Land for Good
To work with American Farmland Trust and Conservation Law Foundation to engage and educate policymakers and support stakeholder efforts to advance public policy actions around farmland access and farm transfer in New England.
To work with American Farmland Trust and Conservation Law Foundation to engage and educate policymakers and support stakeholder efforts to advance public policy actions around farmland access and farm transfer in New England.
To provide technical assistance and educational resources to farmers and farmland owners in order to improve farmland access, transfer, and tenure for beginning and established farmers in New England.
To implement the Milk with Dignity Program in Ben & Jerry’s supply chain.
To develop a feasibility study of the interest of new American farm workers to organize farm labor pools to address the increasing shortage of available skilled agricultural labor in New England.
To support new American farmers in Maine and the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts and Connecticut to generate greater economic security for themselves, healthy food for local communities, and models for cooperative farm business development for the region’s farmers.
To advance policies supporting sustainable agriculture and food systems in the Northeast, and support food systems practitioners in being more effective policy advocates.
To use scientific consensus on environmental contributors to neurodevelopmental disorders to generate recommendations for policymakers and health professionals for significantly reducing harm from chemicals exposure, particularly during gestation and the early years of a child’s life.
To secure strong implementation of the Toxic Free Kids Act, and launch a campaign for the nation’s most forward-looking state healthy purchasing program.
To protect human health and the environment from the impacts of perfluoroalkyl substances, toxic flame retardants, phthalates, and lead via market and policy change.
To use strategic communications to enhance and expand the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative program for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.