5th Annual
UVM Food Systems Summit
“What Makes Food Good?”
June 14-15, 2016 | University of Vermont | Burlington, VT
Just Announced: Sessions and Field Trips!
Concurrent sessions will cover a wide breadth of topics including systems thinking, food ethics, farmworker justice, prison gardens and many others.
In addition to an opening reception and film screening, we have just added more programming on Monday, June 13: a garden tour and a cheesemaking workshop. |
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Defining Good Food
In Vermont, as in much of the rest of the world, the debate around “good” food plays out every day in different spheres. Our classrooms, courtrooms, boardrooms and dining rooms are all spaces in which the decisions made can have enormous consequences. In a globalized world, with a highly polarized political climate, the stakes are high when it comes to navigating opinions about the characteristics of good food.
Read the full press release |
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Keynote Speakers
We are excited to feature three keynote speakers at the 2016 Summit: Rachel A. Ankeny (University of Adelaide), M. Jahi Chappell (Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy), and Charlotte Biltekoff (University of California, Davis). Read more about our keynote speakers. |
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