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New England

Includes Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Vermont

Spotlight on Leadership

Amanda Beal: New head of Maine Farmland Trust sees opportunities for future of farming
Amanda Beal: New head of Maine Farmland Trust sees opportunities for future of farming

You could say that Amanda Beal, who was just announced as the new president and CEO of the Maine Farmland Trust, came by her interest in farming policy naturally.Read more >

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Fellows in the News

Fellows in the News | May 17, 2023
These Trees Tell a Story solves ecological mysteries by reading landscapes
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 | Jan 25, 2023
Elbroch in The New York Times: Cougars Are Heading East. We Should Welcome Them.

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 >
Community-based research and action on drinking water contaminants
Year: 2018
Region: New England
Lauren Richter was hired as Research Scientist with Silent Spring Institute to lead a community-based participatory research project on highly fluorinated chemical contamination of drinking water in New England. Per- and polyfluorinated compounds (PFAS) are a pressing public health and...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 >

Featured Fellows

Amanda Beal
Amanda Beal
2014 Fellow
Commissioner
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry
Angel Hsu
Angel Hsu
2012 Fellow
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Yale-NUS College
Steve Blackmer
Steve Blackmer
2010 Fellow
Executive Director
Kairos Earth

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