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Our research and teaching efforts focus on developing and applying interdisciplinary approaches that analyze interactions between agriculture, livelihoods, and environmental conservation in tropical and temperate rural landscapes.  Most of this work also utilizes a Participatory Action Research Approach (PAR), in an effort to directly support conservation and rural development.  Contact Information Professor Ernesto Mendez, Group Leader The Bittersweet- 153 South Prospect St  University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05401 Email:  emendez@uvm.edu; Tel: 802-656-2539; Fax: 802-656-8015

NEWS X International Agroecology Shortcourse  The University of Vermont, July 5-18, 2009 New Book Bacon, Mendez, Gliessman, Goodman & Fox, Eds.(2008) Confronting the Coffee Crisis: Fair Trade, sustainable livelihoods and Ecosystems in Mexico & Central America Order from MIT Press

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