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UVM Food Systems Resources
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- Chelsea Green
- Civil Eats
- CNN Eatocracy
- Ecocentric
- Epicurious Epi-log
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- Field Notes
- Food + Tech Connect
- Michael Pollan
- New York Times Diner's Journal
- NPR's The Salt
- On Food (Mark Bittman's Blog)
- Politics of the Plate
- Smithsonian Food & Think
- The Greenhorns Blog
- Vermont New Farmer Network
- Women's Agricultural Network
Category Archives: Environmental
Baby Changes Everything: A New Perspective on Food Safety
Londa (Vanderwal) Nwadike, UVM Extension Food Safety Specialist, works with food processors throughout Vermont to improve the safety of their products, particularly meats and other small- scale processed food products. She also provides general support to strengthen the safety of … Continue reading
Video Snack: UVM’s Vern Grubinger on Replacing Anonymity with Accountability
Vern Grubinger has been working with and learning from farmers for 30 years. He is the vegetable and berry specialist and Extension Professor with the University of Vermont, and coordinator of the USDA Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program … Continue reading
#FoodThanks for Thanksgiving
From the Ag Chat Foundation: “Our nation’s Thanksgiving holiday presents a prime opportunity to help remind people to “thank a farmer” for the food on their table. Many Americans this month are using their personal Facebook pages and Twitter feeds … Continue reading
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The $100 Turkey in the Room
Thanksgiving season is prime time for conversations and debates around the table about our food system. It seems that the Thanksgiving turkey is representative of just how complicated food systems decisions can be. History, family tradition, modern advertising, modern genetics, … Continue reading
Weekly Vermont Food Events: 11/21-11/28
A Heads Up: The call for participation in the “Toward Sustainable Foodscapes and Landscapes” Conference is now open. More information here. Wednesday (Nov 21) Candy-Cane-Making Demonstration Watch confectioners boil, pull, turn, roll and twist these sweet treats into delicious works … Continue reading
