Viertel urges sustainability
For Joshua Viertel, sustainable farming does not only mean picking fruits from orchards and buying them from farmers’ markets.
Viertel — the co-founder and former co-director of the Yale Sustainable Food Project and now the president of Slow Food USA, a movement that seeks to encourage Americans to buy local and eat organic — argued on Thursday that sustainable farming should be seen holistically, taking into account its political and environmental implications. In front of an audience of more than 30 at a Jonathan Edwards College master’s tea, Viertel encouraged students to take...
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By Katherine A.
2:00p.m. on February 28, 2009
good job!!! =)
great article, charlotte!