Posts Tagged ‘food’
College in Vt.’s Northeast Kingdom to Give Sterling Lesson in Food, Farms
by John O. Harney
January 22, 2011
Sterling College will serve up a new academic program in farm-to-table food studies in summer 2011.
“Vermont’s Table: Farming, Cooking, and the Rural Experience” will combine hands-on culinary training using local vegetables and meats with in-depth examination of Vermont farms, cheesemakers and agricultural businesses. The program will include courses in Whole Farm Thinking and Farm-Scale Production ...
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One in 10 N.H. Households Experiences Food Insecurity
by Christine Cassis
June 15, 2010
Access to healthy food is becoming increasingly difficult in some parts of New Hampshire, as grocery stores relocate and consolidate to cut down on costs, leaving some Granite State residents completely dependent on convenience and corner stores for basic goods.
The new study by Nena Stracuzzi and Sally Ward of ...
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From Kitchen to Classroom: The Serious Study of Food
by Jay A. Halfond
October 5, 2011
When Jacques Pépin accepted his honorary doctorate from Boston University this past May, he made note of this truly symbolic moment. While his proposed dissertation focus on food had once been rejected by Columbia University as academically unworthy, a leading university was now granting him a doctorate for his work as a celebrated author, chef and ...
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