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Grow fresh food all year long.

February 28, 2017by susutah 1 Comment

By: Quinn Graves, Edible Campus Garden Steward. Producing food in these final days of winter is hard enough due to chilly temperatures and low light. Put classes, schoolwork, job, skiing, […]

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Campus Gardens & Grounds, Food, gardens

Go Green for the Season

December 14, 2016by susutah Leave a comment

By Bianca Greeff, Graduate Assistant. Originally posted on December 12, 2016. During the holiday season, many people love watching the leaves change color and a fresh blanket of snow cover […]

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Community Engagement

TAKING ACTION ON AIR QUALITY

June 30, 2016by susutah Leave a comment

Originally posted on June 27, 2016 By Ayrel Clark-Proffitt, campus engagement coordinator, University of Utah Sustainability Office. What’s your motivation? Why do you care about clean air? No matter your reason, July is […]

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Air Quality
The Edible Campus Gardens and New Roots crew flashing the "U"

Farm mob hits New Roots farm, mends irrigation system

May 19, 2016by susutah Leave a comment

By Quinn Graves, Environmental and Sustainability Studies Student Earlier this month, stewards and volunteers from the Edible Campus Gardens took on the first “farm mob” of the summer to support […]

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Campus Gardens & Grounds, Community Engagement

Confessions of a Vegetarian

April 28, 2016by susutah 1 Comment

By Austin Holmes, Sustainability Office I stare down at the miscellaneous, multifarious bowl of rice, beans, lentils, and quinoa. How did I become a vegetarian? Let me tell you. I […]

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Climate Change, Food, Justice & Equity
Before you start prepping your garden for the spring season, don't forget to give it a little bit of love!

Starting off the growing season

April 26, 2016by susutah Leave a comment

By Jayashree Lavanyan, Edible Campus Garden Steward In case you had not noticed with the snow still falling, it’s spring! And with the last frost date less than a month […]

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Campus Gardens & Grounds, Community Engagement, Justice & Equity

What’s in and what’s out: Recycling education at the U

April 22, 2016by susutah Leave a comment

By Sarah Martinez, Student Sustainability Ambassador Recycling is easy. Getting students to recycle correctly is not. So, the Sustainability Office created a force of well-informed students and staff to help […]

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Buildings, Education, Waste & Recycling

Campus is buzzing: An interview with the University of Utah Beekeeper’s Association

April 20, 2016by susutah Leave a comment

By J. FitzLandry, Edible Campus Gardens Apprentice I met Kirstie Kandaris at the East entrance to the Marriott Library. We had spoken earlier in the week about meeting at the […]

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Campus Gardens & Grounds, Ecosystems & Wilderness, Education
Edible campus garden staff show off our cabbage crop at the Farmers Market.

Why we garden and why you should too

April 12, 2016by susutah Leave a comment

By Matthew Briggs, Edible Campus Gardens Roughly 10,000 years ago humans slowed migration and began to settle the land becoming caretakers of plants. Fast forward to the year 1900, where […]

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Campus Gardens & Grounds, Community Engagement, Food
In many neighborhoods, this bike represents one of the methods of trash collection.

A world of waste

March 30, 2016by susutah Leave a comment

By Sarah Martinez, Student Sustainability Ambassador Here in the United States, our sewage water and our garbage are generally well managed. They run beneath our feet or in trucks on […]

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Education, Justice & Equity, Waste & Recycling, Water

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