A policy update from Food Solutions New England
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Visionary, regional policy is a critical avenue for achieving climate resilience in the face of the multiple, intersecting crises impacting the food system and world. These are crises spurred by the negative impacts of an industrialized food system that hoards land and capital, spreads toxins across the landscape, and touts economies of scale as the answer to feeding the world. Soil health, in particular, is linked to these and many other concerns affecting the health of people and the environment. Healthy soil has far-reaching social and environmental ramifications for our regional food systems – community food security and nutrition, farmer livelihoods, farm worker health, and more. As federal funding flows into the region through the Inflation Reduction Act, the Justice40 Initiative, and other legislative and administrative actions, state soil health policy and action for regional climate resilience is more important than ever. They hope that this update serves to bridge awareness of policy and action taking place across New England as it pertains to supporting the building of healthy soils.
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