Category Archives: Environmental

Linda Phillips: Piloting Sensory Awareness Food Education

Posted by Amy Lipsitz  |  February 12, 2013

Linda Phillips coordinates a Harvest of the Month Farm to School Cafeteria Program in upstate New York for 4500 students. As the Jewish year 5773 begins, I find myself with 30 young people enrolled in the YMCA afterschool care program … Continue reading →

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Faces of Farming: Will Gowen of the 2012 Farmer Training Program at UVM

Posted by admin  |  February 5, 2013

Will Gowen, a graduate of the UVM Farmer Training Program, grew up in the suburbs of Buffalo, NY. You can contact him at will@coldrivercollective.com or visit his new farming business online at Cold River Collective. Will’s Story He invested most … Continue reading →

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What’s All the Buzz?

Posted by admin  |  January 25, 2013

Part of our series of student blog posts. This post comes from student Amanda Neubelt. Amanda was in the course “Strategic Writing for Public Communications,” part of UVM’s Community Development and Applied Economics Program. What’s all the buzz about bees? … Continue reading →

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What are Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)?

Posted by admin  |  January 23, 2013

Part of our series of student blog posts. This post comes from Amy Lipsitz, a 2012 graduate of the University of Vermont. Amy was in the course Strategic Writing for Public Communications, part of UVM’s Community Development and Applied Economics … Continue reading →

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UVM Faculty Guest Edit New Special Issue on Agroecology and Agri-food Systems

Posted by admin  |  January 17, 2013

Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems has just published a special issue “Agroecology and the Transformation of Agri-Food Systems: Transdisciplinary and Participatory Perspectives,” now available for download online. This special issue is devoted to defining the focus of agroecology, and pointing … Continue reading →

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