The PVGrows Spring Forum will be held May 22, 2013 at UMass Amherst. Thanks to UMass Dining Services for being our Lead Sponsor. ***Register Now*** Local Food for Schools, Hospitals, & Other Institutions How can we advance Farm to Institution connections in the Pioneer Valley? In a healthy food system, nutritious locally grown foods are [...]
Slow Money PV Chapter Meeting – May 22
The Slow Money Pioneer Valley Chapter is pleased to host its third meeting on May 22nd. The chapter formed in 2012 to catalyze community-based investment in the local food system by connecting investors, farmers and entrepreneurs in order to strengthen our local and regional food economy. Since our last meeting, we have formed a leadership [...]
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New Funds Available to Farm and Food Businesses
The PVGrows Loan Fund has announced our new partnership with the Fair Food Network. Pioneer Valley farm and food businesses applying for loans from the PVGrows Loan Fund are now eligible for business assistance funds. “This is an exciting development for local farm and food businesses who might be considering financing an expansion, but who don’t have [...]
“How well are you representing a vibrant food movement for the 21st century?”
By Kamilah Weeks, PVGrows Contributor “How did sustainability become an issue that was so easily put in a marginal category of people who are clearly not all like everyone else? The Prius driving, NPR-[listening], pinot noir drinking, fleece wearing, upper middle class white suburban folks? That is how we are perceived as a field. We’ve [...]
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