The University of Vermont’s (UVM) Agroecology & Livelihoods Collaborative (ALC) will offer a graduate summer course on “Introduction to Agroecology”.  This hybrid, graduate level, 4-week course presents an in-depth overview of research and applications in the field of agroecology. The first three weeks of the course are online, and the last week students meet face to face at the University of Vermont. The course seeks to provide students with both conceptual and practical content, covering the evolution of the field of agroecology, from its origins to the present, as it gains increasing recognition in scientific, policy, social movement and farming spaces. Students will engage in some of the debates agroecologists are now facing, as they grapple with maintaining the core characteristics of the field as it is increasingly applied by a wide diversity of actors. A special emphasis is placed on discussing the different expressions of agroecology as a science, a social movement and a practice. The course will consider the intersections of agroecology and transdisciplinarity, as it integrates different knowledge systems to search for solutions to the current challenges of our agrifood systems. And finally, the course will explore the use of participatory action research (PAR) and agroecology principles, as an essential approach to agroecological research and practice. The course will cover international and domestic geographic perspectives, and examine, more in- depth, agroecology and PAR with 3-4 local Vermont farms.

For more information on registration, costs, etc. please see  https://learn.uvm.edu/program/certificate-of-graduate-study-in-agroecology