State of the Smallholder Coffee Farmer

Coffee farmer

With a wealth of available information, has anyone really connected the data dots in coffee? The State of Coffee Smallholder Platform is an open access data resource for coffee farmers and other actors along the coffee value chain. The purpose is to remove barriers from equitable information sharing, to help all value chain actors better assess socio-economic and environmental gaps, outcomes and trends. Continue reading “State of the Smallholder Coffee Farmer”

Centennial Celebration Honors Statue of Justin Morgan

Morgan Horse Farm statue of Figure with barn in the background.

One hundred years ago, a statue was placed on the Morgan Horse Farm in Weybridge to honor the first of this breed, a horse named Justin Morgan. The farm was originally commissioned by Colonel Joseph Battell in 1878 as the Weybridge Stock Farm, to preserve the Morgan breed and save it from extinction. In 1907 the farm became a cavalry “remount” station managed by the United States Department of Agriculture, and called the Government Morgan Farm. A life-size bronze statue of Justin Morgan was unveiled during a field day on the farm in the fall of 1921. Continue reading “Centennial Celebration Honors Statue of Justin Morgan”

Meet the Inaugural PhD Cohort in Sustainable Development Policy, Economics and Governance

Doctoral students pose for a photo on the UVM campus.

We recently welcomed the first cohort of students in UVM’s new doctoral program in Sustainable Development Policy, Economics and Governance. Hailing from seven different countries, the 10 doctoral students will spend the next several years gaining skills to address sustainable development challenges in local, state, national and global communities.

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