Category Archives: Environmental

UVM Students Support Farming in the City

Alison Nihart is the Assistant to the Food Systems Initiative at the University of Vermont As people continue to seek ways to connect with their food, urban agriculture has been gaining popularity in communities across North America because of the … Continue reading

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CDAE Faculty Tackle Sugar- Sweetened Beverages

Danielle Bilotta is a senior at the University of Vermont and the CDAE Strategic Communications Intern For the last two years UVM faculty have been working on research to support a possible excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in Vermont. CDAE … Continue reading

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Erica Letson: UVM Food Systems Experiences, Launchpad for Career

Erica Letson is a UVM Food Systems graduate who currently works as an Americorps member for Bronco Urban Gardens in Santa Clara, CA as a Garden Education Coordinator. After studying abroad in Oaxaca, Mexico during my sophomore year at UVM, … Continue reading

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Agroecology: a promising approach for agrifood system transformation at UVM and beyond

V. Ernesto Méndez is Associate Professor of Agroecology and Environmental Studies Agroecology and Rural Livelihoods Group (ARLG), Department of Plant & Soil Science and Environmental Programs at the University of Vermont   The field of agroecology has recently received increasing … Continue reading

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The Student Perspective: NOFA-VT Winter Conference

Timothy Gillis Sheble-Hall is a senior at the University of Vermont who is studying food systems. He grew up on a sheep farm in Dover, MA. Photo from a workshop on Mushroom Production that Timothy attended The UVM campus was … Continue reading

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