A research collaboration between Purdue University and the University of Cambridge has been launched to explore how AI-informed tools can support farmers’ cover crop management decisions in the Midwest. The goal is to provide farmers with location-specific, data-driven information to support decisions such as cover crop planting and termination. They are seeking your help in reaching […]
Author: Michelle Wander
Menus of change conference
ASAP will cover registration fees for up to 5 students/staff! contact mwander@illinois.edu if interested. Join some of the leaders shaping the future of food at the Menus of Change® Leadership Summit as CIA President Michiel Bakker and influential chef, innovator, researcher, and conservationist, Chef Pedro Miguel Schiaffino ’97 sit down for a fireside chat about how Chef Schiaffino is not […]
Tree Planting Workshop at Tulip Tree Gardens
Saturday, April 19 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm1236 East Eagle Lake Rd, Beecher, ILCost: $15Register for Tickets Here Join Savanna Institute this Spring at Tulip Tree Gardens to get some hands-on skill transfer with bareroot and potted tree planting! Come with a tree spade and some heavy boots, because you will get to practice […]
INFAS Annual Summit
The Inter-institutional Network for Food, Agriculture, and Sustainability’s 5th Annual Virtual Summit taking place on Monday, April 28th, 2025 from 3-5pm EST. They welcome both existing and prospective INFAS members to join us over zoom to learn about some of our recent and upcoming work and to catch up with others passionate about creating an environmentally sustainable and socially just U.S. […]
Rachel Carson Council is hiring
The Rachel Carson Council is hiring an Assistant Director of Civic and Campus Engagement to expand and deepen our climate and environmental justice campus network of 68 colleges and universities with thousands of active students, faculty, staff and administrators. The Assistant Director also heads our RCC Fellowship Program which awards up to 30 National Environment […]
Research on Research Networks
Check out the growing collection that our CASH project is co-developing for the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Develomment https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/issue/view/vol12-issue4/vol12-issue4-pdf Hilchey, D. (2023). In this issue: Fostering socially and ecologically resilient food and farm systems through research networks[Editorial]. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 12(4), 1–4.https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2023.124.017 Nelson, E., Hargreaves, S., & […]
Perennial Farm Gathering
Dec 6th-8th: The Perennial Farm Gathering will bring together people who are working to make agriculture more sustainable and profitable with diversified, perennial cropping systems that incorporate trees. Learn more and register: savannainstitute.org/pfg #PFG2023 Register here: savannainstitute.org/pfg #PFG2023
Transforming Food System Fellowships
The Cornell University Master of Public Health Program is seeking applications for a cohort of three food systems leaders. Transforming Food Systems Fellows are seeking opportunities to create equitable, sustainable, and health-promoting food systems. The two-year fellowships will provide support towards tuition, fees, and stipend($44,000 in tuition scholarshipsand a$37,000 stipend) for eligible students (see eligibility criteria). […]
Extension position for Nutrient Loss Reduction
University of Illinois Extension is hiring a new outreach associate to join the Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy Team to administer outreach programming in the Little Wabash River and the Embarras River watersheds. The location is flexible with the successful candidate being housed in an Extension unit office within or near one of the phosphorus-priority watersheds. […]
The Environmental Fellows Program
The Environmental Fellows Program at the Yale School of the Environment (YSE) is a nationally competitive summer fellowship program for masters and doctoral students. They are looking for students traditionally underrepresented in the environmental field as well as those committed to the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Apply byJanuary 15, 2024. The Environmental Fellows Program involves: · A 12-week […]