n ortheast f arms to ood understanding our region s food system the northeast sustainable agriculture working group po box 608 belchertown ma 01007 413 323 4531 nesawg smallfarm org september 2002 new england small farm institute preface and acknowledgments farms kathy ruhf coordinator researchers co authors vern grubinger university of vermont matthew hora capital area bank washington dc sue ellen johnson mass lawrence national campaign for ny was founded in 1992 it is a regional network groups individuals together create more secure just works on full range issues including local state federal policy based economic community development public education access nutrition natural resource conservation stewardship leadership project would like especially thank matt their exhaustive research written contributions