This week, supporters of LifeCity and its Regional Sustainability Committee, of the Love Your City Awards Gala donated 100 Recirculating Farms’ Growing Local garden bags to elder musicians and medically vulnerable culture bearers in the Makin’ Groceries program of the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic. The donation is part of an ongoing effort by Recirculating Farms, […]
Guest post by Sophie Miller – Serve Louisiana member SPROUT NOLA hosts a low barrier-to-entry market in New Orleans every Monday at 2606 St. Louis Street from 3-6pm. The ReFresh Market offers Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (formerly called “food stamps” and now also known as SNAP), Women, Infants and Children (WIC) benefits, and discounts […]
Yesterday, the Don’t Cage Our Oceans Coalition, of which Recirculating Farms is a founding member, sent a letter to the Biden Administration, urging an end to policies that accelerate the development of harmful industrial fish farms, and instead support sustainable seafood protection that protects our marine environment. Several executive orders issued by the Trump Administration, […]
On February 8, Recirculating Farms, along with the Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Food Safety and allies issued a formal notice of their intent to sue the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for failing to ensure that Nationwide Permits reissued during the final days of the Trump administration will not jeopardize endangered species and […]
Local Food Movement in the New Year – guest blog by Sophie Miller – Serve Louisiana member As COVID-19 spread across the United States in 2020, we saw increased interest in local food. Grocery shopping became both a health concern, and a timely task, as businesses set capacity limits and reduced store hours in an […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a nationwide permit facilitating the rapid development and construction of large-scale commercial finfish aquaculture facilities in federal waters, among other major industries. The permit, which takes effect on March 15, 2021, will allow corporations to speed and scale up the development of industrial fish farms. This form of aquaculture […]
On January 7, the Biden transition team announced the nomination of Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo to be the next Secretary of Commerce. The Commerce Secretary oversees the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), under which is the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). As such, Raimondo would oversee federal environmental and business policies that impact […]
On November 5, 2020 – the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) violated core environmental laws when it approved a genetically engineered salmon for human consumption in the U.S. The Court stated that FDA ignored the serious environmental consequences and that the agency’s decision that […]
SARASOTA, FL — On October 30, 2020, The Don’t Cage Our Ocean Coalition joined together today with local and regional partners to file an appeal against the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) pollution discharge permit for Velella Epsilon, an industrial finfish aquaculture facility vying for construction permits in federal waters off of Sarasota, Florida. The EPA’s permit […]
New Orleans, LA. – Just before Hurricane Zeta made landfall in Louisiana, Recirculating Farms and partner Top Box Foods delivered 100 Growing Local Garden Bags to the Musicians Clinic and Assistance Foundation for distribution to their “culture bearers” – older and/or ill musicians who are part of the “Meals for Musicians program. “We are very […]