This photo captures Northeast winter market vegetables: cold stored and fermented. Once the sandy soil is washed away a fresh crisp sweet vegetable is revealed -- as if just pulled out of the ground.

 

Riverbank Farm will be at the Sam Bridge Market selling their cold stored and fermented produce throughout the winter! Temperatures pending, they might have fresh baby kale and lettuce.

 

Learn more about Riverbank Farm  HERE.

The New York Times' Uncharted Waters: A series on the causes and consequences of disappearing water, is a stunning account of our most precious natural resource.

 

According to their findings, decades of “unchecked overuse” and the illusion of infinite availability threatens millions of people, including America's “status as an industrial food superpower.”

 

Learn more HERE. 

New England Feeding New England is a project of the New England State Food System Planners Partnership,which mobilizes networks to strengthen and grow the regional food system. The partnership conducted research which produced significant findings on what it would take for New England to produce 30% of its own food by 2030. The Connecticut State Brief is a snapshot of what is possible for Connecticut. It's a fantastic resource and well worth exploring!

 

Learn more HERE.

According to Civil Eats, “The food system bears a disproportionate impact on communities of color, ranging from the farmworkers struggling to feed themselves even as they harvest the nation’s produce to the BIPOC farmers who are often shut out from crucial financing and other resources.” The Civil Eats Editors did a deep dive into how people are working towards a just food system in their communities. They compiled their best food justice stories of 2023 onto one webpage. 

 

Learn more HERE.

USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service works to end hunger and improve food and nutrition security through a suite of 16 nutrition assistance programs, such as the school breakfast and lunch programs, WIC and SNAP. 

 

The USDA recently announced that 35 states, all five U.S. territories and four tribes plan to be the first to launch the new, permanent summer grocery benefits program for children – known as Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer - in summer of 2024. Nearly 21 million children are expected to be recipients. This is a crucial step towards systemically addressing childhood hunger. 

 

Learn more HERE.