The Massachusetts Food System Collaborative is a statewide nonprofit organization established in 2016 to promote, monitor, and facilitate implementation of the Massachusetts Local Food Action Plan. It supports collective action toward an equitable, sustainable, resilient, and connected local food system by building coalitions, leading advocacy campaigns, and advancing policy changes that strengthen local agriculture, reduce food insecurity, protect natural resources, and improve economic opportunity within the food sector.
State-level food system and agricultural policy, including local food production and sales, farmland protection, food access and food insecurity, food waste reduction, environmental sustainability, workforce development in farming and food industries, and equity in the food system
Foundation grants and charitable contributions from philanthropic organizations, including regional and national foundations, with fiscal sponsorship through Third Sector New England
Third Sector New England; American Farmland Trust; Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation; University of Massachusetts; Commonwealth Kitchen; Springfield Food Policy Council; Evergreen Farm; Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture
Non-profit organization (fiscally sponsored by Third Sector New England)
