The latest happenings from the UVM College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Brady Miller, Erica Hoover, Abigail Brown, and Anna Riordan wrote about a day in their lives as students who participate in the Cooperative for Real Education in Agricultural Management or CREAM program, where students care for the dairy herd and perform all of the barn chores. Continue reading “A Day in the Life of Students in the Summer CREAM Program”
The Ferns of Colombia team, including Sarah K. Morris, Plant Biology doctoral candidate, and longtime Pringle Herbarium Associates Dr. Michael Sundue & Dr. Weston Testo, completed a successful third expedition to Colombia for the National Science Foundation-funded Ferns of Colombia project.
Continue reading “Pringle Herbarium Botanists Embark on Third Expedition to Colombia”
Several years of effort by a Vermont team to elevate the social issues that farmers face was an impetus for a new USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) bulletin on social sustainability. Continue reading “SARE Publication Frames Social Sustainability in Agriculture”
Department of Plant Biology Associate Professor Stephen Keller was interviewed by Sandra Nnadi, a UVM Plant Biology Department doctoral candidate, about his experience while on sabbatical leave and how the time spent opened opportunities for collaborations and new research projects. Continue reading “Keller Sabbatical Opens Opportunities for Collaboration and New Research”
Since 2017, the Vermont Urban & Community Forestry Program has worked with the Arbor Day Foundation and local partners to give free trees to Vermonters through the Community Canopy Program. Continue reading “750 Free Trees to Vermonters”