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My Experience at the Breakthrough Leaders Program at UVM

Guest blog post by Shannon Courtney, a member of UVM’s 2012 Class of Breakthrough Leaders for Sustainable Food Systems. Learn more about Shannon in her testimonial. It’s now been several months since I packed up my car and headed south … Continue reading

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Video Snack: Patty Cantrell on Diversifying & Localizing Food Choices

Patty Cantrell is a journalist and community organizer focused on making the business case for local and regional food. At Regional Food Solutions LLC, she works with nonprofit and educational clients to commuicate new food and farm business options and … Continue reading

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Video Snack: UVM’s Vern Grubinger on Replacing Anonymity with Accountability

Vern Grubinger has been working with and learning from farmers for 30 years. He is the vegetable and berry specialist and Extension Professor with the University of Vermont, and coordinator of the USDA Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program … Continue reading

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Video Snack: Dr. Robert Lawrence on Going Meatless

Dr. Robert Lawrence, MD is the Center for a Livable Future Professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health with joint appointments as Professor of Health Policy, International Health and Medicine. … Continue reading

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Video Snack: Rick Pirog on the Realities of Transforming Foodscapes

Rich Pirog joined the newly created Center for Regional Food Systems at Michigan State University as senior associate director in May 2011. His current work includes developing a statewide food hub learning and innovation network and providing oversight to new … Continue reading

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