By Anastasia Tsekeris
In a country that is known to be the wealthiest in the world, American citizens are struggling more and more to access healthy, fresh foods. The USDA defines food insecurity as “the limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods…or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways.”
By Basil Waugh
Americans waste nearly a pound of food per person each day, but the exact amount of food we trash differs by how healthy your diet is, a new University of Vermont co-authored national study finds.
By Lisa Chase, PhD
Picking apples, learning how maple syrup is made, tasting heirloom tomatoes, milking a cow—all of these activities are part of the growing trend of agritourism. Visiting farms and ranches to experience agriculture and celebrate harvests is an age-old tradition that has recently been rediscovered throughout the U.S. and in other countries.
The Rutland Farmers’ Market/Photo: Rooted in Vermont
By Teresa Mares
The following is an excerpt of a March 2018 article published in the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development.
For Maria, the small kitchen garden that she tends behind her house brings a sense of balance to her family and a sense of agency over the food that sustains them.
As she explained to me, “The garden balances us. What we harvest from the garden is healthier for me and my kids and my family because it is fresher. My kids also help in the garden with preparing the soil, learning how to plant. And maybe in the future, they will continue doing it.”
UVM Associate Professor Teresa Mares
Emily McCarthy came to UVM as an English major. But after writing an essay on banana plantations, she had a change of heart.
The Massachusetts native credits that essay, written during her first fall semester at UVM, with opening her eyes to sustainability in food systems.
