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 […]
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Farmers For Chicago
Below is a press release sent by Growing Power, an exciting and innovative non-profit that does urban food systems work. It announces a new program in Chicago, “Farmers For Chicago” that is being supported by the City of Chicago, the USDA, as well as other non-profits. I’m sharing the press release because it succinctly describes […]
Majora Carter: “Economic Diversity Will Save Our Communities”
Just as I suspected, Majora Carter’s speech and presentation at Worcester State University this morning was awe-inspiring, motivating, exciting, and rejuvenating. She was at WSU as part of their Courageous Conversations series and she presented on her life and work in the South Bronx. I first learned of Majora’s work when she founded and led […]
A Soda Ban in Worcester? Not Likely.
[brightcove vid=2221817338001&exp3=821618942001&surl=http://c.brightcove.com/services&pubid=821308279001&pk=AQ~~,AAAAvznJyNk~,ySIaKlvw3DChgupE0IN9SZ4k03wPY_dt&w=300&h=225] Yes, I said, “sugar is bad for all of your organs.” It was one of those sound bites I was really hoping would not be used, but, alas it was. I’m sure sugar is bad for all of your organs in some way, but mostly it was a pretty unplanned statement that just […]
WPI Center for Sustainable Food Systems
In a college town like Worcester, the many colleges and universities are an amazing resource for the community and for coalitions like ours. They provide resources in the way of student volunteers and interns, as well as the capability to do research projects to benefit organizations such as ours that have very little capacity to […]