by Linden Cheek | Oct 12, 2016 | Agriculture, Food, Green Living, Managed Systems
This post is part 2 of a 2-part series about chicken. Read Part 1: “Chicken: The Universal Bird of the Modern World” Chicken. It is the most popular meat in the world, with people from every corner of the globe enjoying it regularly. In a previous post I...
by Linden Cheek | Sep 12, 2016 | Food, Food Justice, Managed Systems, Natural Systems, Recycle, Reporting, Systems Thinking, Waste, Water
There are few foods considered by the general public to be as consistently healthy as a filet of fresh cut fish. But a recent study on the wild-caught fish we consume shows there may be more in these fish than just Omega-3 and protein. It is common knowledge for...
by Linden Cheek | Sep 9, 2016 | Agriculture, Food, Managed Systems
This post is part 1 of a 2-part series about chicken. Read Part 2: “Farm raised, Free Range, or Frozen? Navigating the Modern Chicken Market” Chicken. It’s everywhere. It seems every cuisine, no matter the culture, has its favorite dish of this meaty...
by Linden Cheek | Aug 29, 2016 | Food, Green Living, Housing, Residence Halls
There are many advantages to living in campus housing. Having a place to cook is not one of them. Although many of the residence halls on campus include a communal kitchen, most students find their cooking space reduced to a metal box spewing radiation. Left without a...
by Marty Matlock | Jun 22, 2016 | Agriculture, Climate, Food Justice, Systems Thinking, Water
I am in China this week, where big numbers can be overwhelming. I am currently in Shanghai, a city of 27,000,000 people, sitting on a high-speed train headed to Beijing, a city of 22,000,000. Our own NYC, the best city in the world, has a mere 20 million in the...
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...
