To seek a federal ban on the outdoor production of pharmaceutical and industrial crops; strengthen the regulatory framework for all agricultural biotechnology products; and assess the role genetically engineered products and sustainable practices play in confronting the looming crises of…
To harmonize state and federal environmental health advocacy seeking to ban the endocrine disruptor Bisphenol A from food and beverage containers; and to infuse a breast cancer prevention and a public health perspective into the debate on federal chemical policy…
To provide Upper Valley farmers in Vermont with enough viable markets that their businesses can survive and expand.
To seize the opportunity that the Obama Administration presents to fundamentally reform US domestic and foreign policy on hazardous chemicals, with coordinated actions to improve regulatory requirements for chemical manufacturers, and to stimulate the United States’ re-emergence as a global…
To promote agricultural economic development, land and job preservation and new, value-added entrepreneurial enterprises in Vermont.
To launch an annual event celebrating Vermont’s leading position in the artisan and farmstead cheese industry.
To publish a comparative analysis examining the costs of continuing to operate New Hampshire’s only coal-fired power plant versus employing clean energy alternatives.
To retain a professional facilitator for a Department of Environmental Protection-sponsored stakeholder group that will discuss toxic chemicals in children’s products in Maine.
To provide general support for this self-directed consortium of foundations that works to promote and improve grantmaking in biodiversity among its members.
To conduct public education on wind energy and promote wind energy projects in Maine.