💡 New encyclopedia entries to add to the growing understanding of food sovereignty and agroecology, very complex processes and movements, that defy straightforward definitions. 🌱 food sovereignty: doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/978… 🌿 agroecology: uvm.edu/agroecology/publicat…

I'm excited to be recruiting for two fully funded phd positions to join our team to advance our work on transformative agroecology.

Thanks @Agroecology_UVM for lifting up our book on Transformative Agroecology!

Please pass this along to anyone who might be interested in a postdoctoral research position with us at the @Agroecology_UVM with @FoodSolutionsNE supported by @UVM_FSRC on, “Transforming Regional Food Systems through Agroecology, the Right to Food and Just Transitions.”

Join Our Team! The UVM Institute for Agroecology is hiring a postdoctoral researcher for an exciting participatory action research project. To learn more about this two year position and apply, visit our site. Applications due July 8, 2024. uvm.edu/instituteforagroecol… 🌍✨🍃

Transform society through agroecology: Pursue a graduate certificate in agroecology! We offer two certificate options: The full certificate is 15 credits and the micro-certificate is 9 credits. Learn more and register here: uvm.edu/instituteforagroecol… Photo: Josh Defibaugh

💪 Agroecological farming can be labor-intensive, but community labor brigades can offer a solution when farmers need extra hands. On 5/3, the VT Agroecology School organized work brigade to plant a riparian buffer zone at Foote Brook Farm in Johnson, VT.

🌟 Partner spotlight: We want to take a moment to highlight the work of our collaborators at the Caliata Initiative! They support indigenous food systems projects in the Andes through media, research, and community engagement. Learn more at caliatainitiative.org!

🌼 Join us for the third webinar in the Education for Agroecological Transformations series with the University of Cordoba (@ISECagroeco) to discuss their Masters and PhD programs on June 6th at 11 am EST: uvm.edu/instituteforagroecol… 💃Se proporcionará traducción español-inglés.

Fresh off the press! Yesterday, Nature Food published an article penned by a team of international experts, including our very own IfA co-directors, Ernesto Méndez and Colin Anderson: "Knowledge Democratization Approaches for Food Systems Transformation." uvm.edu/agroecology/ifa-natu…

📚A book so good we had to share it again: "Everyday Experts: How people's knowledge can transform the food system"! 🔍 Read this open-access book here: coventry.ac.uk/research/area… #ThrowbackThursday #agroecology #openaccess #foodsystems

𝗦𝗘𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗦 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 || 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗸𝗼, 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗿, 𝗔𝗙𝗦𝗔 𝗕𝗢𝗔𝗥𝗗 Farmer and organizer for rural women, Mariama is the national coordinator of Nous sommes la solution (We are the solution) in Senegal, a rural women’s movement for food sovereignty, spreading across Senegal, Burkina Faso, Mali, Ghana and Guinea. Through #agroecology practices, Mariama and her movement work with rural #women to take charge of their livelihoods and create an empowering support network for each other. Mariama passionately explains why #African governments should protect Farmer Managed Seed Systems (#FMSS) and farmers' variety seeds against any appropriation attempts by industrial agriculture property rights regimes: "Governments across Africa must safeguard Farmer Managed Seed Systems and farmers' variety seeds from the clutches of industrial agriculture's property rights regimes. These regimes aim to patent our seeds, rendering us dependent on their products and stripping us of our diversity—the very source of our resilience and ability to thrive as a people. It is essential that we defend these systems to maintain our independence and ensure our communities are not exposed to multiple crises." #SeedIsLife #SeedSovereignty #FoodSovereignty #fmss

Seeking students to join our learning community this fall! Course 1 - Participatory Action Research and Agroecology (I'm teaching) Course 2 - on Transformative Agroecology (also fully online) taught by Martha Caswell @UVMCALS

How can we know if (and to what extent) a project, initiative or program will contribute towards transitions towards agroecology? Check out this new article that I helped to pull together that describes work to develop a tool for measuring "agroecologicalness"

This new encyclopedia -- written by IfA's @AndersonColinR, Martha Caswell, and co-author Claire Lamine -- articulates agroecology as a transgressive framework rooted in the struggle for food sovereignty. Read the full article here: uvm.edu/agroecology/publicat…

Two weeks ago, we presented on Agroecology and Food Sovereignty in the 20th Congress of the Latin American Society for Nutrition (SLAN-2023). Thank you very much Will Waters for organizing the symposium. Thank you @Agroecology_UVM for creating this note 🌱♥️

Forum fun has begun!! We had the chance to walk around the Burlington Farmers Market and talk to producers. We tried many regional specialties like fire cider, cheddar cheese, maple candy, even oysters! We even met the LT Governor of VT, a farmer himself!

📽️ Join us for the first U.S. screening of a new documentary which explores the successes and challenges of the Cuban agri-food system through the voices of farmers and specialists, who make the case for why #agroecology is the path to achieve #foodsovereignty.

Join us at our Global Forum on September 18th to learn more about our work and be inspired by the brilliant speakers we bring to Vermont from Africa, Latin America, Europe, and North America. Register here: na.eventscloud.com/ereg/inde…

Thank you to the McKnight Foundation and the Schmitt Family Foundation's 11th Hour project for supporting our work to build knowledge networks for agroecological transformation. Register for our upcoming Global Forum and join our growing network: na.eventscloud.com/ereg/inde…