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UVM Food Systems Resources
Blogroll
- Beginning Farmers
- Chelsea Green
- Civil Eats
- CNN Eatocracy
- Ecocentric
- Epicurious Epi-log
- Ethicurean
- 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: Social
Food in Vermont: Weekly Events, 10/10-10/17
Wednesday (Oct 10) Sun to Cheese Tours Cheese lovers get an inside look at dairy farming and cheese production. 2–4pm. Shelburne Farms. Shelburne. $15 includes a block of cheese. Swede Midge Workshop Swede midge is an invasive insect pest that … Continue reading
The Not-So-Nutritious Transition
The obesity epidemic is a problem facing the globe. Yes, yes, I know. You’ve probably already heard all about it on NPR, on the television, from Michelle Obama, your neighbors — the list could go on. But has anybody told … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Social
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Video Snack: Irit Tamir of Oxfam US Talks About Food & Labor
Irit Tamir is the senior advisor for advocacy and collaborations for the US Regional Office of Oxfam America. She works on campaigns for Oxfam’s Decent Work and Gulf Coast Programs and also works on corporate collaborations. She is an attorney … Continue reading
Stanford’s Organic Food Study – It’s Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Unless you’ve been living under a rock these last few weeks, you probably experienced the giant uproar that rippled through the organic food community after Stanford published a multi-variant study finding that there was little difference “nutritionwise” between conventional and … Continue reading
Posted in Economic, Environmental, Health, Social
Tagged academic research, organic, organic farming, organic food
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Video Snack: LaDonna Redmond Inspires Us to Think Differently About Food Justice
LaDonna Redmond, senior program associate at the Institute for Agricultural and Trade Policy, is a long-time community activist who has successfully worked to get Chicago Public Schools to evaluate junk food, launched urban agriculture projects, started a community grocery store … Continue reading
Posted in Economic, Environmental, Health, Social
Tagged food justice, uvm food summit
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