Category Archives: Health

Big Ag, Small Ag, Good Ag, Bad Ag

Posted by Guest Author  |  August 11, 2014

By Chris Callahan No, this isn’t a new Dr. Seuss story, but my son loves the rhythmic, nonsensical, meaningful stories that we share when we read those books. I sometimes feel like I live in a Dr. Seuss book while … Continue reading →

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Waste Not, Want Not

Posted by Darryl Benjamin  |  August 5, 2014

This is part 1 in a 2-part series on food waste. Our next post will dig into Vermont’s new universal recycling law, which outlines a recovery hierarchy for food waste. “Thrift is poetic because it is creative; waste is unpoetic … Continue reading →

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Egging Him On!

Posted by Cynthia Belliveau  |  July 23, 2014

At a dinner party the other day, I was doing my usual uncomfortable mingling and availing myself of the cheese platter, when I bumped into a causal acquaintance, who, for the sake of this blog, I’ll call Joe. We exchanged … Continue reading →

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The Invisible Hands of Vermont’s Dairy Industry

Posted by Guest Author  |  July 15, 2014

By Amalia Smith Hale When I moved to Burlington in September 2013, I remember being blown away by the idyllic serenity and beauty of the Vermont landscape. I took a four-day bike ride with my family through the country roads … Continue reading →

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Meat vs Veg: An energy perspective

Posted by Eric Garza  |  July 10, 2014

What ought we eat? This is among the preeminent questions of our time, one asked by policy wonks, diet gurus, and, of course, consumers. People imbue a wide array of values into their dietary choices, including impacts on their health, … Continue reading →

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