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Sam Bliss Steps Outside the Market to Study it
Sam Bliss stands in a community garden holding a leek. The word "food" is tattooed across his fingers

Sam Bliss’s forehead twitched in the bright April sun. Until a late afternoon interruption, he was writing his dissertation, tapping away behind a computer screen at the Gund Institute for the Environment. His weekend plans: read more papers about people’s motivations for growing food.

It’s a topic Bliss has been exploring for years.

What if food-growing is more than something we...

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From Soil to Syrup: Meet the Postdocs Joining the Sustainability Metrics Team

The Food Systems Research Center is excited to welcome five post-doctoral research associates for the one-of-a-kind research project “Measuring Sustainability of Food Systems.” Five project teams will work to define sustainability metrics in consumer-facing agricu

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Restoring Northern Flint Corn for Indigenous Communities

Northern flint corn is a species of corn grown by indigenous communities and tribes across the northern part of the U.S. Unfortunately, this unique and culturally significant crop has been diminished due to factors such as colonization and the resulting decline in indigenous populations and traditions. Other factors such as climate change also threaten the future of northern flint corns.

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