Vermont

Emily Bogin hails from Marin County, California. She is a rising Junior, and majors in Philosophy. Emily loves food systems and culinary histories, and is looking forward to learning about and archiving the Vermont foodscape this summer.

Lily (2015.5) is an English and Art History double major from Bethesda, Maryland who worked on a goat farm in France this spring and couldn’t imagine spending the summer without a goat or two.  She is incredibly excited to meet and work with members of the local agricultural and food educative communities, to reach a fuller understanding of the word “sustainable” and particularly its application to meat production and consumption, and to spend the season in our beautiful green mountain state.

Eliza is a rising senior feb (‘15.5) pursuing a major in Architecture & the Environment. She grew up in Somerville, MA, a city that has embraced local food, urban farming, and (especially) school gardens with open arms. She is looking forward to a summer of eating fresh food, enjoying good company, and getting plenty of dirt under her fingernails.

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.

Originally hailing from the great state of Texas, Anna graduated this may with a joint degree in Environmental Studies and Sociology/Anthropology. Despite the accusations of cannibalism that it inexplicably inspires, she still feels that the “Love People. Cook them tasty food” bumper sticker on her computer does a pretty good job at summing up her motivation for getting involved with FoodWorks. Anna spends a lot of time making things and is very much hoping to make friends with all of you this summer!

Ali Surdoval is a rising sophomore from the Garden State working on the college’s organic farm this summer. Having no previous farming experience, she is curious about the journey made by vegetables, from dirt to belly. Ali hopes to be exposed to new ideas and perspectives regarding food (and life) this summer. Her favorite veggie is beets.