Massachusetts Food System Collaborative
Massachusetts Food System Collaborative

Tag: Farmers Markets

Race and equity in the food system

Our food system, like our country, was constructed within a systemically racist framework. As healthy food relies on healthy soil, a healthy food system relies on practices based on an understanding of this framework and a commitment to dismantling it.

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Guidance on safely opening Farmers Markets

As the COVID 19 pandemic expanded, local boards of health and other municipal bodies, along with market managers, vendors, and shoppers, understandably became concerned about how to operate farmers markets safely. Most winter markets were cancelled and some summer market openings were put on hold.   Following the release of state guidance from MDAR and […]

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