Category Archives: Environmental

Claire Kremen on the Necessity of Agroecology

Posted by Erica Houskeeper  |  April 23, 2015

Claire Kremen is Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at University of California, Berkeley, and co-directs the Center for Diversified Farming Systems and the Berkeley Food Institute at the University of California. Kremen will be a … Continue reading →

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Soil Health: Why You Should Worship the Ground You Walk On

Posted by Guest Author  |  March 27, 2015

By Lynn Zanardi Blevins It can be hard to get excited about soil this time of year. I can see my cross-country skiing season come to an end and my mud room is, well, just that. Soil often doesn’t get … Continue reading →

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Sneak Peek of the 2015 Food Systems Summit

Posted by Alison Nihart  |  March 13, 2015

On June 16-17, scholars, students, farmers, and food systems leaders will converge at UVM for the fourth annual UVM Food Systems Summit: “The Right to Food: Power, Policy, and Politics in the 21st Century.” Many of us here at UVM have … Continue reading →

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Digging In: New book from UVM faculty takes a critical look at food systems

Posted by Alison Nihart  |  February 9, 2015

UVM Extension faculty members Lisa Chase and Vern Grubinger recently co-authored Food, Farms, and Community: Exploring Food Systems. In this post, we ask them about the writing experience and what they hope readers will glean from the book. Lisa Chase will be at Phoenix Books … Continue reading →

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What Does Sustainable Agriculture Mean to You?

Posted by Erica Houskeeper  |  December 12, 2014

Laurie Reese uprooted her life in the Pacific Northwest to learn how to become a farmer. The 54-year-old grandmother resigned from her office manager job and drove cross-country with her 76-year-old father last spring to join UVM’s Farmer Training program.

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