Monthly Archives: November 2012

RECIPE: Venison Stew

In 2011, over 12,000 deer were hunted in Vermont. With the average deer weighing 190 pounds, that amounts to roughly 2.2 million pounds of meat and carcass that needs to be processed. It’s no wonder entire cookbooks are devoted to … Continue reading

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Video Snack: Patty Cantrell on Diversifying & Localizing Food Choices

Patty Cantrell is a journalist and community organizer focused on making the business case for local and regional food. At Regional Food Solutions LLC, she works with nonprofit and educational clients to commuicate new food and farm business options and … Continue reading

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Weekly Vermont Food Events: 11/28-12/5

Wednesday (Nov 28) Making Change: Is it worth a penny an ounce? The Center for Rural Studies and the Food Systems Research Collaborative host this group of panelists who will discuss the likely impacts if a tax were enacted on … Continue reading

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Baby Changes Everything: A New Perspective on Food Safety

Londa (Vanderwal) Nwadike, UVM Extension Food Safety Specialist, works with food processors throughout Vermont to improve the safety of their products, particularly meats and other small- scale processed food products. She also provides general support to strengthen the safety of … Continue reading

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Video Snack: UVM’s Vern Grubinger on Replacing Anonymity with Accountability

Vern Grubinger has been working with and learning from farmers for 30 years. He is the vegetable and berry specialist and Extension Professor with the University of Vermont, and coordinator of the USDA Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program … Continue reading

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