Food and Agriculture
- Vermont's Farm To Plate 10 Year Strategic Plan for Vermont's Food System is here
- The section of the Farm To Plate draft specific to hunger, food access and availability is here
- October, 2010 Funders' conference about Successful Food Hubs, list of resources from SAFSF
- August 2010, Yankee Magazine article by Bill McKibben, about Hardwick
- Math Lessons for Locavores, New York Times op-ed, August, 2010
- Local Food Systems: Concepts, Impacts, and Issues. Source: US Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service, May 2010
- Guide to USDA Funding for Local and Regional Food Systems Source: National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, April 2010
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April, 2010 Report of the Coalition on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases; Agricultural climate policy can both make an important contribution to the sustainable incomes of farming communities and provide a host of ancillary environmental benefits.
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Feb 2010 talk at UVM on New England Food System, by Brian Donohue of Brandeis Univ. - notes
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Feb 2010 UVM Proposal to Establish a Food Systems Spire of Excellence - includes data and analysis of the current food system and opportunities to support research, scholarship and student involvement in a regional food system.
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Jan, 2010 Report on Farm To Plate strategic planning process, delivered to state legislature
- What’s a Regional Food Center? Notes from a panel discussion at the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont , Winter 2010 Conference
- Healthy Food, Healthy Communities: Promising Strategies to Improve Access to Fresh, Healthy Food and Transform Communities Source: PolicyLink
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USDA Launches Know Your Farmer program, Oct 2009
- Eating Off the Grid - Moving Beyond Produce CSA's, Oct 2009
- 08-26-09 Washington Post article - Farm to Hub to Table
- Ellen Zuckerman and Ryan Torres analysis of Food and Ag Funding in Vt
- Nov 2008 Nickerson Food System Landscape report
- Worldwatch Institute Report 09 Climate Change & Land Use & Ag
- Stop Trashing the Climate, June 2008 report on the climate impact of zero-waste