Sustainable Agriculture & Food Policy

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Niles hired as public health & environmental Professor at Brown University

Meredith Niles is bringing her interdisciplinary research focused on advancing sustainable food security and improving health, environmental, and rural livelihood outcomes in food systems, especially with rural communities, to Brown...
January 29, 2026
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Krupnik joins CGIAR as Director of Scaling for Impact

Timothy Krupnik is continuing his work as a driver of sustainable agriculture research and solutions in his new role as Director of the CGIAR Scaling for Impact Program. This program “works globally to move research into impact and advance...
January 29, 2026
Leadership Grant Grant

Changing Tides in the Caribbean Sea: Supporting the Integration of Fisheries into Agroecology and Island Food Systems Work

Luis will create a bilingual book telling the stories of Caribbean small-scale fisherfolk, highlighting the role of fishers in achieving just, sovereign, and sustainable food systems under a changing climate. Hosted by the Caribbean Agroecology Institute, Luis’ project aims to integrate the role of fisheries and small-scale fisherfolk into sustainable food systems discourses, and provide actionable insights for conservation, policy, and food systems transformation in Puerto Rico and the broader Caribbean.
December 18, 2025
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Rodríguez-Cruz: What life in Culebra shows us about access to seafood

Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz co-facilitated a workshop imagining a collaborative future around equitable access to local fish in the Puerto Rican community of Culebra and beyond.
November 20, 2025
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Seed banks foster agriculture in Puerto Rico, writes Rodríguez-Cruz

Luis Alexis Rodríguez Cruz starts his article for Nueve Millones exploring how communities can build agency over their food systems by developing seed banks at various scales with a text from fellow Switzer Fellow Olivia Walton asking “Do...
September 30, 2025
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Beyond what the ship brought to Puerto Rico: Rodríguez-Cruz on food sovereignty and abundance

In a world where the food system is governed by international chains of imports and distant exports, the territory of Puerto Rico is a clear example of the struggle for fully possible food sovereignty. This Anchoa article by Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz invites us to take a different look at a territory filled with abundance, resilience, and identity.
June 30, 2025
Fellow

Karam Sheban

2025 Fellow
Karam Sheban supports agroforestry adoption through targeted science that builds toward effective policy, viable economies, and cultural revitalization. He sees his work as part of a larger reimagining of our agricultural and forested landscapes for a more just and equitable world.
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Sarah Sarfaty Epstein

2025 Fellow
Sarah Sarfaty Epstein is interested in landscape-scale climate resilience decision making in California’s agricultural sector, particularly at the agriculture-energy-water nexus. Her current research uses geospatial analysis to create decision support tools at the groundwater basin level. Born and raised in the East Bay, she is proud to call California home.
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Niles named Bickford Endowed Professor at University of Vermont

Dr. Meredith Niles, Professor of Nutrition and Food Sciences, has been awarded the Bickford Endowed Professorship in Nutrition and Food Sciences, as reported by the University of Vermont. "I am so pleased that Meredith received this...
January 30, 2025
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Rodríguez-Cruz: Puerto Rican farmers will replant despite Ernesto’s impacts

Luis Alexis Rodríguez Cruz writes that farmers face a long and hard road ahead, but there is help.
September 15, 2024