Getting Your Food in the Door: Tips for Targeting Institutional Buyers

This article is written by guest contributor, Holly Fowler, Co-founder and Managing Director of Northbound Ventures, a sustainability consulting firm based in Somerville, MA and focused on developing…

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A Guide to Buying and Selling Local Foods In New England for Buyers and Producers

Last month, Noelle and I had the pleasure of attending the SBN Local Food Trade Show. Fifty vendors and hundreds of other food producers and buyers were in attendance for a lively day of networking…

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The Local Meat Processing Landscape

As you may have read in the paper a few weeks ago, Blood Farms just burned down. Why is this a big deal? They were one of only three slaughterhouses in Massachusetts who service the nearly 100…

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Wholesale Food Production: The Roadmap

If you’re already producing food in a licensed environment, such as a restaurant or catering business, becoming a wholesale producer could be the next step for you to increase revenue by adding a new…

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Financing A Sustainable Food System in New England

by Lisa Sebesta How can we finance a sustainable food system in New England? In late January, 125 people gathered for a one-day session to tackle this question. Obviously, it’s difficult, if not…

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Food Hubs: What’s in a name?

I’ve been hearing a lot about food hubs lately, but it wasn’t until Iattended a workshop at NESAWG this past February that I fully understood what they are. What I’ve been calling aggregators…

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Urban Agriculture: Progress and Potential in Boston

Already at the forefront of the local food movement, Boston continues to become a better city for restauranteurs committed to sourcing foods locally and sustainably. The Boston Redevelopment…

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Food Security

During high school summer vacations, I worked in a gift catalogue warehouse. I loved climbing up the racks to pull inventory off the shelves and then packing them in boxes.  The machine that filled…

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Farmers and Chefs: Working Together

Last week I attended a farmer to farmer conference put on by the New Entry Sustainable Farming Project.  During the lunch break, I listened in on a conversation between two farmers discussing the…

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Local Food Systems

The books proliferate. The newspapers cover it, and the movies mainstream it: people want to know where their food comes from, and think more about creating a sustainable food environment. Meanwhile,…

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