Past FIG Events
Spring 2024: Natural Sciences
Wednesday April 17th: Introducing: The Climate Kitchen: A Maker's Space for Collaboration and Experimentation with Amy Trubek and the Soil Health Research and Extension Center with Joshua Faulkner and Deb Neher
An introduction of two new FSRC-funded initiatives at ¶¶Òõ̽̽.
Wednesday March 20th: Lightning Talks from Dairy Science Post-Docs
"Moo-difying the fat content of dairy foods to improve human health" Andrew Magnuson
"Beyond the Rind: Delving into Vermont's Cheese Resistome" Felipe Machado de Sant'Anna
"Sustainable dairy pastures: dung, dirt, and biodiversity" Bryony Sands
Wednesday February 7th: Strategies for improving sustainability and capacity of Northeastern ruminant livestock systems
Matthew M. McIntosh, PhD , Research Animal Scientist, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Fall 2023: Climate Change and Food Systems
Friday December 8th: Climate Change and Farming in Vermont
Panel: Matt Lasser from Reap and Sow Farm, Hilary Martin from Digger’s Mirth, Bruce Hennessey from Maple Wind Farm, Ransom Conant from Conant’s Riverside Farm
Moderator: Kate Longfield from the Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition
Thursday, November 9th: Navigating contradictions: Climate adaptation planning at the farm and regional scale
Courtney Hammond-Wagner, Research Social Scientist, USDA-ARS and Rachel Schattman, Assistant Professor of Sustainable Agriculture, UMaine
Friday October 20th: Starting Over Again...and Again: Climate Change and Refugee Agriculture
Pablo Bose, Professor, Department of Geography and Geosciences and Director of the Global and Regional Studies Program