To create a real alternative to the giants in food service by establishing the Maine Farm and Sea Food Service Cooperative, which will bring together farmers, fishermen, distributors, food service workers, chefs, and consumers in cooperative ownership to provide local…
To promote federal chemicals policy reform and ensure strong implementation, beginning with regulatory rulemaking.
To develop a strategic Food Waste Roadmap to prioritize solutions that merge strong economic returns with the optimal social and environmental management of food waste that will help stakeholders make better business decisions, develop new policies, and direct capital toward…
To maintain strong engagement in chemicals policy reform efforts and market campaigns.
To keep New England a national leader in energy efficiency by adopting and fully implementing robust policies that achieve the full potential of all cost-effective energy efficiency by working in each New England state to educate new policymakers, promote new…
To expand Silent Spring Institute’s higher education network to incorporate chemicals use into their sustainability programs.
To ensure that the Brayton Point coal plant closes in 2017 and mobilize public support to redevelop the site in a way that best serves the environmental and economic needs of the local community.
To expand the New England Solar Challenge in New Hampshire and Rhode Island by: working with state and city officials to launch the program in at least ten cities in Rhode Island; establishing an “affinity” program that offers Solarize to…
To promote chemicals policy reforms at the federal and state levels, using civic engagement and policymaker education.
To serve as the “backbone” for New England’s growing farm-to-institution network, which is designed to build the market share for locally grown products in the region’s institutional food sector.