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Headline	Author	Published	Section
U. of North Carolina students say no to Smithfield pork Pushing for 'fair food' on campus in the land of hog factories	Tom Philpott	08 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Last year, a bunch of students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill got tired of the industrial dreck served up in the cafeteria. They discovered that the landscape around them was producing some amazing, chemical-free meat and produce and set about figuring out how to get some in school dining halls. Photo: iStockphoto Led by seniors Sally Lee and David Hamilton, they declared themselves FLO Food (FLO = fair, local, organic), and began negot ...
Topics: agriculture, campus activism, education, food, industrial ag, local food, North Carolina, organic food, sustainable ag (all these topics)

Meet the Lunch Lady Maverick chef Ann Cooper aims to spark a nationwide school-lunch revolution	Tom Philpott	18 Jan 2007	Victual Reality
Even the most intractable pathology can disappear, sometimes relatively quickly. A sign above a water fountain proclaiming "no coloreds" would cause any American to flinch today. Just half a century ago throughout the South, such abominations formed a banal part of the built landscape. Ann Cooper puts a fresh spin on school lunches. Photo: Chronicle/Craig Lee I go ...
Topics: education, food, local food, organic food, slow food, Victual Reality (all these topics)

What's your major? Universities considering adding organic-farming to curriculum.	Chris Schults	26 Jul 2005	Gristmill
Recently in Daily Grist we reported how locally grown foods are catching on at college dining halls. Now wouldn't it be nice if the students knew the in's and out's of how that food was produced? Well, they may get their chance, as several universities are offering (or are considering offering) organic-farming majors. But as KATU 2 in Portland, Ore., reports: ... starting up such a major can carry an implicit critique of traditional programs, said Matt Liebman, dire ...
Topics: education, food, local food, organic food (all these topics)

Stories About: education AND food AND local food AND organic food