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UVM Food Systems Resources
Blogroll
- Beginning Farmers
- Chelsea Green
- Civil Eats
- CNN Eatocracy
- Ecocentric
- Epicurious Epi-log
- Ethicurean
- Field Notes
- Food + Tech Connect
- Michael Pollan
- New York Times Diner's Journal
- NPR's The Salt
- On Food (Mark Bittman's Blog)
- Politics of the Plate
- Smithsonian Food & Think
- The Greenhorns Blog
- Vermont New Farmer Network
- Women's Agricultural Network
Monthly Archives: June 2013
Live Broadcast: The Necessary [r]Evolution for Sustainable Food Systems Conference
Today, food systems leaders and thinkers gather in Burlington, VT, for the UVM Food Systems Summit: Leading the Necessary [r]Evolution for Sustainable Food Systems. You can watch the streaming event here from 1:00-5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Full Schedule of Speakers Participate in … Continue reading
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Why VT should label GMOs: A conversation with David Zuckerman
David Zuckerman is a Vermont State Senator and runs Full Moon Farm with his wife, Rachel Nevitt. David will speak at the UVM Food Systems Summit on June 27. In anticipation, we spoke with him about his legislative efforts to bring … Continue reading
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Agricultural literacy: How VT is leading the way in food system awareness
By Chuck Ross Chuck Ross is Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets. Chuck has a history of civic and agricultural leadership in the state, as a farmer, former state legislator, and former State Director for U.S. … Continue reading
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Corporate consolidation and power in the food system: An interview with Dr. Mary Hendrickson
Mary Hendrickson is Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology at the University of Missouri. Her research focuses on local food systems and consolidation in the industrial food system. She will speak at the UVM Food Systems Summit on June 27. In … Continue reading
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Meet Teresa Mares – a scholar on migrant farm worker food access and speaker at the UVM Food Systems Summit
By Jessie Mazar Jessie Mazar is a 2013 graduate of the UVM Global Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences. During her time at UVM, she had the opportunity to work closely with Teresa Mares, Assistant Professor of … Continue reading
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