NOFA in the News
Press Releases from NOFA/Mass
PRESS RELEASE: Advocates urge Speaker Mariano to protect schoolchildren from pesticides
Marty Dagoberto2022-07-14T12:15:02-04:00July 12th, 2022|
NEWS RELEASE July 12, 2022 Marty Dagoberto, NOFA/Mass Policy Director c: 508-361-0136 e: marty@nofamass.org Boston - With the legislative session ending July 31st, the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS), the Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC) and a broad coalition of advocates are urging House Leadership to advance “An Act relative to improving pesticide protections [...]
Northeast Organic Farming Association, Massachusetts Chapter, Endorses Fair Share Amendment to Invest in Transportation and Public Education
Marty Dagoberto2022-10-26T11:06:11-04:00June 6th, 2022|
For Immediate Release June 6, 2022 Contact: Fair Share for MA: Andrew Farnitano, 925-917-1354, andrew@crawfordstrategies.com NOFA/Mass: Christy Bassett, 978-575-4084, christy@nofamass.org Northeast Organic Farming Association, Massachusetts Chapter, Endorses Fair Share Amendment to Invest in Transportation and Public Education Organization Representing Hundreds of Farmers Joins Growing Coalition Supporting Tax on Million-Dollar Earners on November Ballot Northampton, Mass. – The Northeast Organic Farming Association, Massachusetts [...]
Residents oppose DCR plan to remove 45-year-old community garden on the Charles River
Lisa Gilardi2021-10-26T18:20:19-04:00October 22nd, 2021|
Residents oppose DCR plan to remove 45-year-old community garden on the Charles River An old water tower welcomes visitors to the Christrian A Herter "Intercommunity" Garden, with a red-tailed hawk on watch for rodents (Photo credit: Damon Krukowski) HERTER PARK, BRIGHTON – In days following the revelation that the Department of Conservation [...]
NOFA/Mass Launches Climate Action Challenge for a Second Year
Lisa Gilardi2021-10-04T16:07:19-04:00October 4th, 2021|
NOFA/Mass Launches Climate Action Challenge for a Second Year Massachusetts, September 28, 2021: This October, the Northeast Organic Farming Association/Massachusetts Chapter (NOFA/Mass) challenges individuals and communities to examine their individual and collective roles in the climate crisis and to take meaningful action to regenerate our planet. The climate crisis is becoming a more widely recognized [...]
NOFA/Mass Builds State-Wide Hub for Native Pollinator Protection
NOFA Mass2021-11-18T11:24:33-05:00June 11th, 2021|Tags: Pollinator Network, Pollinators|
Massachusetts, June 10, 2021: The Massachusetts Chapter of the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA/Mass), is leading the charge in building a state-wide hub for native pollinator protection. Groups of native pollinator networks from the Boston area to the Berkshires are joining together to create the new Massachusetts Pollinator Network. To manage the new initiative, NOFA/Mass created a Pollinator Network Coordinator [...]
New State Program to Build Healthy Soils, Climate Resilience
NOFA Mass2021-06-11T15:01:26-04:00February 3rd, 2021|
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 2, 2021 Contact: Marty Dagoberto, NOFA/Mass Policy Director, marty@nofamass.org, 508-361-0136 New State Program to Build Healthy Soils, Climate Resilience (BOSTON, MA)- Massachusetts farmers, land owners and managers will soon have the support of a new Massachusetts Healthy Soils Program to implement healthy soils practices on their properties, with measures which will improve climate resilience, water quality and farm viability. In a move celebrated by dozens of agricultural, climate and environmental groups, on January [...]
Shifting the Culture of Economy in Pandemic Times: Annual NOFA/Mass Human Health and Climate Action Challenge
NOFA Mass2021-06-11T15:04:04-04:00October 1st, 2020|
Massachusetts, June 10, 2021: The Massachusetts Chapter of the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA/Mass), is leading the charge in building a state-wide hub for native pollinator protection. Groups of native pollinator networks from the Boston area to the Berkshires are joining together to create the new Massachusetts Pollinator Network. To manage the new initiative, NOFA/Mass created a Pollinator Network [...]
40-Year-old organic farming organization changes Leadership
NOFA Mass2021-06-11T15:04:51-04:00July 4th, 2020|
Massachusetts, June 10, 2021: The Massachusetts Chapter of the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA/Mass), is leading the charge in building a state-wide hub for native pollinator protection. Groups of native pollinator networks from the Boston area to the Berkshires are joining together to create the new Massachusetts Pollinator Network. To manage the new initiative, NOFA/Mass created a Pollinator Network [...]