http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/25/business/in-florida-tomato-fields-a-penny-buys-progress.html
Author: Gabrielle Lee
Oldest Article on Food from NY Times Archives
Check out this link for the oldest article about food from the NY Times Archives from 1871!
Megan Cousino
Megan is a junior (Class of 2016) from Ferrisburgh, VT. She is majoring in Environmental Studies and Geography and minoring in German. She is very excited to participate in the FoodWorks program this summer and hopes to learn more about the local food system. She will be working with Treleven Farm and the Parent/Child Center.
Civil Eats
Check out the Civil Eats blog. It is regularly updated with current events related to farm and food around the country. The blog is a great source of information, particularly in food policy. Subscribe to their newsletter for weekly updates!
Sterling College is hosting a Food Jobs Summit
An announcement from Sterling College: “Food Jobs Summit on June 14, 2014
Sterling College announced that it will be holding a Food Jobs Summit on its campus. The Summit will be held on June 14th, from 11 am to 1 pm.
The Summit is designed for people who are interested in jobs in the sustainable agriculture and artisan food fields, and it is co-sponsored by the Center for an Agricultural Economy and Good Food Jobs.
Some of the employers that will be at the Food Jobs Summit include: Pete’s Greens, High Mowing Organic Seeds, Caledonia Spirits, the Cellars at Jasper Hill, and Vermont Soy.”
For more information click here
“What Farm-to-Table Got Wrong” – Dan Barber
NY Times Article from May 17, 2014
Dan Barber is the chef and owner of Blue Hill at Stone Barns Center, where Middlebury FoodWorks fellows will be visiting in July!
“The Intelligent Plant” – Michael Pollan
Follow this link to an article by Michael Pollan featured in the New Yorker from December 13, 2013 about scientists looking at plants in a different way.
“The Socialization Question” – Ben Hewitt
http://benhewitt.net/2014/05/29/the-socialization-question/
Ben Hewitt is a writer from Hardwick who wrote the book “The Town that Food Saved.” Middlebury FoodWorks Fellows will be visiting Hardwick in late June!
Joe Franzen
Joe Franzen is the Fifth Day leader and educator at Fern Creek High School in Louisville, KY. Originally from Lederach, PA, he has brought his experience from the farm, construction crew, woods and urban homestead into local classrooms to help question traditional education and design interdisciplinary curricula. After an audit four years ago, FCHS recruited Franzen to help rebuild the school. Over that time, Franzen and his colleagues have built a Food Studies Program that challenges our food reality while teaching state and national standards.
Kyler Blodgett
Hi Blog Readers! I’m Kyler Blodgett, a rising sophomore from Northern Virginia pursuing an (undeclared) International Politics and Economics major, and I’m so excited to spend my first summer in Vermont. I will be a Shepherd Poverty intern working with the Charter House, Middlebury’s homeless shelter, on their farm and Community Lunch program. The FoodWorks fellows were kind enough to let me live with them and tag along on many of their activities looking at food systems. I can’t think of a better way to spend the summer than deepening my understanding of local food insecurity while learning about how I can be more aware and accepting of the struggling members in my community.