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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
Author Archives: Erica Houskeeper
Learning the Business of Local Food in the UVM Food Hub Program
Benjamin Bartley’s career has touched many facets of the food industry, from baker, cook, and butcher to educator, advocate, and program director. The University of Florida alumnus, who graduated with degrees in religion and political science, completed UVM’s Food Hub … Continue reading
Posted in Economic, UVM
Tagged Economy, education, food access, local foods, Vermont
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How the Back-to-the-Land Movement Helped Propel Demand for Organic Food
Kate Daloz grew up in a geodesic dome in Glover and lived a rural, do-it-yourself lifestyle with her family. Her counterculture parents, who left Cambridge to flee the trappings of post-war America, found solace in raising a family in the … Continue reading
Food in the News: Veterans Find Careers through Farming; How the Sharing Economy Can Help Local Food; Chefs are Growing Their Own
Vermont Veterans Find Careers and Peace Through Farming (via VPR) A nonprofit organization is trying to get more Vermont veterans into the farming business. The Farmer Veteran Coalition only has about a dozen members in Vermont so far, but it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Economic, Environmental, Vermont
Tagged Economy, Environment, farming, local foods
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Drought Conditions: Farming in a Time of Climate Change
About 175,000 farms produce more than $21-billion a year in food, hay, and flowers in the Northeast, according to the USDA. But with this summer’s dry weather, many fields across New England are severely dry and there are extreme drought … Continue reading
Food in the News: The Rise of Food Politics; Scientists Work to Save Pollinators; Hopyard Start-Up Planned
The Rise of Food Politics: A Conversation with Michel Nischan (via Modern Farmer) Michel Nischan, founder of Wholesome Wave, a national food system advocacy group based in Connecticut, sees a future where food is as much a part of the … Continue reading
