Year of COVID-19 has shown our local farms’ resiliency
The Recorder, April 7, 2021. By CLAIRE MORENON A year has passed since the COVID-19 pandemic changed nearly everything about our lives. For us at[...]
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Region’s food system steps up to the plate adapting to changes due to pandemic (Guest viewpoint)
MassLive, February 15, 2021. By Claire Morenon | Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture Massachusetts farmers stepped up to meet the challenges of 2020 with flexibility,[...]
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Guest columnists Philip Korman and Claire Morenon: Let’s keep local restaurants going
Daily Hampshire Gazette, February 10, 2021 It’s almost hard to remember the feeling of being in a busy restaurant on a weekend night: people tucked[...]
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Columnist Claire Morenon: What sort of food system do we want, when the COVID crisis is over?
Daily Hampshire Gazette, January 29, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over — by many metrics, it’s the worst it’s ever been. Still, the[...]
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Guest columnist Philip Korman: Think big to create a better food system
Daily Hampshire Gazette, December 31, 2020. Nine months into the pandemic, even with vaccines on the way, it is evident that its impacts will be[...]
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Columnist Philip Korman: Think Big to Create a Better Food System
There’s a lot we can do to address these challenges on the state level, on behalf of the over 7,000 farms and 25,000 agricultural[...]
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Columnist Claire Morenon: Finding Connection this Thanksgiving Through Celebrating the Harvest
Daily Hampshire Gazette, November 23, 2020
The social and emotional costs of the coronavirus pandemic have been immense, and the arrival of Thanksgiving throws those losses into[...]
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Area Schools Build Partnerships to Feed Kids
Daily Hampshire Gazette, November 12, 2020, By Margaret Christie
Among the many changes wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, the transformation in how schools are educating and[...]
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Guest Columnist: A silver lining for farmers in an uncertain time
Daily Hampshire Gazette, October 6, 2020 In March, when the pandemic hit our part of the world, the growing season had only just begun for[...]
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Guest columnist CISA’s Alexis Breiteneicher: Restaurants facing uphill climb
Daily Hampshire Gazette, September 1, 2020 Restaurants are among the businesses hit hardest by the restrictions imposed by the pandemic. Their closures in late winter[...]
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Columnist Claire Morenon: Addressing the hunger cliff
Daily Hampshire Gazette, July 27, 2020 Hunger in the United States is nothing new. Nearly 12% of the people living in our country went hungry[...]
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Columnist Claire Morenon: Dairy farms and COVID-19
Daily Hampshire Gazette, June 22, 2020 The spread of COVID-19 has brought new and immense challenges for farmers across the country and for our entire[...]
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