Ocean View, Michelle Bender MELP’15
July 24, 2016
VLS alum, Michelle Bender MELP’15, Earth Policy Fellow at Earth Law Center in Redwood City, California, dives into the legal and policy issues related to protecting oceans and marine ecosystems.
OCEAN VIEW, TOM LEARY JD/MSEL’95
July 26, 2016
VLS alum, Tom Leary JD/MSEL’95, Deputy Legal Counsel to the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman at the Department of Defense in Arlington, Virginia dives into the legal and policy issues related to protecting oceans and marine ecosystems.
Water Works, Margaux Valenti JD’13
July 28, 2016
VLS alum, Margaux Valenti JD’13, Staff Attorney at Riverkeeper in Buffalo, New York, helps gain access, through contractual agreements, to private and public lands to install river restoration projects.
WATER WORKS, ANDY MEEKS JD/MSEL’03
July 30, 2016
VLS alum, Andy Meeks JD/MSEL’03, Development Director at The Freshwater Trust in Portland, Oregon, calls himself a “disrupter of the status quo” in the fight for clean and abundant fresh water.
Water Works, Becca Pincus MSEL’11
August 1, 2016
VLS alum, Becca Pincus MSEL’11, Chair of Arctic Studies at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and Professor-In-Residence at the Center for Arctic Study and Policy, works to support the Coast Guard’s strategic objectives in the Arctic region.
Nourishment: Center for Agriculture and Food Systems’ Mission
From the same starting point, it’s a five-minute drive north beyond the river to the open-air cow barn and the neat rows of organic vegetables at Luna Bleu Farm, where […]
Grace Before Dinner: The Future of Food
In May 2011, an extraordinary range of experts and advocates gathered at Georgetown University to discuss the future of food. Journalist Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation and a […]
Vermont Food Network, MICHAEL FORMICA ?98
August 7, 2016
While it’s become common in recent years to espouse the virtues of small, localized farming, Michael Formica isn’t one of the movement’s evangelists. ”I’m ‘Big Bacon,’” he says, with a laugh.
Vermont Food Network, AMY HUYFFER ?00
August 9, 2016
As a first-year law student Huyffer aspired to be a principled small-town lawyer, instead, her days now begin with 4 a.m. milking, arranging logistics for a dairy business, and caring for her children—four boys, ages six to thirteen.
Vermont Food Network, Nancy and Walter Warner ’12
August 11, 2016
Nancy and Walter Warner ’12 have been able to grow their unique jam business, thanks in large part to Walter’s legal education and externships.