CRS: resources and expertise to support people and communities
04-04-2013
The UVM-MPA Program: Scholarship in Action
Over the years the mission of the UVM-Master of Public Administration (MPA) Program has evolved to focus on two unique features: the influence of, and access to, the “Vermont way” of conducting public policy and administration that relies on the social capital and livable scale of the state; and a focus on cross-sector ...
10-03-2012
HOMECOMING OPEN HOUSE & BARNS SLIDESHOW
Newborn calves, horseback riding, cow milking open classrooms, cider, doughnuts and UVM apples were among the attractions to show students' families and alumni what makes UVM's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences distinctive, during the Oct. 5-7, 2012 UVM Reunion and Homecoming. But after the sun set behind the UVM Farms ...
02-28-2011
UVM Center for Rural Studies Awards Food System Grants
The University of Vermont Center for Rural Studies (CRS) has awarded funds to three university/community food system projects in Vermont. The funding was made available in a USDA grant secured with the help of Senator Patrick Leahy.
02-23-2011
UVM is the Hub of Food Systems Research
Jane Kolodinsky is helping to position the University of Vermont to be a food systems leader nationwide. And she’s not the only one.
02-23-2011
UVM Research Served à la Mode
On one side of the Statehouse cafeteria, UVM agroecologist Ernesto Mendez was explaining to Virginia Lyons, chair of the senate committee on natural resources and energy, that, based on his “kitchen table conversations” with 30 Vermont farmers and land-use maps they created together, many farmers don’t know what ...
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12-22-2010 Vermont's 2010 Census Total Released
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09-02-2009 CRS, WNRCD launch Local Growers Guide