UVM Assisting with Farm to Plate Food Security Plan

A farm market with many colorful vegetables for sale such as tomatoes, purple broccoli, radicchio, and brussel sprouts.

On February 1, 2023, stakeholders from around Vermont gathered in Montpelier to work on a Vermont Food Security Plan. Organized by the Vermont Farm to Plate Food Security Strategy team, the meeting was for stakeholders with food system knowledge and experience, to experiment with and give input to the proposed food security plan writing process and tools. Continue reading “UVM Assisting with Farm to Plate Food Security Plan”

Food Systems Research Center Welcomes New Director

headshot of Polly Ericksen

Earlier this year, Polly Ericksen was appointed as the inaugural director of the UVM Food Systems Research Center (FSRC), a collaborative partnership between UVM and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (ARS). She officially joined UVM in December after moving to Vermont from Nairobi, Kenya, where she spent the past nine years as the Program Leader for Sustainable Livestock with the International Livestock Research Institute.

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Research on Genetically Modified Food Labels Published

A man and woman are grocery shopping and reading the label on a jar of food.
Image source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration

Community Development and Applied Economics Professor Jane Kolodinsky published a new article in the Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, with co-authors UVM Mathematics and Statistics Professor Jeff Buzas, Nick Rose, Food Systems PhD candidate, and a colleague from the University of Kentucky, Associate Professor Yuging Zhang. Continue reading “Research on Genetically Modified Food Labels Published”

National Academy of Medicine Names Meredith Niles An Emerging Leader in Health and Medicine

Meredith Niles

Meredith Niles, associate professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, has been named an Emerging Leader in Health and Medicine by the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Niles is one of ten scholars nationwide to be selected for the 2022 class of the Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine Program, a major NAM initiative which provides a platform for a new generation of leaders to collaborate with the academy and its members to advance science, combat persistent challenges in health and medicine, and spark transformative change to improve health for all. Continue reading “National Academy of Medicine Names Meredith Niles An Emerging Leader in Health and Medicine”