Monthly Archives: July 2013

The Quiet Buzz of Wild Bees

Have you been enjoying eating blueberries this summer? If yes, you can thank wild bees. How much thanks do they deserve? Well, that’s a question being asked by Professor Taylor Ricketts, Director of UVM’s Gund Institute for Ecological Economics. “Most … Continue reading

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Opportunistic Meat-Eating: Ethically justifiable?

By Andrew Chignell Andrew Chignell is an Associate Professor in the Susan Linn Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell University. He visited UVM in May for a faculty workshop on the ethics of eating. We were intrigued by his work … Continue reading

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Counting Calories: The Energy Cost of Food

Eric Garza is an energy systems consultant (Aisthetica.com) and a Lecturer at UVM. This is the first in a series of blog posts from Eric on energy use in the food system. Every time I visit my local food co-op … Continue reading

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What’s the status of Vermont’s food chain workers? A new report digs in

By Cecile Reuge Cecile Reuge is a graduate student in the Food Systems Masters Program at UVM and a community organizer around social justice issues. In this post, we asked her to summarize the findings of a new report from … Continue reading

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Reclaiming seed sovereignty: The importance of regionally adapted seed varieties

By Petra Page-Mann Petra Page-Mann, a life-long seed saver native to the Finger Lakes of New York State, has spent the last decade traveling the globe, soaking in the wisdom of small scale, ecological agriculture. Petra and her partner, Matthew … Continue reading

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