By Meghan Cohorst
As the majority of this country’s agricultural fields lie dormant under a blanket of snow, these cold months are the heart of the growing season in Florida. During the winter, 90 percent of this country’s fresh tomatoes are produced in the state, and workers who form the very backbone of our nation’s food system [...]
Posts Tagged ‘sustainable’
a more-complete definition of “sustainable”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged campaign for fair food, coalition of immokalee workers, dining services, farmworkers, food service providers, immokalee, student/farmworker alliance, sustainable on January 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Food becomes just
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agriculture, campus, food, garden, just, Macalester, sustainable on November 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Potlucks are popular events at Macalester. On the weekends, it is easy to find a potluck to share food and fun with other students. For on campus events, food is a crucial part of making the event a success. It seems to me that Mac students enjoy eating good food. and lots of [...]
Pulling up the ivy: sustainable agriculture on campus
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged eco-friendly, farmers' market, organic, Princeton, sustainable, The Garden Project on August 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
When I first came to Princeton I knew I wanted to work in a garden. I sought out every environmental group I could find, anticipating Sungold tomato harvests and beds of brassicas. I naively assumed I would find a sustainable food project and garden already in place where I might spend a few hours a [...]
Good Food: all dressed up with nowhere to go.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Food Literacy Project, Harvard, local, organic, student concern, sustainable on August 18, 2008 | 4 Comments »
By Caroline Merrifield
It was a magical dining hall food moment, even better than that one time they served Chinese broccoli and pesto couscous at the same meal. Sitting in our warmly-lit dining hall at the end of a crisp fall day, my friends and I shared fresh salad, autumn soup, roasted squash, cranberry stuffing, and pumpkin pie, [...]
Cooperation Nation
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Co-Op, fair trade, Hamilton, local, organic, sustainable on July 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »
For the past two years I have been fortunate to live in the Hamilton College Woollcott Co-Op. A community that values organic fair trade and local foods as well as the pursuit of a sustainable lifestyle. The past two years were also the best two years of food living I have ever had and most [...]
