Food Related Theses

Asterisk (*) after year denotes honors thesis.

1983

• Edith Bennett, Constraints on Food Production in Tanzania:An Interdisciplanary Assessment
• Donoson E. Fitzpatrick Jr., The Importance of Diet andConditioning in Soccer Performance

1984

• David Scott Weinrod, An Economic Feasibility Study of aNatural Foods Boarding House

1987

• Gunnar Hubbard, Energy and Food Production: A Design forPassive Solar Greenhouse Addition to a Log Home in Central Vermont

1988

• David Low Deegan, Micro T's Jubilee Environmentally ConsciousRestaurant Operation: An Interdisciplinary Analysis

1990

• Michael B. Dohan, The Health-Diet-Environmental Link: A Case Study of Conventional and Organic Agriculture
• Zoe Rothchild, Attitude and Awareness of Burlington AreaResidents Regarding Food Irradiation

1991

• * Julian Fischer, Maintenance and Change in the English Diet Following Migration to New England

1995

• Nicholas F. Bruning, Opinions and Source Reliance of Burlington, Vermont Consumers Regarding Organic Food
• Ellissa McLean, My Internship with Food Works at Duxbury Elementary School. An Exploration of the Teaching Process
• Tara Naomi Wolfson, Making the Connection: Food, Farm and Forest

1996

• Erin Matney, The Art of Healing Through Macrobiotics--An Interactive Study of the Effects of Food Choices on the Overall Health and Happiness of the Individual

1997

• Eleanor P. Downey, Setting the Table: An Investigation into a Student-Run Cooperative Cafe at the University of Vermont
• Jennifer Insinga, Brave New Cooking: Changing Visions and Perceptions 'In Cooking'
• Brook Rachel Kastelic, The Greenhouse Cooperative Cafe, A Feasibility Project
• * Laura Weiner, Tracing Your Food From the Farm to the Table

1999

• Kristi Hanssen, Food Security in the Old North End of Burlington: Building A Community Around Food
• * Kristin Elizabeth Steele, An Examination of Food Choices, Dietary Habits, Eating Practices and Attitudes Toward Food Among Buddhists as an aspect of Buddhism and Ecology
  

  2000

• Bethany Stokes, Ecospiritual Activism on the Internet: A Look at Christian and Jewish Organizations Addressing Animal Rights Issues
  

2001

• Erin David, Opposition to Biotechnology in Vermont
• * Annie Dwight, A Clear Vision for Burlington Area Community Gardens: Collecting Gardeners' Feedback

2002

• * S'ra DeSantis, A Case Study: Corn Contaminated with Genetically Modified Organisms in Oaxaca, Mexico

2003

• Nicole Borrasso, Frozen Food: A Study of Winter Food Production in Vermont as Part of a Year-Round Community Food System
• Chase Rosenberg, A Forest Garden at the Vermont Community Botanical Gardens
• Shruti Janardhan Salghur, The Case of Farmer Suicides in Karnataka, South India

2004

• Mary C. Coon, Histories and Philosophies of Vermont Farmers
  
• Lauren Cormier, The Role of Cocoa in Sustainable Agricultural Development
  
• Jeremy Dowdy, ENVS 197: Issues in Agricultural Biotechnology
  
• * Kelly C. Goudy, The Human Cost of Meat: Rural Communities of the Great Plains, the Meat Processing Industry, and Latino Immigrants
  
• * Bonnie Hudspeth, Cultivating a Holistic Lifestyle: A Co-Facilitated, Application-Based, Students- Teaching-Students Course
  
• * Sara Jablonski, Cultivating a Holistic Lifestyle: A Co-Facilitated, Application-Based, Students- Teaching-Students Course
  
• Kristen Labrador, Nestlé: The Dark Side of Chocolate: A Study of Rural Development Through the Analysis of the Relationship Between Dairy Farmers in Tonosí, Panama and Nestlé
  
• Erin Longbothum, The Fair Trade Coffee Movement: Creating Awareness on Campus at the University of Vermont
  
• Carly Erin Lynch, Wild Edible Plants of Vermont
  
• Mackenzie Rand, Ethnobotany of Burlington: Past and Present: A Comparative Look at How Plants are Used Throughout History
  
