SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE WORKSHOP

DR. JUAN ALVEZ

Juan joined the UVM Extension's Center for Sustainable Agriculture in 2012. His BS is in Agronomy at the Federal University of Santa Catarina in Brazil, and has a MS in Plant and Soil Sciences and a Ph.D. in Natural Resources at the University of Vermont. His work addresses environmental, social and productive aspects of grazing farms, with emphasis on pasture management, ecosystems conservation and sustainable livelihoods, a natural fit as he comes from a two-generation pasture-based family farm in Uruguay. He has experienced interdisciplinary research in grazing management, agroecology, ecosystems goods and services, conservation policy, green markets, and ecological economics. Dr. Alvez states that pasture lands play a key role because they are complex ecosystems that sustain a vast array of functions and processes delivering benefits for supporting healthy environments and communities.