Washington, DC
support for a collaborative effort with USDA’s FoodLINC (Leveraging Investment for Network Coordination) program, to conduct a three-year effort aimed at building and leveraging strategic alliances between producers of healthy, sustainably grown food and institutional purchasers and anchor institutions in the Chesapeake Region (MD/VA/DC).
Washington, DC
for the project “From Planning to Action: Growing Maryland’s Food System Coalition,” a continuation of its work to convene stakeholders in an effort to foster collaboration and collective action at the state level in Maryland that resulted in the creation of the draft Maryland Food Charter over the past year.
Easton, MD
for establishment of the Chesapeake Harvest Food Distribution Network project, a food hub, or a center for food aggregation, distribution, and education designed to promote and increase the supply of environmentally sustainably grown foods, create year-round jobs with fair wages, build an educated consumer base, and build commerce and connectivity between urban and rural communities.
San Francisco, CA
for “Envisioning a Healthier Food and Farming System: A Scoping Project to Advance Sustainable Agriculture,” an extensive research effort designed to identify the precise drivers of health, environmental, and climate harm caused by the food and agriculture system.
Columbia, MD
www.centerforemergingmedia.org
for Sound Bites (on Delmarva), a weekly radio show that investigates and educates issues of food and the food system in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
Easton, MD
support for MRC’s two Riverkeepers, the Miles-Wye and the Choptank, and their work to advocate for clean water policies at the state and local level.
Annapolis, MD
to support work to strengthen and institutionalize the Chesapeake Bay TMDL requirements on the eastern shore.
Chevy Chase, MD
on behalf of the Maryland Clean Agriculture Coalition for its work to advocate for policies that improve Maryland’s waterways and protect public health by reducing pollution, and increasing transparency and accountability from agriculture and associated sources of water degradation.
Washington, DC
for the Food and Water Justice work in Maryland, a multi-year effort to cultivate public and political support for legal approaches and legislative initiatives aimed at increasing poultry industry responsibility and accountability for agricultural pollution.