Category Archives: Environmental

Our Food System Is Broken, But We Can Fix It!

Posted by Alexandra Tursi  |  June 24, 2012

Guest blog post from A. John Bramley, interim president at the University of Vermont.  Bramley, a longstanding member of the UVM faculty, has served as department chair of Animal Sciences, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and provost … Continue reading →

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Breakthrough Food Leader Sheree Martin: College Professor, Lawyer, Farmer

Posted by admin  |  June 20, 2012

Sheree Martin joins our Breakthrough Leaders Program for Sustainable Food Systems this June. She is an assistant professor of journalism and mass communication at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, a lawyer, and grew up on a farm in North Alabama. … Continue reading →

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Why We’re Hosting a Food Systems Summit

Posted by Cynthia Belliveau  |  June 18, 2012

We’ve heard in many times, there are nearly 7 billion people who need to eat every day and more coming. And we have a global food system that degrades our land, our health, and increasingly our humanity through short-sighted practices … Continue reading →

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Farmer Training Program Graduate Talks About Being a Beginning Farmer

Posted by admin  |  June 5, 2012

Guest blog post from Brittany Hastings, a graduate of the 2011 Farmer Training Program at UVM. This year’s program started in May. Over the course of six months aspiring farmers and food systems advocates engage in a hands-on, skill-based education … Continue reading →

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Breakthrough Food Leader Carolina Lukac

Posted by admin  |  May 30, 2012

Guest blog post from Carolina Lukac, a participant in our Breakthrough Leaders Program for Sustainable Food Systems. She is a co-founder of Huerto Romita, an urban agriculture demonstration and education center focused on community development and activism through garden-based learning … Continue reading →

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