The latest happenings from the UVM College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
The newly established STEM Ambassadors, undergraduate CEMS and CALS students, kicked off their first showcase, sharing STEM activities with 36 young Vermonters on Saturday, December 4th at the South Burlington Extension office. Activity topics ranged from robotics and sustainable polymers to animal science and engineering. Continue reading “Student Ambassadors Showcase STEM Activities”
USDA NIFA awarded UVM Extension one of 11 grants in the AFRI Food and Agriculture Non-formal Education (FANE) program that supports content development and activities for non-formal education to foster development of technology-savvy youth. Continue reading “Kleinman & Lewins Receive USDA AFRI Youth Development Grant”
Extension Professor and Director of the Vermont Tourism Research Center Lisa Chase, CDAE Professor David Conner, and CDAE alum Lindsay Quella recently published a paper in the journal Sustainability about factors related to the profitability of agritourism. The publication is one of several resulting from a multi-state integrated USDA AFRI grant. Continue reading “Agritourism Research Published”
This holiday season, we’re bringing you recipes from faculty and staff of the the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. We invited our colleagues to share a celebratory or holiday recipe that holds meaning in their family, culture or tradition. Read on for family secrets, favorite dishes and more! Continue reading “Holiday Recipes from Us to You”