Connecticut Food System Alliance

02/17/2026

Check out the newly formed CT Food Sovereignty Collective's 2026 legislative agenda! This holistic platform for food, health, economic, and environmental justice unites food access with interconnecting issues such as housing, health care, and environmental rights.

Connecticut Food System Alliance has helped found this new initiative to support organizing throughout the state to grow regenerative, interdependent, democratic food systems centering Black, Brown, and Indigenous foodways and food work. This policy agenda shows a path to economic, health, and environmental justice through many interconnected issues. There are two policy priorities:
- Establishing a permanent Connecticut Food Fund to invest in universal school meals, SNAP enhancements, and other food security measures
- Releasing $10 million in bonded funds that were already allocated in 2022 to support food pantries and food distribution

The other sections of the policy agenda including supportive agricultural and environmental policies, plus interconnected policies for health care, housing, and justice reform.

Read the full policy agenda here and sign on to the agenda using the link in comments!

CONNECTICUT FOOD SOVEREIGNTY COLLECTIVE POLICY AGENDA The Connecticut Food Sovereignty Collective is dedicated to building power and fostering relationships to grow regenerative, interdependent, liberated food systems that nourish people and land. Our policy recommendations center food access, w...

02/06/2026

Get Counted in the Local Food Count!

The Local Food Count is live across New England! Organizations in MA, CT, RI, NH, ME, and VT are invited to share data on local food purchasing. This effort helps build a stronger, more resilient regional food system.

👉 Get counted now: https://web.cvent.com/survey/38bfc9f2-f1e0-4327-9533-920c22a5b7ba/welcome



Connecticut Food System Alliance Connecticut Department of Agriculture

02/06/2026

The Connecticut legislative session is under way - track bills with a food system impact with CFSA!

This week's update includes the Governor's proposed free breakfast and free lunch for reduced-price eligible students, multiple proposals to eliminate the 1% restaurant meals surtax, public option for health care, agricultural tax credits, and more.

The Connecticut General Assembly’s “short session” opens on February 4 and concludes on May 6. In a “short session”, the legislature typically only makes adjustments t…

02/05/2026

Exactly one week from today we will be at the Capitol with Office of Governor Ned Lamont, ALICE families, 211 contact center specialists and community partners celebrating the 50th Anniversary of 211. Join us? https://www.ctunitedway.org/211-day-at-the-capitol/

01/30/2026

We're anticipating a busy little legislative session starting February 4! Keep track of bills impacting the food system with the CFSA bill tracker! Make sure you're signed up for our listserv, where we'll post weekly updates on bills related to food access, land policy, labor, health, and more. Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3QQL4dAu-HJOeX1_i_qAft3ebvlIxUb7xmIi8swuXMIkp7g/viewform?usp=header

01/21/2026

Attention: CT grocers, restaurants, food retailers, college dining services, and more! Do you sell or serve food produced in New England (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont)? Make sure your hard work strengthening the regional food system is counted!

Get Counted in the 2025 Local Food Count!

New England Feeding New England is now collecting responses to estimate how much New England produced food is sold here.

Tag your favorite CT grocer, restaurant, or food business and ask them to get counted!

Learn more here: https://ctfoodsystemalliance.com/2026/01/21/2025localfoodcount/

01/21/2026

We spoke to For the People about the New England 2025 Local Food Count - check out the interview below and get counted here: https://bit.ly/2025LocalFoodCount

For the People is proud to join the Central Connecticut Coast YMCA in celebrating 175 years of community building in 2026, as we welcome their current executive to discuss the organization's past and where it's headed. Tune in and find out why the Y is far more than a gym - it...

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