Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont
To meet the growing demand for local food while increasing farmer/producer financial viability by making improvements in the supply chain.
To meet the growing demand for local food while increasing farmer/producer financial viability by making improvements in the supply chain.
To build and strengthen support for statewide clean energy policies and programs that increase investments in renewable energy and efficiency, while reducing fossil fuel use in Maine.
To ensure that Maine farmers and food producers are able to ramp up production, particularly in Aroostook County, as demand increases for healthy, sustainable, and organic food throughout New England.
To protect people disproportionately affected by chemical hazards from toxic exposure through products sold at retail outlets aimed at low-income customers and leverage action by the largest “dollar store” chains that helps move the broader retail market toward full disclosure…
To continue developing the Maine Food Strategy, which seeks to create a food system that provides quality jobs; promotes sustainable use of resources; and supplies healthy, affordable, and accessible food for all Maine people.
To launch a fully integrated campaign to drive the hormone-disrupting class of chemicals known as phthalates out of the marketplace in favor of safer substitutes within the next five years, while leading new place-based market campaigns in Maine.
To reduce carbon pollution by expanding solar power, securing climate commitments, advancing offshore wind, and defending existing policies.
To increase use of new, rapid screening technologies for identifying chemicals in consumer products, and to apply collaborations with academic institutions in support of emerging market and policy campaigns.
To leverage demand from investors, retailers, and institutional purchasers to drive corporations to measure, disclose, and ultimately reduce their chemical footprints.
To focus on furniture containing chemical flame retardants as a strategy for building momentum for state-based extended producer responsibility policies that include a ban on these toxins in new furniture, as well as end-of-use management solutions for contaminated furniture that…