Princeton senior Henry Barmeier wins Rhodes Scholarship

Princeton - Princeton - Princeton senior Henry Barmeier has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford. He is among the 32 American college students who won the prestigious fellowships, which fund two or three years of study in England. At Oxford, Barmeier plans to continue his study of issues related to sustainable, locally grown organic food, with the goal of devising ways to localize food policymaking and change incentives to encourage conservation of fossil fuel, water and other resources.   "The U.K. government has articulated a very progressive food policy which looks at food as it affects the environment, the economy and human health," Barmeier said. "I want to study what lessons that policy has to offer the United States." -   - Barmeier, who is from Saratoga, Calif., is majoring in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and pursuing certificates in environmental studies and Spanish . He plans to earn a master's degree in nature, society and environmental policy at Oxford. At Princeton, Barmeier has served as chairperson of the Greening Dining Committee, which has worked with Dining Services to increase the percentage of food purchased within 200 miles of campus and launched tray-free dining, which reduces utility and food expenses.