Want to make food more affordable? Boost workers’ buying power | Center for a Livable Future. Click the link above to be taken to the original blog post, written by Leo Horrigan at Center for a Livable Future, or read the full text of it below. It is a pet peeve of mine that all […]
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Presidents Budget Supports Nutrition Programs
From the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC): President Obama’s FY2014 Budget Supports Nutrition Programs; Includes Continued ARRA Boost Washington, D.C. – April 10, 2013 – With nearly one in five Americans saying they struggle to afford enough food for their households, President Barack Obama’s FY2014 budget, released today, protects and proposes to further […]
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NOFA & Worcester
Guest Post By Jenna Wills, FALPC Intern For this post Jenna spoke with Julie Rawson, Executive Director of NOFA/Mass. The Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) is a regional organization that has chapters in MA, CT, NY, NJ, VT, and RI. Their missionis to: “[to “foster] a community including farmers, gardeners, homesteaders, landscapers and consumers working […]
Cooking Matters in Central MA!
Guest Post by Jessica Caouette, Cooking Matters Central and Western MA Manager Who We Are and What We Do: Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters® teaches families at risk of hunger how to get more food for their money and better nourishment from those foods, as part of the No Kid Hungry campaign to end childhood […]