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Submissions from 2023

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Impact of Vermont's Food Waste Ban on Residents and Food Businesses, Emily H. Belarmino, Claire Ryan, Qingbin Wang, Meredith T. Niles, and Margaret Torness

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Impact of Vermont's Single-Use Plastics Ban on Consumers and Food Businesses, Emily H. Belarmino, Claire Ryan, Qingbin Wang, Meredith T. Niles, and Margaret Torness

Submissions from 2022

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Seeds of Resilience: Learning from COVID-19 to Strengthen Seed Systems in Vermont, Ali Brooks, Carina V. Isbell, Daniel Tobin Ph.D., Travis Reynolds Ph.D., Eric Bishop Von Wettberg Ph.D., David Conner Ph.D., and Evie Wolfe

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A 2022 Assessment of Food Security and Health Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Ashley C. McCarthy, Farryl Bertmann, Emily H. Belarmino, Sam Bliss, Jennifer Laurent, Jonathan Malacarne, Scott Merrill, Rachel E. Schattman, Kathryn Yerxa, and Meredith T. Niles

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Results of the 2022 Vermont Farmer Conservation & Payment for Ecosystem Services Survey. Vermont Payment for Ecosystem Services Technical Research Report #3a, Alissa C. White

Submissions from 2021

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Food Security and Assistance Programs in Vermont Before and During COVID-19, Madeleine Burke, Ashley C. McCarthy, Emily H. Belarmino, Farryl Bertmann, and Meredith T. Niles

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Food Security Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Following a Group of Vermonters During the First Year, Ashley C. McCarthy, Farryl Bertmann, Emily H. Belarmino, and Meredith T. Niles

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Food Insecurity Prevalence Across Diverse Sites During COVID-19: A Year of Comprehensive Data, Meredith T. Niles, Francesco Acciai, Deanne Allegro, Alyssa Beavers, Emily H. Belarmino, Farryl Bertmann, Erin Biehl, Jessica Bishop-Royse, Brianna Bradley, Barrett P. Brenton, James Buszkiewicz, Brittney N. Cavaliere, Young Cho, Eric Clark, Lauren Clay, Kathryn Coakley, Jeanne Coffin-Schmitt, Sarah M. Collier, Casey Coombs, Marcelle Dougan, Anne Dressel, Adam Drewnowski, Tom Evans, Beth Feingold, Kathryn J. Fiorella, Katie Funderburk, Preety Gadhoke, Diana Gonzales-Pacheco, Amelia Greiner Safi, Sen Gu, Karla Hanson, Amy Harley, Kaitlyn Harper, Alan Ismach, Anna L. Josephson, Linnea Laestadius, Heidi LeBlanc, Laura R. Lewis, Michelle Litton, Katie S. Martin, John Mazzeo, Scott Merrill, Roni Neff, Esther Nguyen, Punam Ohri-Vachaspati, Abigail Orbe, Jennifer J. Otten, Sondra Parmer, Salome Pemberton, Giselle Pignotti, Zain Al Abdeen Qusair, Victoria Rivkina, Joelle Robinson, Stephanie Rogus, Chelsea M. Rose, Saloumeh Sadeghzadeh, Mateja R. Savoie-Roskos, Rachel Schattman, Brinda Sivaramakrishnan, McKenna Voorhees, Kate Yerxa, and Rachel Zack

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Home Food Production and Food Security Since the COVID-19 Pandemic, Meredith T. Niles, Mattie Alpaugh, Farryl Bertmann, Emily H. Belarmino, Sam Bliss, Jennifer Laurent, Jonathan Malacarne, Ashley McCarthy, Scott Merrill, Rachel E. Schattman, and Kathryn Yerxa

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COVID-19 Impacts on Vermont Farms and Food Businesses: Pivots, Needs and Opportunities for the Future, Meredith T. Niles, Farryl Bertmann, Emily H. Belarmino, Mark Cannella, and David S. Conner

Submissions from 2020

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Vermont Seed Saver and Producer Survey: 2020 Summary Report, Susanna Baxley, Carina Viola Isbell, and Daniel Tobin

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Early COVID-19 Impacts on Food Retail and Restaurants: Consumer Perspectives from Vermont, Emily H. Belarmino, Farryl Bertmann, Thomas Wentworth, Erin Biehl, Roni Neff, and Meredith T. Niles

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Food Access Through School Meals and Food Pantries During COVID-19: Early Findings from Vermont, Farryl Bertmann, Emily H. Belarmino, Thomas Wentworth, Erin Biehl, Roni Neff, and Meredith T. Niles

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COVID-19 Impacts on Food Security and Systems: A Third Survey of Vermonters, Meredith T. Niles, Emily H. Belarmino, and Farryl Bertmann

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Employment and Food During Coronavirus, Meredith T. Niles, Farryl Bertmann, Emily H. Morgan, Thomas Wentworth, Erin Biehl, and Roni Neff

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The Impact of Coronavirus on Vermonters Experiencing Food Insecurity, Meredith T. Niles, Farryl Bertmann, Emily H. Morgan, Thomas Wentworth, Erin Biehl, and Roni Neff

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Food Access and Security During Coronavirus: A Vermont Study, Meredith T. Niles, Farryl Bertmann, Emily H. Morgan, Thomas Wentworth, Erin Biehl, and Roni Neff

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COVID-19 and Food Insecurity Impacts: A Follow Up Vermont Study, Meredith T. Niles, Anna L. Josephson, Farryl Bertmann, Emily H. Belarmino, and Roni Neff

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Growing Specialty Coffee: Economic security and environmental sustainability in global coffee systems, Stephen Posner, Janica Anderzen, Alejandra Guzman Luna, and Ernesto Mendez

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Agricultural Biosecurity: Reducing risks and impacts of livestock diseases, Stephen Posner, Scott Merrill, and Julie Smith

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Environment and Global Health: Investments in natural capital can improve human health, Stephen Posner and Taylor Ricketts

Submissions from 2019

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Payment for Ecosystem Services: Incentives to support environmental quality & farming in Vermont, Stephen Posner, Taylor Ricketts, and Eric Roy

Submissions from 2015

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A GPI-Based Critique of "The Economic Profile of the Lower Mississippi River: an Update", Eric Zencey

Submissions from 2014

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2014 Local Food Consumption in Vermont, Florence A. Becot and David Conner

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Considering Vermont's Future in a Changing Climate: The First Vermont Climate Assessment, Gillian L. Galford, Ann Hoogenboom, Sam Carlson, Sarah Ford, Julie Nash, Elizabeth Palchak, Sarah Pears, Kristen Underwood, and Daniel V. Baker