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 more about food systems and sustainable farming practices!
Amy Gibans McGlashan serves as the overall administrator of the FoodWorks program. As Director of Academic Outreach and Special Projects at Middlebury’s Center for Careers and Internships, one of Amy’s favorite projects since day one has been to work in close collaboration with her Louisville and Middlebury partners to build the FoodWorks program from scratch. Her background is in innovative models for education, civic engagement, and project-based learning. Amy is among many at Middlebury who believe that the distinctive structure and curriculum of FoodWorks is a powerful learning model, and she will be working to replicate it with other academic programs and departments in the coming months and years.
Gaby is an alum of the FoodWorks program returning as the assistant this summer. She is excited to continue being part of the program and learning even more about Vermont’s food system.
Maelenn went to Middlebury this past year as an exchange student from Paris Diderot University in France. With a BA in Geography, she will joining a master’s program in the Fall focused on planning and development. She has always been interested in sustainable living and aspires to integrate it more in her own lifestyle as well as in her career path. Through this internship, she is excited to learn more about the food production and distribution process at a very local scale.
Marissa is a rising Junior from Portland Oregon. She is probably majoring in Environmental Studies with studio art. She decided to do Foodworks in order to learn more about food systems and to expand her farming experience. She’s really excited about working outside everyday and watching things grow.
Hannah Rae (‘14.5) is a farm girl from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (Yoopers unite!) studying Conservation Biology with a Sociology minor. Cooking, agriculture, and rural communities have been her daily reality and biggest passion since she was just tall enough to help her mother can peaches and make bread. She will be working at Lincoln Peak Vineyard this summer where she hopes to learn more about the integration of small businesses into the local culture. The plant nerd in her is also very excited to be working with such an interesting plant as cold climate grapes!
Welcome FoodWorks Fellows to your summer of learning about and exploring food systems. The FoodWorks Team has been working hard to organize a fulfilling program of 5th day field trips, guest lectures and video conferences. In preparation for Orientation on Sunday, please be sure to have read “Bringing It To the Table” Introduction, Chap 1: Nature as Measure 3-10, Chap 2: Stupidity in Concentration 11-18, Chap 3: Agricultural Solutions for Agricultural Problems 19-30 AND Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front (Poem by Wendell Berry) http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/manifesto-the-mad-farmer-liberation-front/.
We will kick-off the program with a video conference between the Louisville and Middlebury sites at 2 pm, led by John Elder.
Take a look around the blog to see bios of your fellow FoodWorks fellows, current events and articles relating to the food system under Readings and Resources, as well as an updated Calendar. We are looking forward to this summer!
