The latest happenings from the UVM College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Extension Professor Vern Grubinger and Extension Produce Safety Accreditation Program Coordinator Hans Estrin have been awarded $305,630 from the USDA’s Food Safety Outreach Program, for a three-year project that builds on the multi-state food safety education and outreach program called Community Accreditation for Produce Safety, or CAPS. Continue reading “Community Accreditation for Produce Safety Program Receives Grant”
A webinar and online series of agritourism business planning trainings will begin on January 23, 2024, led by UVM Extension business experts. Agritourism Business Planning with AgPlan will be taught via Zoom and runs from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. every Tuesday, from February 13 through March 26, 2024. Continue reading “Online Business Training Offered for Agritourism Enterprises”
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”
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”
Nutrition and Food Sciences Assistant Professor Trishnee Bhurosy led research that analyzed a method to assess vegetable consumption in college nutrition programs. The publication in the Journal of American College Health is entitled, Reliability of a frequency method for assessing vegetable intake using photos among college students: a smartphone approach. Continue reading “Research on Assessing Vegetable Consumption Published”