The latest happenings from the UVM College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
When hiking in Vermont’s woods, have you ever been wowed by a larger than average tree? Or perhaps you have a mammoth specimen growing in your own backyard. If so, you may be looking at a champion tree, one worth adding to the state’s big tree database. Continue reading “The Vermont Big Tree Program”
UVM Extension Agricultural Business team members Mark Cannella and Zac Smith developed new partners and found common ground in the issues and opportunities facing farm owners and farm viability in Puerto Rico. Continue reading “UVM Extension & Puerto Rico Farm Business Partnership”
Resources are being provided by Professor of Agroecology & Environmental Studies Ernesto Mendez and his Agroecology and Livelihoods Collaborative support team, for projects associated with the McKnight Foundation’s Collaborative Crop Research Program in South America and Africa. This includes a new online series titled “Perspectives on Agroecology Transitions.” Continue reading “Praxis the Focus for Agroecology Transitions Series”
Animal and Veterinary Sciences Research Associate Professor Julie Smith, and Plant and Soil Science Research Assistant Professor Scott Merrill have been awarded $1 million dollars for a three-year research and outreach project funded through the USDA NIFA Tactical Sciences for Agricultural Biosecurity program. Continue reading “Livestock Disease Preparedness a Goal for Tactical Sciences Grant”
The UVM Office of Community-Engaged Learning (CELO) has recognized two community partners of service-learning courses in the Dept. of Community Development and Applied Economics (CDAE). Continue reading “CDAE Community Partners Recognized for Commitment to Students”