2025
Holistic systems thinking underpins Vermont soil health practitioners’ preferences and beliefs
Courtney R. Hammond Wagner, Alissa White, Heather Darby, Patrick Ewing, Joshua Faulkner, Brendan Fisher, Gillian Galford, Catherine Horner, William D. Jones, Deborah Neher, Cari Ritzenthaler, Eric B. von Wettberg, Mojtaba Zeraatpisheh. Soil Security, Volume 19, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100186 | June 2025 | Download PDF
Post-Growth for the Global South: Reframing Agricultural Policies in Brazil
Proença, L.C.; Neira, J.; Cardoso, V.A.; Farley, J. Post-Growth for the Global South: Reframing Agricultural Policies in Brazil. Land 2025, 14, 904. https://doi.org/10.3390/land14040904 | April 20, 2025 | Download PDF
2024
Empowering Agroecological Transition in the Bolivian Highlands via Collective Action
Carrasco-Torrontegui, Amaya, María Quispe, Renato Pardo, Maya Apaza, Roly Cota, Carlos Andrés Gallegos-Riofrío, Gabriela Bucini, Colin Anderson, Martha Caswell, Nils McCune, and Ernesto Méndez. | October 31, 2024 | Download PDF
“Marriage is Necessary:” how accessing infrastructure through the family farm affects viability, transitions, and justice
Isaac Sohn Leslie, Alexa Wilhelm, Analena Bruce | July 12, 2024 | Download PDF
Agriculture and Human Values https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-024-10617-9
Agroecology in the belly of the beast: Reflections and contradictions from the U.S. Agroecology Summit 2023
Horner, C., M. Caswell, C. Anderson, V.E. Méndez, and J. Anderzén | May 28, 2024 | Download PDF
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development 13 (3): 1–6. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2024.133.012
Acción colectiva para La transición agroecológica en el altiplano Boliviano
Carrasco Torrontegui, Amaya, María Quispe, Renato Pardo, Maya Apaza, Roly Cota, Carlos Andrés Gallegos Riofrío, Gabriela Bucini, Colin Anderson, Martha Caswell, y Ernesto Méndez | June 15, 2024 |
Mundos Plurales – Revista Latinoamericana De Políticas Y Acción Pública 11 (1):49-84. https://doi.org/10.17141/mundosplurales.1.2024.6065
Advocating for food sovereignty in the UN Committee on World Food Security: facilitating young people’s participation in policy making
Anisah Madden, Jessie MacInnis, and Nicole Maria Yanes. | May 21, 2024 | Download PDF
Research Handbook on the Sociology of Youth. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803921808.00032
Knowledge democratization approaches for food systems transformation
Brock, Samara, Lauren Baker, Amanda Jekums, Faris Ahmed, Margarita Fernandez, Maywa Montenegro de Wit, Francisco J. Rosado-May, V. Ernesto Méndez, Colin R. Anderson, Fabrice DeClerck, Molly D. Anderson, Rachel Bezner Kerr, Brendan Hoare, Hannah Wittman, Amaury Peeters, Peter Gubbels, Cerasela Stancu, Stéphane Bellon, Jonathan G. Lundgren, Swati Renduchintala, Vijay Thallam, Jane Maland Cady, and Paul Rogé | May 9, 2024 | Download PDF
Nature Food. DOI: 10.1038/s43016-024-00966-3.
An analysis of the adoption of the “system of rice intensification” (SRI): why a homegrown technique has yet to take seed among rice farmers in Madagascar
Maya Moore, Kimmerling Razafindrina, V. Ernesto Méndez & Meredith T.Niles | March 6, 2024 | Download PDF
Cogent Food & Agriculture 2024, VOL. 10, NO. 1, 2319932
2023
Social Mycorrhiza: The Social Infrastructure of Agroecological Farming Economies
Isaac Sohn Leslie | November 9, 2023 |
Environmental Sociology, 10(1), 42–54. https://doi.org/10.1080/23251042.2023.2267828
Surveying Queer Farmers: How heteropatriarchy affects farm viability and farmer well-being in U.S. agriculture
Michaela Hoffelmeyer, Jaclyn Wypler, Isaac Sohn Leslie | April 27, 2023 |
Qualitative studies have begun demonstrating how heteropatriarchy negatively affects queer farmer well-being and farm viability. However, quantitative surveys of farmers rarely ask questions about gender identity and sexual orientation, precluding analyses that could connect farmers’ experiences to their queerness or to heteropatriarchy more broadly. In this article, we present data from one of the first surveys of U.S. queer farmers.
Agroecology: A Transformative Opportunity for Biodiversity and the Rio Conventions
Biovision Foundation; Food Policy Forum for Change; Global Alliance for the Future of Food; Institute for Agroecology, University of Vermont; UNESCO Chair on Food Biodiversity, and Sustainability Studies; Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy; Third World Network; IPES-Food; Latin American Scientific Society for Agroecology (2023). Agroecology: A Transformative Opportunity for Biodiversity and the Rio Conventions.
Critical and equity-oriented pedagogical innovations in sustainable food systems education
Valley, W., Ahmed, S., Grossman, J., Jordan, N. R., Meek, D., McCune, N., Parr, D., eds. (2023). Critical and equity-oriented pedagogical innovations in sustainable food systems education. Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA. doi: 10.3389/978-2-8325-2299-8
The role of farmer networks in supporting adaptive capacity: Opening the door for innovation and transformation in the Northeastern United States
White, A., J. W. Faulkner, M.T. Niles, D. Conner, & V.E. Mendez | August 10, 2023 |
Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 11(1): 00039. https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2022.00039
Agroecology
Anderson, C.R., Lamine, C. and M. Caswell. Agroecology. (2023). Elgar Encyclopedia of Food and Society. Accepted, in production.
