IFA Blog Welcome to the UVM Institute for Agroecology's blog. Enjoy! 03/23/2026 First-of-its-Kind Master's in Agroecology at UVM Benefits from Close Ties to UVM's Institute for Agroecology A new Master of Science in Agroecology has officially been launched at the University of Vermont... 01/30/2026 Building Bridges: Agroecology and Planetary Health Partnerships from the Andes to Vermont “Health cannot be separated from territory, culture, and ecology,” says Amaya... 01/20/2026 Agroecology Beyond Borders: Weaving Threads of Global Solidarity It’s 5:36 AM in early July and the morning dew clings to dark green kale leaves like tiny glass... 01/12/2026 Navigating Rome: UVM Institute for Agroecology Stepping Up in International Spaces This past fall, the UVM Institute for Agroecology was involved in a host of international... 12/14/2025 Food Forests Play Critical Role in Building Community and Advancing the Right to Food It’s the spring of 2023 and the Edgewater Food Forest in Mattapan, Mass. has been three years in... 12/11/2025 Agroforestry and Agroecology As the temperature in Burlington, Vt. plummets to near zero (don’t even ask me about the “feels... 12/09/2025 Better Together: Designing for Collaboration It was late afternoon on the second day of the three-day residential climate activists’ retreat.... 10/23/2025 McKnight Foundation Receives UVM Foundation Transformative Partnership Award For more than a decade, the McKnight Foundation has partnered with UVM researchers to co-create... 10/16/2025 Setting the Table for Just Transitions: Conducting Relational Agroecological Research The questions “who is at the table” and “who is missing a seat at the table” are often... 10/13/2025 “Rooted in Vision, Growing into Action - Advancing Regional Food System Transformation” ; A Regional Food Gathering at Knoll Farm On August 12 and 13, 2025, New England food system advocates, researchers, practitioners, and...
