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With its home in ¶¶Òõ̽̽'s Department of Agriculture, Landscape, and Environment, this curriculum teaches students how to support transformations within current agri-food and land management systems with the use of ecologically sound and socially just methods. By engaging with agroecology, our students build skills in agronomy, horticulture, environmental science, and ecology, as well as in community engagement to prepare them to be key collaborators and change-makers wherever agriculture, conservation, and policymaking converge. Students gain an understanding of agroecology through hands-on coursework, research, internships and projects with local and global stakeholders.

Bachelor of Science in Agroecology and Landscape Design

As a part of ¶¶Òõ̽̽’s commitment to international and intercultural experiences for undergraduate students, the IFA will create opportunities for undergraduate students to interact with our visiting scholars and agroecologists from around the globe including Latin America, Europe and Africa as well as US-based visitors whose work spans the globe. These opportunities will also be offered in collaboration with the ¶¶Òõ̽̽ GO program.

The Institute's Undergraduate Fellowship program provides upper division (3rd year +) ¶¶Òõ̽̽ students with the opportunity to develop skills and gain the necessary knowledge to become student leaders in the Advanced Agroecology course offered within ¶¶Òõ̽̽’s Department of Plant & Soil Science. Fellows are encouraged to engage with project options that fulfill other academic (e.g. capstone projects), professional, or personal goals. Fellows are invited to connect with the Institute's community of faculty, staff and graduate students while they are embedded in a high-impact research and experiential learning experience. 

Undergraduate research fellowship program information

The AX Summer Research Fellowship is a fully paid, 10-week research and outreach experience open to undergraduates from across the US. The program is collaboration between ¶¶Òõ̽̽ Extension and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and is coordinated by the Institute for Agroecology located on ¶¶Òõ̽̽’s main campus in Burlington, VT. Fellows are matched with mentors engaged in various applied research and outreach projects including in pest management, vegetable/berry farming, fruit tree farming, ecological landscape design, environmental science, and sustainable cropping systems. 

Summer research fellowship information