“A shared human endeavor”: farmer participation and knowledge co-production in agroecological research
Chris Maughan and Colin Anderson |
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7. doi:10.3389/fsufs.2023.1162658
2022
LGBTQ+ Food Insufficiency in New England
Isaac Sohn Leslie, Jessica Carson, and Analena Bruce | December 9, 2022 | Download PDF
Agric Hum Values 40, 1039–1054 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-022-10403-5
Agroecology: A transformative opportunity for the Convention on Biological Diversity
December 5, 2022 | Download PDF
Policy Brief. Agroecology and Livelihoods Collaborative (ALC)/Biovision/Global Alliance for the Future of Food/Agropolis Fondation/Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy/Food Policy Forum for Change/Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR)/African Centre for Biodiversity/Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems/Cultivate!/EcoNexus/UNESCO Chair on Food, Biodiversity and Sustainability Studies/IPES Food/Third World Network (TWN)/African Biodiversity Network/Sociedad Científica Latinoamericana de Agroecología (SOCLA)/Friends … Continue reading“Agroecology: A transformative opportunity for the Convention on Biological Diversity”
Tradeoffs of a rising agroecological practice: addressing uncertainty around tarping with participatory action research and mixed methods
Kinnebrew, E., C.K. Molander, S. Wilcox Warren, C.E. Horner, V.M. Izzo, S.A. Lewins, R. Maden, G.L. Galford and V.E. Méndez | November 21, 2022 |
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 10.1080/21683565.2022.21462541-27.
Agroecology: Leading the transformation to a just and sustainable food system
Gliessman, S.R., V.E. Méndez, V.M. Izzo and E.W. Engles | September 30, 2022 |
4th Edition. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis: Boca Raton, FL.
Toward Food Sovereignty: Transformative Agroecology and Participatory Action Research With Coffee Smallholder Cooperatives in Mexico and Nicaragua
Guzmán Luna A, Bacon CM, Méndez VE, Flores Gómez ME, Anderzén J, Mier y Terán Giménez Cacho M, Hernández Jonapá R, Rivas M, Duarte Canales HA and Benavides González ÁN | August 18, 2022 | Download PDF
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 6:810840. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2022.810840
Terraces and ancestral knowledge in an Andean agroecosystem: a call for inclusiveness in planetary health action
C.A. Gallegos-Riofrio, A. Carrasco-Torrontegui, L.A. Riofrio, W.F. Waters, L.L. Iannotti, M. Pintag, M. Caranqui, G. Ludeña-Maruri, J.N. Burneo & V.E. Méndez | June 1, 2022 | Download PDF
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 46 (6): 842-876, DOI: 10.1080/21683565.2022.2079040
“How can you put a price on the environment?” Farmer perspectives on stewardship and payment for ecosystem services
White, A.C., J.W. Faulkner, D.S. Conner, VE Méndez & M.T. Niles | May 1, 2022 |
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 77(3): 270-283 DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2022.00041
An Undergraduate Agroecology Research Fellows Program Engages Co-learning Through Participatory Action Research
Nordstrom, K.L., C.E. Horner, V.E. Méndez, V. Izzo, N. Carpenter, J.W. Faulkner and M. Caswell | January 25, 2022 |
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 5: 10.3389/fsufs.2021.760995
2021
Pensamiento Latinoamericano Agroecológico: the emergence of critical Latin American agroecology?
Rosset, P., Barbosa, L., Val V., and McCune, N. (2021). Pensamiento Latinoamericano Agroecológico: the emergence of critical Latin American agroecology? Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 45(1), 42-64
Agroecología y sistemas complejos: Planteamientos epistémicos, casos de estudio y enfoques metodológicos
McCune, N., Luna, Y., Vandermeer, J., and Perfecto, I. (2021). Cuestiones agrarias y transiciones agroecológicas. In: Benı́tez, Mariana, Tlacaelel Rivera-Núñez, and Luis Garcı́a-Barrios (eds.), Agroecología y sistemas complejos: Planteamientos epistémicos, casos de estudio y enfoques metodológicos. Mexico: CopIt ArXives ISBN: 978-1-938128-24-0
Critical Latin American agroecology as a regionalism from below
Rosset, P., Val V., Barbosa L., and McCune, N. (2021). Critical Latin American agroecology as a regionalism from below. Globalizations, 1-18.
The Information Landscape: What We Know (and Don’t Know) About Smallholder Coffee Producers
Anderzén, J. and V.E. Méndez | December 8, 2021 |
25 Magazine (Specialty Coffee Association). Issue 16.
State of the smallholder coffee farmer: An initiative towards a more equitable and democratic information landscape
Anderzén, J., V.E. Méndez, M. Griffeth, C. McHugh, C. Gilman, C. Barahona & R. Peyser | November 15, 2021 |
Research Report. Agroecology and Livelihoods Collaborative (ALC), University of Vermont/Statistics for Sustainable Development (Stats4SD)/Heifer International/Lutheran World Relief (LWR). Report is available in both English and Spanish.
Shifting funding to agroecology for people, climate and nature
Colin R. Anderson and Janneke Bruil | November 30, 2021 |
ACTION AID/Cultivate!/Agroecology and Livelihoods Collaborative (ALC)
Cultivating Pedagogy for Transformative Learning: A Decade of Undergraduate Agroecology Education
Horner, C.E., C. Morse, N. Carpenter, K.L. Nordstrom, J.W. Faulkner, T. Mares, E. Kinnebrew, M. Caswell, V. Izzo, V.E. Méndez, S.A. Lewins and N. McCune | November 23, 2021 |
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 5 (412): 10.3389/fsufs.2021.751115
Co-creation of knowledge in agroecology
Alisha Utter, Alissa White, V. Ernesto Méndez and Katlyn Morris | November 9, 2021 |
Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 9 (1): 10.1525/elementa.2021.00026. https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2021.00026
‘The Innovation Imperative’: the struggle over agroecology in the international food policy arena
Anderson, C.R. and C. Maughan | February 18, 2021 |
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems.
