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Category Archives: Environmental
Brain-Intensive Farming: On becoming an intellectual farmer
By Andrew Bahrenburg Andrew Bahrenburg is a student in the UVM Farmer Training Program. In this post, he reflects on how his thoughts about the intellectual aspects of farming have evolved since starting the program. In the summer of 2012, … Continue reading
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Counting Calories: Why indirect energy use matters
Eric Garza is an energy systems consultant (Aisthetica.com) and a Lecturer at UVM. This is the second in a series of blog posts from Eric on energy use in the food system. Read his previous post here. In a recent … Continue reading
Posted in Economic, Environmental
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The Greek Yogurt Phenomenon: Whey-ing the reasons and repercussions
By Haley Myers Haley Myers wrote this piece for an Environmental Cooking class she took at UVM this summer. Greek yogurt is a celebrity among supermarket items: it is popular, it is coveted, and every company wants to use it … Continue reading
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What’s in Your Wiener? An Investigation of the American Hot Dog
By Julia Lloyd Julia Lloyd is a senior in the Environmental Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences at UVM. She wrote this piece for an Environmental Cooking class she took this summer at UVM. What would a … Continue reading
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Cheap Food Costs the Poor
David Conner is an Assistant Professor in UVM’s department of Community Development and Applied Economics. An article recently crossed my radar that argues that fast food is a bargain for poor people and that we should do all we can … Continue reading
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