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This post comes to us from fisherman Chris McCaffity from the Walking Fish CSF in North Carolina.  I was blessed with a chance to help represent Walking Fish at Farm Aid …

This post comes to us from Sarah Schumann, a Rhode Island shellfish harvester and Alaska salmon canner. About once a week, I dream about low tide. Not a regular low …

This post comes to us from Brett Tolley, NAMA’s fishing community organizer. I think by now we’ve all heard about Michael Brown, the 18-year African-American young man, who last week …

Welcome to the first edition of our new feature, Meet the Fish Locally Collaborative! This national network we’re part of is filled with great, passionate people – fishermen, food activists, …

This post comes to us from Joanne Burke, PhD, RD. LD. Dr. Burke is the Thomas W Haas Professor in Sustainable Food Systems in the Sustainability Institute at the University …

This post comes to us from Niaz Dorry, NAMA’s coordinating director, who has been on the road – actually the train – for three weeks. These are her RevolOceanary Road …

This post comes to us from Niaz Dorry, NAMA’s coordinating director, who is on the road – actually the train – for the next couple of weeks. These are her …

This post comes to us from Brett Tolley, NAMA’s fishing community organizer. It’s rare that I get to use the words ‘inspirational’ and ‘New England fisheries policy’ in the same sentence, …

This post comes to us from Niaz Dorry, NAMA’s coordinating director, who is on the road – actually the train – for the next couple of weeks. These are her …

This trip wasn’t supposed to have a stop in Vermont, but I thank Food Solutions New England for changing things up. Although at first I was perturbed about what appeared …

This post comes to us from Niaz Dorry, NAMA’s coordinating director.  This week I leave for a three-week train trip across the US, heading first to the Pacific Northwest, then …

This post comes to us from Tyler Mac Innis, the Emerson National Hunger Fellow at the National Family Farm Coalition. Things move slowly here.  On May 29, the House Natural …

This article was first presented by Seth Macinko and Brett Tolley at the Left Forum on June 1, 2014 On April 8, 2009, a story in the New York Times …

This post comes to us from Brett Tolley, NAMA’s community organizer.  “Collaborate for impact, make connections, learn and innovate, catalyze change, dwell in possibilities, incite hope and the love that …

This post comes to us from Niaz Dorry, NAMA’s Coordinating Director I’ve had many teachers along the way, and I just learned that one of those teachers died on May …

This post comes to us from Aaron Dority, Downeast Groundfish Initiative director at the Penobscot East Resource Center in Stonington, Maine. Last week, over a dozen fishermen and Brett Tolley (NAMA’s …

This post comes to us from Niaz Dorry, NAMA’s coordinating director. No…. my long standing crush on Bobby Flay and Anthony Bourdain has nothing to do with why we started …

This post comes to us from Brittany Peats, Health Care Without Harm intern.  First, what is Health Care Without Harm?  “Together with our partners around the world, Health Care Without …

Last week’s Oceana #wastedcatch report on bycatch in U.S. fisheries makes us love the underdog even more.  On the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, oil spills A) don’t …

This post comes to us from Brett Tolley, NAMA’s community organizer.  At NAMA we were greatly disheartened last week to hear that Chandrika Sharma, a tireless advocate for the human …

Chefs can introduce us to plenty of other fish in the sea; and our pal Jared is one guy who can get it to them (or to you, too).  Splitlips. …

This post comes to us from Niaz Dorry, NAMA’s coordinating director.  Did you watch the Oscars? My favorite part was watching Pharrell Williams and all the dancers perform the song …

It’s the International Year of Family Farming, according to the United Nations.  They write: “The 2014 International Year of Family Farming (IYFF) aims to raise the profile of family farming and smallholder farming …

Would you eat farmed salmon that were fed genetically modified yeast? Ok. Farmed oysters instead? What about Maine lobster?  “It’s the water.” The California drought is affecting not only beer, …

This post comes to us from Brett Tolley, NAMA’s community organizer. Earlier this month I was in Washington D.C. the day after the Farm Bill passed through Congress. After a …

This post comes to us from Niaz Dorry, NAMA’s coordinating director.  Back in the early 90s I lived in a little town called Chester, in the northwestern panhandle of West …

Iced-in oyster beds. No rain is no bueno for Coho salmon‘s route to the ocean. Why Coca-Cola is cleaning up watersheds. Restaurants are cooking with bottled water one month after the West Virginia …

This video and post come from one of our partners, Sarah Schumann, a Rhode Island fisherman who has worked in Bristol Bay salmon canneries for the past six summers. Sarah …

What we’re reading:  Is the network the 21st century unit of action? And how do networks relate to ecosystem economies?  We see the network approach working for new business models …

By Niaz Dorry NAMA’s Coordinating Director At the conclusion of a Food Solutions New England meeting we were asked to list what’s next once we leave. FSNE is a network …

With the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Act going on in Washington this fall, we’ve reached out to friends and partners for some perspective on fisheries management around the country.  We …

When we travel to Farm Aid later this week to spread the word on the true cost of fishing, two of our travel companions will be Brian and Tracy Pearce, …

This post comes to us from Spencer Montgomery from Slow Food USA and the University of New Hampshire. It originally ran on the Slow Food Youth Network blog. “Never doubt …

Below are highlights from the Facebook Live Chat held August 29.  View discussion HERE Notes gathered by Brett Tolley, community organizer at NAMA  (please add/comment below for anything that is missing) …

At NAMA, we’ve been talking a lot recently about “fishing in the red.” Later this month, we’re headed to FarmAid in Saratoga Springs, NY, where our exhibit will show concertgoers …

by Meri Ratzel This past month I was fortunate to spend time with friends at the National Family Farm Coalition. For three days we discussed the messages consumers need to …

-by Pamela Flash It’s August, and go time for local food. The farmers markets and CSA boxes are full to bursting with ripe, seasonal produce – tomatoes of all colors and …

Shannon Eldrege, presenting at the FARNET conference. Earlier this month I traveled to Stockholm, Sweden for the European Fisheries Areas Network* (Farnet) “Marketing the Local Catch” workshop. FARNET is supported …

In North Carolina, fishermen are joining the local food community. Recently in North Carolina, a group of fishermen organized a rally to maintain their access to red drum, spotted sea …

Slow Food leaders get their crawfish boil on.  In New Orleans last week, NAMA helped Slow Food USA present Slow Fish, a campaign for good, clean, and fair fishing practices …

By Brett Tolley NAMA’s Community Organizer The other day, a member of the New England Fisheries Management Council caught up with me in the parking lot outside a fisheries meeting. …

Sarah clamming in Rhode Island By Sarah Schumann Commercial fisherwoman Guest Blogger For the past five years, I have been part of a wondrous migration that takes place each summer …

By Shanna Luster NAMA’s Intern The Lab School of Washington As part of my internship with NAMA, I’m learning about the marine ecosystem. And in the process I have learned …

By Russell Kingman Fisherman, Chatham MA Guest Blogger I was down at the dock the other day talking with a scalloper. He said, “Listen to this! So this rich guy has …

by Boyce Thorne Miller NAMA’s Science Coordinator As the hybrid hurricane Sandy recently demonstrated to Northeasterners, Bob Dylan got it just about right – our waters are indeed growing and …