The topic for this year’s day-long gathering was Food Hubs. Jeremy was asked to facilitate discussions about Emerging Technologies in Food Hubs. The topics unfortunately did not unearth “food hub technology” that we all thought might be there, but it was certainly an interesting discussion covering everything from phone Apps to food sovereignty to getting …
Client: Maine Farm & Sea Cooperative (MFSC) Site: MaineFarmAndSea.coop Projects: NationBuilder.com Discovery, Website Setup & Development; E-commerce Setup & Integration; Content Development & Implementation; Video Direction & Implementation; Media Production; Campaign Strategy & Development; Website Architecture Welcome to the nation’s first cooperative institutional dining service. Which, is the first time ever to challenge …
Project Review: the Maine Farm & Sea Cooperative Read More »
Client: Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) Site: LegalServicesFoodHub.org Projects: Website Architecture; Design Guidance & Implementation; WordPress Blog Strategy & Implementation This summer we got to work with CLF to improve a website for a service they coordinate focused on food hubs in New England. The site is a connector for food hubs looking for …
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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 …
Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) – We have until December 15 to comment Read More »
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 …
Terra Madre – The Global Network of Food & Political Action Read More »
It seems that on September 21, 2014, SNAP/EBT will no longer be free. I’m not sure it was ever entirely free, but there wasn’t a monthly fee. One company seems to be offering the equipment at $75/mo with no other fees and no long lease agreements on the equipment. Why the change? I guess it …
SNAP/EBT Benefits(a.k.a. food stamps) Add Cost For Retailers Read More »
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 …
Mayor’s Initiative for Healthy Sustainable Food Systems Drives Change in Portland, Maine Read More »
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 …
We found this new buying club that wanted to launch a COSTCO-like offering, but with better food from good sources, and as direct as possible. We support this kind of thing, and recommend it. It is both our business, and political action, to help make this happen. We wish them the best of luck in …
Food activism for the Internet Farmer keeps getting better and more interesting. Jeremy writes about his experience at buyingclubsoftware.com… Lakes Region Food Security Sub Committee Meetings