Agroecology
Pimbert, M.P., Anderson, C.R., Moeller, N., Singh, J. | August 31, 2021 |
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Anthropology
Measuring the supply of ecosystem services from alternative soil & nutrient management practices: a transdisciplinary, field-scale approach
White, A., J. Faulkner, D. Conner, M. Niles, L. Barbieri, V.E. Méndez & E.C. Adair | September 20, 2021 |
Sustainability 13(18) DOI: 10.3390/su131810303. Download: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/18/10303
Building agroecology with people. Challenges of participatory methods to deepen on the agroecological transition in different contexts
López-García, D., Cuéllar-Padilla, M., de Azevedo Olival, A., Laranjeira, N. P., Méndez, V. E., Peredo y Parada, S., . . . Tendero-Acín, G. | Download PDF
Journal of Rural Studies 83: 257-267. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.02.003
AgroecologyNow! Transformations for a More Just and Sustainable Food Systems
Anderson, C.R., Bruil, J., Chappell, J., Kiss, C., Pimbert, M.P. | January 1, 2021 |
Palgrave-MacMillan
Agroecological transformations in urban contexts: transdisciplinary research frameworks and participatory approaches in Burlington, Vermont
Caswell, M., V.E. Ménde, M.A. Juncos-Gutier, R.K. Gould, S. Hurley, D. Márquez Sánchez, S. Lewis | Download PDF
Pp. 299-320. In M. Egerer and H. Cohen (eds) Urban Agroecology: Interdisciplinary research and future directions. Boca Raton, FL, CRC Press/Taylor and Francis.
Awareness of climate change’s impacts and motivation to adapt are not enough to drive action: A look of Puerto Rican farmers after Hurricane Maria
Rodríguez-Cruz L.A., Niles M.T. |
PLoS ONE 16(1): e0244512. https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pone.0244512
Amplifying Agroecology in Vermont: Principles and Processes to Foster Food Systems Sustainability
Martha Caswell, Rebecca Maden, Nils McCune, V. Ernesto Méndez, Gabriela Bucini, Janica Anderzén, Victor Izzo, Stephanie E. Hurley, Rachelle K. Gould, Joshua Faulkner, María A. Juncos-Gautier |
Recommended citation: Caswell, M., R. Maden, N. McCune, V.E. Méndez, G. Bucini, J. Anderzén, V. Izzo, S.E. Hurley, R.K. Gould, J. Faulkner & M.A. Juncos-Gautier (2021) Amplifying Agroecology in Vermont: Principles and Processes to Foster Food Systems Sustainability. White Paper. Agroecology and Livelihoods Collaborative. University of Vermont: Burlington, Vermont, U.S.A.
The evolving landscape of agroecological research
Mason R., A. White, G. Bucini, J. Anderzén, V.E. Méndez & S.C. Merrill | Download PDF
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 45: in press
2020
Agroecología y Medios de vida en los sistemas de café globales. Fincas diversas y multifuncionales como claves para la sustentabilidad
Agroecology and Livelihoods Collaborative & the Gund Institute for Environment | Download PDF
Agroecología y Medios de vida en los sistemas de café globales. Fincas diversas y multifuncionales como claves para la sustentabilidad. 2020. Research Brief. Agroecology and Livelihoods Collaborative & the Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont.
Agroecology and livelihoods in global coffee systems: Diverse, multifunctional farms key to sustainability
Agroecology and Livelihoods Collaborative & the Gund Institute for Environment | Download PDF
Agroecology and livelihoods in global coffee systems. Diverse, multifunctional farms key to sustainability. 2020. Research Brief. Agroecology and Livelihoods Collaborative & the Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont.
VEPART leek moth research update
Izzo, V. & S. Lewins | Download PDF
Izzo, V. & S. Lewins (2020) VEPART leek moth research update. ALC Research Brief #7. Agroecology and Livelihoods Collaborative (ALC). University of Vermont: Burlington, VT
Social-psychological determinants of farmer intention to adopt nutrient best management practices: Implications for resilient adaptation to climate change
Doran, E., A. Zia, S. Hurley, Y. Tsai, C. Koliba, E.C. Adair, R. Schattman, D. Rizzo & V.E. Méndez |
Journal of Environmental Management 276: 111304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111304
Effects of on-farm diversification strategies on smallholder coffee farmer food security and income sufficiency in Chiapas, Mexico
Anderzén J., Guzmán Luna A., Luna-González D.V., Merrill S.C., Caswell M., Méndez V.E., Hernández Jonapá R., Mier y Terán Giménez Cacho M. | Download PDF
Journal of Rural Studies 77:33-46. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2020.04.001.
Reflexiones y acciones de mujeres de la Red de Agricultores Investigadores de Chuquisaca, Bolivia. Más allá de la reproducción, los cuidados y la alimentación
MARÍA ROSA YUMBLA, CAROLINA VALENCIA, NELLY LÓPEZ, ROXANA HARO |
(2020) LEISA Revista de Agroecología 36(1):35-38
2019
Agroecology and La Via Campesina II. Peasant agroecology schools and the formation of a sociohistorical and political subject
Rosset, P., Val, V., Barbosa, L., and McCune, N. (2019). Agroecology and La Via Campesina II. Peasant agroecology schools and the formation of a sociohistorical and political subject. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 43(7-8): 895-914.
