Although he hails from Hanover, New Hampshire, Ben betrays his true allegiance when he begins each day with a shot of pure Vermont maple syrup in his coffee. A rising junior and environmental studies major at Middlebury, he will be working with Vermont Community Foundation (VCF) this summer as the inaugural Food and Farm Initiative intern. Ben looks forward to the challenge of creating compelling written and cinematic narratives about Vermont’s food system, which he hopes will help to publicize VCF’s mission. An unabashed foodie and aspiring mountain man, Ben spent last summer playing in the soil of Denver’s urban gardens, and he is excited that he once more has the opportunity to get his hands dirty. After a traumatic first encounter with spinach during childhood, he now takes after Popeye and uses leafy greens (especially kale chips) to power his outdoor adventures climbing, biking, and backpacking in the Green Mountains and beyond.
