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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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