Welcome CAFS Summer 2023 Honors Interns!
This summer, eight summer honors interns are joining CAFS from across the country to work alongside faculty, staff, and our project partners. Learn a bit more about what they’re working on!
How a new resource on “heirs’ property” could help curb the loss of Black-owned farmland
Created by faculty and students at VLGS’s Center for Agriculture and Food Systems, a new series of factsheets aims to prevent the loss of land owned as “heirs’ property.”
CAFS Alumni Spotlight: Gordon Merrick JD’20
Gordon N. Merrick JD’20 currently serves as Policy & Programs Manager for the nonprofit Organic Farming Research Foundation, an organization focused on advancing organic agriculture through scientific research.
Students and Faculty Advocate for Food System Change at the US Capitol
Students and faculty from VLGS’s Center for Agriculture and Food Systems (CAFS) at Vermont Law and Graduate School joined a coalition of farm and food organizations in Washington, D.C. for the Food Not Feed Summit, an event focused on changing America’s agriculture policies.
CAFS Alumni Spotlight: Lauren Wustenberg JD/MFALP’21
A joint degree student in both the Juris Doctor and Master of Food and Agriculture Law and Policy (MFALP) programs, Lauren Wustenberg now serves as Counsel on the Majority Staff for the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry under Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI).
CAFS Alumni Spotlight: McKenna Hayes MFALP’16
One of the first students to enroll in the Master of Food and Agriculture Law and Policy degree at VLGS, McKenna Hayes MFALP’16 now directs the Food Hub at Food Connects, a nonprofit delivering local food, educational programs, and consulting services to the local Vermont food system.
Meet the 2022 CAFS Summer Honors Interns
This summer, six students from law schools around the country joined Vermont Law and Graduate School’s Center for Agriculture and Food Systems (CAFS) for the Summer Honors Internship program, which ran from May 31 to August 5.
CAFS Alumni Spotlight: Esther Akwii LLM’20
September 16, 2020
As an LLM Fellow at the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems (CAFS), Esther Akwii LLM’20 helped pilot a range of CAFS projects in partnership with organizations across the U.S
Vermont Food Network, Paige Tomaselli ’04
August 13, 2016
VLS Alum Paige Tomaselli’s ’04 work for the Center for Food Safety has helped protect animals, the environment and public health, all while fighting “factory farms.”
Alumni Gallery: Alicia Nevaquaya MSEL’08
As a claims representative for the Intertribal Agriculture Council, Vermont Law School alumni Alicia Nevaquaya MSEL’08 identified farmers and ranchers who would benefit under the terms of the national class action civil rights discrimination lawsuit, Keepseagle v. Vilsack.