Author Archives: Cynthia Belliveau

Stanford’s Organic Food Study – It’s Just the Tip of the Iceberg

Posted by Cynthia Belliveau  |  October 4, 2012

Unless you’ve been living under a rock these last few weeks, you probably experienced the giant uproar that rippled through the organic food community after Stanford published a multi-variant study finding that there was little difference “nutritionwise” between conventional and … Continue reading →

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Challenging the Concept of Food Justice in the Food Movement

Posted by Cynthia Belliveau  |  July 24, 2012

Conversation continues to brew over whether the food movement is a movement of the elite. An article I read this week forced me to consider this idea and our socio-cultural roles within the food movement. The article, Not My Revolution, … Continue reading →

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Why We’re Hosting a Food Systems Summit

Posted by Cynthia Belliveau  |  June 18, 2012

We’ve heard in many times, there are nearly 7 billion people who need to eat every day and more coming. And we have a global food system that degrades our land, our health, and increasingly our humanity through short-sighted practices … Continue reading →

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Vermont is #1 for Locally-Grown Foods

Posted by Cynthia Belliveau  |  May 29, 2012

That’s a headline I like to see. What I like even better is the fact that there is now a Locavore Index. Drawing upon U.S. Department of Agriculture and census figures from 2012 and 2011, the 2012 Strolling of the … Continue reading →

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What’s Wrong with Our Food System?

Posted by Cynthia Belliveau  |  May 21, 2012

It’s a question my colleagues and I are concerned about every day and happily are finding solutions for in our own way.  (BTW if you’re interested in being part of the solution-building, I encourage you to join us at our … Continue reading →

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