September, 2006
The core work of the Sustainable Food Lab is to prototype innovations in mainstream food supply that can be scaled up or replicated. The story below of SYSCO's work in this area is one of many to come. SYSCO and IPM From his vantage point at the desk of VP of Quality assurance and Sustainable Agriculture at SYSCO, Craig Watson is sitting on a golden egg. SYSCO has developed a Sustainable/Integrated Pest Management Program that not only achieves pesticide reduction—reducing 300,000 pounds active ingredients of pesticides in its first year, 2005—but also soil and water conservation and the reduction of other inputs. More...	SFL Calendar George McGovern Lecture, October 17, Hal to address UN Food and Agriculture Agencies in Rome the day after World Food Day. Green Mountain Coffee Supply Chain Summit, October 25, Moretown Vermont Business Coalition Meeting, December 11-12, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA Sustainable Food Lab Meeting, February 13-16, London, UK Learning Journey - Dominican Republic/Haiti, March ??,
Newsletter Archive: May 2006 (html) March Bulletin 2006 (html) February 2006 (html) November 2005 (html) August 2005 (pdf) June 2005 (pdf) February 2005 (html)	Other Reports: Learning History Chapter 4 Learning Histories 1, 2 and 3 New Orleans Report (pdf) Costa Rica Report (pdf) Salzburg Report (pdf)
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