Grow fresh food all year long.
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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Go Green for the Season
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 […]
TAKING ACTION ON AIR QUALITY
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 […]
Farm mob hits New Roots farm, mends irrigation system
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 […]
Confessions of a Vegetarian
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 […]
Starting off the growing season
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 […]
What’s in and what’s out: Recycling education at the U
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 […]
Campus is buzzing: An interview with the University of Utah Beekeeper’s Association
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 […]
Why we garden and why you should too
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 […]
A world of waste
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 […]
