Great Food and Farming Reads
Ideas, books, articles and entries from our schools offering a variety of perspectives on agriculture, food systems, and
the culture of sustenance.
Books
- Rebuilding the Foodshed: How to Create Local, Sustainable, and Secure Food Systems, Philip Ackerman-Leist, Chelsea Green 2012
- Food, Farms, and Community: Exploring Food Systems, Lisa Chase and Vern Grubinger, University of New Hampshire Press 2014
- The Taste of Place: A Cultural Journey into Terroir, Amy B. Trubek, University of California Press, 2009
Articles
- Ur-Ganic: An Alpine Township Considers Banning Pesticides, Truth-Out.org, September 17, 2013
- Foodshed as New Democracy, Fair Observer 360 Analysis, October 23, 2013
- A Foodshed View of Resilience, Landscapes for People, Food, and Nature, August 12, 2013
- Revisiting the “Thin Months” – a Follow-Up Study on the Lives of Mesoamerican Coffee Farmers, Policy Brief, International Center for Tropical Agriculture, September 2014
- Eating Well, Middlebury Magazine, Summer 2013
- Editor’s Note: Full Fare, Middlebury Magazine, Summer 2013
- Food For Thought, Middlebury Magazine, Summer 2013
- The Art of Perfection, Middlebury Magazine, Summer 2013
- Teresa Mares on Migrant Farm Workers and Isolation, University of Vermont Center for Research on Vermont, August 2014
- What is the Food System and Why Does it Matter, Food Solutions New England
Blogs
- UVM Food Feed
- Working Hands. Working Minds. The Sterling College Blog.
Websites and New Media
- The Map of Maple: A Mobile Primer, Amy Trubek
- Farm and Food Legal Resources, Vermont Law School
- Climate Change and Food Security Infographic, Vermont Law School
- Labels Unwrapped: Demystifying the Food Label, Vermont Law School
- Vermont Food Systems Summit session videos on The Right to Food: Power, Policy, and Politics in the 21st Century, University of Vermont
- Vermont Farm to Plate Initiative and Food System Atlas, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
