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UVM Food Systems Resources
Blogroll
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- Chelsea Green
- Civil Eats
- CNN Eatocracy
- Ecocentric
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- Field Notes
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- New York Times Diner's Journal
- NPR's The Salt
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- The Greenhorns Blog
- Vermont New Farmer Network
- Women's Agricultural Network
Category Archives: Social
From Crack to Cucumbers: Stephen Ritz Changes Children’s Lives Through Food
Stephen Ritz is a South Bronx teacher/administrator. With the help of extended student and community family they have grown over 25,000 pounds of vegetables in the Bronx while generating extraordinary academic performance. His Bronx classroom features the first indoor edible wall in … Continue reading
“Harvest of Dignity” marks little change since “Harvest of Shame”
Guest blog post from Irit Tamir, Senior Advocacy and Collaborations Advisor for Oxfam America’s US Regional Office. Tamir was a speaker at our June 2012 Public Conference “The Necessary (r)evolution for Sustainable Food Systems.” In 1960 Edward R. Murrow, a … Continue reading
Posted in Economic, Social
Tagged food security, food workers, hunger, indigenous rights, minority rights, workers' rights
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What Happens When You Put 100 Food Leaders in a Room? New England Food Summit Convenes at UVM
What happens when you put 100 New England food leaders in a room together for a day to consider a common vision? Lots of smart people with great ideas and questions build important bonds and agree to keep talking. This … Continue reading
Posted in Economic, Environmental, Health, Social
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#ThinkFood: Washington Post Live Brings “Future of Food” Summit to Vermont
What is the future of food? That’s a question Vermonters have been asking – and answering – throughout the state’s history. Never has that question – and those answers – been more important. The Washington Post Live has started a … Continue reading
Posted in Economic, Environmental, Health, Social
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Reflections on the Breakthrough Leaders Program in Sustainable Food Systems
Guest blog post from Sheree Martin, student in our June 2012 Breakthrough Leaders Program for Sustainable Food Systems. She is an assistant professor of journalism and mass communication at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, a lawyer, and grew up on … Continue reading
Posted in Economic, Environmental, Health, Social
Tagged breakthrough leaders program, uvm summit
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