Sustainable Agriculture & Food Policy

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Meredith Niles

2013 Fellow
Dr. Meredith Niles is Acting Director of the Gund Institute for Environment, Associate Director of the Food Systems Research Center, and an Associate Professor in food systems and nutrition at the University of Vermont. Her research...
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Elisabeth Stoddard

2013 Fellow
Elisabeth Stoddard, or Lisa, is an Associate Professor, TRT, and the co-Director of the Environmental and Sustainability Studies Program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, in Worcester, MA. She teaches courses focused on environmental...
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Max Ludington

2013 Fellow
Max serves as the president of the Jackson Hole Land Trust, leading efforts to protect to functionality and connectivity of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Max is a father and a husband and enjoys spending as much time outdoors in...
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Devaughn Fraser

2013 Fellow
Devaughn is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UCLA. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Integrative Biology from UC Berkeley and spent several years working on a variety of field projects...
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Caroline Howe

2013 Fellow
Caroline works with communities to address local environmental and social challenges through interventions that combine technology, social enterprise, and education. Working both in urban and rural areas, internationally and in her own...
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Kevin Kung

2013 Fellow
Kevin Kung earned his Ph.D. from MIT, focusing on biofuels and renewable energy, and specializes in biomass and energy conversion systems, engineering design in resource-constrained settings, and waste industry innovation. In 2012, by...
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Mallory's science focus of blog post on local grain economy in New England

Ellen Mallory of the University of Maine and Heather Darby of the University of Vermont are the project directors of The Northern New England Local Bread Wheat Project, a USDA funded initiative intended to help local farmers increase the production and quality of organic bread wheat. Northeastern wheat growers, such as Tate McPherson and Matt Porter, who are the primary producers of grains for the Somerset Grist Mill in Skowhegan, Maine recognize the importance of the project's results, determining which wheat varieties to grow based on Mallory's variety trials.
June 6, 2013
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Shade joins The Organic Center as Director of Science Programs

The Organic Center today named Jessica Shade, Ph.D., to serve in its newly created position of Director of Science Programs. She begins working for The Organic Center today.
May 14, 2013
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Orenstein finds single-family ranches may be harming biological diversity in the Negev

Are single-family ranches harming biological diversity in the Negev? According to a new study, they may well be doing so in the long run. Read more (requires subscription)
February 25, 2013
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Bacon speaking on coffee and sustainability in San Francisco

Coffee is a daily necessity for many of us, savored quietly in the kitchen, downed at work as a mid-afternoon pick-me-up, or sipped at a cafe among friends. With the exploding popularity of coffee in recent years, there are more options than ever, and more confusing messages about what "sustainable" means. Which coffee should we choose? In the Bay Area, you won’t find any coffee farms, but you will find local artisan roasters who are grappling with these questions, selecting their beans not only for quality and taste but also for values.
January 2, 2013