Welcome!
Welcome to FoodWorks! An innovative summer leadership program combining academic and experiential learning in food systems. To apply for the 2015 program visit: http://www.middlebury.edu/foodworks/.
Final reflexions: Urban settings
Watch my video: This is Salvi. He is from the Bronx NY. During these eight weeks of FoodWorks we have explored the big topics of Local and Organic food, of which the State of Vermont has historically been a strong leader. We have listened to […]
Story of Self, Story of Us, Story of Pizza
About a month and a half ago, I attended a three day punk festival in Montreal. Late one night, exhausted and hungry after spending the previous hours crashing and clashing with the crowd at Dillinger Four, I and a couple of the folks that had […]
Weeds are socially constructed
The definition of a weed is a plant growing where it is not wanted. That’s all. This means that what is and is not a weed varies across time and place. In fact, a plant may simultaneously be considered a weed and not a weed […]
Katie Weatherseed
Katie is a rising Junior feb (’16.5) at Middlebury College and plans on double majoring in Environmental Studies and Theatre. While originally from Surrey, England, she now lives in Connecticut. Katie is so excited to be a part of the FoodWorks Program and to learn […]
Learning to Homestead
My independent study most clearly relates to the topic of sustainability. I wanted to know how “sustainable” local can get. When we toss around the word Local, we could mean 80 miles away; we could mean the other side of the state. What would it […]
