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Point32Health Foundation awards $750K to food justice efforts in New England

Health Services 10/15/2023

CANTON, Mass. – Point32Health Inc. announced it will be granting a total of $750,000 through the Point32Health Foundation to 19 nonprofit emergency food response...

Chelsea Siefert / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Five Questions With: Chelsea Siefert

5Q 09/29/2023

Chelsea Siefert | Chief operating officer, Quonset Development Corp. 1. What are your top priorities as the new chief operating officer of QDC? Quonset is...

A NEW REPORT released June 5 by the New England State Food System Planners Partnership notes that the region has become too reliant on food exports, and calls for a more regionalized approach to food production and consumption. / COURTESY NEW ENGLAND STATES FOOD SYSTEM PLANNERS PARTNERSHIP

Regionalized approach on food production, consumption urged

Economic Activity 06/07/2023

PROVIDENCE – A new report released June 5 by the New England State Food System Planners Partnership notes that the region has become too...

THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE of Rhode Island, in partnership with the Rhode Island Nursery & Landscape Association and the Rhode Island Food Policy Council, a new associate degree program to help create careers in the state's land and sea industries. / COURTESY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND

CCRI’s new degree program to help support state’s growing land, sea...

Economic Activity 07/08/2022

WARWICK – A new federally funded associate degree program at the Community College of Rhode Island has been created to help prepare students for...

EMERGENCY CALL: Betty Rambur, professor and Routhier chairperson for practice at the University of Rhode Island College of Nursing, is among the faculty members nationwide asking that action be taken to get more nursing teachers in college classrooms. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

R.I. nursing schools sounding alarm on faculty shortage

Education 02/18/2022

Faced with a crippling staffing crisis at local hospitals, professors at Rhode Island’s public colleges say it’s time to solve a long-standing problem with...

PASSED DOWN: Schantel Maxine Neal uses whole ingredients in her Maxine Baked desserts, just as her grandmother used to do when Neal was growing up. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Just like grandma used to make

Entrepreneurship 08/21/2020

Schantel Maxine Neal grew up with a grandmother who baked using whole ingredients, and who created meals and desserts from scratch. Her new business, Maxine...

THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND Fisheries Center, along with Rhode Island Sea Grant, Eating with the Ecosystem, the Commercial Fisheries Center of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Seafood Marketing Collaborative announced Tuesday that a new app, called FishLine, is being adapted for use locally to help local fishermen sell their catch to customers. / COURTESY PHONDINI PARTNERS

New app to help local fishing industry reach customers

Coronavirus 08/04/2020

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island Fisheries Center, along with Rhode Island Sea Grant, Eating with the Ecosystem, the Commercial Fisheries Center...

KATE MASURY, program director for South Kingstown-based nonprofit Eating with the Ecosystem, is collaborating with the Commercial Fisheries Center of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Food Policy Council to create a 'Cook a Fish, Give a Fish!' virtual cooking class series to help individuals cook seafood at home and, through ticket sales, purchase seafood for families in need. / COURTESY EATING WITH THE ECOSYSTEM

Stepping Up: Fishing industry creates seafood cooking classes that will also...

Business Services 07/15/2020

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Local fishermen have had to figure out ways to stay afloat amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The industry has been impacted the closure...

Five questions with Caroline Skuncik

5Q 11/08/2019

Caroline Skuncik | Executive director, I-195 Redevelopment District Commission 1. Why doesn’t the I-195 district require affordable and workforce housing in residential developments? Increasing...