The latest happenings from the UVM College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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”
Many UVM faculty, staff, and students heeded the call for volunteers to help with emergency response and clean up from the devastating 2023 summer flooding in Vermont. A core team at UVM came together to work with the state’s joint information center that coordinated activities and volunteers to help fellow Vermonters in need. Continue reading “CALS Staff Honored with UVM Flood Response Volunteer Team”
We welcomed six healthy foals in 2023. In the photo, Apprentice Ryley Dubois stands next to a 2023 colt sired by UVM Nobel, and UVM ASCI alumna Lila Barker holds the dam, UVM Beloved.
This year’s Raffle Morgan, name UVM Fletcher, is a stunning colt by UVM Unchallenged out of UVM Serendipity. On October 28, we pulled the lucky ticket belonging to Penny Ramirez from Oklahoma. Penny and her family show Morgan horses and were ecstatic to win UVM Fletcher. UVM Fletcher has headed west to his new home with Penny under the direction of LaRica Performance Horses. Continue reading “UVM Morgan Horse Farm 2023 Season Highlights”
Ashley McLeod has joined the UVM Foundation as director of major gifts for CALS. She joins UVM from Middlebury College, where she was a leadership gifts officer working with major gift donors in the New York City metropolitan area and the Southeast. Prior to Middlebury, she held multiple fundraising roles at Williams College.
Michael Moser and Claire Whitehouse from the UVM Center for Rural Studies (CRS), along with Extension Professor Lisa Chase, EFNEP Coordinator Maire Folan, 4-H Director Sarah Kleinman, and Youth Agriculture Project Coordinator Liz Kenton contributed to a new report on agricultural literacy from Vermont Farm to Plate. Continue reading “Center for Rural Studies and Extension Contribute to Ag Literacy Report”