"The Rhode Island Food Center at URI is a resource center where members of the Rhode Island food system can seek answers, find partners, create innovations, and educate consumers. The Center is a program of URI’s College of the Environment and Life Sciences (CELS) in partnership the URI College of Business and the URI Business Engagement Center."
From the website, December 18, 2018
This program attacks the human health threat of PFASs and seeks to redefine dose exposure benchmarks, develop new detection techniques, and find long-term solutions for contaminated sites. It is a partnership of the University of Rhode Island, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health, and Silent Spring Institute. Funded under grant P42ES027706 from NIH/NIEHS Superfund Research Program.
From the website, November 30, 2018.
The Compost Plant closes "the loop in the food system, turning food scraps and "waste" products into compost and soil mixes that help gardeners and farmers grow more local food. We believe more local food means healthier communities...and we believe it all starts with healthy soil."
From the website, November 28, 2018.
"Rhodeside Revival is Rhode Island’s local curbside composting program that brings your home’s food scraps away from the landfill, and into the garden."
From the website, November 28, 2018.
This group is based in Killingly, CT, which already has two fossil fuel plants. A third fossil fuel plant has been proposed in 2016.
"The URI Transportation Technology Research (TTR) was established in 1999 at the University of Rhode Island to conduct multidisciplinary education, research, technology transfer and outreach for surface transportation systems and advanced transportation infrastructure. The TTR is supported by the Rhode Island Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration." -- Website, 7/5/18
"Ocean State Clean Cities is one of nearly 100 local coalitions designated by the US Department of Energy to reduce the use of petroleum in the transportation sector."
-- From the URI website, 7/5/18
In September 2018, this organization's name changed to Green Energy Consumers Alliance.
"The Rhode Island Fruit Growers Association, made up of over 30 local farmers, has grown high quality fresh fruits and vegetables for Rhode Island for 100 years. The Rhode Island Fruit Growers Association began in 1913 with a group of dedicated apple orchardists from Providence and Kent Counties. Over the years, RIFGA has expanded to include growers of many tree fruits, as well as berries."
- From the website, July 20, 2018
