New York University

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New York, NY 10003
United States

I have spent the past two years in New York City teaching about food systems and particularly about the effects of urban demand on agriculture and rural communities. While these effects have by and large been ruinous, it is also clear that the hunger of nine million people can be a powerful force and offers a great deal of hope for Vermont's future if even a fraction of that demand can be harnessed in support of a sustainable food system. For that reason, reinventing the relationship between cities and the countryside is a big part of what I am interested in right now, as a complement to developing local food systems in rural communities.