Category: Interviews

Four students per week post audio or video interviews with members of the local food system. These will be edited and combined as part of the concluding digital stories for each site.

Interview with Camila Idrovo, Food & Wellness Specialist at CentroNia

by Hiu-Tung Lee

Hello!

Here is a short interview with my supervisor Camila Idrovo. She has been a wonderful person to work with and is someone that really enjoys her job. This interview will let you know more about what she is passionate about and is trying to advocate for the children.

 

Here’s the link and enjoy!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz6YTsz0tlwselpsSFR0WFpjeGc/view?usp=sharing

Chickens with Kate

by Chloe Kidder

Here’s a short video with Kate Mansfield, my co-worker at Bee’s Wrap. Kate has been raising chickens for the past 8 weeks and this past Saturday they were killed. Like Kate says: “the chickens have a really great life with one bad day.” I was interested in talking to Kate to get a glimpse into one alternative to conventionally raised meat. I gained a better understanding of what sustainability can look like on a very small scale. It was wonderful to see how this day brought neighbors together, something that I think is incredibly important in our digitized, global age.

HEADS UP: this video contains graphic footage of the chicken processing

Enjoy!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u79Uz7gtOag

Food Justice and Restaurant Workers Video

by Ruijia Wang

I had a conversation with Jeremiah Lowery who works as a research and policy coordinator at Restaurant Opportunities Center of Washington, DC (ROC-DC). My inspiration of interviewing with Jeremiah came from after visiting the DC Central Kitchen.

I think food justice is another form of expressing human rights. When we talk about our food system, we shall not only think about the farmers who work on our lands, but also think about the people who work for processing our foods. Restaurant workers rights must be protected. Their working and health conditions link to our health as well. Sadly, a lot of them do not have health insurance, get paid sick day and keep working in irregular hours and stressful conditions. As we become more conscious of what we eat and where the foods come from, shall we also pay more attention on the people who directly or non-directly contribute to the quality of foods that we consume?

Here is the link to the video:

Food Justice and Restaurant Workers

 

Thanks,

Rose

Local Craft Brewing in VT

by Nina Buzby

my video!

This is one of many videos I’ve been creating for my internship that explores the businesses and stories of local craft brewers in Vermont.

I chose to post Steve at Drop-In Brewing because he is making a special “local” beer that focuses on involving VT produce that isn’t just hops (hops grow very well in VT).

If you want to see more brewers check out vermontfolklifecenter.org/brewfestival