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From Rural Vermont: Since the founding of Vermont in 1777, the tradition of local agriculture has been a mainstay that has supported generations of Vermont farmers and communities. Long before multi-national companies shipped tomatoes and lettuce from as far as California, Mexico or Asia, Vermonters employed a food system that was based on community and intimate [...] “How much food could New England provide for itself 50 years from now? We currently have 2 million acres in farmland in New England. We could double or triple that to 6 million acres if we recovered some of our best land from forested pine.” That’s how Brian Donahue, a professor [...] BUHS Preserve Our Planet Students and Post Oil Solutions Organize Mother’s Day Climate Change March & Rally Live as if our future matters! This is the theme of the iMatter Mother’s Day Climate Change March and Rally that the Preserve Our Planet (POP) students of Brattleboro Union High School and Post Oil Solutions (www.postoilsolutions.org) are organizing in [...] I was thinking of sending Hershey’s Kisses to my daughter for Valentines Day; not local . . . but an appropriate Valentines gift? After coming upon John Robbins info on chocolate, I’ve changed my mind: “In 2009, the Payson Center for International Development at Tulane University published an “assessment of child labor in the cocoa supply [...] September is Hunger Action Month, and we’re asking everyone to help fight hunger in Vermont! Take the pledge and get involved at www.vtfoodbank.org Contact: TAKE ACTION ON HUNGER—PICK FOR YOUR NEIGHBOR! Barre, VT— September is National Hunger Action Month and in an effort to get people involved in the fight against hunger, the Vermont [...] Click here to see how to help these birds who nest in farm fields as well as help protect wildlife habitat: 2010 All in the Family VT Bobolink or go to http://www.bobolinkproject.org/ Doctors at three health centers in Massachusetts have begun advising patients to eat “prescription produce” from local farmers’ markets, in an effort to fight obesity in children of low-income families. Call it a “farm-aceutical” approach, with doctors giving coupons amounting to $1 a day for each member of a patient’s family to promote healthy meals. By Beth Sanders Originally published in the July 21, 2010 Weekly Market Bulletin out of Concord, NH We don’t produce enough fresh fruits and vegetables in the United States for everyone to eat a balanced and nutritious diet,” says Jon Scholl, President of American Farmland Trust (AFT). “In fact, it is estimated that we need at least another 13 [...] Published on Friday, July 23, 2010 by Civil Eats by Laura Edwards-Orr As an advocate for local, and for family farmers, I know that there is immense power in the experiential. When you have a direct relationship with a farmer, you just know that relationship is mutually beneficial. When you see four leggers on [...] |
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