Can the State Take Agroecology to Scale?
Giraldo, O. and McCune, N. (2019). Can the State Take Agroecology to Scale? Journal of Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 43 (7-8) 785-809. DOI: 10.1080/21683565.2019.1585402
Peasant balances and agroecological scaling in Puerto Rican coffee farming: Crisis, coffee, and agroecological scaling in Puerto Rico
McCune, N.M., Perfecto, I., Avilés-Vázquez, K., Vázquez-Negrón, J., Vandermeer, J. (2019). Peasant balances and agroecological scaling in Puerto Rican coffee farming: Crisis, coffee, and agroecological scaling in Puerto Rico. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 43 (7-8): 810-826.
VEPART Leek Moth Research Update
Izzo, V. and S. Lewins. | Download PDF
ALC Research Brief #6. Agroecology and Livelihoods Collaborative (ALC), University of Vermont: Burlington, VT.
Agrobiodiversidad y agroecología: De la mano hacia sistemas agroalimentarios más ecológicos y justos
V. Ernesto Méndez & Rigoberto Hernández Jonapá | Download PDF
LEISA Revista de Agroecología 35(2):16-17
Now I See: Photovisualization to Support Agricultural Climate Adaptation
Rachel E. Schattman, Stephanie Hurley & Martha Caswell | January 10, 2019 | Download PDF
Society & Natural Resources: 1-7. DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2018.1530819.
2018
The Stories Behind the Certification: Perspectives from Fair Trade Coffee Producers. Policy Brief #2.
Caswell, M., and J. Anderzén. | Download PDF
Caswell, M., and J. Anderzén. 2018. Agroecology and Livelihoods Collaborative (ALC), University of Vermont. *PDF features English and Spanish version
Agroecología e Investigación-Acción Participativa (IAP): Principios y Lecciones de Centroamérica
V. Ernesto Méndez, Martha Caswell, Stephen R. Gliessman, Rose Cohen & Heather Putnam | July 10, 2019 | Download PDF
Agroecología 13 (1):81-98. Open access/Acceso abierto: https://revistas.um.es/agroecologia/article/view/385691
Integrating agroecology and participatory action research (PAR): principles and characteristics
V. Ernesto Méndez, Martha Caswell, Stephen R. Gliessman & Rose Cohen | August 16, 2018 | Download PDF
Cadernos de Agroecologia 13 (1) Anais do VI Congresso Latino-americano de Agroecologia; X Congresso Brasileiro de Agroecologia; V Seminário de Agroecologia do Distrito Federal e Entorno; 12 a 15 de setembro de 2017, Brasília/DF
Subsistence under the canopy: Agrobiodiversity’s contributions to food and nutrition security amongst coffee communities in Chiapas, Mexico
Margarita Fernandez and V. Ernesto Méndez | November 15, 2018 | Download PDF
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems:1-23. DOI: 10.1080/21683565.2018.1530326.
Use and perceptions of alternative economic activities among smallholder coffee farmers in Huehuetenango and El Quiché departments in Guatemala
Gerlicz, A., V.E. Méndez, D. Conner, D. Baker and D. Christel | October 18, 2018 | Download PDF
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, DOI: 10.1080/21683565.2018.1532480
Report of the 2017-2018 New England Adaptation Survey for Vegetable and Fruit Growers
White, A., Faulkner, J., Sims, S., Tucker, P., & Weatherhogg, K. | October 18, 2018 |
Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermont. Burlington, VT. Download: https://adaptationsurvey.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/new-england-adaptation-survey-report-10-17.pdf
Origin of Pest Lineages of the Colorado Potato Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).
Izzo V.M., Chen Y.H., Schoville S.D., Wang C., Hawthorne D.J. | January 15, 2018 |
Journal of Economic Entomology. DOI: 10.1093/jee/tox367.
Agroecology in Canada: Towards an integration of agroecological practice, movement, and science
Isaac M., Isakson S., Dale B., Levkoe C., Hargreaves S., Méndez V.E., Wittman H., Hammelman C., Langill J., Martin A., Nelson E., Ekers M., Borden K., Gagliardi S., Buchanan S., Archibald S., Gálvez Ciani A. | September 15, 2018 | Download PDF
Sustainability 10:3299.
Harnessing local strength for sustainable coffee value chains in India and Nicaragua: reevaluating certification to global sustainability standards
Mithöfer, D., V.E. Méndez, A. Bose, P. Vaast | April 25, 2018 |
International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management 13 (1): 471-496
A mixed methods approach to understanding farmer and technical service provider perceptions of climate change and adaptation in Vermont, United States
Schattman, R.E., V.E. Méndez, S.C. Merrill & A. Zia | January 1, 2018 | Download PDF
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 42(2)121-148. https://doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2017.1357667
2017
Integrating Agroecology and Participatory Action Research (PAR): Lessons from Central America
Méndez, V.E., M. Caswell, S.R. Gliessman and R. Cohen | Download PDF
Sustainability 9(5): 705. link: http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/9/5/705
2016
Agroecology: a transdisciplinary, participatory and action-oriented approach
Méndez, V.E., C.M. Bacon, R. Cohen and S.R. Gliessman (Eds) | September 28, 2016 |
Invited book for the Advances in Agroecology Series. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis.
New pathways to sustainability in agroecological systems.
Salvador, R.J. & V.E.Méndez (Guest Editors) | September 10, 2015 |
Elementa: science of the Anthropocene, Sustainability Transitions Domain [Open Access].
