Category Archives: Environmental

Corporate consolidation and power in the food system: An interview with Dr. Mary Hendrickson

Posted by Alison Nihart  |  June 21, 2013

Mary Hendrickson is Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology at the University of Missouri. Her research focuses on local food systems and consolidation in the industrial food system. She will speak at the UVM Food Systems Summit on June 27. In … Continue reading →

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Gary Nabhan on Growing Food in a Hotter, Drier Land

Posted by Guest Author  |  June 13, 2013

This interview was originally published on June 12, 2013, by Chelsea Green Publishers.  Gary Nabhan is an internationally-celebrated nature writer, food and farming activist, and proponent of conserving the links between biodiversity and cultural diversity. Gary will speak at the … Continue reading →

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Enid Wonnacott: How I became a sustainable food systems leader

Posted by Guest Author  |  May 23, 2013

By Enid Wonnacott Enid Wonnacott is the Executive Director of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT). She will present at UVM’s Breakthrough Leaders Program on effective leadership for sustainable food systems this June. In anticipation, we asked her … Continue reading →

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Meet Sandor Katz, King of Fermentation and UVM Food Systems Summit Speaker

Posted by Alison Nihart  |  May 21, 2013

By Alison Nihart Sandor Katz is the author of The Art of Fermentation, which won the 2013 James Beard Foundation Book Award, and other books on fermentation. Sandor will speak at the UVM Food Systems Summit Conference on June 27. … Continue reading →

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Meet Karen Washington, Community Activist and UVM Food Systems Summit Speaker

Posted by Guest Author  |  May 16, 2013

By Karen Washington Karen Washington has lived in New York City all her life and has been a resident of the Bronx for over 26 years. Since 1985 Karen has been a community activist, striving to make New York City … Continue reading →

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