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Sustainability as it relates to local food systems, food bank gardens, permaculture, and light pollution

Posted in Food & Agriculture, SHP Summer 2011, Student work, What is Sustainability? on August 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »

[This post was written by Christopher Milton, Sara Davenport, Kimberly Sherwood, and Jan Steinbock.] Our Growing Communities group is researching sustainability as it relates to local food systems, food bank gardens, permaculture and light pollution. The idea of local food systems is a sustainability issue that is being addressed in society today, through such things [...]

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Nutrition as an important element of sustainability

Posted in Food & Agriculture, Media, SHP Spring 2011, Student work on May 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

[This post was written by Megan Foster, Grant Russ, and Sara Scott in response to viewing the documentary Foodmatters] The documentary Foodmatters is shocking and revealing. The film brings up several points that the public should be aware of but are not. Most people are aware that fast food and processed food is bad for [...]

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Food Deserts

Posted in Food & Agriculture, Quantifying Sustainability, Uncovering & Evaluating Sources on February 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I discovered the graphic above in a recent Slate.com article by Chris Wilson, Dinner at the Kwik-E-Mart: Food Deserts in America.” The Center for Disease Control and Prevention defines food deserts as “areas that lack access to affordable fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat milk, and other foods that make up the full range of a [...]

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Sustainability and Food

Posted in Food & Agriculture, Implementing Sustainability, Uncovering & Evaluating Sources on January 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Ellen Tarlin has recently started an online experiment at Slate.com to investigate some of the ways of thinking about food and nutrition at the individual and household level. She calls this project “Clean Plate: Outrageous Experiments in Sensible Eating.” Tarlin’s experiment is quite accessible. She writes brief posts in a conversational style, and engages her [...]

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