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Join the Conversation

Visit the Food System Research Collaborative's website, www.foodsystemresearch.net, a forum for discussion, collaboration, and information about food system research in Vermont.

The Food System Research Collaborative email listserv is open to all. Click here to view the posts or subscribe.
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Food System Minigrant Funding

CRS has awarded three projects in the Food System Minigrant Program.
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Setting the Research Agenda

Through an assessment of research gaps, researchers and representatives from organizations throughout Vermont identified the following research questions:

• How do you make the food system more robust?
• Can an increase in marketing and education drive the system forward?
• What are the leverage points for change and the system constraints?
• How do we remove barriers for people who want to enter the field?
• How do we change perceptions of Ag as a low value economic sector?

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Opportunities for Agriculture White Paper Series

The Collaborative has initiated a White Paper Series connecting University of Vermont researchers with community partners.

Volume 2

• Economic Opportunity in Local Food Systems: Baselines and Targets
  Lead Authors: David Conner, Community Development and Applied Economics, University of Vermont; Ellen Kahler, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund; Linda Berlin, Center for Sustainable Agriculture, University of Vermont; Doug Hoffer, Independent Policy Analyst
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• Regional Food Systems Planning:A Case Study from Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom
  Lead Authors: Christopher Koliba, Community Development and Applied Economics, University of Vermont; Erica Campbell, Center for an Agricultural Economy; Heather Davis, SIT Graduate Institute
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• Place-Based Marketing Opportunities for Vermont
  Lead Authors: Jane Kolodinsky, CRS Director and Chair of Community Development and Applied Economics, University of Vermont and Abby Smith, M.S. Candidate, Community Development and Applied Economics, University of Vermont
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• Taste of Home: Migration, Food and Belonging in a Changing Vermont
  Lead Authors: Pablo Bose, Department of Geography, University of Vermont; Alisha Laramee, Vermont Migrant Education Network
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• Working towards the Common Table: How Vermont AddressesSocial Justice and Food Access with Local Food and Why it Matters
  Lead Authors: Linda Berlin, Center for Sustainable Agriculture, University of Vermont; Jean Hamilton, Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont; Rachel Schattman, Center for Sustainable Agriculture, University of Vermont
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Volume 1

Click on the images to read the papers and click on the paper titles to download PDFs.

• Farm to School: Implications for Child Nutrition
  Lead Authors: Linda Berlin, Director of the UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture; Kim Norris, FSNE Evaluation Coordinator at the University of Maryland; and Jane Kolodinsky, CRS Director
  Community Partner: Abbey Nelson, Vermont FEED
Produits du terroir: Similarities and Differences Between France, Quebec and Vermont
Lead Authors: Amy Trubek, Assistant Professor in Nutrition and Food Science, UVM, and Jean-Pierre Lemasson, Universite de Quebec-Montreal
Community Partner: Helen Jordan, Vermont Agency of Agriculture


Adding the Internet to your Business Recipe: Opportunity for Marketing in the 21st Century
Lead Author: Mary Peabody, University of Vermont Extension
Community Partner: Women's Agricultural Network
Vermont's Dairy Sector: Is There a Sustainable Future for the 800 lb. Gorilla?
Lead Author: Bob Parsons, Extension Associate Professor in CDAE
Community Partner: Vermont Agency of Agriculture
Do Raw Milk Sales Help or Harm Local Dairy Economies: The Case of Vermont H.125
Lead Author: Catherine Donnelly, Professor in Nutrition and Food Science

Additional CRS Research on the Food System

Reports related to the food system are designated as such on our reports page. Find a list of and links to CRS publications as well.
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Questions about the Collaborative?

If you have an idea for or a question about the Food System Research Collaborative, contact CRS Director Jane Kolodinsky.