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Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Currently, the northeast region is in the midst of a grain renaissance spurred by the work of dedicated farmers, millers, and bakers, who are profoundly passionate about grains, such as spelt, rye, and einkorn. This introductory guide is intended to provide home bakers and other interested consumers with the opportunity to learn more about regional grain history, the new grainshed, how grains are transformed from seed-to-flour, and baking with local...
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Agriculture in Iowa has changed significantly over the past several years. A greater focus on large scale corn and soybean farming has led to the disappearance of many mid-size farms in the state. At the same time, fewer people are eating local fruits and vegetables and relying more on supplies of food from other states. Increasing the presence of local food is important in the mission toward reversing the trend of large scale farms and unhealthy...
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
As the local food movement continues to grow, new farmers are faced with a variety of choices that could "make or break" their farm business. Small businesses in particular are at great risk of failing within the first 4 years, often due to their lack of planning (Penn State Extension 2009). The first half of this report will analyze the business choices of five small-scale farms in order to determine which choices add or detract from their overall...
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The Farm to School movement seeks to address the issues of child diet-related-diseases, low food literacy among school-children, and struggling local agricultural systems by connecting farms and schools through food education, school garden programs, and inclusion of local products in school meal programs. Harvest of the Month programs are statewide or district-wide initiatives that offer promotional materials and support services through featuring...
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Local food is an important aspect of a resilient food infrastructure and the demand for more access to local food is on the rise. Regional food hubs area one way to help increase the resiliency of a local food system and broaden the reach of small and medium sized farmers. In fact values-based supply chains- defined as a supply chain with strategic collaborations between farmers, processors, distributors, and retailers that operate with transparency...
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Farmville Area Community Emergency Services (FACES) food pantry is a non-profit organization providing emergency and supplementary food to qualified residents of Prince Edward County and parts of Cumberland, Buckingham, Nottoway, Luneburg, and Charlotte Counties. Currently, FACES distributes bags of food to an average of 960 households representing 1,358 individuals on a weekly basis. FACES is also in the process of becoming a regional distribution...
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
How's it Growing was born in early 2013 in collaboration with Children's Country Day School, a Twin Cities (MN) nature-based school for preschool-aged children. The project's goals aimed to establish a farm to preschool pilot program at the school and to integrate a sustainable agriculture curriculum and other food-related experiences into the culture of the school. The main focus of the project revolved around the development of a preschool-aged...
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
As the culmination of my graduate experience at Green Mountain College, I present to you, readers, my MSES graduate thesis and applied professional project, Growing Oshkosh, Inc, including the conceptualization, creation, incorporation and case for support for Growing Oshkosh, Inca local community food project and non-profit urban farm in Oshkosh, Wisconsin dedicated to sowing and growing a healthier, more vibrant and more hopeful community. Growing...
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The re-localization of food systems is a movement gaining traction throughout the world, due in large part to the inherent lack of environmental sustainability and social equality found within the dominant, highly corporatized and globalized food system model. My position is that all food systems are most effectively considered as complex adaptive systems and that change is an emergent structure which can be guided toward a more localized, resilient,...
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
King County in Washington State is a unique area of the Pacific Northwest, encompassing Seattle and the fertile farming lands at the foothills of the Cascades. In this region, there is a rich and growing movement around local food and alternative food systems, with a distinctive Pacific Northwest flavor surrounding all things food and drink. Yet, despite this cultural awareness of food and agriculture, many King County residents are plagued with the...
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
May 2010.
Language
English
Description
Global warming, childhood obesity and diabetes, a national life expectancy for the first time falls short of that of that generation that preceded it, degradation of rural communities, and destruction of our country's soil and water sources are all part and parcel of a broken food system. Our meals travel an average of 1,500 miles from farm to table and contain scarce nutritional value one they arrive. People don't know where there [sic] food comes...
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The hypothesis of this project is that the lack of local meat in Nevada's food system is due to the absence of meat processing facilities. To prove or disprove my hypothesis on whether gaining more full-service slaughterhouses would entice ranchers and farmers to slaughter their livestock in the state rather than exporting them research was conducted with three main parameters: 1) Local Food, 2) Nevada Agriculture, 3) Livestock for Nevadan Markets....
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Registered Dietitians (RDs) can play a critical role in advocating for sustainable food systems (SFS) both on personal and professional levels. Thus, it is essential for RDs, our "food experts," to understand the complexities involved in our food system. Evidence shows that RDs are interested in promoting SFS issues, but the lack of knowledge is cited as a barrier, which results in the majority of RDs not incorporating SFS concepts into their professional...
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Farm-to-school programs are becoming more popular mechanisms to incorporate food, farm, and nutririon curriculum into schools; to engage the school environment with the agricultural community; and to integrate more local and seasonal foods in the school cafeteria. In Vermont, approximately 100 communities comprising a wide range of socio-demographic attributes have successfully implemented Farm-to-School (F2S) programs. Conversely, many other communities...
Author
Publisher
Green Mountain College
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
EARTH, which stands for Education And Resiliency Through Horticulture, is Gifft Hill School's internally operated farm to school program. Based in both classroom and garden, EARTH's program goals are to "prepare future Virgin Islands citizens with career skills, nurture advocates of the EARTH program, Gifft Hill School and principles of preservation and conservation of St. John. Overall, in fostering these types of growth in student population, subsequent...