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UPDATE , 4/1/20, RE: COVID-19
NOFA Mass2020-05-19T02:14:19-04:00April 24th, 2020|0 Comments
The legislative priorities we’ve been working on since January 2019 are essentially in a holding pattern right now. As of March 31, the state legislature is still technically operating, though legislators have zero capacity to address anything not directly COVID19-related. It’s highly unlikely that any of our priority bills will get any attention before late May or June (formal session ends July 31st, 2020). We are not asking our networks [...]
Keep Supporting Local Farms during the COVID-19 pandemic
NOFA Mass2020-05-19T02:15:35-04:00April 24th, 2020|0 Comments
Right now, the #1 thing for anyone/everyone to do (which so many people are already doing) is to continue supporting our local farmers by buying directly from them. Some farms, which rely on institutional contracts (ie. schools and restaurants), are really hurting right now. For obvious reasons, we need to make sure as many farms as possible make it through this! Take advantage of the NOFA/Mass Organic Food Guide which includes [...]
Food Workers are Not Disposable, Tell Congress: #ProtectAllWorkers
NOFA Mass2020-05-19T02:17:05-04:00April 24th, 2020|0 Comments
“Food workers from farm workers to processing, warehouse, and retail are still on the job providing essential services even as COVID-19 spreads. Yet, employers are still refusing to provide workers with basic protections, putting workers' lives at risk every day. “It is unconscionable that OSHA has refused to issue mandatory health and safety standards for employers that require companies to protect frontline food chain workers and other workers at risk. [...]
Pollinator Protection Act Passed from Ag. Committee
NOFA Mass2020-12-19T13:39:13-05:00November 19th, 2019|0 Comments
November 18th, 2019 - The legislature is moving to protect pollinators: only a few days after the Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Committee heard testimony from dozens of advocates in support of reducing pesticides, they passed the Pollinator Protection Act (H.763, “An Act to protect Massachusetts pollinators”). This bill would place commonsense restrictions on the class of pesticides known as “neonics” and promote pollinator habitats in the state. We [...]
Hearing room overflows with pesticide activists from across the state
NOFA Mass2020-12-19T13:35:44-05:00November 19th, 2019|0 Comments
On November 12th 2019, state legislators on the Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Committee heard five hours of passionate testimony from a packed room of advocates from around the state who are concerned about the effects of pesticides on humans, animals, insects and ecosystem health. Dozens of parents, teachers, beekeepers, farmers, landscapers, pediatricians and academics showed up to send a strong message to legislators that it’s time to limit [...]