The latest happenings from the UVM College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Plant and Soil Science Assistant Professor Terence Bradshaw, with the UVM Fruit Program and the Vermont Grape and Wine Council, hosted the VitiNord 2022 conference. It was held at the Hilton Lake Champlain in Burlington, VT from December 4 to 7. Continue reading “2022 Cold Climate Viticulture Conference Held in Burlington”
Plant and Soil Science Professor Deborah Neher’s PSS 154 Compost Ecology class created posters for the 2023 Compost Awareness Week. Continue reading “Students Create Compost Ecology Posters”
Between December 5 and 9 of 2022, a coalition of organizations including UVM’s Agroecology & Livelihoods Collaborative (soon to be the Institute for Agroecology) headed to Montreal to participate in the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15, for short). Continue reading “Centering Agroecology in the Conservation of Biodiversity at COP15”
During the Vermont Council on World Affairs Annual Meeting, the 2022 802 Diplomats were honored. An 802 Diplomat is anyone who is in or has visited Vermont and engages in citizen diplomacy.
802 Diplomats engage with ideas and citizens of other countries and cultures to help enhance global thinking and awareness. This year they honored Community Development and Applied Economics Adjunct Lecturer Patrick Brown. Continue reading “Brown Honored as 802 Diplomat by VT Council on World Affairs”
An article in Farm Week Now quotes data from the UVM Tourism Research Center, and quotes Lisa Chase.
A WCAX story covers UVM student eco-reps collecting food scraps via electric cargo bikes. Continue reading “November 2022 CALS in the News”