Assessing resilience in coffee-dependent communities of Honduras, Nicaragua and Haiti
Caswell, M., V.E. Méndez, J. Hayden, J. Anderzén, P. Merritt, A. Cruz, V. Izzo, S. Castro, J. Wiegel, A. Ospina and M. Fernandez | September 7, 2016 |
ARLG/LWR Research Brief #5. Agroecology and Rural Livelihoods Group (ARLG), University of Vermont & Lutheran World Relief (LWR).
Improving access to vegetable seeds for resilient family farms in Costa Rica
Hethcote, L., M. van Zonneveld , W. Solano, V.E. Méndez and N. Vasquez | April 14, 2016 |
Farming Matters. April: 14-17.
Assessing resilience in coffee-dependent communities of Honduras, Nicaragua and Haiti
Caswell, M., V.E. Méndez, J. Hayden, J. Anderzén, A. Cruz, P. Merritt, V. Izzo, S. Castro and M. Fernandez | December 31, 2016 | Download PDF
Research Report. Agroecology and Rural Livelihoods Group (ARLG), University of Vermont. Burlington, VT, U.S.A.
Análisis de la resiliencia en las comunidades dependientes del café en Honduras, Nicaragua y Haití
Caswell, M., V.E. Méndez, J. Hayden, J. Anderzén, P. Merritt, A. Cruz, V. Izzo, S. Castro, J. Wiegel, A. Ospina and M. Fernandez | Download PDF
Agroecology and Rural Livelihoods Group (ARLG), University of Vermont & Lutheran World Relief (LWR). Informe de Investigación ARLG/LWR #5.
Agroecology, food sovereignty and urban agriculture in the U.S.
Fernandez, M., V.E. Méndez, T. Mares & R. Schattman | Download PDF
In V.E. Méndez, C.M. Bacon, R. Cohen & S.R. Gliessman (eds) Agroecology: a transdisciplinary, participatory and action-oriented approach. Advances in Agroecology Series. CRC Press/Taylor and Francis.
Introduction: agroecology as a transdisciplinary, participatory and action-oriented approach
Méndez, V.E., C.M. Bacon and R. Cohen | Download PDF
In V.E. Méndez, C.M. Bacon, R. Cohen & S.R. Gliessman (eds) Agroecology: a transdisciplinary, participatory and action-oriented approach. Advances in Agroecology Series. CRC Press/Taylor and Francis.
California’s drought as opportunity: Redesigning agriculture for a changing climate
Morris, K.S. and G. Bucini |
Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 4: 000142. doi: 10.12952/journal.elementa.000142
Agroecology and climate change resilience in smallholder coffee agroecosystems of Central America
Morris, K.S., V.E. Méndez, M. Van Zonneveld , A. Gerlicz and M. Caswell | Download PDF
ARLG Research Brief #4. Agroecology and Rural Livelihoods Group (ARLG). Burlington, Vermont, U.S.A.
Agroecology: a transdisciplinary, participatory and action-oriented approach.
Méndez, V.E., C.M. Bacon, R. Cohen and S.R. Gliessman (Eds.) |
Advances in Agroecology Series. CRC Press/Taylor and Francis. Publisher’s web page. Read a recent Book Review by Molly Anderson, Professor at Middlebury College, in the journal Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems.
Improving access to vegetable seeds for resilient family farms in Costa Rica.
Hethcote, L., M. van Zonneveld , W. Solano, V.E. Méndez and N. Vasquez |
Farming Matters, April: 14-17
Farmer perceptions of climate change risk and associated on-farm management strategies in Vermont, Northeastern United States.
Schattman, R.E., D. Conner and V.E. Méndez |
Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 4: 000131.doi: 10.12952/journal.elementa.000131
2015
New pathways to sustainability in agroecological systems.
Salvador, R.J. & V.E.Méndez (Guest Editors) | September 10, 2015 |
Elementa: science of the Anthropocene, Sustainability Transitions Domain [Open Access].
New pathways to sustainability in agroecological systems
Salvador, R.J. & V.E.Méndez (Guest Editors) |
Elementa Special Forum. Elementa: science of the anthropocene 3: in progress
Shade tree diversity, carbon sequestration, and epiphyte presence in coffee agroecosystems: a decade of smallholder management in San Ramón, Nicaragua
Goodall, K.E., C.M. Bacon & V.E. Méndez | Download PDF
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 199:200-206
Vermont agricultural resilience in a changing climate: A transdisciplinary and participatory action research (PAR) process
Schattman, R., V.E. Méndez, K. Westdjik, M. Caswell, D. Conner, C. Koliba, A. Zia, S. Hurley, C. Adair, L. Berlin and H. Darby | Download PDF
pp. 325-346. In N. Benkeblia (Ed.) Agroecology, ecosystems, and sustainability. CRC Press/Taylor and Francis: Boca Raton, FL.
Exlusion nettting for managing spotted wing Drosophila on berry farms in the Northeastern United States.
Schattman, R., V. Izzo, Y.H. Chen | Download PDF
ARLG Research Brief # 3. Agroecology and Rural Livelihoods Group (ARLG), University of Vermont: Burlington, VT.
Farmer’s engagement with community food insecurity: approaches, perspectives and implications for Extension
Schattman, R., L. Berlin, F.F. Bochner, & M. Lawrence |
Journal of Extension 53 (4): 4FEA2.
2014
Climate change resilience on Vermont farms: a research report for service providers
Schattman, R.E., H.M. Aitken, V.E. Méndez & M. Caswell | September 25, 2014 |
ARLG Research Brief # 2. Agroecology and Rural Livelihoods Group (ARLG), University of Vermont: Burlington, VT.
Revisiting the “thin months”- a follow-up study on livelihoods of Mesoamerican coffee farmers.
Caswell, M., V.E. Méndez, M. Baca, P. Läderach, T. Liebig, S. Castro-Tanzi & M. Fernández | September 24, 2014 |
Policy Brief # 19. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT): Cali Colombia.
