Monthly Archives: November 2013

Recipe: Indian Pudding

Indian Pudding, despite the name, is not a Native American dish. New England colonists adapted English hasty pudding, traditionally made with wheat flour, oatmeal, or ground rice, by using the indigenous New World “Indian meal” (cornmeal) and adding molasses and … Continue reading

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Gathering for VT’s Food System: Report back from a statewide food system initiative

By Chris Howell If there’s one takeaway from the Vermont Farm to Plate Annual Network Gathering that took place in late October, it’s that our regional food system is in very good hands. Vermont’s Farm to Plate Network encompasses agricultural production and … Continue reading

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Hunger and Homelessness

By Rita Markley and Marissa Parisi The timing of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness week (Nov 17-23) is especially poignant this year. Just last month, the U.S. Department of Education reported that the number of homeless students in public schools reached … Continue reading

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Debugging our Livestock System: How we can reduce the prevalence of antibiotic resistant bacteria in our food supply

In my last post, I spoke with UVM alum Susan Vaughn Grooters about the rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria in our food supply due to the subtherapeutic use of antibiotics in animal agriculture. In this post I share Susan’s ideas on … Continue reading

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Rise of the Superbugs: How our industrial livestock system is creating new strains of antibiotic resistant bacteria

I recently had the chance to speak with Susan Vaughn Grooters, an alumna of the UVM Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, about her current work at the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). Here is a summary … Continue reading

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