Category Archives: Social

On Halloween, 10 Terrifying Things About Our Food Systems

Posted by admin  |  October 31, 2012

Halloween is a time for merriment: pumpkin carving, candy gathering, apple bobbing, and crazy costuming. It’s also a time to think about the scary things in our world. The bloggers at the UVM Food Feed have found is that it’s … Continue reading →

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Food in Vermont: Weekly Events, 10/25-10/31

Posted by Haylley Johnson  |  October 25, 2012

Thursday (Oct 25) Free Pick-your-own Concord Grapes Joan Gilbert of North Fayston has a grapevine arbor full of sweet, juicy Concord grapes ripe for the plucking now and some horseradish for digging! All day. 1702 Center Fayston Road. North Fayston. … Continue reading →

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Food Insecurity Rising in Vermont: City Market Responds to Increased Need in Burlington

Posted by admin  |  October 24, 2012

Interview with Clem Nilan, general manager at City Market/Onion River Co-op in Burlington, Vermont. Nilan has served in his role for the past seven years. He is a long-time member of the Burlington community and helped found the Intervale Center. … Continue reading →

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Resilience and Sustainability in the Food System

Posted by Vern Grubinger  |  October 22, 2012

Resilience and sustainability are complementary, essential attributes of a healthy food system. One addresses relatively short-term responses to disturbances and the other addresses holistic management for long term stability. There’s no bright line between these two concepts but they aren’t … Continue reading →

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Video Snack: Melanie Cheng on Advocating for Farmers

Posted by admin  |  October 19, 2012

Melanie is the founder of social enterprise FarmsReach and nonprofit Om Organics. FarmsReach started as a web-based SaaS platform to facilitate regional B-to-B food distribution, and has since evolved into farm advocacy services to help farms become more financially and … Continue reading →

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