The latest happenings from the UVM College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
The North American Center for Saffron Research and Development at the University of Vermont (UVM) and the Rodale Institute in Pennsylvania are hosting the eighth annual workshop on saffron entitled, The Finer Points of Saffron Cultivation, on Thursday April 4, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Continue reading “Saffron Cultivation Workshop to be Held April 4, 2024”
The CALS Community Development and Applied Economics Department (CDAE) has launched an Instagram account to better engage and interact with current and prospective students. Continue reading “CDAE Launches Instagram Account for Student Engagement”
UVM Extension Women’s Agricultural Network (WAgN) and New Farmer Project Coordinator Beth Holtzman have been awarded a $73,338 grant from the Northeast Extension Risk Management Education Program, for the Building Human Risk Management Know-How Among Women and Beginning Farmers project. Continue reading “Building Risk Management Among Women and Beginning Farmers”
New research on rural New Englanders shows that gardening, hunting, fishing and other HWFP activities are important tools for maintaining food security through extreme events, such as pandemics or climate change events. The paper was originally published in the journal Scientific Reports, and includes UVM CALS researchers Meredith T. Niles, Ashley C. McCarthy, Sam Bliss, Emily H. Belarmino, Scott C. Merrill, Farryl Bertmann, Rebecca Mitchell.
Amy Miller is the new assistant director of 4-H. She spent the past 13-plus years working at Vermont State University’s Castleton campus serving in a victim advocacy role and teaching adjunct courses in trauma studies, health promotion and women and gender studies. Continue reading “CALS New Hires-February 2024”