The latest happenings from the UVM College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
UVM Plant and Soil Science Professor Deb Nehr delivered a webinar on Compost for Soil Function & Disease Suppression, as part of the Soil Builders workshop series for decision-makers, professionals and advocates in the Lake Champlain Basin. Continue reading “Nehr Presents Soil Builder Composting Webinar”
Extension Professor Heather Darby has been researching short-season corn varieties for over 20 years in an effort to determine their suitability for the food-grade corn industry and help farmers diversify. A recent Modern Farmer article spotlights the resurgence of food and distilled products, and the rising demand for local corn supplies. Continue reading “Corn Research Benefits Farmers, Processors, Markets”
The following articles published in “Oral History Review: Journal of the Oral History Association,” examine how Indigenous movements in Bolivia have used oral history as a tool for social justice struggles and decolonizing research methods in the Andes. This work draws from CDAE Lecturer Benjamin Dangl’s book The Five Hundred Year Rebellion: Indigenous Movements and the Decolonization of History in Bolivia, which recently won a Nautilus Book Award. Continue reading “Dangl Examines Indigenous Social Justice Struggles in Bolivia”
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”