Category Archives: Economic

Working Toward Farmer-Scholar Collaboration for Food Sovereignty in North America

By M. Jahi Chappell, Saulo Araujo and Ernesto Mendez The Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) at Coventry University (UK) recently hosted a workshop to “collectively strengthen relationships, learning/analysis and collaboration for people who are involved in research and … Continue reading

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Eric Holt-Gimenez Presents ‘How to Feed the World Without Destroying It?’ on March 18 at UVM

By Allison Spain Eric Holt-Gimenez, Ph.D., is the executive director of Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy (July 2006-present). Called one of the country’s “most established food think tanks” by the New York Times, Food First’s mission is to … Continue reading

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UVM Extension Plays Key Role in Launching International Culinary Trail

By Jeffrey Wakefield In the spring of 2017, early in his tenure as director of UVM Extension, Chuck Ross got a long voicemail message from a farmer and culinary tourism advocate in Pontiac, Quebec named David Gillespie. Did Vermont have … Continue reading

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Erica Morrell to Speak about First Food Justice Nov. 7 at UVM

By Allison Spain  Erica Morrell, PhD, a Mellon C3 Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology at Middlebury College, will speak at UVM on Nov. 7 about “Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of First Food Justice.”  In her talk, Erica will draw on her … Continue reading

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Uncertainty Abounds with Farm Bill Expiration

By Kate Whitney September 30 marked the deadline for the passing of a new Farm Bill, the primary agricultural and food policy tool of the federal government, which would have replaced the legislation that has been in effect since 2014. Although the bill’s … Continue reading

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