By Ashley Fink Sustainability Studies student When it comes to sustainability, the entire concept is dependent on all people possessing a healthy and happy future by allowing or providing access to the most basic needs. While the definition of “basic needs” may be debatable, there is no confusion surrounding the need for a healthy diet…. Read more »
Just Food
Posts on the food system, from student blog posts and essays assigned in Sustainability Studies course SUST-S360 Just Food: Sustainable Food Systems.
Urban Agriculture
By Stephanie Rochford Sustainability Studies student Today we are seeing more cities promote Urban Agriculture, but why? Isn’t a city, by its very nature, the result of not wanting to farm land? Do the benefits of urban agriculture become counterintuitive to the life of a city? Some might say that agriculture does not belong in… Read more »
Degradation by Preservation
By Ashley Fink Sustainability Studies student When most people think about preserving, they don’t consider its possible connection to degrading our resources. After all preserving is intended to “keep safe from injury, harm, or destruction,” according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. But when it comes to our food system, the opposite is the reality. Preservatives and… Read more »
Healthy Choices & Responsible Consumption, part 3
By Amy Mazurek, sustainability student IU South Bend There are several ways to be a consumer making healthy lifestyle choices while still being a responsible consumer. Three of the biggest are purchasing organic, buying local, and purchasing food that is fair trade. Fair Trade Fair trade is probably the least common way to shop, but… Read more »
Healthy Choices & Responsible Consumption, part 2
By Amy Mazurek, sustainability student IU South Bend There are several ways to be a consumer making healthy lifestyle choices while still being a responsible consumer. Three of the biggest are purchasing organic, buying local, and purchasing food that is fair trade. Buying local & watching carbon footprints When buying groceries, produce, or even clothing,… Read more »
Healthy Choices & Responsible Consumption
By Amy Mazurek, sustainabiltiy student IU South Bend There are several ways to be a consumer making healthy lifestyle choices while still being a responsible consumer. Three of the biggest are purchasing organic, buying local, and purchasing food that is fair trade. Buying organic is the first thing that most consumers think about when trying… Read more »
Soil Starts at Home
By Bryan Good Sustainability Studies student A first time gardener knows very little about the need to amend the soil. Heck, he just got something to grow which is cool enough. As one learns, it will be seen that growing food takes minerals and nutrients out of the soil which need to replaced. This can be done by… Read more »
Kids and Food Sustainability
By Kim Porter Sustainability Studies student My children attended a parochial school for their elementary school years. They didn’t have a cafeteria in which food was provided; I would pack a sack lunch. Although I knew that people in the community had a need for food, I hadn’t experienced… Read more »
Backyard Chickens
By: Bryan Good Sustainability Studies student Have you wondered what to do with your vegetable scraps outside of throwing them in the trash? Just by you reading this implies that you are familiar with some form of “green” living. You could compost them, but you don’t want to make a pile in your yard to… Read more »
Hot Air
By Ian Spink, Sustainability Studies student IU South Bend Climate change is an issue that affects everyone on the planet. The symptoms of these weather shifts are undoubtedly a result of human activity. The major causes of these shifts are attributed to greenhouse gas emissions. These emissions come from a variety of source that… Read more »