Workshop at the 2017 Community Food Systems Conference

CDI’s Jonah Fertig is leading a workshop at the 2017 Community Food Systems Conference in Boston. The conference will bring together leaders in, and advocates of, food security, sustainable agriculture and social justice movements to discuss their range of perspectives, how these areas overlap, and how to support one another’s work.

More information on the workshop:

New American Farmers & Co-op Farm Innovators
New Americans are working together in the Northeast to access land, markets, equipment and infrastructure. These cooperatives are helping to build equity and economic security for New Americans. Through this workshop, you will learn about New American cooperatives, how you can support them and how to start cooperative farms.

Jonah Fertig, Director of Cooperative Food Systems at the Cooperative Development Institute, works with people in the food system, particularly New Americans, to form cooperatives. He co-founded Local Sprouts Cooperative and Maine Farm & Sea Cooperative. He’s on the board of Cooperative Fund of New England and Maine Food Strategy.