{"id":1693,"date":"2019-10-15T14:04:43","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T18:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/?p=1693"},"modified":"2019-10-16T06:43:35","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T10:43:35","slug":"alc-and-groundswell-international-co-host-agroecology-conference-at-the-university-of-vermont-uvm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/alc-and-groundswell-international-co-host-agroecology-conference-at-the-university-of-vermont-uvm\/","title":{"rendered":"ALC and Groundswell International Co-Host Agroecology Conference at the University of Vermont (UVM)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1693\" class=\"elementor elementor-1693\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ca9ef4e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ca9ef4e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-10f93886\" data-id=\"10f93886\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-334568ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"334568ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<h3>ALC and Groundswell International Co-Host Agroecology Conference at the University of Vermont (UVM)<\/h3>\n<p>The ALC and Groundswell International are co-organizing the global conference on &#8220;Collaboration to Amplify <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/our-approach\/agroecology\/\">Agroecology<\/a>&#8220;. This event is the result of the formalization of a partnership between <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/\">UVM\u2019s Agroecology and Livelihoods Collaborative (ALC)<\/a>, in the UVM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/cals\/pss\">Plant and Soil Science Department (PSS)<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.groundswellinternational.org\/\">Groundswell International<\/a>. For several years, Groundswell and the ALC have been collaborating and working on strengthening our partnerships. Both organizations are committed to using agroecology to better understand and transform our current food systems into ones that are more <strong>sustainable<\/strong> and <strong>socially just<\/strong>. ALC has strengths in agroecology and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/our-approach\/participatory-action-research\/\">participatory action research (PAR)<\/a>, while Groundswell conducts bottom-up, local agroecology projects with farmers and communities in Latin America, Africa and Asia.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GroundswellFlyerPicture1-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GroundswellFlyerPicture1-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GroundswellFlyerPicture1-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GroundswellFlyerPicture1-1024x715.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GroundswellFlyerPicture1-1200x838.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GroundswellFlyerPicture1-400x279.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/agroecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/GroundswellFlyerPicture1.jpg 1714w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This event will showcase some of Groundswell\u2019s projects and people, and engage participants in a dynamic and reflective methodology to discuss how to deepen our collaborations in agroecology-related work. We hope participants will be able to collectively learn, network and genuinely connect with each other.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition to Groundswell and the ALC, the event has been generously sponsored by the following UVM units: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/cals\/pss\">The Plant and Soil Science Department<\/a> (PSS), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/gund\">the Gund Institute for Environment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/cals\">the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvmfoundation.org\/s\/1690\/19\/home.aspx?sid=1690&amp;gid=2\">the UVM Foundation<\/a> and The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/environmentalprogram\">Environmental Program (ENVS)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALC and Groundswell International Co-Host Agroecology Conference at the University of Vermont (UVM) The ALC and Groundswell International are co-organizing the global conference on &#8220;Collaboration to Amplify Agroecology&#8220;. 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