Each of CALS' centers provides a real-world environment to test new ideas and learn new skills and concepts. These centers provide additional interactions with researchers and professionals who engage students in the practical application of knowledge gained in the classroom, and offer a wealth of research opportunities.
Some centers hold conferences, give guided tours, host panels, and offer internships or other career-building opportunities for our students. They may also offer interactions and collaborations with the public, allowing our students to understand and contribute to local issues and community projects.
Food Systems Research Center
UVM's Food Systems Research Center (FSRC) is the first USDA-funded research center to study the interconnectedness of all parts of a regional food system, from farm practices to food access.
Food Systems Research Center
Horticultural Research and Education Center
HREC is an accessible working lab and classroom for horticultural methods and technologies. Extensive apple and grape variety trials are conducted here, alongside field collections of rare flowering crabapples, lilacs, and perennials. It is also home to the student-run Catamount Farm.
Horticultural Research and Education Center
Morgan Horse Farm
The UVM Morgan Horse Farm has a distinctive mission: maintenance and improvement of Vermont's own Morgan horse breed. An apprentice program as well as breed research and outreach to the Vermont horse community is conducted in addition to promotion and sales of Morgan horses.
Morgan Horse Farm
Proctor Maple Research Center
For three quarters of a century, this center has been at the cutting-edge of maple research and served as a field classroom and a model facility for maple producers. The PMRC is widely recognized as playing a national role in the cultural growth and economic importance of Vermont’s maple crop.
Proctor Maple Research Center
Paul Miller Research Center
The Paul Miller Research and Education Center (MREC) houses both the Miller Farm and the Ellen A. Hardacre Equine Center. This complex is home to the innovative CREAM and EQUUS programs with student-managed facilities, as well as the UVM dairy research herd.
UVM farms and facilities
UVM Greenhouses
The UVM Greenhouses consists of several facilities that provide experiment and nursery space to our plant scientists and students. The main greenhouse, located on campus, is used extensively for teaching and research, as well as providing a warm place for some cold weather respite.
UVM Greenhouses
Pringle Herbarium
Housing over 360,000 specimens, The Pringle Herbarium the second largest plant collection in New England. It is a resource for systematic and floristics research, both regionally and internationally.
The Pringle Herbarium
Center for Rural Studies
The Center for Rural Studies (CRS) addresses social, economic, and resource challenges through applied research, program evaluation and community data & indicators.
CRS is a non-profit, fee-for-service research and resource center and is also home to Vermont's Census State Data Center.
Entomology Research Laboratory
Located just off campus on Spear Street, research at The Entomology Research Laboratory is devoted to the development of effective biological control agents for forest, greenhouse, and vegetable insect pest management.
Entomology Research Laboratory
Soil Health Research and Extension Center
SHREC will be a cross-disciplinary research hub focused on integrative soil health, offering comprehensive testing services to address stakeholder and researcher needs. SHREC will provide results, recommendations, and education to Vermont farmers and agricultural service providers.
SHREC
Bio Research Complex
The BioResearch Complex is located at 665 Spear Street in South Burlington. Its greenhouses are used for various research projects, including that of the Entomology Research Laboratory, as well as the cultivation of plants for plant sales at the Main Campus greenhouses.
North American Center for Saffron Research and Development
Saffron research began at UVM in 2016 and is ongoing, looking at the viability of growing saffron in NA. Saffron is the world's most expensive spice and UVM has become a hub of resources and research that supports farmers looking to diversify into this unique crop.
NA Center for Saffron Research
Climate Kitchen
The UVM Climate Kitchen is a maker’s space where
inventive research projects and courses will investigate
and reimagine the interdependent relationship between
food preparation and climate change.