Discover(ing) Sustainability

Learning about sustainability through the example of UNH

Entries from July 2009

Getting greens is getting greener

July 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment

The produce at today’s Organic Garden Club farm stand at Murkland Courtyard was not only organic, it was fossil fuel-free, thanks to two veggie-loaded bike trailers and six hearty club members who schlepped a table and tent from the garden on Spinney Lane to the center of campus. “It’s been a dream of ours to [...]

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Tags: Biodiversity & health · Climate & energy · Food, agriculture, & nutrition · Higher Education

NH farmers meet with agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack

July 9th, 2009 · No Comments

More than 300 people showed up to greet Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack on Monday at a town hall-style meeting at Carter Hill Orchard in Concord. Secretary Vilsack spent the morning meeting with NH dairy farmers who are currently in serious crisis, as they face rising costs and low milk prices that don’t come close [...]

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Tags: Biodiversity & health · Food, agriculture, & nutrition