Sustainable Agriculture & Food Policy

Susan worked as an agroforestry volunteer for the Peace Corps in the Philippines. Her present research focuses on the strategies that poor farmers in the Philippines uplands use to cope with the income fluctuations inherent to agriculture...

John J. Berger is an energy and environmental policy specialist and a senior research fellow at the Pacific Institute. His 11 books include Solving the Climate Crisis: Frontline Reports from the Race to Save the Earth and Climate Peril: The Intelligent Reader’s Guide to Understanding the Climate Crisis, which won the 2015 International Book Award for Science. His journalistic work has appeared in Scientific American, The Nation, The Progressive, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, and many other publications.

O'Malley's dissertation work took her to Asia, Africa, Latin America and finally the upper Sacramento Valley of California--where she used theory from community ecology to help assess impacts of rice management practices on wetland insects...

Enid was the Executive Director of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont, where she had been since 1987. In this position, she worked on federal and state policies on sustainable agriculture, and on programs such as...

Jill currently serves as the Managing Director of the Erol Foundation and 836M. For decades, Jill has been involved in the environmental movement ranging from roles in the NGO, private, and public sectors. She was the Founding Pacific Coast...

Dennis leads the science and policy direction for Ocean Conservancy. Takahashi-Kelso's distinguished career has covered every aspect of ocean conservation, including public service in natural resources conservation, university teaching...

Alex is an assistant professor of Agroecology in the School for Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. UTRGV is located in south Texas in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, considered one of the...

Amy Wilson Morris has led community-based park, trail, and open space planning projects throughout the western United States. She specializes in working with diverse partners to build community consensus and leading a wide range of...

Pamela McElwee received a PhD in Forestry & Environmental Studies and Anthropology from Yale University in 2003. Her dissertation was titled ''Lost Worlds' or 'Lost Causes'?: Biodiversity Conservation, Forest Management and Rural Life in...