Monthly Archives: February 2013

Erica Letson: UVM Food Systems Experiences, Launchpad for Career

Erica Letson is a UVM Food Systems graduate who currently works as an Americorps member for Bronco Urban Gardens in Santa Clara, CA as a Garden Education Coordinator. After studying abroad in Oaxaca, Mexico during my sophomore year at UVM, … Continue reading

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Agroecology: a promising approach for agrifood system transformation at UVM and beyond

V. Ernesto Méndez is Associate Professor of Agroecology and Environmental Studies Agroecology and Rural Livelihoods Group (ARLG), Department of Plant & Soil Science and Environmental Programs at the University of Vermont   The field of agroecology has recently received increasing … Continue reading

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The Student Perspective: NOFA-VT Winter Conference

Timothy Gillis Sheble-Hall is a senior at the University of Vermont who is studying food systems. He grew up on a sheep farm in Dover, MA. Photo from a workshop on Mushroom Production that Timothy attended The UVM campus was … Continue reading

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Linda Phillips: Piloting Sensory Awareness Food Education

Linda Phillips coordinates a Harvest of the Month Farm to School Cafeteria Program in upstate New York for 4500 students. As the Jewish year 5773 begins, I find myself with 30 young people enrolled in the YMCA afterschool care program … Continue reading

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Faces of Farming: Will Gowen of the 2012 Farmer Training Program at UVM

Will Gowen, a graduate of the UVM Farmer Training Program, grew up in the suburbs of Buffalo, NY. You can contact him at will@coldrivercollective.com or visit his new farming business online at Cold River Collective. Will’s Story He invested most … Continue reading

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