So who is this Andrea Vaage who has been posting case briefs for the BLUZ? Andrea is providing me with much needed help this summer while Hannah is on an internship. Andrea is a Master’s student in Community and Regional Planning and Sustainable Agriculture here at ISU. She holds a degree in Environmental Science from Central College in Pella, Iowa and a certificate in Entrepreneurial and Diversified Agriculture from Marshalltown Community College. Her masters research focuses on factors influencing ordinance adoption to promote urban agriculture, and comes out of the essential part she is playing in our Leopold Center Local Foods Systems Project. More information on the project will be appearing here as this phase of the effort wraps up in the coming weeks.
As should be obvious by now, I don’t hire just anyone to blog for the BLUZ. Both Hannah and Andrea recently have been awarded competitive national scholarships to pursue their academic interests in the intersection of planning and sustainable agriculture. Congratulations to both of you!
