Good Shepherd Food Bank
To support efforts to regionalize the Mainers Feeding Mainers (MFM) model by supporting other New England food banks in increasing their sourcing of regional food.
To support efforts to regionalize the Mainers Feeding Mainers (MFM) model by supporting other New England food banks in increasing their sourcing of regional food.
To implement a price on fossil fuels that accounts for the carbon pollution those fuels create and by reinvesting the revenue in Rhode Islands economy to create jobs.
To work with hospitals in Massachusetts and New Hampshire to invest in energy efficiency and clean energy, and to recruit health care representatives as champions for clean energy policy.
To convene the University of Vermont and University of New Hampshire co-op extension to develop a plan for combining forces in the coming year to more efficiently and effectively assist vegetable growers in the two states.
To enable sustainable agriculture and food systems advocates to attend the National Association of State Directors of Agriculture annual meeting.
To evaluate the cost effectiveness, electric system reliability, and carbon impacts of proposed natural gas development and other energy options in New England in order to inform public debate and policy decisions about regional energy investments.
To convene nonprofit groups and funders to discuss carbon pricing proposals throughout the country with the goal of harnessing market forces to accelerate reductions in carbon pollution.
To continue the coal campaign, which includes hiring two temporary organizers focused on achieving closure of Connecticut’s Bridgeport Harbor plant and expanding the grassroots movement for clean energy by connecting it to local opponents to natural gas infrastructure.
To advance adoption of safer alternatives to toxic chemicals across supply chains through direct engagement with corporations.
To promote state-level chemicals policy reforms and increase involvement in market campaigns, especially those that pertain to toxic flame retardant chemicals.