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Resources are being provided by Professor of Agroecology & Environmental Studies Ernesto Mendez<\/a> and his Agroecology and Livelihoods Collaborative<\/a> support team, for projects associated with the McKnight Foundation’s Collaborative Crop Research Program in South America and Africa. This includes a new online series titled “Perspectives on Agroecology Transitions<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

The series of short publications explores different aspects of agroecology transitions. It focuses on the notion of praxis, which is the continual consideration of theory\/reflection with practice\/action. This helps us to think deeply about our work and how to best contribute to social transformation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Resources are being provided by Professor of Agroecology & Environmental Studies Ernesto Mendez and his Agroecology and Livelihoods Collaborative support team, for projects associated with the McKnight Foundation’s Collaborative Crop Research Program in South America and Africa. This includes a new online series titled “Perspectives on Agroecology Transitions.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7974,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,53],"tags":[65,21],"class_list":["post-1546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty","category-programs","tag-agroecology","tag-pss"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4217,"url":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/agroecology-institute-receives-rural-partnerships-grant\/","url_meta":{"origin":1546,"position":0},"title":"Agroecology Institute Receives Rural Partnerships Grant","author":"CALS Communications","date":"March 19, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The UVM Institute for Agroecology is excited to announce that they have been awarded a seed grant from the Leahy Institute for Rural Partnerships, to support Agroecology and Just Transitions research in Vermont\u2019s Northeast Kingdom (NEK). 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