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UVM Food Systems Resources
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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Breakthrough Food Leader Carolina Lukac
Guest blog post from Carolina Lukac, a participant in our Breakthrough Leaders Program for Sustainable Food Systems. She is a co-founder of Huerto Romita, an urban agriculture demonstration and education center focused on community development and activism through garden-based learning … Continue reading
Posted in Economic, Environmental, Social
Tagged breakthrough leaders program, education, Mexico, permaculture, urban gardening
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Vermont is #1 for Locally-Grown Foods
That’s a headline I like to see. What I like even better is the fact that there is now a Locavore Index. Drawing upon U.S. Department of Agriculture and census figures from 2012 and 2011, the 2012 Strolling of the … Continue reading
Shining a light on food workers
Guest blog post from Irit Tamir, Senior Advocacy and Collaborations Advisor for Oxfam America’s US Regional Office. Tamir will be a speaker at our June 2012 Public Conference “The Necessary (r)evolution for Sustainable Food Systems.” Ironically, those who work in the … Continue reading
What’s Wrong with Our Food System?
It’s a question my colleagues and I are concerned about every day and happily are finding solutions for in our own way. (BTW if you’re interested in being part of the solution-building, I encourage you to join us at our … Continue reading
Posted in Economic, Environmental, Health, Social
Tagged infographics, wendell berry
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Can Regional Food Systems Solve Unequal Food Access Challenges?
Yesterday’s list included three-seed bread, tomatillos and maple yogurt. Living in Burlington, Vermont makes food shopping relatively easy for me. In two minutes, I was at the local food co-op where I was able to meet my family’s food needs … Continue reading