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Sustainable Agriculture and Food Policy

A healthy and sustainable food supply is at the heart of many discussions about the environmental impacts of human activity. Switzer Fellows are leading the way with their work in areas as diverse as improving access to healthy food in hospitals, disseminating techniques for increasing yields in countries already hard hit by climate change, and researching the spread of GMOs into native crops.

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Marissa McMahan: Invasive green crabs are scuttling from dilemma to delicacy
Marissa McMahan: Invasive green crabs are scuttling from dilemma to delicacy

Fellow Marissa McMahan is working with Maine locals and Venetian fishermen to turn the invasive green crab into a gourmet dish known in Italy as moleche.Read more >

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Fellows in the News

Fellows in the News | Apr 17, 2023
Coleman op-ed exposes how powerful corporations contribute to childhood obesity and asthma
Fellows in the News | Feb 27, 2023
Niles’ research team finds Vermont’s food waste laws are popular, but vexing issues remain
Fellows in the News | Feb 23, 2023
Hamilton hired as Chief Scientist of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative

Related Grants

Accessible data for climate-smart agriculture
Year: 2021
Region: New England
Climate-smart agriculture is an important approach to reorient agricultural systems to become resilient to climate change, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and sequester carbon. Data is vital infrastructure to support these practices and other nature-based solutions for climate change. However,...Read more >
Sustainable Aquaculture Communities
Year: 2018
Region: New England
Aquaculture is experiencing extremely fast growth in Maine, as it is in other parts of the country and around the world. Fishing is a critical part of Maine's economy; aquaculture is becoming more and more prevalent as commercial fishermen seek to diversify their income and new entrepreneurs enter...Read more >
Shifting the Course of California Agricultural Policy - Year Two
Year: 2015
Region: California
This grant provides continued funding to support Ildi Carlisle-Cummins in her newly created position of Director of the Cal Ag Roots Project. This project seeks to shift the course of California agricultural policy to a more socially equitable and ecologically sustainable system. It is taking a...Read more >

Featured Fellows

David Quist
David Quist
2003 Fellow
Director and Chief Scientific Officer
European Environment Agency
Kendra Klein
Kendra Klein
2011 Fellow
Staff Scientist in Agroecology & Environmental Health
Friends of the Earth
Ildi Carlisle-Cummins
Ildi Cummins
2012 Fellow
Cal Ag Roots Project Director
UC Davis

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