Southcoast Food Policy Council News
Contact your State Legislators to Prevent Cuts to HIP!
October 23, 2024
The state-funded Healthy Incentives Program (HIP) helps people on fixed or low incomes who use SNAP (the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) buy nutritious vegetables and fruit from local farmers at participating farmer's markets, mobile markets, farm stands, and CSAs...
October 2024 MI Newsletter
October 15, 2024
Marion Institute's October 2024 Newsletter featuring upcoming events, happenings, and program announcements.
2024 Virtual Candidate Forum – District 10, Bristol County
October 7, 2024
The Marion Institute's Southcoast Food Policy Council's hosted a VIRTUAL Candidate Forum on Tuesday, October 22, 2024. Learn how your candidates in District 10 (Fairhaven, Mattapoisett, Marion, Rochester, South West New Bedford) of Bristol County plans on addressing the food system concerns and aspirations of their constituents.
2024 Food Summit Highlights & Resources: Shifting Perspectives from Food Security to Food Sovereignty
September 27, 2024
September 18th, 2024 the Southcoast Food Policy Council hosted a virtual Food Summit: Shifting Perspectives from Food Security to Food Sovereignty from 6-8pm. The Keynote speaker was Alison Cohen from National Right to Food Community of Practice.
September 2024 MI Newsletter
September 1, 2024
Marion Institute's September 2024 Newsletter featuring upcoming events, happenings, and program announcements.
August 2024 MI Newsletter
August 15, 2024
Marion Institute's August 2024 Newsletter featuring upcoming events, happenings, and program announcements.
June 2024 MI Newsletter
June 1, 2024
June Events from Your Friends at the Marion Institute... Join us in a discussion with world renowned trauma research author Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., whose book The Body Keeps the Score has been translated into 43 languages and remains on the New York Times Bestseller List. Also, challenge yourself to "Eat Local" with us!
Ithaca (NY) Rotary Awards Grant to Rancho Mastatal of Costa Rica, an MI Greenhouse Initiative
February 26, 2024
The Ithaca Rotary Club has awarded two $5,000 grants to nonprofit groups in Kenya and Costa Rica for projects that will tackle climate change. In Costa Rica, the Mastate Charitable Foundation is developing a family-run fruit tree and vegetable farm that demonstrates a new model for food production, which reduces the reliance on agricultural chemicals while drawing carbon from the atmosphere.
