The Food Solutions New England (FSNE) Network Leadership Institute invited NAMA and network leaders to speak on a panel on fisheries issues that affect the New England food system. Discuss items will include the organizing efforts to defend the ocean commons, network building around values-based seafood and alternative business models, as well as opportunities to join the growing movement.

The Network Leadership Institute grew out of FSNE’s ongoing commitment to cultivating thought leadership and network leadership “to support the emergence and viability of a New England food system that is a driver of healthy food for all, racial equity, sustainable farming and fishing, and thriving communities.” Another impetus for the Institute was a year spent doing system mapping and analysis that revealed four leverage areas for advancing a just, sustainable and democratically-owned and operated regional food system, including cultivating and connecting leadership.