Growing Cooperation and Equity on Land and Sea
Speakers MD
Mohamed is the Executive Director of the Sustainable Livelihoods Relief Organization. They are a Somali Bantu group that is starting up a farm training and cooperative development program in Lewiston, Maine. Mohamed also works as an interpreter and previously ran a small grocery store...
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Commercial Fisherman, FV Noah II, Chatham, Massachusetts
Doug Feeney is a lifelong commercial fisherman from Chatham, MA. He has crewed on many different boats and fished for a variety of species including dogfish, skate, monkfish, groundfish, scallops and much more. He recently bought his first boat and is highly committed to creating...
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Cooperative Food Systems Developer, Cooperative Development Institute
Jonah Fertig is a cooperative food systems developer with the Cooperative Development Institute. He is a co-founder of Maine Farm & Sea Cooperative, the nation's first farm & sea-to-institution cooperative. He works with New American farmers, assisting them in developing cooperatives...
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