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March 30, 2022March 30, 2022

Animal Biosciences PhD Students Awarded Pre-doctoral Fellowships

Dairy cows in a lightly snow covered field in late fall.

Caitlin Jeffrey and Victoria Taormina, Ph.D. students in the Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences (ASCI) Animal Biosciences program, received pre-doctoral fellowship grants under the USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Competitive Grants Program. The fellowships from the Education and Workforce Development Program provide two years of salary, tuition and materials and supplies support for their thesis projects. Continue reading “Animal Biosciences PhD Students Awarded Pre-doctoral Fellowships”

March 30, 2022

Inaugural Animal Science Internship and Job Fair Held

Three UVM animal sciences students sitting at a table in a barn.

On March 19, 2022, Krista Jones, Christina Rohan, and Stephen Wadsworth hosted an Animal Science Internship and Job Fair at the Hardacre Equine Center in South Burlington, VT. Continue reading “Inaugural Animal Science Internship and Job Fair Held”

March 30, 2022

Pandemic Food Security Research Published

A basket filled with fresh carrots, apples, bean sprouts, butter and onions.

Ashley McCarthy, a post-doctorate in Nutrition and Food Sciences, along with UVM faculty Meredith Niles, Emily Belarmino, and Farryl Bertmann, recently published an article in the journal Nutrients entitled, Food Security Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Longitudinal Evidence from a Cohort of Adults in Vermont during the First Year. Continue reading “Pandemic Food Security Research Published”

March 30, 2022March 31, 2022

New Farmer Project & Women’s Ag Network Grant Funded

A farmer standing in a corn field wearing rain boots.

UVM Extension’s New Farmer Project and Women’s Agricultural Network received a three-year, $600,000 USDA Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) grant. The funding will enable the delivery of education and decision support tools to beginning farmers and ranchers that will help them increase labor management knowledge and confidence. The program will also help beginner farmers adopt employee recruitment, supervision and retention practices to improve farm business performance and/or farmer satisfaction with quality of life. Continue reading “New Farmer Project & Women’s Ag Network Grant Funded”

March 25, 2022March 25, 2022

Research Framework to Advance Understanding of Soil Microbiome

A wheel barrow sits at the edge of a newly planted garden bed.

The Soil Health Working Group of the Food Systems Research Center at UVM published their white paper in the Phytobiomes Journal. The publication is entitled, Resilient Soils for Resilient Farms: An Integrative Approach to Assess, Promote and Value Soil Health for Small- and Medium-Size Farms. Continue reading “Research Framework to Advance Understanding of Soil Microbiome”