Discover(ing) Sustainability

It’s back to school week here in Durham, and apparently students aren’t the only ones getting graded. As sustainability gains ground as a core value in higher education, universities are getting graded by a range of organizations and media outlets. Happily, and not so surprisingly, UNH is making the grade. This fall, the Princeton Review [...]

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This week we celebrated Eat Local Month by taking turns making lunch for the office using as many local ingredients as possible. Why?  Because everything about it is sustainable: from where the food comes from the community building eating it together promotes. And it’s just plain yummy! We’ve eaten pasta and regular salads, cheeses and [...]

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This week’s hot weather inspired me to make a lunch that could be served cold. For Monday’s lunch, I made a potato-zucchini frittata made in a cast iron skillet, chilled Russian beet salad with onions and garlic, local cheeses and crackers, and blueberry upside-down cake. The ingredients making up the bulk of the meal’s calories [...]

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Governor Lynch kicked off a month-long celebration of local food by officially declaring August “NH Eat Local Month.” Festivities being organized around the state include farm tours, potlucks, growers’ dinners, cooking and canning classes, and of course there are nearly 80 weekly farmers’ markets now operating in NH! Each week in August has a theme: [...]

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