{"id":1541,"date":"2019-05-28T15:01:59","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T19:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/?p=1541"},"modified":"2019-05-28T15:10:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T19:10:22","slug":"introduction-agroecology-begun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/introduction-agroecology-begun\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Agroecology 2019 Has Begun"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">Introduction to Agroecology Has Begun<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1542\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1542\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1542 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/wordcloud-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"word cloud based on students' introductions\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/wordcloud-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/wordcloud-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/wordcloud-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/wordcloud.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/wordcloud-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1542\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students introduced themselves and what they were excited about for the upcoming weeks. Some of the most common phrases were &#8216;agroecology&#8217;, &#8216;food&#8217;, and &#8216;love&#8217;.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Spring has finally sprung in Vermont and\u00a0the first course of the Certificate of Graduate Study in Agroecology is underway! Thirteen students started<\/span><span style=\"color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">the course,<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">PSS 311:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Introduction to Agroecology<\/span><span style=\"color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">,<\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">\u00a0last Monday , bringing with them\u00a0a multiplicity of perspectives from around the world. This session&#8217;s participants\u00a0\u00a0hail from Ecuador and El Salvador; New York, New Jersey, Boston, and Rhode Island; Ohio, Wisconsin, Mississippi, and the UK. And, of course, Vermont. For the first three weeks of the class, students will study in their home foodsheds, participating online and establishing a strong basis of knowledge in agroecology as science, movement, and practice. In June, they will gather in\u00a0Vermont for a week spent sharing ideas in person and experiencing agroecology in action<\/span><span style=\"color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">. <span style=\"color: #000000;\">They will visit, work and share with 4 of the ALC\u2019s partner farms: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~hortfarm\/?Page=catamountfarm.html\">Catamount Educational Farm<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intervale.org\/diggers-mirth-collective-farm\">Diggers Mirth<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stonypondfarm.com\/\">Stony Pond Farm<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/breadandbutterfarm.com\/\">Bread and Butter Farm<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefarmbetween.com\/\">The Farm Between<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">\u00a0Some participants are in the middle of their graduate studies, while others bring years of experience on farms or working internationally for non-governmental organizations. We are incredibly humbled to get to share this summer with such a diverse group of agroecologists &#8211; stay tuned for more updates from the field!\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #212121; font-family: Segoe UI,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Adelante<\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">,<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">The ALC Team\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction to Agroecology Has Begun Spring has finally sprung in Vermont and\u00a0the first course of the Certificate of Graduate Study in Agroecology is underway! 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This session&#8217;s participants\u00a0\u00a0hail from Ecuador and El Salvador; New York, New Jersey, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/introduction-agroecology-begun\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Introduction to Agroecology 2019 Has Begun&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Introduction to Agroecology 2019 Has Begun - Agroecology at UVM<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/introduction-agroecology-begun\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Introduction to Agroecology 2019 Has Begun - Agroecology at UVM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Introduction to Agroecology Has Begun Spring has finally sprung in Vermont and\u00a0the first course of the Certificate of Graduate Study in Agroecology is underway! 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