Revisiting the “thin months”- a follow-up study on livelihoods of Mesoamerican coffee farmers
Caswell, M. Méndez, V. Ernesto Baca, María Läderach, Peter Liebig, T. Castro-Tanzi, S. Fernández, M. | May 1, 2014 | Download PDF
Policy Brief # 19. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) & Agroecology and Livelihoods Group (ARLG): Cali, Colombia.
Transition from Semi-Confinement to Pasture-Based Dairy in Brazil: Farmers’ View of Economic and Environmental Performances
Alvez, J.P., A.L. Schmitt, J.C. Farley, J.D. Erickson and V.E. Méndez | January 8, 2014 | Download PDF
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 38(9): 995-1014. doi: 10.1080/21683565.2013.859222
Explaining the ‘hungry farmer paradox’: Smallholders and fair trade cooperatives navigate seasonality and change in Nicaragua’s corn and coffee markets
Bacon, C., W.A. Sundstrom, M.A. Flores-Gomez, V.E. Méndez, R. Santos, B. Goldoftas and I. Dougherty | Download PDF
Global Environmental Change 25: 133-149
Shade Coffee: Update on a Disappearing Refuge for Biodiversity
Jha, S., C.M. Bacon, S.M. Philpott, V. Ernesto Méndez, P. Läderach and R.A. Rice |
Bioscience 64(5): 416-428. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biu038 pdf
Geographic variation in winter hardiness of a common agricultural pest, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, the Colorado potato beetle
Izzo V.M., D.J. Hawthorne, Y.H. Chen |
Evolutionary Ecology Volume 28, Issue 3, pp 505–520
Geographic variation in winter hardiness of a common agricultural pest, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, the Colorado potato beetle
Victor M. Izzo, D.J. Hawthorne, Y.H. Chen |
Evolutionary Ecology (2014) 28: 505 | doi:10.1007/s10682-013-9681-8
Climate change resilience on Vermont farms: a research report for service providers. ARLG Research Brief # 2.
Schattman, R.E., H.M. Aitken, V.E. Méndez & M. Caswell | Download PDF
ARLG Research Brief # 2. Agroecology and Rural Livelihoods Group (ARLG), University of Vermont: Burlington, VT.
Agroecological risk and resilience screening tool: guidance for considering agroecological impact of agriculture interventions and identifying opportunities to build resilience in food systems
Scarborough, G., V.E. Méndez and A. Bisson | Download PDF
Mercy Corps: Portland, OR.
2013
Agroecología y la transformación de los sistemas agroalimentarios: perspectivas transdisciplinares y participativas
Méndez, V.E., C.M. Bacon, R. Cohen, S.R. Gliessman & M. Gonzalez de Molina (Guest Editors) | September 14, 2013 |
Monográfico Invitado [Invited Special Issue]. Translated and re-edited Open Access version of the Special Issue published in Agroecology and Sustainable Systems 37 (1), 2013. Agroecología [Spain] 8(2). Read Here.
Agroecology and the transformation of agro-food systems: Transdisciplinary and participatory perspectives
Méndez, V.E., C.M. Bacon and R. Cohen (Guest Editors) | September 18, 2013 |
Invited Special Inaugural Issue of Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 37(1) (formerly Journal of Sustainable Agriculture; IF: 0.673; R: 23 of 57 in Agriculture, Multidisciplinary). Read Here.
Seasonal hunger in coffee communities: integrated analysis of livelihoods, agroecology,and food sovereignty with smallholders of Mexico and Nicaragua. Conference Paper # 42
Fernandez, M., V.E. Méndez & C. Bacon | September 14, 2013 |
Food Sovereignty: A critical dialogue. International Conference at Yale University. September 14-15.
Agroecology as a transdisciplinary, participatory, and action-oriented approach.
Méndez, V.E., C.M. Bacon and R. Cohen | January 1, 2013 | Download PDF
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 37(1): 3-18. doi: 10.1080/10440046.2012.736926
La agroecología como un enfoque transdisciplinar, participativo y orientado a la acción
Méndez, V.E., C.M. Bacon y R. Cohen | January 2, 2013 | Download PDF
Agroecología 8(2): 9-18.
Agroecología y la transformación del sistema agroalimentario: Perspectivas transdisciplinarias y participativas
Méndez, V.E., C.M. Bacon, R. Cohen, S.R. Gliessman and M. Gonzalez de Molina (Editores Invitados) | January 15, 2013 |
Monográfico Especial Invitado. Agroecología (Spain) 8(2). http://revistas.um.es/agroecologia/issue/view/13201/showToc
Agroecology and the transformation of agri-food systems: Transdisciplinary and participatory perspectives
Méndez, V.E., C.M. Bacon and R. Cohen (Guest Editors) | January 9, 2013 |
Inaugural Special Issue of Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems: 37 (1). http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wjsa21/37/1#.U4yw9CjiinY
Food sovereignty: an alternative paradigm for poverty reduction and biodiversity conservation in Latin America
Chapell, J.H., H. Wittman, C.M. Bacon, B.G. Ferguson, L. García-Barrios, R. García-Barrios, D. Jaffee, J. Lima, V.E. Méndez, H. Morales, L. Soto-Pinto, J. Vandermeer and I. Perfecto | January 1, 2013 | Download PDF
[v1; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/23s]. F1000Research 2013, 2: 235.
