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Tag Archives: academic research
Working Toward Farmer-Scholar Collaboration for Food Sovereignty in North America
By M. Jahi Chappell, Saulo Araujo and Ernesto Mendez The Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) at Coventry University (UK) recently hosted a workshop to “collectively strengthen relationships, learning/analysis and collaboration for people who are involved in research and … Continue reading
Grazing Amongst the Grapevines
By Rachel Leslie In addition to sipping award-winning wines, visitors to Shelburne Vineyard in nearby Shelburne, Vermont, this spring could be found taking selfies with sheep. That’s because the vineyard was home to a flock of five Suffolk sheep happily … Continue reading
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UVM Is: Martha Caswell Advocates for Agroecology
Countries around the world, from Senegal to Brazil and the Netherlands, are embracing agroecology to achieve a more sustainable food system and adapt to climate change. But one place where agroecology has yet to go mainstream is the United States. … Continue reading
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Tagged academic research, agroecology, Environment, food culture, UVM
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New Book: Majority of Vermont’s Migrant Farm Workers Are Food Insecure
By Jeffrey Wakefield Since the late 1990s, undocumented Mexican and Central American farm workers on Vermont’s dairy farms have been instrumental in helping bring milk, cheese, yogurt and other food products to market. A majority of Vermont’s undocumented Mexican and … Continue reading
Farm Manure Boosts Greenhouse Gas Emissions – Even in Winter
By Shari Halik Decisions farmers make over the spring and summer can dramatically increase greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions later in the winter. That’s a key takeaway from a new University of Vermont study that shows, for the first time, that the … Continue reading
