Sustainability

Work on sustainability covers a wide range of topics such as:

Local sustainable food systems – Mitch Renkow and Kathryn Boys

Willingness to pay for organic or local food and agro-tourism – Kathryn Boys

Food waste – Kathryn Boys and Kelly Zering are involved in projects analyzing food waste and ways to reduce it and create value from it. Some of these projects are in collaboration with the Center for Environmental Farming Systems and the Department of Agricultural and Human Sciences.

Renewable energy systems – Kelly Zering and Harrison Fell

Bio-based supply chains – Kelly Zering

Bee colony collapse – Wally Thurman