Identifying, quantifying and classifying agricultural opportunities for land use planning
Erickson, D.L., S.T. Lovell and V.E. Méndez | February 1, 2013 | Download PDF
Landscape and Urban Planning 118(0): 29-39
Agroecology and Alternative Agri-Food Movements in the United States: Toward a Sustainable Agri-Food System
Fernandez, M., K. Goodall, M. Olson and V.E. Méndez | January 1, 2013 | Download PDF
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 37(1): 115-126. doi: 10.1080/10440046.2012.735633
Conservación de agrobiodiversidad y medios de vida en cooperativas de café bajo sombra en Centroamérica
Méndez, V.E., C.M. Bacon, M. Olson, K.S. Morris and A.K. Shattuck | January 1, 2013 | Download PDF
Ecosistemas (Spain) 22(1):16-24
‘Los meses flacos’: seasonal food insecurity in a Salvadoran organic coffee farming cooperative
Morris, K.S., V.E. Méndez and M.B. Olson | January 1, 2013 | Download PDF
Journal of Peasant Studies 40(2): 457-480
Conventional food plot management in an organic coffee cooperative: explaining the paradox
Morris, K.S. Méndez, V.E. Lovell, S.T. Olson, M. | Download PDF
Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 37(7): 762-787
2012
Food security and smallholder coffee production: current issues and future directions. ARLG Policy Brief # 1.
Caswell, M., V.E. Méndez & C.M. Bacon | September 26, 2012 | Download PDF
Agroecology and Rural Livelihoods Group (ARLG), University of Vermont: Burlington, VT.
Vermont farm resilience in a changing climate: survey of Vermont agricultural service providers. ARLG Research Brief # 1
Schattman, R., V.E. Méndez & K.E. Westdijk | September 21, 2012 |
Agroecology and Rural Livelihoods Group (ARLG), University of Vermont: Burlington, VT.
Cultivation of maize landraces by small-scale shade coffee farmers in western El Salvador
Olson, M.B., K.S. Morris and V.E. Méndez | Download PDF
Agricultural Systems 111: 63-74. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2012.05.005
2011
Prioritizing food security and livelihoods in climate change mitigation mechanisms: experiences and opportunities for smallholder coffee agroforestry, forest communities and REDD+
Davis, A. and V.E. Méndez | September 30, 2011 |
Policy Brief. Salvadoran Research Program on Development and Environment (PRISMA): San Salvador, El Salvador.
2010
Effects of Fair Trade and organic certifications on small-scale coffee farmer households in Central America and Mexico
Méndez V.E., Bacon C., Olson M., Petchers S., Herrador D., Carranza C., Trujillo L., Guadarrama-Zugasti C., Cordón A., Mendoza A. | Download Attachment
Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 25 (3):236-251
Agroecology
Méndez, V.E. | Download Attachment
pp. 55-59. In B. Warf (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Geography. Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, CA.
Agrobiodiversity and Shade Coffee Smallholder Livelihoods: A Review and Synthesis of Ten Years of Research in Central America
Méndez, V.E., C.M. Bacon, M. Olson, K. S. Morris & A. Shattuck | September 24, 2010 | Download Attachment
Invited Article for a Special Focus Section on Geographic Contributions to Agrobiodiversity Research. Professional Geographer 62(3):357-376 (IF: 1.206; R: 28 of 73 in Geography; TC: 8).
Integrating agroecology and landscape multifunctionality in Vermont: a framework to evaluate the design of agroecosystems
Lovell, S.T., S. Desantis, C.A. Nathan, M.B. Olson, V.E. Méndez, H.C. Kominami, D.L. Erickson, K.S. Morris, and W.B. Morris | September 22, 2010 |
Agricultural Systems 103:327-341 (IF: 2.899; R: 2 of 57 in Agriculture, Multidisciplinary; TC: 12).
2009
Cooperative management and its effects on shade tree diversity, soil properties and ecosystem services of coffee plantations in western El Salvador
Méndez, V.E., E.N. Shapiro, and G.S. Gilbert | September 5, 2009 |
Selected for a Special Issue on Agroforestry for Ecosystem Services and Environmental Benefits. Agroforestry Systems 76 (1):111-126 (IF: 1.378; R: 31 of 79 in Agronomy; TC: 11).
2008
Are sustainable coffee certifications enough to secure farmer livelihoods? the millenium development goals and Nicaragua’s Fair Trade cooperatives
Bacon, C.M., V.E. Méndez, M.E. Flores, D. Stuart & S.R. Díaz | September 12, 2008 |
Globalizations 5 (2): 259-274 (IF: 0.468; R: 56 of 89 in Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary; TC: 42).
Confronting the coffee crisis: Fair Trade, sustainable livelihoods and ecosystems in Mexico and Central America
Bacon, C.M., V. E. Méndez, S.R. Gliessman, D. Goodman & J. A. Fox (eds.) | September 26, 2008 |
Food, Health and the Environment Series. MIT Press: Cambridge, MA, USA.
Will “we” achieve the millenium development goals with small-scale coffee growers and their cooperatives? a case study evaluating Fair Trade and organic coffee networks in northern Nicaragua
Bacon, C., V.E. Méndez, M.E. Flores & M. Brown | September 23, 2008 |
Center Research Brief # 12. Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. University of California: Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
Agroecology, a next step in sustainable coffee
Bacon, C. M., E. Whitlow-Inman & V.E. Méndez | September 21, 2006 |
Fresh Cup, February: 82-87.
2007
Tree biodiversity in farmer cooperatives of a shade coffee landscape in western El Salvador
Méndez, V. E., S.R. Gliessman, and G.S. Gilbert | September 20, 2007 |
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 119(1-2):145-159 (IF: 3.004; R: 1 of 57 in Agriculture, Multidisciplinary; TC: 35).
