-land-people adventure that started in the “sustainable kitchen” of Elijah’s Promise, an anti-hunger organization in New Brunswick that buys … Continue reading →

Posted in Food & Food Systems | Tagged Center for Whole Communities, community cafe, CSA, emergence, farmland preservation, Food & Food Systems, Local Foods, sustainable ag, sustainable kitchen | 1 Comment