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Burlington Free Press Spotlights UVM Breakthrough Leaders Program for Sustainable Food Systems!

Excerpts from a Burlington Free Press story that ran on July 8, 2012, written by Melissa Pasanen, a food writer and editor based in Vermont. Contact Melissa Pasanen at mpasanen@aol.com, and follow her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/TasteofVermont. Some excerpts: “The program’s goal, said … Continue reading

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UVM Food Summit Featured on Examiner.com!

Republished from the original article posted on Examiner.com by Rachel Greenberger. Rachel received her MBA from Babson College in May 2011 with a concentration in food-system innovation. In August 2011, she and Cheryl Kiser launched Food Sol (short for Food … Continue reading

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Storify: UVM Food Systems Summit

Sheree Martin, one of our a member of our inaugural class of the Breakthrough Leaders Program in Sustainable Food Systems, created this Storify of our public conference on June 28. We will also be posting video of the conference shortly.

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What’s On Your Plate?

Drumroll please….We’re happy to share with you our illustrated video on the challenges of the dominant food system, and alternatives for creating healthy people and a healthy planet. It debuted at our Food Systems Summit in June 2012. Share it with … Continue reading

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Dispatches from Ireland: Exploring What It Means to Be “Locally Global”

Guest blog post from Paeder Casey, who has worked in the food industry since 1988, at Kerry Group, a global food organisation, then, at his own niche consulting business focused on business and organizational development of SME food organisations. Since 2004, … Continue reading

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