"Rooted in Community: A Proposal, a Localized Approach to Growing the Farm to Institution New England"

FINE, the Springfield Food Policy Council, the City of New Haven Food Policy Division, and the Cumberland County Food Security Council have submitted an application to the USDA for a three-year project under their 2022 Regional Food System Partnership program! We believe this community-led model is the future of farm to institution success: building strong community-driven foundations of FTI work that are woven and connected, and lead to big regional impact. As the network backbone organization for FTI work in New England, FINE is refocusing our strategy in alignment with this model.  READ MORE