Re-Posted from Sterling College: Continuing Education at Sterling College Summer 2015 In This Issue Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Courses Outdoor Education Courses Environmental Humanities Courses Ecology Courses Quick Links Registration for Continuing Education Courses E-mail Laura Lea Berry Sterling College’s successful summer program is entering its second year in 2015, with hands-on classes […]
Continue readingVNRC (good read/local events): Get Involved Visit Our Website Give E-News February 2015 Perhaps more so than in recent years, the state budget has been front and center at the State House this year and lawmakers face tough decisions because of a $113 million budget gap. With this in mind, VNRC, along with other organizations, […]
Continue readingWant to grow your own fresh vegetables, but not sure where to start? Join the Community Teaching Garden, a hands-on 22-week course for beginning gardeners that covers all aspects of vegetable gardening: planting, tending, harvesting, and preserving. You’ll enjoy fresh vegetables all summer! The course fee includes instruction twice a week, individual and shared garden […]
Continue readingGroucho Fractal is a diy sustainable technologies touring presentation. UVM is hosting it on April 22 as part of Earth Week. The presentation is entirely powered by bicycle where audience participants create organic vegan 3d printed snacks by using a brain computer interface device. It’s presented by engineer and artist Scott Beibin. He uses audience participation […]
Continue readingRe-posted from UVM: Join us for a Food Chain$ screening and panel discussion! Wednesday April 1, 6:30 pm Livak Ballroom 4th Floor Davis Center, UVM From a producer of Food Inc. and Fast Food Nation, Food Chains is an award-winning documentary about the workers who pick our food. In this exposé, an intrepid group of Florida farmworkers battle to defeat the $4 […]
Continue readingFarm to Plate is looking for 17 people who are active in the Farm to Plate Network to serve as Vermont delegates to the New England Food Summit, organized by Food Solutions New England. This year it will take place on June 11-12 in Boston (this is the 5th such summit). This year’s summit will […]
Continue readingThere will be an information session for students who would like to learn more about the Food Systems Accelerated Master’s program, Wednesday, April 15, at 1:00 pm. Courtesy of the Food Systems Graduate Program at UVM and Serena Parnau.
Re-posted from the UVM Food Systems Initiative: Lentil Underground Renegade Farmers and the Future of Food in America Featuring guest speakers Liz Carlisle and David Oien Monday, April 6, 4:00 p.m. Williams 301 Book signing to follow Free and open to the public In her new book Lentil Underground, Liz Carlisle, a protégé of Michael Pollan, tells the remarkable story […]
Continue readingCheck out the latest info from these great organizations! Second Nature (good watch): Sustainability Sit-Downs #8 is out. This week’s video features Richard Cook, President Emeritus of Allegheny College and Second Nature Board Chair, discussing trans-disciplinary sustainability education and our effects as humans on the environment. Sustainability Sit-Downs is a new Second Nature video series consisting of […]
Continue readingCheck out the latest info from these great organizations! Second Nature (good watch): Sustainability Sit-Downs #8 is out. This week’s video features Richard Cook, President Emeritus of Allegheny College and Second Nature Board Chair, discussing trans-disciplinary sustainability education and our effects as humans on the environment. Sustainability Sit-Downs is a new Second Nature video series consisting of […]
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