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Wanted to share this video because it has provided a bundle of inspiration for me over the past couple months. One of the more thought provoking points discussed in this include the pressures that we put on farmers to cultivate land, provide habitat, and provide food on top of having to dealing with the economic market, which ultimately force farmers to force land into shapes that it doesn't want to take.

I love the way expresses hope in going in a singular direction, and building a future in which many of us would love to see in the world, but also building a future that is beyond our capacity to imagine.

#solar punk #agriculture #solarpunk #environment #environmentalism #permaculture #farming #garden #gardening

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UVM Food Systems Program

I've started a tumblr blog because I wanted a way to document this time in my life. I didn't expect to go to Vermont, much less grad school, and to be honest at one point, college was way off the radar.

The idea of this program is to help students like myself become problem solvers and critical thinkers with tools to be able to help resolve food systems related issues using a transdisciplinary and systems thinking approach. Examples of said issues include but are not limited to:

Examining supply chain shortages

The health and safety of farmworkers and food in which they harvest.

Equitable Distribution and Fair Labor Practices

Building Climate Change Resilience

Reducing Food Waste

Dramatic increases in food insecurity and more...

Some interesting facts about this program is that it is supported by 43 affiliated faculty from 6 different colleges representing 16 departments/disciplines and University of Vermont is the first school ever to offer a degree in Food Systems.

The Food Systems Graduate Program at the University of Vermont studies the inter-connected actors and processes in the modern food system, from production through disposal, and the opportunities for closing this loop. Food systems are inherently built on multiple, intersectional inequalities, and as researchers, scholars, practitioners, and community members, the program use diverse methodological and disciplinary orientations to study and address these inequalities.

During my time here I would like to make my research actionable- something that can not only be found, but be used to affect positive change in the food system.

#vermont #food #agriculture #permaculture #solar punk #solarpunk #environmentalism #ecopunk #farming