A recent study funded by the Leopold Centre for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University shows that restaurant customers are willing to pay more for meals that are prepared with locally grown foods. The results also indicate that customers actually prefer these meals when they are priced slightly higher than meals made with non-local ingredients. Read the full story on the Penn State web site here.
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Study Shows Customers Willing to Pay More for Local Food
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010Top Up from the Tap!
Sunday, June 13th, 2010
In 2008 the Sustainable Nantucket Youth Council began a “Top Up from the Tap!” Campaign — raising awareness and educating our community about the island’s superb water quality; and performing advocacy aimed at providing alternatives to plastic water bottle consumption on-island.
In 2010, as part of Top Up from the Tap! the SNYC will be:
- Working with the NNS Science dept to test and collect data on the most popular water bottle brands to determine water quality and show comparison of bottled water vs. island Town water. Outcomes to be publicized as part of the education and outreach effort.
- Improving public access… the SNYC will follow up with Stop N Shop and Grand Union representatives regarding their proposal to install water vending machines at the two supermarkets on island. They will follow up with Wannacomet regarding their request to winterize the public fountain on Milestone Road.
- Selling (at a discounted rate) Klean Kanteens (stainless steel, reusable, and recycled containers) as an alternative to using and purchasing plastic bottles.
- Distributing an information packet of facts and statistics pertaining to Nantucket’s water supply and bottled water quality.
Nantucket Shellfish Association
Thursday, June 10th, 2010Nantucket Shellfish Association
One of our earliest goals as an organization was to find a way to protect the local shellfish resource, not just to support a commercial industry but also to support the traditional recreational shell fishing phenomenon enjoyed by so many families in the community. We saw that the shellfish harvest had been in decline for several years and became aware of new board of health and state regulations that would impact scallop shanties.
Even though we were warned that “no two commercial fishermen could agree on anything,” we naively forged ahead to try to organize a way for folks who fish for a living to have one voice. We felt that when issues of regulations, fisheries management, protection of the habitat and new policies about the harbors were on the table, fishermen should be part of the discussions and part of the solutions. With the help of several local fishermen and much community support, Sustainable Nantucket’s staff and a committed board sub-committee (Dan Drake and Beth Ann Meehan) offered technical assistance and administrative support to start the Nantucket Shellfish Association (NSA). In NSA’s early meetings, the group articulated a set of goals and priorities and established its mission as follows:
The Nantucket Shellfish Association is “Dedicated to conserving the shellfish and the shellfisheries in the waters of Nantucket Island through research, education and action!”
Sustainable Nantucket continued to provide in-house research and administrative support for the NSA and helped to produce their annual fundraising event, The Scallopers’ Ball, up until 2008.
Membership in the NSA is open to all and we encourage everyone who loves the Nantucket Bay Scallop to join.
