Tag: Harvard University
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SCN Interview with Harvard Economist Edward Glaeser
Edward Glaeser, an economics professor at Harvard University, recently sat down with Spare Change News editor Tom Benner to discuss his myth-shattering book about cities, “Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier.” SCN: Your book makes the case that cities make up America’s economic heartland, and…
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Harvard's Food Literacy Project part of the Local/Sustainable Movement
Robert Sondak Spare Change News A group of Harvard University staff members working in conjunction with students helped found a food project promoting food economics and health on campus and in the surrounding city of Cambridge. The Food Literacy Project, which was founded in 2005, introduced four components of food economics and health to the…