We have until December 15 to comment on the re-proposed FSMA Produce Rule and Preventive Controls Rule from FDA. Here’s a brief synopsis, what to do, and why you might want to take this action… Where is this at right now? (as of this writing on 12/9/14) FSMA was written in to law in 2011 […]

After recently attending Slow Food’s Terra Madre conference held in October 2014 in Turin, Italy I find myself obsessed with the potential power of networks like Terra Madre for political and social action.  This global Terra Madre network is… “steeped in values that are revolutionary, that is, capable of changing our destiny, of transforming each

We really need to shorten the name of this initiative.  🙂 Since the forum in October, this article was published, and I thought it did a good job of summarizing what we’ve done in the last year, and some of the things we are working on. Helping more people grow their own food, watching the

About a year ago Jeremy helped organize a community food forum in Portland, ME with a group of folks who had the network and the funding to gather everyone we knew to talk about our food and how it comes to our plates. From that event Portland’s new Mayor, Mr. Michael Brennan formed the Mayor’s