• Ashley Kaarina Taylor, The Implementation of Solar Cooking by the Free Methodist Solar Energy Program in Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Assessing the Cost Effectiveness and Success of Technology Transfer

2005

• Sarah Augeri, Communicating to the Public: A Case Study of Three Food Advocacy Organizations
• Kelsey Rose Cornelius, Gastronomic Piety: Sustainable Food in the American Christian Tradition
• Kathryn N. Costello, Connecting Hondurans, Despite the Distance: The Importance of Traditional Foods: A Case Study of Honduran Panela and Hispanic Markets in Boston and New York City
• Andrew D'Aversa, Kids Can Cook
• Kathryn Ann Davis, Constructing Community: A Plan for Community Maple Sugarhouses in Municipal Forests
• Jennifer Savar Rock, Addressing Urban Food Security Through Urban Farmers'Markets: A Farmer and Market Participant Assessment of the Farmers' Market in the Old North End of Burlington, Vermont
• David Williams, Effects of Coir as a Root Substrate Amendment and Compost on Tomato Growth, Development, Biomass Accumulation, and Root Architecture

2006

• Sara Armstrong, Construction, Management and Opportunities of a Geodesic Dome Greenhouse
• Nathaniel F. Hoag, The Creation of an Accessible Guidebook to Mycological Folklore
• Melissa Martin, Greening Events on the University of Vermont Campus: An Exploration.
• Lauren Sparacino, Feeding the Masses: An Ecological Economic Case for Localizing Food Production
• Sean Starfighter, Genetic Engineering and Corporate Power: Monsanto’s Use of GMOs: Will it Save or Destroy our Planet?
  
  
• 2007 Eva Antczak, The Changing Face of Dairy: A Case Study of Vermont Farmstead Cheesemakers

  2007

• Allyson Black-Foley, Imposed Adjustment: A Case Study of Impact of Structural Adjustment Programs on Rural Women Farmers in Eastern Uganda from 1975 to Present
• Robin Louise Colt, Exploring the Relationship Between Food, Farm, and Community: Students Teaching Students (STS)
• Sarah Jane P. Compton, Consumer Behavior and Organics: A Case Study of the Schwartz Norm Activation Model in Understanding Altruistic Consumer Behavior
• Samantha Glaser, Eco-Shabbat: Elevating the Shabbos Table
• Justin Hart, Energy, Man and Environment: A Study of Permaculture and Agroforestry Methods: Creating a Regenerative Sustenance Based on a Solar Income
• * Calley Hastings, Education for the Future: The Design and Implementation of a K-2 Place-Based Agriculture Curriculum at the Bellwether School, Williston, Vermont
• * Katherine Stinchcomb, Vermont’s Vegan Localvore: Can it be done?
  

  2008

• Hallie Boas,  From Food to Fuel: The Unintended Consequences of Biofuels
• Kyle Burkett,  El Mundo Verde Inn: An Operational Plan and Philosophy for an Ecolodge in Ecuador
• Allison A. Colwell,  Reasons Why the University of Vermont Outing Club Should Incorporate Local Foods into Student Trips
• Marissa Dinardo, Community Gardening in the Dominican Republic: A Photo Documentary
• Emily Eschner,  Gardening as Influenced by Environmental Consciousness
• Timothy Hosmer  –  Land Protection at Hosmer Winery: The Landowner – Land Trust Partnership
  
• Ben Orron,  Permaculture Garden Design for Northern New England Schools
  
• * Carolyn Smalkowski,  The Coffee Countdown: Which Certification or Alternative Market Will be the Key to Latin America’s Sustainable Future?
• Kelly Trace,  The Future of the Fair Trade Movement: Addressing the Controversy Around Certifying Plantations
  

