President Laurie Patton is a signatory on the statement written by higher education leaders calling for unprecedented action to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

Students embrace the daily complexities of running a small farm as they grow produce for the local food shelf and campus dining.

Professor of food studies recommends investing in publicly funded research.

A new short video highlights the recent construction of a meditative labyrinth adjacent to the College gardens.

"The Knoll" is celebrating several new additions, including a pizza kitchen, educational and serenity gardens, and a meditative labyrinth.

The four-week immersion course was a joint project of the College and International Christian University, which hosts Middlebury’s School in Japan.

Students traveled to the capital for a busy week of meetings with federal policy and communication experts.

Workshop with Jon Turner of Wild Roots Farm

90% of mistakes can be prevented with an efficient design. This workshop will give you an understanding of different ways to view the landscape and how the site can influence a successful design. We will discuss permaculture principles and how to apply them to this process, while also providing case studies of the effectiveness of ecological design.

Biomass plant and land preservation help push Middlebury past target in an ambitious multiyear effort.

The documentary film American Outrage will be screened at 7:00p followed by a brief lecture and discussion on food and water security with Professor Molly Anderson.  Co-sponsored by Chellis House, ISO, and FAM.

For more info, check out the FaceBook event page:  https://www.facebook.com/events/1140220519348049/

Note: This fundraiser does not benefit Middlebury College. Donations are not tax-deductible.

A student-run nonprofit hopes to change the food system by selling fresh food at deep discounts to the local community.

Teresa Mares, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Vermont

This talk examines household food access among Latino/a dairy workers in Vermont, the majority of whom have migrated in recent years from central and southern Mexico. As a border state with an active presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, many of the same fears, anxieties, and dangers that are connected to the southern border are reproduced in the state of Vermont; with significant consequences for food security, diet-related health, and the overall well-being of migrant workers.

We spent a day with students learning about the complex systems of modern farming at Essex Farm on Lake Champlain.

Larry Childs ’81 recalls the dawn of a food movement at Middlebury.

Munroe honored for her work connecting Middlebury students and faculty with community partners around the state.

ENVS 401 Projects with Professor Molly Anderson's students:
•    An Exploration of Energy Innovations and Implications of the Proposed Carbon Pollution Tax for the Vermont Maple Industry
•    Alternative Heating Sources in Vermont Greenhouses
•    Vermont Food Rescue Toolkit
•    Water Quality & Tile Drainage Within Addison County

Jason Scorse, Associate Professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, will talk about how environmental and health policy professionals are beginning to use the profound insights of behavior design to help nudge people to healthier and more sustainable food choices, because it turns out that many of the older theories of change don't fully account for human psychology and sociology. What makes people actually change their behavior is both more complex and at the same time simpler than many people think. Given that food choice is the single greatest determinant of greenhouse gases and that medical costs are the major driver of long-run government debt, getting to people to eat healthier should be a priority; it is truly the silver bullet we have been waiting for.  Scorse serves as Director for Center for the Blue Economy and Program Chair of International Environmental Policy at the Institute.

12:15p – Locally sourced vegan lunch available!  RSVP to jwiseman@middlebury.edu

This International and Global Studies Colloquium presentation will be given by Sandra Carletti, professor of Italian at Middlebury. Food has played an important role in shaping Italian identity, but was Italian food Italian before there was an Italy? In 1891, thirty years after the official unification of Italy, Emilia-Romagna's native Pellegrino Artusi published La Scienza in cucina e l’arte di mangiar bene (Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well). Professor Carletti will discuss how this iconic, 600-pages cookbook became a turning point in the history of Italian cooking, establishing a national culinary canon and a common culinary language for the newly unified country. Lunch is free for current Middlebury College students/faculty/staff; suggested $5 donation for others; RSVP by 5/3 to rcga@middlebury.edu.

This Friday the campus will celebrate Earth Day with a barbeque that is set to include salmon from Middlebury College class of 2006’s Elma Burnham.

This talk will be given by David Sutton, who has authored three books and edited two on issues of food and culture, drawing extensively from his fieldwork in Greece. His work has focused on food and memory, as well as cooking and the senses, and food and economy, particularly its relationship to the politics of austerity. David teaches at Southern Illinois University.

This documentary focuses on Ziggy Gruber, who co-owns a large deli in Houston and is also the grandson of the original owner of the Rialto Deli, the first Kosher deli to open on Broadway in New York City in the 1920s. The deliis the main love in this man's life. While the film also covers other famous Jewish delis in Manhattan, Queens, Los Angeles and San Francisco and their histories, the emphasis is on the cultural aspects of the food and how the culture and the desire for this food is disappearing. There were once thousands of these delis and now there's fewer than 150 left in the entire U.S. Such luminaries as Larry King, Jerry Stiller, Fyvush Finkel, Freddie Roman and Alan Dershowitz as well as various deli owners express their love for the culture and the food. Co-sponsored by Middlebury College Hillel; the Departments of Film and Media, Sociology/Anthropology, and Jewish Studies; Havurah; and The Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life.

Over the course of three days, 17 scholars presented research and findings on the politics and culture of food systems today.

"A Small Good Thing" is a film about the next American dream to live a more wholehearted, connected life. The film asks whether we can change our larger goals as a nation and learn from the rest of the world about the small truths that are the sources of human happiness. Can our dreams serve as a conduit for the developing world’s financial well-being? The film explores how working in small but meaningful ways, we can overcome obstacles to happiness – the isolation of suburban comfort as well as the despair of poverty – to create joy for ourselves and others. There will be a Q & A afterwards with Bill McKibben and others from the film. Click here for more information.