Category Archives: Environmental

Achieving a Right to Food Requires “Good” Subsidies for Food Production that Respect the Environment

Posted by Guest Author  |  June 24, 2015

by Anastasia Telesetsky The production of food as an industrial commodity does not play by the rules of the free market. Many of the largest agricultural and fishery producers and processors in the United States and Europe receive subsidies that … Continue reading →

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Photo Journal: The 2015 Food Systems Summit

Posted by Alison Nihart  |  June 22, 2015

Last week, over 300 scholars, students, farmers, activists, community members, and representatives from nonprofits and government convened at the University of Vermont for the 4th annual Food Systems Summit. Videos of the talks will be available on the UVM Food … Continue reading →

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The Environmental Imagination: Applying the Lessons of Environmental Humanities

Posted by Darryl Benjamin  |  June 1, 2015

As Spring washes over the landscape here in Vermont, I find myself staring at the greening through the tiny squares of the mesh screen of my window. The screen has a job to do, I realize, and that is to … Continue reading →

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How New England can produce 50% of its own food by 2060

Posted by Guest Author  |  May 19, 2015

By Ellen Kahler According to Civil Eats—a national online news outlet for critical thought about the American food system—Vermont is America’s food relocalization laboratory. While the food system development work taking place in Vermont is receiving national recognition, the state … Continue reading →

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How to talk about food and why it matters

Posted by Guest Author  |  April 28, 2015

By Smita Narula An estimated 49 million Americans live in “food insecure” households, meaning they cannot afford adequate food for themselves or their families.  In other words nearly one in six individuals, in the richest country in the world, struggles … Continue reading →

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