  2009

• Caitlin Arthur, An Integrated Curriculum Focused Around the Importance of Local Food Systems in Burlington, Vermont
• Charlotte Chapoy, University of Vermont LEEDTMing us in the Right Direction: The Making of a Brochure to Explore UVM’s Current and Future LEEDTM Certification
• * Caitlin Chase, Solar is a Solution!: The Development of a Renewable Energy Curriculum at Brewster-Pierce Memorial School
• Betsy Costilo, Cultivating a Holistic Lifestyle: Mind, Body, Spirit and Environment: A Students Teaching Students Course
• * Stephanie Fakharzadeh, Food for Thought: The Intersection of Gardens, Education, and Community at The Edible Schoolyard New Orleans
• Jessica Heman, From Farm to School: Fostering a Connection between Burlington Students and Local Food
• Blake Hoberman, Lacto-Fermentation Presentations at the Burlington Winter Farmers’ Market
• * Claire Frashier Johnson, Outdoor Challenge: Adventure in Wild Therapy: A Ten Week Internship with the Howard Center of Vermont
• Elena Mamatas, Mindfulness and the Cultivation of Pro-Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors
• Cortnie Rohr, Back to the Earth: A Place-Based Organic Gardening Course for the Community High School of Vermont
• Josh Stewart, A Complete Waste Analysis of Lawrence Barnes Elementary School in conjunction with Shelburne Farms Sustainable Schools Project
  

  2010

• Alessandro Ascherio  –  Drifting Toward Urban Agriculture: Adventures in Urban Gardening at 26 East Avenue
  
• Hannah Beal, Sustainability Compendium: Using Personal Accounts to Create a Guide for Young Urbanites
  
• * Sophia Bielenberg  –  Building a Sustainable Foundation for the Local Food System: An Evaluation of Heating Systems in Vermont Greenhouses
  
• Elizabeth Bruner  –  Eco-Gastronomy and Vermont Foods
  
• Peter Buckley  –  Planting the Seed: An Environmental and Food Education Curriculum for Second Grade Students at Orchard Elementary School in South Burlington
  
• * Pamela Coggins  –  Wild Food Gathering and Traditional Ecological Knowledge Way Down East: An Oral History of Lubec, Maine
  
• Kristen Cole  –  Changing School Food in South Burlington: Taste Testing Inititative
  
• Forest William Donaj-Keys  –  Guerrilla Gardening: Perspectives and Trends in the Current Movement
  
• Lori Gambardella  –  Sustainability Compendium: Using Personal Accounts to Create a Guide for Young Urbanites
  
• * Linsdsey Gillies  –  Beyond Fair Trade: An Exploration of Alternatives in Cacao Trade
  
• * Dana Stewardson Gulley  –  Examining the Post-Adoption Role of Policy Entrepreneurs Through the Vermont Farm to School Program
  
• * Michael Haulenbeek  –  Re-Thinking Success in Agrifood Systems: An Exploratory Study of Vermont Farmers’ Perceptions of Success
  
• Grace Henley  –  Growing in Place: A Summer of Farming and Marketing with the New Farms for New Americans Project in Burlington, Vermont
  
• Sarah Heusner  –  Northeastern Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT) Internship
  
• Zachary N. Lance  –  Analysis of a 100-Mile and Vegetarian Diet
  
• Shane Elisabeth Laderoute  –  The “Greening” of a Kitchen: Examples and Guidelines to Moving Towards a Sustainable Lifestyle
  
• Katherine Moser  –  Gardening for Better Diets: A Summer Camp at Orchard Elementary School in South Burlington, Vermont
  
• George Pavlovic  –  Organic Chocolate and Research in Sustainable Cacao Initiatives: An Environmental Strategy Towards Tropical Rainforest Conservation and Economic Development
  
• Timothy Smalley-Wall  –  “Food Not Lawns”: Addressing the Costs and Benefits of Converting a Backyard Lawn into a Vegetable Garden, Los Angeles, California
  
• Stephanie Steeves  –  Components of Food Access: A Food Environment Case Study in Winooski, Vermont
  
• Holly Cameron Watson   –  Cultivating Education: A Service-Learning Partnership with Grow Team ONE
  
• Liz White  –  The Movement of Food Improvement: A Case Study of Shelburne Farms Agricultural Practices and the Exploration of Gardening
  
• Serena Whitridge  – Sowing the Seeds for an Agricultural Center to Grow
  
• * Marshall Willis  –  The Role of Carbon in Forested Ecosystems: A Carbon Assessment for Aboveground Biomass on John’s Creek in Craig County, Virginia
  
