Holiday Recipes with Chef Marco
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Extension’s Heather Darby Partners with Abenaki Nation for Flint Corn Research
UVM Extension Agronomist Heather Darby and Chief Don Stevens talk about their unique partnership with a focus on Indigenous corn. Find out how research is combined with Abenaki cultural history to produce a variety of sustainable corn. Continue reading “Extension’s Heather Darby Partners with Abenaki Nation for Flint Corn Research”
Vermont Dairy Farm Emergency Biosecurity Plans & Maps Delivered
During the summer of 2023, UVM Animal and Veterinary Sciences Research Professor Julie Smith, along with two veterinary student interns, embarked on a project that took them to eight dairy farms across Vermont. Their goal was to help farmers prepare emergency biosecurity plans and maps, in order to respond to a possible foreign animal disease outbreak such as foot-and-mouth disease. Continue reading “Vermont Dairy Farm Emergency Biosecurity Plans & Maps Delivered”
Friends of the Horticulture Farm 2024 Programs Schedule
The Friends of the Horticulture Farm (FHF) is a nonprofit organization that aims to protect, enhance and promote the significant plant collections and natural areas of the University of Vermont Horticulture Research and Education Center (HREC).
Each year they offer monthly education programs on various topics and the 2024 schedule is below. Register for a program on the FHF website and consider becoming a member. Continue reading “Friends of the Horticulture Farm 2024 Programs Schedule”
CALS New Hires-November 2023
Barituka Bekee, Post Doctoral Associate, Community Development and Applied Economics
Barituka Bekee joins UVM from the University of Missouri where he co-directed the Deaton Scholars Program, and obtained his PhD in agricultural and applied economics, as well as a certificate in society and sustainability. He will be working under Dr. Joe Ament on a project that is focused on measuring the social dimensions of food systems sustainability. Continue reading “CALS New Hires-November 2023”