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U P C O M I N G E V E N T S
First Annual Meeting of NEFU Membership and Friends
NEFU invites you to our first annual meeting! Wednesday, December 15 from 2–9:00PM at the Doyle Conservation Center located in Leominster, Massachusetts.
[read more]
Upcoming Policy Presentations
NEFU is arranging a series of Sustainable Agriculture, Energy, and Climate Policy presentations throughout New Hampshire. The first sessions are scheduled as follows with more to come:
September 18: Littleton Food Co-op
September 18: AMC Highlands Center
Check back for more details.
CISA's Women In Agriculture Network invites you to join us for two workshop opportunities:
Are Value-Added Products Right For You?
Thursday, September 16th, 5:30-8:30 pm
at the Franklin County Community Development Corporation
324 Wells St, Greenfield, MA
Please RSVP by Monday, September 13th
to Devon at 413-665-7100 or devon@buylocalfood.org.
and
Whole Farm Planning for Beginning Women Farmers
This is a 10-workshop series that has 5 sessions held in the winter months (beginning in November) and 5 farm tour sessions in spring and summer. Dates are being scheduled now. Check out our website to hear what 2010 attendee had this to say about their participation and to complete an application form.
If you are interested in learning more or jumping in and signing up for this program, please contact Devon Whitney-Deal at phone 413-665-7100 x22 or email devon@buylocalfood.org by October 1, 2010.
First Annual Meeting of NEFU Membership and Friends
NEFU invites you to our first annual meeting! Wednesday, December 15 from 2–9:00PM at the Doyle Conservation Center located in Leominster, Massachusetts.
[read more]
Upcoming Policy Presentations
NEFU is arranging a series of Sustainable Agriculture, Energy, and Climate Policy presentations throughout New Hampshire. The first sessions are scheduled as follows with more to come:
September 18: Littleton Food Co-op
September 18: AMC Highlands Center
Check back for more details.
CISA's Women In Agriculture Network invites you to join us for two workshop opportunities:
Are Value-Added Products Right For You?
Thursday, September 16th, 5:30-8:30 pm
at the Franklin County Community Development Corporation
324 Wells St, Greenfield, MA
Please RSVP by Monday, September 13th
to Devon at 413-665-7100 or devon@buylocalfood.org.
and
Whole Farm Planning for Beginning Women Farmers
This is a 10-workshop series that has 5 sessions held in the winter months (beginning in November) and 5 farm tour sessions in spring and summer. Dates are being scheduled now. Check out our website to hear what 2010 attendee had this to say about their participation and to complete an application form.
If you are interested in learning more or jumping in and signing up for this program, please contact Devon Whitney-Deal at phone 413-665-7100 x22 or email devon@buylocalfood.org by October 1, 2010.
Going beyond the Farmers Market: Taking the Next Step Toward a Secure New England Food System, October 20–22, 2010, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and ConnecticutFrom October 20-22, 2010, Brittany Jablonsky, National Farmers Union (NFU) Government Relations Representative, will be touring southern New England to meet with farmers, fishermen, nurserymen, consumers, and other stakeholders to discuss how New England can strengthen its voice for agriculture and food system policy in Washington, DC. [read more]
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Join us
in D.C.Do you want to feel heard in Washington, DC? What better way than to walk the halls of Congress, talk with legislators and their staffs, and meet with administration employees who run programs that impact New England every day.
From September 12-15, the National Farmers Union is inviting farmers, fishermen, and consumers from all 25 Farmers Union chapters to meet with lawmakers. [read more]
Dairy Policy Reform:
Finding the Right Path for New England Dairy Farmers
Notes from 7 meetings in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont August 17-19, 2010
From August 17-August 19, 2010, Chandler Goule, Vice President for Government Relations at the National Farmers Union (NFU), Annie Cheatham, President of New England Farmers Union (NEFU), and Erbin Crowell, Executive Director for the Neighboring Food Coop Association (NFCA), travelled around New England to discuss dairy policy reform, government workshops about consolidation in the food industry, food safety and ways food co-op members and other consumers can help farmers thrive in New England. [read more to learn about the policy discussions]
NEFU Receives $202,799 Conservation Innovation Grant
The New England Farmers Union (NEFU) is pleased to announce that we have been awarded a Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) to develop greenhouse gas offsets derived from regional growers and landowners and then make the offsets available to colleges, utilities, and other New England companies. [read more]
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