Food Systems Initiative
UVM Food Systems News
04-10-2013
Fixing a Broken Food System: UVM to Host Second Annual Food Systems Summit
Major leaders in food systems and sustainability will convene at the University of Vermont this summer to offer solutions and engage in discussion about the ways that we can remedy our broken food system. Academics, organizational leaders, farmers, food producers and the public will have the opportunity to examine closely the ...
03-20-2013
Hunger and School Food Scholar to Speak at UVM
What if Vermont could address childhood hunger and support our local agricultural economy in one fell swoop? Reforming our state’s school lunch programs may be just the ticket. Janet Poppendieck, a nationally renowned scholar on hunger and school food, comes to UVM Tuesday, March 26 to speak on "Universal Free School Meals: The ...
02-27-2013
Bob Parsons receives John C. Finley Award
Robert Parsons was recently named the 36th recipient of the John C. Finley award, given annually by the Vermont Dairy Industry Association in January. The award was presented at the Vermont Farm Show at the Champlain Valley Fairgrounds in Essex, VT.
UVM Food Systems in the Media
- UVM
uses pedal power to expand campus composting Burlington
Free Press 7/13/2012
- UVM
summit helps food-systems leaders raise their voices in the
quest for change Burlington Free Press 7/7/2012
- The Necessary (r)Evolution for Sustainable Food Systems Summit, June 28th The Examiner 7/5/2012
- Revolutionary
Flavor Seven Days 6/20/2012
- Changing
A Food System From Big and Slow To Fast And Nimble Fast
Company 6/12/2012
- Vermont Food Traditions And The Localvore Movement VPR Vermont Edition 5/29/2012
- Can
Regional Food Systems solve Unequal Food Access Challenges?
UVM Food Feed 5/16/2012