Tag Archives: Vermont

Celebrating the Progress of Farm to School in Vermont

By Jennifer Porter Earlier this month, over 250 local and national farm to school leaders gathered at the 2016 Vermont Farm to School Conference to learn about the positive impacts of farm to school programming and help shape the future … Continue reading

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Apple Enthusiasts Seek Wild and Forgotten Heirloom Trees

By Nancy Hayden Roaming the hills and back roads in Vermont at this time of year, you find plenty of apple trees. Most are wild trees, also called seedling trees, spread by wildlife or from dropped apples. Their genetics are … Continue reading

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Learning the Business of Local Food in the UVM Food Hub Program

Benjamin Bartley’s career has touched many facets of the food industry, from baker, cook, and butcher to educator, advocate, and program director. The University of Florida alumnus, who graduated with degrees in religion and political science, completed UVM’s Food Hub … Continue reading

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New Book Explores Farm-to-Table Principles in the Food Movement

By Hailey Grohman UVM Food Feed contributor Darryl Benjamin is one half of the author team behind a hotly anticipated new addition to the sustainable food systems bookshelf: Farm to Table: The Essential Guide to Sustainable Food Systems for Students, … Continue reading

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How the Back-to-the-Land Movement Helped Propel Demand for Organic Food

Kate Daloz grew up in a geodesic dome in Glover and lived a rural, do-it-yourself lifestyle with her family. Her counterculture parents, who left Cambridge to flee the trappings of post-war America, found solace in raising a family in the … Continue reading

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