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The Many Faces of Food Entrepreneurship

As Worcester considers its Urban Agriculture zoning ordinance, we’ve been doing a lot of talking about “food entrepreneurship,” one of those terms of art that sound fancy but may be hard to imagine. What is a food entrepreneur, exactly? You may think it refers to farms and restaurants, but there’s so much more to it […]

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Advocacy Alert: Support MEFAP and SNAP!

Action Alert: Support MEFAP and SNAP The Massachusetts budget season is in full swing, and we’re counting on our friends in the community to let legislators know the importance of funding good food policy. There are two important Food Policy Council priorities being considered in the upcoming budget battle – increased MEFAP funding and legislation […]

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Urban Agriculture Ordinance Update

Great News to Share! We were informed today by the city that the Urban Agriculture Ordinance will be submitted to the City Council at the February 28 City Council meeting. Based on that, and on other items that are on tonight’s City Council agenda, we’re going to confine our public remarks to one speaker in […]