by | Jun 17, 2016 | Capstone Opportunities, Food Justice, Internships, Managed Systems, Social Systems
Position Internship Program Goal This internship provides firsthand experience to students with a desire for learning the process of growing food on both a large (row farming) and/or small (hoop and green houses) scale operation while designing processes that conserve...
by Eric Boles | Jun 3, 2016 | Agriculture, Food Justice, Uncategorized, Water
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) projects that we will add 2 billion people to Planet Earth by the year 2050. Accommodating this growth will require us to increase food supplies by 60% above current levels—no easy task. What’s more,...
by | May 30, 2016 | Agriculture, Features, Food Justice, Green Jobs, Managed Systems
A Solution for Sourcing Locally Produced Foods Recent trends illustrate consumer preferences are gravitating towards locally raised foods, including not only fruits and vegetables, but various meat products as well. This gravitation towards locally sourced foods is...
by Linden Cheek | Apr 22, 2016 | Food Justice, Natural Systems
Weeds. There are few things that irk Americans fond of immaculate green lawns and flower beds more than the snowball tops of hated weeds. But before you tear out your hair when these pertinacious rascals start popping up all over the place, take a moment to read 3...
by Linden Cheek | Apr 6, 2016 | Agriculture, Food Justice, Sustainability Spotlight, Volunteer
The Story of Local Sustainability When the topic of sustainability gets brought up, most of us start to think of places like Portland, OR or Boulder, CO or somewhere else with a lot of hippies masquerading as professionals and scientists. But, believe it or not, our...
by | Feb 1, 2016 | Announcement Emails, Food Justice, Housing, RecycleMania, Residence Halls, Volunteer
Sustainability Announcements Weekly Sustainability Announcements February 2, 2016 Permalink Contents From the Newswire RecycleMania 2016! Food Programs Seek Semester Long Volunteers Tri Cycle Farms Garden Workday Tri Cycle Farms’ Food Recovery/ Compost Crew...
