UVM Food Feed

#HigherEd can change how the world eats. 🍴 Tweets on food & the complexities behind it from the University of Vermont @uvmvermont.

[Erica Houskeeper @EricaHouskeeper]

Pies for People in the Northeast Kingdom embraces the power of community. https://t.co/TaWbIgjVYY

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Molly Clark enrolled in UVM's Breakthrough Leaders for Sustainable Food Systems program to broaden her perspective of food, farms, and sustainability. #UVM #foodsystems https://t.co/i2QPbSrdFN

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Farmer Training student Sam O'Brien's entrepreneurial skills kicked into high gear when he planted 20,000 snap pea seeds and figured out a way to sell his harvest to local stores. @UVMCALS #UVM https://t.co/tYL8SMHhPP

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Alumna MJ Pickett returned to Burlington over the summer to find her voice in the food system. #UVM https://t.co/dKs0u0a1Wf

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While unconventional in Vermont, the practice of integrating sheep in vineyard systems has long been recognized for its potential to reduce environmental impacts and improve farmer livelihoods. https://t.co/QzIIAkgtQS

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How Vermont’s food co-ops have established themselves as pillars of their communities and drivers of the state’s local food movement. @VTfarm2plate https://t.co/WMECwTshJw

[Food Solutions New England @FoodSolutionsNE]

Last call! Applications due Wednesday night!

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Last month, 11 students explored the city of Oaxaca and the nearby Sierra Juarez mountains under the guidance of #UVM Plant Biology Assistant Professor Michael Sundue. https://t.co/D2pTCdW3fv

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According to a new book by #UVM Professor Teresa Mares, 18 percent of Vermont’s undocumented migrant farm workers are food insecure. @uvmcas @UVMCALS https://t.co/xQ4vvBK7B5

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Eric Holt-Gimenez to Present 'How to Feed the World Without Destroying It?' at @uvmvermont on Monday, March 18. @eholtgim @foodfirstorg #foodsystems #UVM https://t.co/oDaMGq56fR

[Charlie Nicholson @BuzzNicholson]

Our new study is out! Wild #bees improve quantity *and quality* of #blueberry yields. So great to work with many #VT berry farmers, talented @UVM_RSENR students, and my awesome co-author @TaylorHRicketts

writeup:https://t.co/iZ0mDlhv6O
paper:https://t.co/qhs0wSJskX

[DigInVT @DigInVT]

.RT @VermontTourism: Ontario, Quebec, New York, @UVMExtension, @VTAgencyofAg and @VermontTourism are all coming together to form a pretty epic cross-border culinary trail. 👍 https://t.co/3f65dmLli6 @VTFreshNet

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UVM Dining has recently been on the receiving end of social media posts about the discovery of insects in on-campus food. Now it's affecting a local farmer. @UVMDining https://t.co/gTgYMHI5XO

[University of Vermont @uvmvermont]

Happy #NationalFoodDay 🍽Did you know 25% of all of #UVM's food meets @realfoodnow standards (local, organic, fair trade, or humanely raised)?

That includes:
☕️100% fair or organic coffee
🐮100% local milk
🍣100% ecologically sound seafood
🍎And yes, 100% local apples

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“Our food comes from the earth, from the soil, from the land. And if we don’t own any and we don’t control any of it, we don’t really have a voice in the food system,” - Leah Penniman, author of Farming While Black @chelseagreen https://t.co/IsnkWrW62X

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Farmer Training students Sid Silverman and Elisa Daus left California behind so they could find a more sustainable future in the Northeast. https://t.co/t2VE4PDf9G @uvmvermont @UVMCALS

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UVM Food Systems Program alum Olivia Peña talks about her research for "The Vermonter's Guide to the Farm Bill" and the uncertainty around the bill's recent expiration. https://t.co/Drcvw5Rj4D @UVMCALS #UVM #farmbill

[Civil Eats @CivilEats]

Across the U.S. a small but growing movement of farmers is foregoing traditional farm ownership in favor of a cooperative model. https://t.co/oDPAFPmRBy

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Diane Litwin knew how to grow food, but she wanted to understand the science behind farming. She decided to enroll in @farmertraining at #UVM to learn about "the why." @UVMCALS https://t.co/zbmEm36cts

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After serving in the @PeaceCorps, Stephen Crimarco came to the #UVM Farmer Training program to refocus his career. https://t.co/hqcenHsZqr