Category Archives: Social

Agricultural literacy: How VT is leading the way in food system awareness

Posted by Guest Author  |  June 24, 2013

By Chuck Ross Chuck Ross is Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets. Chuck has a history of civic and agricultural leadership in the state, as a farmer, former state legislator, and former State Director for U.S. … Continue reading →

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Corporate consolidation and power in the food system: An interview with Dr. Mary Hendrickson

Posted by Alison Nihart  |  June 21, 2013

Mary Hendrickson is Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology at the University of Missouri. Her research focuses on local food systems and consolidation in the industrial food system. She will speak at the UVM Food Systems Summit on June 27. In … Continue reading →

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Meet Teresa Mares – a scholar on migrant farm worker food access and speaker at the UVM Food Systems Summit

Posted by Guest Author  |  June 20, 2013

By Jessie Mazar Jessie Mazar is a 2013 graduate of the UVM Global Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences. During her time at UVM, she had the opportunity to work closely with Teresa Mares, Assistant Professor of … Continue reading →

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It’s Hard to Eat Good Food

Posted by Guest Author  |  June 6, 2013

By Beth Dixon Beth Dixon is a Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. She visited UVM recently for a faculty workshop on the ethics of eating. We invited her to share some of her … Continue reading →

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Meet Tamar Adler: Writer, cook, and UVM Food Systems Summit Speaker

Posted by Alison Nihart  |  June 5, 2013

Tamar Adler is the Brooklyn, NY,-based author of An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace. Tamar will speak at the UVM Food Systems Summit Conference on June 27. In anticipation of her visit to UVM, we asked her about … Continue reading →

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