The latest happenings from the UVM College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Building on a decade of migrant farmworker health outreach by dedicated, committed and mostly part-time UVM Extension staff, the Vermont Department of Health awarded Principal Investigator Naomi Wolcott-MacCausland a $1,300,000 grant to ensure greater equity and access to COVID-19 vaccines for those disproportionately affected by the pandemic. Continue reading “Migrant Farmworker Grant Builds Community Health Worker Capacity”
Plant and Soil Science Associate Professor Yolanda Chen has received a USDA AFRI grant for $683,490 from the Pests and Beneficial Species in Agricultural Production Systems program. With colleagues, she will be studying the role of epigenetics in the evolution of insecticide resistance in the Colorado potato beetle, a major pest of potatoes. Continue reading “Chen Receives USDA AFRI Grant for Potato Beetle Epigenetics Research”
Plant Biology Associate Professor Jill Preston was recently awarded a National Science Foundation grant to research the evolution of temperature-regulated flowering in grasses, starting in spring 2022. Continue reading “Preston Funded for Evolution of Temperature-regulated Flowering in Grasses Research”
Plant and Soil Science Assistant Professor Terence Bradshaw is collaborating with Extension educators across the region through the Northeast Extension Fruit Consortium, to present a series of educational webinars on topics important to fruit producers. Continue reading “Northeast Extension Fruit Consortium Webinar Series”
A report was recently released that examines the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on food insecurity and human health. The report is entitled, “Change in Food Security and Health Outcomes Since the COVID-19 Pandemic in Northern New England“. Authors include Meredith Niles, Farryl Bertmann, Emily Belarmino, Scott Merrill, Mattie Alpaugh, Sam Bliss, Ashley McCarthy, lead author Jennifer Laurent, and other researchers at the University of Maine, Continue reading “Pandemic Food Insecurity Report Published”