FY2011 Annual Report Project Descriptions

FY2011 Annual Report Project Descriptions

ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE

UVM research scientists and outreach specialists ...

  • provide a curriculum to guide sustainable agri-food entrepreneurship education
    Enhancing the Sustainability of Food Systems through Service Learning-based Entrepreneurship Education and Outreach
    CONNER 4

  • guide institutional food procurement strategies which enhance the sustainability of local food systems
    Farm to Institution: Opportunities for Vermont Vegetable Farmers
    CONNER 4

  • identify exemplary practices of Community Action Agencies for carrying out Community Economic Development programs to improve services nationwide
    Exemplary Practices Project (EPP)
    KOLODINSKY 4

  • evaluate Vermont's Enhancing Education Through Technology statewide grant programs to determine the impact on teaching and learning.
    Onsite Data Collection to Evaluate the Enhancing Education Through Technology Project
    KOLODINSKY 4

  • build capacity in Vermont communities in the areas of local food systems, information access and use, planning and development and entrepreneurship.
    Research and Outreach for Local Community Development and Entrepreneurship
    KOLODINSKY 4

  • build capacity in Vermont communities in the areas of local food systems, information access and use, planning and development and entrepreneurship.
    Community Development Resources and Food System Research in Vermont
    KOLODINSKY 4

  • contribute to local capacity building in Vermont communities primarily in the areas of local food systems, information access and use, planning and development and entrepreneurship.
    Food System Research and Community Development Outreach in Vermont
    KOLODINSKY 4

  • develop a set of producer-driven action steps for protecting and promoting place-based foods in Vermont
    Researching the Taste of Place in Vermont
    KOLODINSKY 4

  • evaluate the impact of the Return House transitional living program on young men who are transitioning from incarceration to society.
    Evaluation of the Return House Transitional Living Program
    KOLODINSKY 4

    Farm Profitability and Agricultural Economics

  • The expected results of this project will provide insights of entrepreneurial farm decisions based on farm level, county level, regional level, and national level data. We expected to estimate or capture some relationship between farms and community with respect to economic welfare of people, place, and prosperity.
    Impacts of Multifunctional Operations on Long Term Sustainability and Prosperity for Small and Medium-Sized Farms and Rural Communities
     LIANG 4a

  • provide training to Vermont producers in Crop Insurance and other risk management strategies
    Crop Insurance Education for Vermont Farmers 2010-2011
    PARSONS 4a

  • provide a 2 week agricultural and financial credit training to Cochran Fellows from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador
    Agricultural Credit
    PARSONS 4a

  • develop awareness of challenges to farmland acquisition through research, education, and outreach
    Farmland Access, Tenure and Succession: Impacts on Small and Medium-Sized Farms, Land Use and the Environment
    PARSONS 4a

  • provide technical and business management information and training for assisting small and medium dairy farms to produce and market farmstead and artisan cheese.
    Enhancing the Profitability and Sustainability of Small and Medium Sized Dairy Farms through Artisan Cheese and Other Valued-Added Products
    WANG 4a

  • analyze the economic feasibility and market potentials for farmers to produce and market renewable energy products.
    Economic feasibility and market potentials for oilseed and farm-scale biodiesel production in Vermont
    WANG 4a

    Economic and Community Development

  • investigate vulnerabilities and identify strategies for improving resilience to disaster in Vermont mobile home park communities
    Building Resilience Through Community-Based Action Research: Identifying Vulnerabilities and Facilitating Change in Rural Mobile Home Parks
     BAKER 4c

  • guide institutional food procurement strategies which enhance the sustainability of local food systems
    Farm-to-Institution: Guiding Marketing and Pricing Decision for Small and Medium Sized Farms
    CONNER 4c

  • collect and verify broadband infrastructure availability information in order to inform targeted efforts at broadband expansion throughout Vermont
    Vermont Broadband Mapping Initiative
    KOLODINSKY 4c

  • assess the General Demand for a Place-based Designation System for Vermont Food Products in the Northeastern United States
    Agriculture Innovation Demonstration Centers
    KOLODINSKY 4c