Agroecología: promoviendo una transición hacia la sostenibilidad (Agroecology: promoting a transition towards sustainability)
Gliessman, S. R., F. Rosado-May, C. Guadarrama-Zugasti, J. Jedlicka, A. Cohn, V. E. Méndez, R. Cohen, L. Trujillo, C. Bacon & R. Jaffe | September 12, 2007 |
Ecosistemas (Spain) 16(1): 13-28 (TC:18).
2006
Ecological processes and farmer livelihoods in shaded coffee production.
Méndez, V. E. & C. Bacon | September 1, 2006 |
Invited Article. LEISA (The Netherlands) 22(4): 22-23.
Sustainable coffee from the bottom-up: impacts of certification initiatives on small-scale farmer and estate worker households and communities in Central America and Mexico
Méndez, V. E., C. Bacon, S. Petchers, D. Herrador, C. Carranza, L. Trujillo, C. Guadarrama-Zugasti, A. Cordón & A. Mendoza | September 20, 2006 |
Research Report. Oxfam America: Boston, MA.
2005
Medios de vida y conservación de la biodiversidad arbórea: las experiencias de las cooperativas cafetaleras en El Salvador y Nicaragua (Livelihoods and conservation of tree biodiversity: experiences in coffee cooperatives of El Salvador and Nicaragua)
Méndez, V.E. & C. Bacon | September 22, 2005 |
LEISA Revista de Agroecología (Peru) 20(4): 27-30.
Asociación de comunidades forestales de Petén, Guatemala: contexto, logros y desafíos (Association of forestry communities of Petén, Guatemala: context, accomplishments & challenges)
Gómez, I. & V. E. Méndez | September 29, 2005 |
PRISMA: San Salvador, El Salvador.
Participatory action-research and support for community development and conservation: Examples from shade coffee landscapes of El Salvador and Nicaragua. Center Research Brief # 6
Bacon, C., V.E. Méndez & M. Brown | September 25, 2005 |
Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. University of California: Santa Cruz, CA, USA. Available online: http://repositories.cdlib.org/casfs/rb/brief_no6/
2004
Qu’est-ce que l’agroecologie?(What is agroecology?)
Gliessman, S. R., C. Bacon, R. Cohen, C. Guadarrama-Zugasti, L. Trujillo & V. E. Méndez | September 16, 2004 |
l’ Ecologiste (French edition of the Ecologist) 5 (3):27-29.
2003
Tendencias y perspectivas del sector forestal en El Salvador del siglo XX (Tendencies and perspectives of the forestry sector in El Salvador for the 21st century)
Cuéllar, N., V.E. Méndez, S. Larios & L. Dimas | September 20, 2003 |
FAO/MAG: San Salvador, El Salvador.
2002
Un enfoque interdisciplinario para la investigación en agroecología y desarrollo rural en el trópico Latinoamericano (An interdisciplinary approach for research in agroecology and rural development in the Latin American tropics)
Méndez, V.E. & S.R. Gliessman | September 26, 2002 |
Manejo Integrado de Plagas y Agroecología (Costa Rica) 64: 5-16 (TC: 30).
Fair trade networks in two coffee cooperatives of western El Salvador: an analysis of insertion through a second level organization
Méndez, V. E. | September 11, 2002 |
Case Study for the Project on “Poverty Alleviation Through Participation in Fair Trade Networks”. Colorado State University/Ford Foundation: Ft. Collins, CO, USA. Available on-line: colostate.edu/Depts/Sociology/FairTradeResearchGroup/.
Café con sombra y pago por servicios ambientales: riesgos y oportunidades para impulsar mecanismos con pequeños agricultores de El Salvador (Shade coffee and payment for environmental services: risks and opportunities to foster mechanisms with small-scale farmers in El Salvador
Méndez, V. E., D. Herrador, L. Dimas, M. Escalante, O. Diaz & M. Garcia | September 20, 2002 |
Estudio de Caso para El Proyecto “Pago por Servicios Ambientales en las Américas” PRISMA/Fundacion FORD: San Salvador, El Salvador.
Pago por servicios ambientales en El Salvador: oportunidades y riesgos para pequeños agricultores y comunidades rurales (Payment for environmental services in El Salvador: opportunities and risks for small-scale farmers and rural communities)
Herrador, D., L. A. Dimas & V. E. Méndez | September 20, 2002 |
PRISMA: San Salvador, El Salvador.
2001
Interdisciplinary analysis of homegardens in Nicaragua: micro-zonation, plant use and socioeconomic importance
Méndez V.E., R. Lok & E. Somarriba | September 20, 2001 |
Agroforestry Systems 51(2): 85-96 (IF: 1.378; R: 31 of 79 in Agronomy; TC: 92).
1999
El proceso agroforestal participativo en Valle de Risco, Bocas del Toro (The participatory agroforestry process in Valle de Risco, Bocas del Toro)
Calvo, G., V.E. Méndez & M. Ortiz | September 21, 1999 |
Agroforestería en las Américas (Costa Rica) 6(21): 17-19.
Caracterización de la comunidad Ngöbe de Valle de Risco, Bocas del Toro, Panamá (Characterization of the Ngöbe community of Valle de Risco, Bocas del Toro, Panamá)
Méndez, E., G. Calvo & M. Ortiz | September 8, 1999 |
Revista Forestal Centroamericana (Costa Rica) 28: 32-36.
1996
Refrigerated controlled atmosphere storage during marine shipment on insect mortality and cut flower vase life
Shelton M.D., V.R. Walters, D. Brandl & V.E. Méndez | September 6, 1996 |
HortTechnology (U.S.A.) 6(3): 247-250.
Analisis agroecologico de huertos caseros tradicionales en Nicaragua (Agroecological analysis of traditional homegardens in Nicaragua).
Méndez, E. & R. Lok | January 1, 1996 | Download Attachment