Food, Agriculture, Land
Our work aims to explore the nexus between food, agriculture, and land to understand and encourage habitable living conditions and supporting sustainable development.
Publication: RECIPES Guiding Principles & Community Norms
The Resilient, Equitable, and Circular Innovations with Partnership and Education Synergies Network (RECIPES), NSF-funded Sustainable Regional Systems research network working across the food system to advance the science needed to make our wasteful food system sustainable, equitable, and resilient, recently published their Guiding Principles and Community Norms. You can learn more here: https://wastedfood.american.edu/about-us/guiding-principles-community-norms/.Article: Agroecology beyond the statist quo? Transforming U.S. imperial agricultural policy
In her new paper “Agroecology beyond the statist quo? Transforming U.S. imperial agricultural policy” School of International Service Provost Associate Professor Dr. Garrett Graddy-Lovelace and co-author Antonio Roman-Alcalá discuss agroecology in the US and the possibility of the USDA incorporating more agroecology-based methods into current practices. You can read the full article here.CECE Incubator Grant Project: Remote Sensing and Knowledge Co-Production in Northern Haiti
Right now, Haiti is in a moment of intense political crisis, and gangs in urban Port-au-Prince have a stranglehold on the country’s economy. In the countryside, this means food, medicine, and other commodities are extremely expensive and hard to obtain. In this chaotic moment, this collaborative research continues to support civil society groups who are […]Environmentally Focused Food Brand Eat The Change Partners with CECE for Events
Eat The Change believes in breaking down barriers and pushing boundaries, not just in their food and beverage choices but in their beliefs and actions. Eat the Change® is a Bethesda, MD based company created by activist entrepreneur and creator of Honest Tea, Seth Goldman and celebrity chef, Spike Mendelsohn. Their mission is inspired by […]COP28 DC Climate Hub
On Thursday, December 7th, CECE, The School of International Service, and We Don’t Have Time cohosted the COP28 DC Climate Hub. Policymakers, climate activists, journalists, and academic experts came together to discuss what is needed to ensure a just and equitable climate transition. This multi-panel event included: Ambassadors Up-Close: COP28 Reflections, The Power of Storytelling, […]CECE Hosted Historic Farm Bill Summit and Briefing
From April 30 - May 2, 2023 the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund (FSC/LAF), Berkeley Food Institute (BFI), American University’s Center for Environment, Community, and Equity (CECE) and Antiracist Research Policy Center (ARPC) hosted Pointing the Farm Bill Toward Racial Justice, a Farm Bill Summit & Briefing. The summit was a historic convening of farmers, advocates, policy-makers, scholars, students, and the general […]Multiscale RECIPES for Sustainable Food Systems Year 2 Report
RECIPES: Resilient, Equitable, and Circular Innovations with Partnership and Education Synergies Multiscale RECIPES (‘RECIPES’) is an interdisciplinary research network of 50 faculty and staff researchers co-creating solutions to wasted food. Through our research process, we partner with non-profits, industry leaders, frontline workers, community members, and policymakers to transform wasteful systems to promote sustainability, equity, and […]Article: Towards Abolitionist Agrarian Geographies of Kentucky
In her new paper “Towards Abolitionist Agrarian Geographies of Kentucky,” American University School of International Service Provost Associate Professor Dr. Garrett Graddy-Lovelace invites readers on a journey through space and time in a state with echoes of an oppressive, racially stratified agricultural past and a present of both agrarian exploitation and resistance. “This state names […]Article: Parity as radical pragmatism: Centering farm justice and agrarian expertise in [...]
From East India to the United States, the history and present reality of the movement for farmer parity is analyzed in a new paper published by American University School of International Service Provost Associate Professor Dr. Garrett Graddy-Lovelace and activist colleagues. Titled “Parity as radical pragmatism: Centering farm justice and agrarian expertise in agricultural policy,” […]
Food, Agriculture, Land Experts
Michael Alonzo
Assistant Professor, Environmental Science
David Bartlett
Senior Professorial Lecturer, Department of Management
Kristine Beran
Professorial Lecturer, Department of Environmental Science
Robin Broad
Research Professor, Department of Environment, Development, and Health
Lauren Carruth
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Environment, Development & Health
Nicole Darnall
Arlene R. and Robert P. Kogod Eminent Scholar Chair in Sustainability
Larry Engel
Associate Director Center for Environmental Filmmaking
Scott Freeman
Senior Lecturer, Department of Environment, Development, and Health
Judy Gearhart
Senior Researcher, Accountability Research Center
Jessica Gephart
Assistant Professor, Environmental Science
Garrett Graddy-Lovelace
Provost Associate Professor, Department of Environment, Development, and Health
Matthew Hartings
Associate Professor, Chemistry
K.L. Knee
Associate Professor and Chair, Environmental Science
Marcos A. Orellana
Director, Global Toxics and Human Rights Project
Angela Pashayan
Professorial Lecturer, Department of Environment, Development, and Health
Ezra Rosser
Professor of Law, WCL Program on Environmental and Energy Law
Sauleh Siddiqui
Professor, Environmental Science
William John Snape, III
Professor and Director, WCL Program on Environmental and Energy Law
Stacey Snelling
Healthy Schools, Healthy Communities Lab
Maggie B. Stogner
Executive Director, Center For Environmental Filmmaking
Rachel Weiss
Program Manager, Center for Environment, Community, & Equity
Paul Yoo
Assistant Professor, Finance