• Brooke Ziehr  –  Detroit Urban Farm: An Urban Farm for A Better City, Detroit, Michigan
  
  

  2011

• Christopher M. Ahler  – Environmentally Sustainable Beer
  
• Hannah M. Aitken   –  Growing to Learn: The Development of a Garden and Nutrition Curriculum for Brewster-Pierce Memorial School
  
• Rosie Baldwin   – The Hungry Bicyclist: Discovering North America’s Local Food Businesses
  
• * Melissa Kelly Cameron  –  Appetite for Local Fare:  An Assessment of Local Produce in UVM Dining Halls
  
• Kristen Cole  –  Changing School Food in South Burlington: Taste Testing Initiative
  
• Peter Cummings  –  Farm to School: Environmental Education with Common Roots and Orchard Elementary School
  
• James DeBiasi  –  Addressing the Interface of Urban Agriculture with Municipal Policy: A Project-Based Internship with the Urban Agriculture Task Force of Burlington
  
• * Caroline Dunlap  –  Investigating Transitions from Conventional to Organic Dairy Production in Vermont
  
• Elizabeth Frances Fucillo   –  Exploring Small Scale Organic Farming Through Experiential Education: Summer 2011 Bread and Butter Farm Apprenticeship
• Henry Gilbert  –  Fresh View Farm Internship
  
• Erica Letson  –  Internship with the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) of Vermont
  
• Nicole Lovesky  –  The Root Cellar:  A Business Plan for A Small Restaurant Located in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont
  
• Samantha Mass  – The Conscious Consumer: A Buyer's Guide to Humanely Raised Meat
  
• * Taylor Ralph  –  Eating Practices and Attitudes among American Buddhists:  An aspect of Buddhism and Ecology
  
• * Caitlan Stephens  –  “Things Need to Change Around here.”: The Diversification of a Small Farm in Northwest New Jersey
  
• Amelia Wurzburg  –  The Philosophy of Vegetable Gardening:  Sustainability in the Motivations of Food Gardeners
  

  2012

• * Sara Cleaver – What's the Catch?: An Analysis of Seafood Sustainability at the University of Vermont
• * Samantha Ethridge – ENVS 197 Students Teaching Students: Hunger, Leadership and Social Change
• * Catherine Gannascoli – Hunger, Leadership and Social Change: A Students Teaching Students Course
• * Anya Gedrath-Smith – Time for Tea: The Sustainable Development of Tea Tourism in Nepal
• Cathryn Hancock  –   Exploring Nature's Bounty: A Summer Gardening and Food Education Internship with Orchard Elementary School
• Ariel Hodgins – The Omnivore's Education: Empowering Consumers with Information on Vermont Commercial Beef and Chicken Production
• Lindsey C. Hogan – Got Raw Milk?: A Study of Farmer and Consumer Rationale for Purchasing and Producing Unpasteurized Milk
• * Kazuha Kurosu – Transformative Education for Creating Sustainable Food Systems: A Mini-Course: "Yoga (yoke) of the Earth, Food and Us" at the GreenHouse Residential Learning Community
• Philip Marston – The Campaign for Local Food Sovereignty in Vermont
• * Samantha Morgan – The Meat of the Matter: Exploring the Relationship between Environmental Ethics and the Food Choices of Environmental Studies Majors at the University of Vermont
• Dana Eve Saladoff – Building Stronger Connections Between People, Land and Communities: An Internship with the Center for Whole Communities in Waitsfield, Vermont
• * Andrew Schlesinger – Rethinking the Role of Community Gardens in Localizing Post-Oil Suburbia: A Proposal for Willowdale Community Garden in Cherry Hill, New Jersey
• Erin Schminke – Advocating for Local Food Systems Through the Center for an Agricultural Economy
  
• Jake Stocker  –  Working for Local Food and Family Farmers: A Summer Inside the Food Movement in Vermont
• Melissa Wheeler – Growing Justice: A Food Justice and Urban Farming Internship with City Slicker Farms in Oakland, California
• * Ellen Winston – A South Burlington Farm-to-School Program's Seasonal Spotlight: The Quest to Attain Food Literacy
  
  

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