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Tag Archives: education
What Makes Vermont Food (Education) Delicious?
By Vicky Parra Tebbetts Under mostly stormy skies last June, a cohort of a dozen students threaded their way through Vermont, traveling 404 miles to learn from leaders at five colleges, one university, and a law school, and mulling through … Continue reading
What We Learned at the 2016 Vermont Grazing & Livestock Conference
By Jenn Colby and Cheryl Herrick The Vermont Grazing and Livestock Conference is the Center for Sustainable Agriculture’s largest outreach event of the year. Every January, we welcome more than 300 people to share, learn, network, and enjoy a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Economic, Environmental
Tagged Economy, education, farmers markets, UVM, Vermont
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Northeast Kingdom Summit Looks for Opportunities to Grow Local Food Economy
By Taylar Foster Farms in the Northeast Kingdom are seeing more opportunities to diversify, to expand what they grow or raise, and to stay financially viable. This means freezing produce, raising a new breed of livestock, or hosting weddings or … Continue reading
Breakthrough Food Leader Carolina Lukac
Guest blog post from Carolina Lukac, a participant in our Breakthrough Leaders Program for Sustainable Food Systems. She is a co-founder of Huerto Romita, an urban agriculture demonstration and education center focused on community development and activism through garden-based learning … Continue reading
Posted in Economic, Environmental, Social
Tagged breakthrough leaders program, education, Mexico, permaculture, urban gardening
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A Major Cause of Obesity? Less Time in the Kitchen
Since the 1960s, even though men have increased their time spent cooking slightly, women have decreased their daily cooking time by more than 33% to about an hour. During that same time period, obesity rates in the U.S. have skyrocketed. More … Continue reading
