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What do we want from “Local Food Systems”?
Posted on May 15, 2013 | No CommentsBy Dr. Jennifer Phillips Over the coming decades, climate change will challenge regional, national, and global economies. Some regions of the world will see agricultural productivity drop by 50%... -
Film Review: Symphony of the Soil
Posted on March 8, 2013 | No CommentsOn February 25, 2013, I joined Bard students, faculty, staff, and community members packed into Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center to view Deborah Koons Garcia’s documentary Symphony of the Soil.... -
I come from down in the valleys
Posted on September 16, 2012 | No CommentsYes the title is a Bruce Springsteen reference. In June I arrived in Oaxaca to start my internship at the Instituto de la Naturaleza y la Sociedad de Oaxaca or INSO. Nervous? Yes. Prepared?... -
It’s time for a water diet…
Posted on July 16, 2012 | No CommentsAs you all know by now, I am from Vermont. And although Vermont, for quite some time, was famous for having more cows than people, the scale of the agricultural... -
Will this Farm Bill do enough for young farmers?
Posted on May 10, 2012 | No CommentsReposted from Grist By Lindsey Lusher Shute, CEP Alumna ’07 By the time the next Farm Bill expires in five years, 125,000 American farmers will have retired. This fact may... -
Climate and Food Supply
Posted on April 19, 2012 | No CommentsOn April 18th, the National Climate Seminar hosted a conversation on “Climate and Food Supply” with Cynthia Rosenzweig, leader of the Climate Impacts Group at the Goddard Institute for Space... -
Sustainably Speaking: Ancient technique could boost food production
Posted on February 29, 2012 | No CommentsWritten by: Nicholas Martin (CSP ’13) and Justin Wexler (EP/MAT ’13) Reposted from: The Poughkeepsie Journal An ancient environmental technology is making a comeback. Five centuries ago, Spanish explorer Francisco... -
Local Foods in Massachusetts
Posted on January 7, 2012 | No CommentsMy internship with Grow Food Northampton (GFN) involved working on numerous and varied projects, ranging from food access, community outreach, an agricultural economics report, a local foods assessment survey, and... -
Young Farmers in the Hudson Valley
Posted on December 15, 2011 | No CommentsLindsey Lusher Shute, MS ’07, was interviewed for a piece on young farmers the New York Times. See related post on NPR’s Food Blog, the salt and listen to the...
