· evaluate a transitional living reentry program for 18-22 year old
male offenders
Evaluation of the Return House Reentry Project
KOLODINSKY
Farm Profitability and Agricultural
Economics
· calculate price/production forecasting
and estimation for fluid milk and other dairy products and use clusters of
production to approximate future development of processing facilities in
Vermont.
Where Does Vermont Milk Go? Examining Distribution of Vermont Milk From Transportation and Economics Perspective.
LIANG 4a
· survey farmers in other New England states beyond VT and MA.
Agri-Tourism in Massachusetts - Current Situation, Challenges,
and Opportunities
LIANG
· provide farmers,
policymakers, lenders, and organic dairy supporters reliable estimates of the
profitability and costs of organic dairy farming in Vermont
Management Systems to Improve the Economic and Environmental Sustainability of
Dairy Enterprises (Rev. NC-1119)
PARSONS
· provide viable
education, research and policy options to farmers, landowners, aspiring
farmers, and policymakers on farmland access, succession, and tenure
Farmland Access, Tenure and Succession: Impacts on Small and Medium-Sized
Farms, Land Use and the Environment
PARSONS
· provide farmers with education needed to ensure farms are
developing transfer plans that preserve farm businesses, keeps farmland in
production, and provides young farmers an opportunity to farm
New England Farm Transfer Education Program 2008-09
PARSONS
· educate farmers on crop insurance and other risk management
strategies in the areas of production, financial, marketing, legal, and human
resource risk
Crop Insurance and Risk Management Education for Vermont Farmers for 2009-2010
PARSONS
· analyze the economic feasibility and market potentials for
farm-scale oilseed and biodiesel production and other renewable energy
opportunities and practice in Vermont.
Economic feasibility and market potentials for oilseed and farm-scale biodiesel
production in Vermont
WANG
Economic and Community Development
· improve resilience to disaster in mobile home park communities
Building Resilience Through Community-Based Action Research: Identifying
Vulnerabilities and Facilitating Change in Rural Mobile Home Parks
BAKER
· affect public dialogue and legislation on behalf of sustainable
economic principles of environmental sustainability, efficiency, and social
equity by researching and promoting green taxes and common asset payments at
the state level
Green Tax and Common Assets Project
FLOMENHOFT
· evaluate the process and outcomes of a community and downtown
revitalization project in Barre, VT
Local Agriculture Community Exchange (LACE) Project: A Private Sector Community
Revitalization Project
KOLODINSKY
· provide research and resources to build the capacity of food
systems and community development in Vermont and beyond.
Research and Outreach for Local Community Development and Entrepreneurship
KOLODINSKY
· determine if a premium market exists
outside of the state for food products from Vermont that possess unique taste
profiles, based on traditional production techniques and the natural
environment of the region where these items are produced.
Agriculture Innovation Demonstration Centers
KOLODINSKY
· develop an interdisciplinary methodology using terroir
to research how the natural environment influences the final sensory
characteristics of farmstead cheese.
Linking Environmental, Sensory and Cultural Qualities of Artisan Cheese in
Vermont
TRUBEK
Family Relations
· provide farmers with easily accessible on-line technical
information on farm transfer/transition issues
Essential Step for Survival of the Farm Business: Bringing in the Next
Generation
PARSONS